24 September 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , Universities, Colleges, Academies
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Yale University is a
private Ivy League research university in
New Haven, Connecticut . Founded in 1701 as the
Collegiate School , it is the
third-oldest institution of
higher education in the United States and one of the nine
Colonial Colleges chartered before the
American Revolution . The Collegiate School was renamed
Yale College in 1718 to honor the school’s largest private benefactor for the first century of its existence,
Elihu Yale .
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28 August 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , Universities, Colleges, Academies
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Rutgers University (RU), formally known as
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is a
public land-grant research university based in
New Brunswick, New Jersey . Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called
Queen’s College . It is the eighth-oldest college in the
United States , the second-oldest in New Jersey (after
Princeton University ), and one of the nine U.S.
colonial colleges that were chartered before the
American Revolution . In 1825, Queen’s College was renamed
Rutgers College in honor of Colonel
Henry Rutgers , whose substantial gift to the school had stabilized its finances during a period of uncertainty. For most of its existence, Rutgers was a
private liberal arts college but it has evolved into a
coeducational public research university after being designated The State University of New Jersey by the
New Jersey Legislature via laws enacted in 1945 and 1956.
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29 July 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , Universities, Colleges, Academies
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Brown University is a
private Ivy League research university in
Providence, Rhode Island . Founded in 1764 as the
College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations , Brown is the
seventh-oldest institution of
higher education in the United States and one of the nine
colonial colleges chartered before the
American Revolution . Admission is among the most selective in the United States; in 2021, the university reported an acceptance rate of 5.4%.
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30 June 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , New York City , Universities, Colleges, Academies
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Columbia University (also known as
Columbia , and officially as
Columbia University in the City of New York ) is a
private Ivy League research university in
New York City . Established in 1754 as
King’s College on the grounds of
Trinity Church in
Manhattan , Columbia is the oldest institution of higher education in
New York and the fifth-oldest institution of
higher learning in the United States. It is one of nine
colonial colleges founded prior to the
Declaration of Independence , seven of which belong to the
Ivy League . Columbia is ranked among the top universities in the world by major education publications.
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31 March 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , Universities, Colleges, Academies
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The University of Pennsylvania (
Penn or
UPenn ) is a
private Ivy League research university in
Philadelphia ,
Pennsylvania . The university claims a founding date of 1740 and is one of the nine
colonial colleges chartered prior to the
U.S. Declaration of Independence .
Benjamin Franklin , Penn’s founder and first president, advocated an educational program that trained leaders in commerce, government, and
public service , similar to a modern
liberal arts curriculum. The University of Pennsylvania considers itself the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, though this is contested by Princeton and Columbia Universities. The university also considers itself as the
first university in the United States with both undergraduate and graduate studies.
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26 August 2019 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , Universities, Colleges, Academies
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Princeton is a municipality with a
borough form of government in
Mercer County, New Jersey , that was established in its current form on January 1, 2013, through the consolidation of the
Borough of Princeton and
Princeton Township . As of the
2010 United States Census , the municipality’s population was 28,572, reflecting the former township’s population of 16,265, along with the 12,307 in the former borough. Princeton is roughly equidistant from
New York City and
Philadelphia . It is close to many major highways that serve both cities (e.g.
Interstate 95 and
US Route 1 ), and receives major television and radio broadcasts from each. It is also close to
Trenton , New Jersey’s capital city, and
Edison .
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7 September 2018 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , Architecture , Universities, Colleges, Academies
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Harvard University is a private
Ivy League research university in
Cambridge , Massachusetts. Established in 1636 and named for clergyman
John Harvard (its first benefactor), its history, influence, and wealth have made it one of the world’s most prestigious universities. Harvard is the
United States’ oldest institution of higher learning , and the
Harvard Corporation is its first chartered
corporation . Although never formally affiliated with any
denomination , the early College primarily trained
Congregational and
Unitarian clergy. Its curriculum and student body were gradually secularized during the 18th century, and by the 19th century, Harvard had emerged as the central cultural establishment among
Boston elites . Following the
American Civil War , President
Charles W. Eliot ‘s long tenure (1869–1909) transformed the college and affiliated professional schools into a modern
research university ; Harvard was a founding member of the
Association of American Universities in 1900.
A. Lawrence Lowell , who followed Eliot, further reformed the undergraduate curriculum and undertook aggressive expansion of Harvard’s land holdings and physical plant.
James Bryant Conant led the university through the
Great Depression and
World War II and began to reform the curriculum and liberalize admissions after the war. The undergraduate college became coeducational after its 1977 merger with
Radcliffe College .
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