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2. University of Alabama - Wikipedia

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   Website. www .ua .edu. The University of Alabama (informally known as Alabama, UA, or Bama) is a public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Established in 1820 and opened to students in 1831, the University of Alabama is the oldest and largest of the public universities in Alabama as well as the University of Alabama System.

3. Education in Alabama - Wikipedia

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   Primary and secondary education. Public primary and secondary education in Alabama is under the overview of the Alabama State Board of Education as well as local oversight by 67 county school boards and 60 city boards of education. Together, 1,541 individual schools provide education for 743,364 elementary and secondary students.

4. List of colleges and universities in Alabama - Wikipedia

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   There are four institutions of higher learning in Alabama that are listed among Tier 1 national universities by U.S. News & World Report - The University of Alabama (UA), Auburn University (AU), the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), and The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). These four universities are also classified among "R1 ...

5. Alabama A&M University - Wikipedia

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   August 25, 1994 [5] Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University ( Alabama A&M or AAMU) is a public historically black land-grant university in Normal, Huntsville, Alabama. [6] [7] Founded in 1875, it took its present name in 1969. It was one of about 180 "normal schools" founded by state governments in the 19th century to train teachers for ...

6. Stand in the Schoolhouse Door - Wikipedia

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   The Stand in the Schoolhouse Door took place at Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama on June 11, 1963. George Wallace, the Governor of Alabama, in a symbolic attempt to keep his inaugural promise of "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever" and stop the desegregation of schools, stood at the door of the auditorium as if to block the entry of two African American ...

7. Lee Roberts (finance executive) - Wikipedia

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   On January 12, 2024, a coalition of student groups published an op-ed in the university's newspaper titled "UNC deserves better, Lee Roberts ain't it," highlighting Roberts' lack of experience in educational administration and actions during his tenure as state budget director that were perceived as contrary to the interests of higher education ...