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  2. Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

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    The classification generally focusses on types of degrees awarded and related level of activity such as research. The classification includes all accredited, degree-granting colleges and universities in the United States that are represented in the National Center for Education Statistics' Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).

  3. History of college campuses and architecture in the United ...

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    The history of college campuses in the United States begins in 1636 with the founding of Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, then known as New Towne.Early colonial colleges, which included not only Harvard, but also College of William & Mary, Yale University and The College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), were modeled after equivalent English and Scottish institutions, but ...

  4. Academic ranks in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Excepting special ranks (such as endowed chairs), academic rank is dependent upon the promotion process of each college or university. Thus, a tenured associate professor at one institution might accept a "lower" position at another university (i.e., an assistant professorship) because of its connection to the "tenure track."

  5. Pager - Wikipedia

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    Pager. A pager, also known as a beeper or bleeper, [1] is a wireless telecommunications device that receives and displays alphanumeric or voice messages. One-way pagers can only receive messages, while response pagers and two-way pagers can also acknowledge, reply to, and originate messages using an internal transmitter. [2]

  6. Morehouse College - Wikipedia

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    Morehouse College is a private historically Black, men's, liberal arts college in Atlanta, Georgia.Anchored by its main campus of 61 acres (25 ha) near Downtown Atlanta, the college has a variety of residential dorms and academic buildings east of Ashview Heights.

  7. Broward College - Wikipedia

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    Broward College is a public college in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It is part of the Florida College System. It was established in 1959 as part of a move to broaden Florida's two-year colleges. In 2008 it adopted its current name, reflecting that it is one of the schools designated a "state college", meaning it can offer four-year bachelor's ...

  8. Higher education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Swarthmore College, one of the oldest coeducational colleges in the United States, is often considered a Little Ivy. The University of Connecticut School of Law is one of only four public law schools in New England. In the United States, higher education is an optional stage of formal learning following secondary education. It is also referred ...

  9. Medgar Evers College - Wikipedia

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    It is a senior college of the City University of New York (CUNY), offering baccalaureate and associate degrees. It was established in 1970 in central Brooklyn. It is named after Medgar Wiley Evers, an African American civil rights leader assassinated on June 12, 1963. The college is divided into four schools: the School of Business, the School ...