Isn't it a bit odd that the three states of Southern New England ( Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island ) have had state institutions of university status only in the very recent past, these institutions having previously been A & M colleges??

Sir -- Permit me to commend your editorial in which you stress the fact that a program of county colleges will substantially increase local tax burdens and that taxpayers have a right to a clear idea of what such a program would commit them to.

Recently colleges and universities have begun to translate their educational philosophy into institution-wide goals.

Following a vigorous campaign of interpretation and leadership development by OEP director Dr. Julian Smith, today thousands of secondary schools, colleges and universities have shooting and hunting education in their physical education and recreation programs.

Meanwhile, the private colleges have increased their tuition rates so much that they have raised an economic barrier which dwarfs their scholarship funds.

At least two private colleges in the Atlanta area now or in the past have had integrated student bodies, but their tax-exempt status never has been challenged by the state.

For while the past needs of the Church in this country may have been adequately met by collegiate institutions, which in temper and tone closely resembled junior colleges and finishing schools, it would seem that today's need is for the college which more closely resembles the university in its `` pursuit of excellence ''.

Many actors train at length in special programs or colleges to develop these skills, and today the vast majority of professional actors have undergone extensive training.

Various colleges and universities have awarded Clinton honorary degrees, including Doctorate of Law degrees and Doctor of Humane Letters degrees.

As interest in BME increases, many engineering colleges now have a Biomedical Engineering Department or Program, with offerings ranging from the undergraduate ( B. S., B. Eng or B. S. E.

By the 1980s many colleges had recognised a community need for computer training and since then thousands of people have been up-skilled through IT courses.

Programs and courses are changed, added or deleted according to projected economic future, while many programs are relatively stable and have been around as long as the colleges, such as various business administration programs.

While he supported the idea of federal appropriations for science, he took exception to a federal bill that would have funded engineering research at land-grant colleges, and instead sought to raise a $ 1 million national research fund entirely from private sources.

Upon graduation, Caltech alumni have the highest median starting salary among graduates of other colleges or universities in 2010 – 2011, of $ 69, 900, according to PayScale.

Beginning in 1969, during the Vietnam War, the university did not allow the U. S. military to have Reserve Officers ' Training Corps ( ROTC ) programs on campus, though Columbia students could participate in ROTC programs at other colleges and universities.

Many colleges have croquet clubs as well, such as The Pennsylvania State University, Bates College, State University of New York College at New Paltz, and Harvard University.

Most American middle schools, high schools, and colleges have organized cheerleading squads made up solely of students.

Most colleges and universities have a cheerleading squad.

Although the college game has a much larger margin for talent than its pro counterpart, the sheer number of fans following major colleges provides a financial equalizer for the game, with Division I programs – the highest level – playing in huge stadiums, six of which have seating capacity exceeding 100, 000.

Several schools and other institutions have been named in his honor and he holds honorary degrees from universities and colleges across the country.

" Over its history, CUNY colleges, particularly CCNY, have been involved in various political movements.

" Students must enroll in one of the CUNY colleges in order to participate ; they then have access to courses and opportunities throughout the University.

A number of colleges and universities offer scholarships to men and women who have competitive diving skills.

Although Canada is internationally a fairly strong country in diving, the vast majority of Canadian high schools and universities do not have diving teams, and many Canadian divers accept athletic scholarships from American colleges.

In Canada, the 150 institutions that are the rough equivalent of the US community college are usually referred to simply as " colleges " since in common usage a degree granting institution is, almost, exclusively a university.

* The Association of Community College Trustees ( ACCT ) has provided education for community college boards of directors and advocacy for community colleges since 1972.

In the Netherlands, universities have opened constituent liberal arts colleges under the terminology university college since the late 1990s.

Physically, it is one of the university's larger colleges, with buildings from almost every century since its founding, as well as extensive and immaculately maintained gardens.

Its first four Masters were educated at St John's, and it took until around 1575 for the two colleges ' application numbers to draw even, a position in which they have remained since the Civil War.

The University has since added a number of colleges to its corporate and associative body.

Irkutsk is home to the East Siberian Education Academy ( since 1909 ), Irkutsk State University ( 1918 ), Irkutsk State Medical University ( 1918 ), Baykalsky State University of Economics and Law ( since 1932 ), Irkutsk State Technical University ( since 1939 ), Irkutsk State Academy of Agriculture, Irkutsk State Linguistic University ( 1948 ), Irkutsk State Railway Transport University ( since 1975 ), and a number of private colleges: Siberian Institute of Law, Economics and Management ( since 1993 ), Institute of Economics of ISTU ( since 1996 ), and others.

Founded in 1836, the University at first comprised just two colleges: University College London, which previously had no official chartered status and did not apply religious tests to its students, and King's College, which had been chartered since 1829 and which admitted only members of the Church of England.

* College of Engineering: EAC / ABET ( every year since they began accrediting colleges in 1936 ), ACCE

The University of London and the University of Wales have since their inception been federal universities ; they have a governing body with overall responsibility for the maintenance of standards at the constituent colleges.

In addition, RIT was listed by U. S. News & World Report as one of only 12 colleges nationally recognized for excellence in the internships / co-ops category and has secured this ranking, which is based on nominations from college presidents, chief academic officers and deans, for four years in a row since U. S. News began the category in 2002.

During the early 20th century, McLennan County was home to as many as five colleges ; in addition to Baylor, the other colleges included the predecessor to what is now known as Texas Christian University ( now in Fort Worth ), Paul Quinn College ( relocated since to Dallas ), and two other short-lived colleges.

The City and Guilds of London Art School, one of the longest-established art colleges in the country, has been at Kennington Park Road since 1879.

In Britain, the tradition that theatre directors emerge from degree courses ( usually in English literature ) at the Oxbridge universities has meant that for a long time, professional vocational training did not take place at drama schools or performing arts colleges, although an increase in training programmes for theatre directors can be witnessed since the 1970s and 1980s.

It was the first new Oxford college since 1555, in the reign of Queen Mary, when Trinity College and St John's College were founded as Roman Catholic colleges.

Academically, Lincoln has consistently been one of the top ten colleges in the Norrington Table since 2006, and at various points since the new millennium before then.

During the past decade the program has been carried on through expansion of free higher education in state universities, state colleges, and community colleges.

Tuition, which had always been charged at the State University of New York, was instituted at all CUNY colleges.

Following these developments, CUNY students were added to the state's need-based Tuition Assistance Program, or TAP, which had originally been created to help private colleges.

Technology plays an important role in student life, as Dartmouth has been ranked as one of the most technologically advanced colleges in the world ( as in Newsweeks 2004 ranking of " Hottest for the Tech-Savvy " and Yahoo!

While most Indian engineering colleges barring IITs emphasize on undergraduate teaching, Jadavpur University is primarily recognized on research, after IITs it has been ranked sixth in research output in India for its engineering faculty.

This has been aggravated by the transfer of the best students from the other colleges after their graduation especially in the field of Arts to Jadavpur University for their post-graduation.

The Presbyterian Church ( U. S. A .) has, in the past, been a leading United States denomination in mission work, and many hospitals, clinics, colleges and universities worldwide trace their origins to the pioneering work of Presbyterian missionaries who founded them more than a century ago.

By then, several new residential colleges had been built on campus to handle the university's growth, including Lovett College, Sid Richardson College, and Martel College.

Since the 1970s specialized FE colleges called “ tertiary colleges ” have been set up to offer courses such as A Levels, that allow progression to HE, alongside vocational courses.

It has been claimed that Paley was not a very original thinker and that the philosophical part of his treatise on ethics is “ an assemblage of ideas developed by others and is presented to be learned by students rather than debated by colleagues .” Nevertheless, his book The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy ( 1785 ) was a required text at Cambridge and Smith says that Paley ’ s writings were “ once as well known in American colleges as were the readers and spellers of William McGuffey and Noah Webster in the elementary schools .” Although now largely missing from the philosophical canon, Schneewind writes that " utilitarianism first became widely known in England through the work of William Paley.

Since 1997 the college has always come at least eighth in the Tompkins Table, which ranks the 29 Cambridge colleges according to the academic performance of their undergraduates, and on five occasions it has been in first place.

In 1967, two of the colleges that had been part of the University of Manitoba were given university status by the provincial government.

For the past decade, Berea College has been consistently ranked by U. S. News & World Report as the number one comprehensive college in the South, and it is currently ranked as # 1 among liberal arts colleges by The Washington Monthly College Ranking 2011.

* Numerous schools and colleges in Derbyshire have been named after him.

Monasteries have always been associated with the provision of education and the encouragement of scholarship and research, which has led to the establishment of schools and colleges and the association with universities.

Science, technology, forestry and business have been added to the numerous engineering disciplines, and Michigan Tech now offers more than 130 degree programs though its five colleges and schools.