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Know More About University of South Carolina Columbia
The University of South Carolina-Columbia was chartered in 1801 as the South Carolina College. It was the first state university supported continuously by yearly state appropriations. Throughout the years, it has established an excellent academic reputation, with its faculty boasting of Encyclopedia Americana editor Francis Lieber and chemist William Eller. The institution offers 350 programs [...]
What You Need to Know about Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) is a Ph.D.-granting, technological, national research university that offers programs in design, business, psychology, law, the sciences, architecture, engineering, and humanities. Established in 1940, its roots can be traced back to the 1890s when the Armour Institute of Technology and Lewis Institute were founded. IIT now has five campuses in [...]
What the New Jersey Institute of Technology Has to Offer
The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is the state’s science and technology university. The institution opened in 1881 with a class of 88 students. Most of these students were in the evening class, attending sessions at 21 West Park Street. Eventually, a second fund-raiser was held to build a new place for its growing [...]
Profile of the University of San Diego
The University of San Diego was established from Bishop Charles Buddy and Mother Rosalie Hill’s vision of having a renowned Catholic University. It was chartered in 1949 and had its first class in 1952 as the San Diego College for Women. The San Diego College for Men and the School of Law opened in 1954. [...]
Getting to Know More About the University of New Hampshire
The University of New Hampshire (UNH) is part of the University System of New Hampshire (USNH). The public university is located in Durham, with the additional campus in Manchester. It began as the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, which was associated with Darmouth college. A bill was authorized on April 10, [...]
University of Dayton College Profile
University of Dayton, commonly referred to as UD, was established in 1850. Its current campus is located in Dayton, Ohio. UD is a private Catholic university and one of the largest of its kind in the United States. As such, it also offers one of the largest ministry programs in the world. It is the [...]
Students Guide to the Texas Christian University
Texas Christian University, or TCU as it is more commonly known, is listed by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education as a medium-sized research university. Currently, prospective students can choose from 117 undergraduate courses, 41 masters, and 15 doctoral programs. It was established in 1873 by brothers Addison and Randolph Clark. The first campus was [...]
Washington State University Profile
Founded on March 28, 1890, Washington State University is the state’s largest land-grant and public research university. It was then known as Washington Agricultural College and School of Science, which could be found in Pullman, Washington. Starting out with an enrollment of 59 students, what everyone now knows as WSU has expanded into a system [...]
Students Guide to the University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee in Knoxville is the flagship institution of the state’s university system. It was founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee was officially granted statehood. Originally chartered as Blount College, it was a non-sectarian academic institution, which was quite rare in that period. It came to be known as East Tennessee College [...]
All About the University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Massachusetts Amherst (also known as UMass Amherst or UMass) is a land-grant and public research university. Located in Amherst, Massachusetts, it is the flagship university of the University of Massachusetts system. It is New England’s largest public university, with over 26,000 students and over 1,370 faculty members. In the Carnegie Classification of [...]