Колледжи и университеты США

Vice President for Student Affairs: W. Samuel Sadler '64

Vice President for Public Affairs: Stewart H. Gamage '72

Vice President of Finance: Samuel E. Jones '75

Vice President for Administration: Anna Martin

Director of Athletics: Edward C. Driscoll, Jr.

Yale University.

Yale University was founded in 1701 as the Collegiate School in the home of

Abraham Pierson, its first rector, in Killingworth, Connecticut. In 1716

the school moved to New Haven and, with generous gift by Elihu Yale of nine

bales of goods, 417 books, and a portrait of King George the first, renamed

Yale College in 1718.

Yale embarked on a steady expansion, establishing the Medical Institution

(1810), Divinity School (1822), Law School (1843), Graduate School of Arts

and Sciences (1847), the School of Fine Arts (1869) and School of Music

(1894). In 1887 Yale College became Yale University. It continued to add to

its academic offerings with the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies

(1900), School of Nursing (1923), School of Drama (1955), School of

Architecture (1972), and School of Management (1974).

Rutgers College.

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, with over 60,000 students on

campuses in Camden, Newark, and New Brunswick, is one of the major state

university systems in the nation. The university is made up of twenty-six

degree-granting divisions; twelve undergraduate colleges, eleven graduate

schools, and three schools offering both undergraduate and graduate

degrees. Five are located in Camden, seven in Newark, and fourteen in New

Brunswick.

Rutgers has a unique history as a colonial college, a land-grant

institution, and a state university. Chartered in 1766 as Queen's College,

the eighth institution of higher learning to be founded in the colonies

before the revolution, the school opened its doors in New Brunswick in 1771

with one instructor, one sophomore, and a handful of freshmen. During this

early period the college developed as a classical liberal arts institution.

In 1825, the name of the college was changed to Rutgers to honor a former

trustee and revolutionary war veteran, Colonel Henry Rutgers.

Rutgers College became the land-grant college of New Jersey in 1864,

resulting in the establishment of the Rutgers Scientific School with

departments of agriculture, engineering, and chemistry. Further expansion

in the sciences came with the founding of the New Jersey Agricultural

Experiment Station in 1880, the College of Engineering in 1914, and the

College of Agriculture (now Cook College) in 1921. The precursors to

several other Rutgers divisions were also founded during this period: the

College of Pharmacy in 1892, the New Jersey College for Women (now Douglass

College) in 1918, and the School of Education (now a graduate school) in

1924.

Brown University

Founded in 1764, Brown University was the third college in New

England and the seventh in America - and the only one that welcomed

students of all religious persuasions. A commitment to diversity and

intellectual freedom remains a hallmark of the University today.

Established as Rhode Island College in the town of Warren, Rhode

Island, the University moved to its present location on Providence's

College Hill in 1770. In 1804, the University was renamed to honor a $5,000

donation from Providence merchant Nicholas Brown.

Over the years the University grew steadily, adding graduate

courses in the 1880s, a women's college in 1889 (renamed Pembroke College

in 1928), a graduate school in 1927, and a medical education program in

1973 (now the Brown Medical School). The men's and women's undergraduate

colleges merged in 1971.

While facilities and programs expanded, Brown chose to keep its

enrollment relatively small, with an undergraduate student-faculty ratio of

about 9 to 1. The main campus covers nearly 140 acres, all of it within a

10-minute walk of its hub, the College Green. The University is situated on

a historic residential hill overlooking downtown Providence, a city of some

170,000 people.

The University library system contains more than 5 million items,

including bound volumes, periodicals, maps, sheet music, and manuscripts.

The number of items grows by more than 100,000 each year.

The John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, known as "the Rock," is

Brown's primary humanities and social-sciences resource center.

The Sciences Library houses the University's collection of science

and medical books and periodicals. Located on the 14th floor is the

University's media services operation.

The John Hay Library houses special collections, including most of

the University's rare books, manuscripts, and archives.

The John Carter Brown Library is an independently administered and

funded center for advanced research in history and the humanities. It

houses an internationally renowned collection of primary sources pertaining

to the Americas before 1825.

Other specialty libraries include the Orwig Music Library (the

general music collection), the Art Slide Library (slides of art and art-

related subjects, including architecture and archaeology), and the

Demography Library (a major resource for population research).

Teaching, research and public service are conducted through a

number of centers and institutes affiliated with the University. They

include the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, the Center for Alcohol

and Addiction Studies, the Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research,

the Population Studies and Training Center, and the Watson Institute for

International Studies.

Carrying on an intercollegiate athletic tradition more than 100 years

old, the Brown Bears compete against the seven other Ivy League schools and

against other colleges and universities at the NCAA Division I level. Brown

has one of the nation's broadest arrays of varsity teams -- 37 in all; 20

for women and 17 for men.

Brown has its share of historic firsts, including the nation's

first intercollegiate men's ice hockey game (defeating Harvard 6-0 on

January 19, 1898) and the nation's first women's varsity ice hockey team

(organized in 1964).

As a member of the Ivy League, Brown awards financial aid on the

basis of need; it does not grant athletic scholarships.

University of Pensilvania.

Students:

Full-time: 18,050

Part-time: 4,276

Total: 22,326

Full-time Undergraduate: 9,863

Full-time Graduate/professional: 8,187

(Fall 2001; most current figures)

Undergraduate Admissions:

Penn received record-high 19,153 applications for admission to the Class of

2005. Of those applicants, 4,132, or 21.6 percent, were offered admission,

making the class of 2005 the most selective in Penn's history and the

institution among the most selective universities in America. Ninety-two

percent of the students admitted for Fall 2001 came from the top 10 percent

of their high school graduating class and scored a combined 1,412 on the

SAT. 2,391 students matriculated into this year's freshman class.

Internationalism:

Record-high 2,588 international students applied for admission to Penn's

undergraduate schools for Fall 2001, and 401 (15.5%) received admissions

offers. Ten percent of the first Ten percent of the first year classes are

international students. Of the international students accepted to the Class

of 2005, 11.1% were from Africa and the Middle East, 44.6% from Asia, 1%

from Australia and the Pacific, 14.3% from Canada and Mexico, 10.6% from

Central/South America and the Caribbean, and 18.6% from Europe. Penn had

3,485 international students enrolled in Fall 2001.

Study Abroad:

Penn offers 65 study-abroad programs in 36 countries. Penn ranks first

among the Ivy League schools in the number of students studying abroad,

according to the most recent data (Institute for International Education,

1999-2000). In 1999-2000, 1,196 Penn undergraduate students participated in

study- abroad programs.

Diversity:

About 42 percent of those accepted for admission to the Class of 2005 are

Black, Hispanic, Asian, or Native American. Women comprise 50 percent of

all students currently enrolled.

Undergraduate Schools:

Penn's four undergraduate schools, with their Fall 2001 student

populations, are:

The College at Penn (School of Arts and Sciences), 6,464

School of Engineering and Applied Science, 1,612

School of Nursing, 363

The Wharton School, 1,729

Graduate and Professional Schools:

Penn's 12 graduate and professional schools, with their Fall 2001 student

populations, are:

Annenberg School for Communication, 78

School of Arts and Sciences, 2,302

School of Dental Medicine, 530

Graduate School of Education, 1,059

School of Engineering and Applied Science, 884

Graduate School of Fine Arts, 562

Law School, 856

School of Medicine, 1,091

School of Nursing, 351

School of Social Work, 326

School of Veterinary Medicine, 451

The Wharton School, 2,055

Faculty:

Standing: 2,257

Associated: 2,062

Total: 4,319

The student-faculty ratio is 6.4:1 (Fall 2001).

Measures of distinction of the faculty include:

61 members of the Academy of Arts and Sciences;

44 members of the Institute of Medicine;

39 members of the National Academy of Sciences;

91 Guggenheim Fellowships (1980-2001);

11 members of the National Academy of Engineering;

Seven MacArthur Award recipients;

Six National Medal of Science recipients;

Four Nobel Prize recipients; and

Two Pulitzer Prize winners

Staff:

Penn is the largest private employer in the city of Philadelphia and the

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