University of Arizona

About the University of Arizona

Founded:  1885 
President:  Ann Weaver Hart, PhD

 Students:

·         29,719 Undergraduate     

·         6,962 Graduate

·         1,376 Professional & Medical

Facts & Research:

More than $625 million in research·         
Ranked #19 among all public universities by the National Science Foundation·         
State Land Grant University·         
Member, Association of American Universities·         
Research I University

Sports:

·         NCAA Division-1, PAC 12 Conference

Campus:

·         387 acres in central Tucson, oldest continually maintained green space in Arizona. 

As a public research university serving the diverse citizens of Arizona and beyond, the mission of the University of Arizona is to provide a comprehensive, high-quality education that engages our students in discovery through research and broad-based scholarship. We aim to empower our graduates to be leaders in solving complex societal problems. Whether in teaching, research, outreach or student engagement, access and quality are the defining attributes of the University of Arizona’s mission.

Bold History that Fuels the Future

It was a bold move in 1885 to start a university in the middle of the desert. UA faculty and students have been on the cutting edge ever since.

Research that Improves the Human Condition

From planetary science to medicine to the arts, UA research is changing the world. Being ranked #19 by the National Science Foundation doesn’t just make us great; it creates great opportunities for students. Our researchers teach. Students work alongside world-class professors to discover new knowledge and launch their own careers.

Prestigious Faculty

Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, members of esteemed national academies and world-renowned experts in dozens of disciplines, our faculty brings international attention to the University, and puts us in the ranks of the top public universities in the nation.

Enviable Academics

The UA is a diverse and talented community. From astronomy to communication to entrepreneurship, our programs and our people are among the best in the country. We offer a rich and rewarding educational experience to all who choose to focus on excellence.

Outreach to the Community and the World

As the state’s land grant university, we honor our three-fold commitment to education, research and community service. UA faculty and students share their knowledge, their time and their resources throughout the state and around the world.

Economic Impact that Benefits All

The UA generates more than $625 million in research. Along with the UA Health Network, we give the state an annual $5.6 billion boost. We partner with industry so that innovative ideas become thriving enterprises. We reach every Arizona county and five tribal reservations, supporting one out of every 93 jobs in the state.

WALDEN QUALITY PROGRAMS AND LIFE LONG LEARNINGS

Quality Programs

Forward-Thinking Online Degree Programs

At Walden, we design our program curriculum with you in mind. Our online degree programs are based on an educational model that meets you where you are, educationally and professionally, to advance you toward increasingly higher levels of professional excellence.

We achieve this by collaborating with a variety of national industry leaders and higher education experts to create high-quality online programs that are relevant to the needs of today’s—and tomorrows—workforce. As a student, you can benefit from our approach to program design by becoming better prepared to meet the challenges in your field and shape the future of your profession.

When you choose an online degree program at Walden, you choose:

·         A Proven Learning Model
We begin with a highly developed vision for our online degree programs and design them to reflect the professional guidelines set forth by leading professional organizations. Courses within a particular program are sequenced to work together, enabling you to build on what you learn. We work with instructional designers who understand what is most effective in online education.

·         Faculty Committed to Teaching
Our faculty members are selected for their academic and industry credentials as well as their demonstrated commitment to teaching adult learners. Faculty members are active participants in every aspect of your online learning experience—from designing a program of study to serving as a mentor and coach.

·         An Opportunity to Make an Impact
Our curriculum focuses on the core professional knowledge you need to succeed in your career and how to use that knowledge to make a meaningful difference in society. At the beginning of your online program, you’ll be asked to articulate your social change goals. During your program, you’ll be encouraged to evolve as a social change agent by applying what you learn to make a significant impact in your field and your community.

Path to Lifelong Learning

Earning Additional Online Degrees from Walden

When you choose Walden, you choose a partner who supports your education needs today and tomorrow. Turn to us for online degree programs that help you gain the knowledge and skills you need to meet your current goals. Then, return to us when you’re ready to take that next important step in your career.

As a returning student, you can benefit from:

·         A 15% tuition reduction* over the lifetime of your program

·         A waived enrolment fee

·         Automatic transcript retrieval

·         The opportunity to transfer credits, depending on the program

·         Eligibility for scholarships

Savings for Alumni from Other Laureate Universities

As part of the Laureate International Universities network, Walden welcomes graduates from our fellow institutions who want to earn their next degree online. You can receive a 15% tuition savings^*†on the lifetime of your program if you are a graduate of one of these Laureate universities:

·         Kendall College

·         The National Hispanic University

·         New School of Architecture and Design

·         Santa Fe University of Art and Design

To learn more about the benefits of lifelong learning at Walden, call an enrolment advisor at 1-866-492-5336.

WALDEN FACULTY MEMBERS

Meet Your Faculty Members

Walden faculty members focus on your success. Our faculty members are scholars, researchers, and distinguished leaders who are selected for their academic and industry credentials as well as for their teaching abilities. They have a broad range of experiential and cultural backgrounds and excel at integrating their expertise into the classroom.

Learn about the faculty members associated with your college or school:

·         Counseling and Social Service  

·         Education   

·         Health Sciences

·         Information Systems and Technology

·         Management 

·         Nursing

·         Psychology 

·         Public Policy and Administration 

·         Undergraduate Programs 

Learn more about Walden faculty accomplishments in their fields and communities. 

Doctoral Student Faculty Support

You can collaborate with faculty to choose your research area. Walden faculty will help you formulate your questions, find answers, and apply what you’ve learned to your field. As a Ph.D. student, you can benefit from faculty as:

·         Mentors
You will partner with a faculty mentor who shares your research interests and will support you through the dissertation process. This mentor will provide you with expert advice, including defining learning objectives, recommending relevant resources, and evaluating your work.

·         Assessors
You will also have the opportunity to work with additional faculty members whose expertise matches your specific research area. They will work in collaboration with your faculty mentor to provide you with diverse perspectives, resulting in a more comprehensive learning experience.

·         Dissertation Partners
Your dissertation committee will be composed of faculty members you select for their expertise related to your research topic. Led by the dissertation committee chairperson, the committee members will guide you through your dissertation proposal, research and analysis, and final oral presentation.

Learn more about what it’s like to learn from leading faculty. Request information or call 1-866-492-5336 in the United States or see a list of international phone numbers.

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WALDEN UNIVERSITY

A University for Working Professionals

Walden University was founded in 1970 by two teachers seeking a better way for adults to pursue advanced degrees without leaving the workforce. That vision meant rethinking a brick-and-mortar classroom to allow broader access through distance education. Our proven track record in online higher education has grown our learning community to include more than 46,500 students and more than 61,000 alumni worldwide.

Today, we continue to find new and innovative ways to support the unique needs of adult learners like you. Our online degree programs are developed to advance your knowledge and help you apply that knowledge in ways that impact your profession and your community through:

·         Quality programs

·         A focus on relevant, actionable learning

·         Superior student support

·         Global connections

·         A path for lifelong learning

Learn how you’ll benefit from earning your degree from a leading accredited online university.

Request information or call 1-866-492-5336

The Walden Impact

Beyond the Classroom

Some people don’t just work—they work to make a difference in their lives and the lives of others.

At Walden University, our mission of social change has helped transform the lives of students for more than 40 years. We define social change as a deliberate process of creating and applying ideas, strategies, and actions to promote the worth, dignity, and development of individuals and communities alike.

You can gain the skills to address the most urgent issues in your workplace, your community, or even your profession through:

·         Online degree programs that encourage applying knowledge for the common good.

·         A Social Change Conference addressing new ways of thinking.

·         The Walden Service Network, an online community connecting volunteers with volunteer opportunities.

·         A Global Day of Service impacting communities worldwide.

·         Social change scholarships and fellowships to help you reach your goals.

Learn more about how you’ll be inspired to make a difference with our online degree programs. Request information or call 1-866-492-5336 in the United States or see a list of international phone numbers.

Relevant Learning

Online Degree Programs That Changes Lives

Our online degree programs are designed to provide the skills you need to grow as a professional and the credentials you’ll want to make a positive change in the lives of others. Many of our students and graduates apply their Walden knowledge to find creative and innovative solutions to challenges facing their industries and the greater community.

Our online courses encourage you to:

·         Apply what you learn immediately to your own workplace.

·         Share ideas, discuss concepts and challenges, and network with faculty and fellow students alike.

·         Develop critical-thinking and communication skills required to be an effective leader.

·         Learn current best practices from expert faculty and, for some programs, contributing         scholars via DVDs and videos.

·         Reflect on what you’ve learned and adapt strategies and skills to meet your specific needs and challenges.

Find out how you can put knowledge from Walden’s online degrees to work in your life. Request information or call 1-866-492-5336 in the United States or see a list of international phone numbers.

The cornerstone of the original Bible Institute building in Los Angeles was laid on May 31, 1913, and dedicated with these words:

"For the teaching of the truths for which the Institute stands, its doors are to be open every day of the year, and all people, without reference to race, color or class will ever be welcome to its privileges."

Spoken by Lyman Stewart, president of the Institute and co-founder of the Union Oil Company, these words capture the vision of Biola's founders. Stewart, together with T.C. Horton, initiated the Bible Institute, with the first permanent organization taking shape in 1908. By 1912, the school had grown sufficiently in its outreach and constituency to call R.A. Torrey, a leader in the field of Christian education, as the first dean.

The following decades have witnessed tremendous growth in the development and outreach of the school. Under the leadership of Dr. Louis T. Talbot, president from 1932 to 1952, the Bible Institute program became a four-year course, leading to degrees in theology, Christian education, and sacred music. The School of Missionary Medicine came into being in 1945, laying the foundation for Biola's current baccalaureate nursing program. In 1949, the Bible Institute was renamed Biola College.

Dr. Samuel H. Sutherland became president in 1952, and with his leadership the college obtained regional and professional accreditation. Additionally, many new programs of study were introduced, including Talbot Theological Seminary. The demands imposed by the growing student body and the enlarged curriculum prompted the purchase of a 75-acre site in La Mirada.

Biola moved to the new site in 1959. Dr. Sutherland retired as president in 1970, but continued to lend leadership as a member of Biola's Board of Trustees. That same year, Dr. J. Richard Chase became Biola's sixth president.

In 1977, the graduate programs of Rosemead Graduate School of Professional Psychology were acquired by Biola and relocated on the La Mirada campus. The undergraduate programs in psychology were merged with Rosemead's graduate programs in the fall of 1981, forming the present Rosemead School of Psychology.

Under the leadership of Dr. J. Richard Chase, Biola College became Biola University on July 1, 1981. The University was composed of the School of Arts and Sciences, Talbot Theological Seminary and Rosemead School of Psychology. Dr. Clyde Cook became the seventh president of Biola on June 1, 1982. Under his leadership, the School of Intercultural Studies was instituted as part of the University in 1983. Talbot Theological Seminary became Talbot School of Theology in the fall of 1983 as a result of the merger between the appropriate undergraduate and graduate level programs.

The Board approved the establishment of the School of Business in 1993, and the School of Continuing Studies in 1994, now called the School of Professional Studies.

On May 11, 2007, the Board selected the University’s eighth president, Dr. Barry H. Corey, to lead Biola into its second century.

Because of the University's heritage and commitment, its academic basis is broader than that of the standard college of arts and sciences. Terminal and preparatory programs lead to service in church-related vocations and the many other vocations and professions embraced by the present curricula. In addition, the University is a Christian institution of higher education without any denominational affiliation.

From an institute to a university, Biola's cornerstone has remained the same: commitment to Jesus Christ, the inerrancy of Scripture and biblical Christianity (within an evangelical Protestant framework), as well as to the spiritual, academic and holistic growth of those who are personally committed to Him.

Governance and Administration

When the Chronicle of Higher Education published its survey of the best colleges and universities to work for, the University of Michigan—on the list for the third consecutive year—received high marks. Michigan earned praise for confidence in leadership, job satisfaction, and work-life balance, among others. (Read more about the survey in the University Record.

Founded in 1817 in Detroit as “The University of Michigan,” the U-M is the oldest of the 15 public universities in the state of Michigan. Michigan is a highly decentralized institution comprising three campuses—in Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint—all governed by a publicly elected Board of Regents.

Leadership is provided by President Mary Sue Coleman and Provost Philip J. Hanlon, a team of executive officers, and the deans of the schools and colleges on all three campuses. Faculty also have a strong voice through the University’s shared governance system.

Teaching and Research

The University of Michigan is a global leader in health, law and public policy, the arts and humanities, science and technology, and many other academic disciplines.

The essence of the University is the academic diversity of our schools and colleges, many of which are among the best in the country, and the degree of interdisciplinary cooperation among them. Our schools of Business, Education, Engineering, Information, Law, Medicine, Music, Nursing, Public Health, and Social Work are ranked among the best in the country.

Students live and study in an atmosphere steeped in languages, ideas, politics, and cultures. Their peers are among the brightest in the nation—and the world—and bring an unrivalled richness to the University. They work alongside the most advanced minds, faculty whose excellence has been rewarded with Pulitzer Prizes, MacArthur Fellowships, and coveted memberships in the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.

In the video below, some of the outstanding University of Michigan faculty discuss what they value most.

Campus Life

The story unfolds this way: A former head of state—in this case, the president of Poland—is visiting the University of Michigan as a guest lecturer. Over the course of a week, he joins 110,000 Wolverine fans for a football game at Michigan Stadium, then attends two performances of the Kirov Orchestra as part of a Shostakovich Centennial Festival. Next comes the opening night ofAntony and Cleopatra by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

His reaction: “I feel like I’m in the center of New York City!”

From a campus that inspired Robert Frost, Arthur Miller, and Jessye Norman, the University of Michigan showcases song and dance, literature and politics, drama and art, from our students and from artists drawn to Ann Arbor. Such distinguished guests as President Bill Clinton, the Dalai Lama, and Christiane Amanpour have inspired and intrigued U-M audiences in recent years.

The resources of our libraries are among the deepest in the country. Our museums and theaters attract world-renowned talent and open a window to science and art. And our playing fields are home to an intercollegiate athletics program known globally for the competitive spirit of the maize and blue.

Working Here

Michigan is recognized as one of the best universities to work for in the country. The Michigan culture is known for engaging faculty and staff in all facets of the University to create a workplace that is vibrant, stimulating, and fulfilling.

For five consecutive years, the Chronicle of Higher Education has recognized U-M as a “Great Colleges to Work For”. In particular, the University earns high marks for diversity, confidence in senior leadership, job satisfaction, facilities and work life balance.

We help build stronger faculty and more creative learning environments through the Centre for Research on Learning and Teaching, the first teaching centre in the country. Staffs enjoy diverse learning opportunities to advance their U-M careers.

Harvard University

 

HISTORY

Harvard is the oldest institution of higher education in the United States, established in 1636 by vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It was named after the College’s first benefactor, the young minister John Harvard of Charlestown, who upon his death in 1638 left his library and half his estate to the institution. A statue of John Harvard stands today in front of University Hall in Harvard Yard, and is perhaps the University’s best known landmark.

Harvard University has 12 degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. The University has grown from nine students with a single master to an enrolment of more than 20,000 degree candidates including undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. There are more than 360,000 living alumni in the U.S. and over 190 other countries

FACULTY

About 2,100 faculty members and more than 10,000 academic appointments in affiliated teaching hospitals

STUDENTS

Harvard College – About 6,700
Graduate and professional students – About 14,500
Total – About 21,000

U.S. presidents to receive an honorary degree include:

1781 John Adams

1787 Thomas Jefferson

1822 John Quincy Adams

1833 Andrew Jackson

1872 Ulysses S. Grant

1905 William Howard Taft

1907 Woodrow Wilson

1917 Herbert Hoover

1919 Theodore Roosevelt

1929 Franklin Delano Roosevelt

1946 Dwight Eisenhower

1956 John F. Kennedy

Student Life

Harvard University has around 20,000 students across the College, graduate, and professional schools located in Cambridge and Boston. When people refer to Harvard students, often they mean the subset of roughly 6,400 students who attend Harvard College. Students arrive every year in late August.

Harvard College’s diverse student population makes it hard to describe the typical student and even harder to describe the quintessential Harvard student experience. Students come from all 50 states and from over 80 countries; from cities, suburbs, small towns and farms; from public, private and parochial schools; from every ethnic and religious background; and from across the economic spectrum. Based on longstanding tradition and an extensive financial aid program, Harvard is committed to making educational opportunity accessible to all, with over 60% of the undergraduate population receiving financial aid.

With over 400 official student organizations including extra-curricular, co-curricular and athletic opportunities in addition to academics, Harvard students are active around and beyond campus. Whether in Harvard Stadium playing on the field or cheering on The Harvard Crimson, volunteering through organizations like PBHA, fostering entrepreneurial activities in the Harvard innovation lab, writing or editing at The Harvard Crimson or The Harvard Lampoon, or researching in one of the many labs, Harvard students are continuously learning — and constantly busy!

Harvard College is committed to making a college education affordable for all admitted students. Learn more about Harvard College financial aid programs.

THE HOUSE SYSTEM

 

The housing system at Harvard is designed to create a full collegiate experience for all four years of undergraduate education. As freshmen, students live in one of the dormitories in Harvard Yard, a prime location, and eat in the historic and picturesque Annenberg dining hall.

After their first year at Harvard, students are placed into one of the 12 houses on campus and continue to live there for the remainder of their residential life at Harvard. Over ninety-seven percent of Harvard undergrads choose to live on campus for all four years, creating a strong campus community and undergraduate experience.

Each house has a resident master and a staff of tutors, and includes a dining hall, common areas, and recreational and cultural spaces that help give them each a distinct character. Many even field their own intramural sports teams or theater ensembles. The houses themselves also have unique histories and traditions that bring the students together and help to foster the close and long-lasting ties among the residents of each house.

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Harvard College announced plans to launch the system wide effort to renew the University’s 12 undergraduate Houses. The announcement provides the first details about this ambitious initiative, unveiling the first full House to be renewed, the location of “swing” housing, and the pacing for the rest of the project.

Welcome to the University of New South Wales, one of Australia's leading research and teaching universities. At UNSW, we take pride in the broad range and high quality of our teaching programs. Our teaching gains strength and currency from our research activities and our international nature; UNSW has a strong regional and global engagement.

In developing new ideas and promoting lasting knowledge we are creating an academic environment where outstanding students and scholars from around the world can be inspired to excel in their programs of study and research. Partnerships with both local and global communities allow UNSW to share knowledge, debate and research outcomes. UNSW’s public events include concert performances, open days and public forums on issues such as the environment, healthcare and global politics. We encourage you to explore the UNSW website so you can find out more about what we do.

The University was incorporated by Act of the Parliament of New South Wales in Sydney in 1949, but its character and idea can be traced back to the formation of the Sydney Mechanics Institute in 1843, leading to the formation of the Sydney Technical College in 1878. The Institute sought ‘the diffusion of scientific and special knowledge’, the College sought to apply and teach it.

Commenced as The New South Wales University of Technology, the University’s international context is that of the Australian recognition of that scientific and technological impulse in tertiary education that produced the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Berlin University of Technology. It acknowledged at university level that profound development in human knowledge and concern that had impelled the nineteenth century industrial and scientific revolution.

The new University’s focus was on this new knowledge, this new way of encountering, explaining and improving the material world. Australia needed to keep abreast of the diversity of challenges associated with the Second World War, a demand recognised by the NSW Government in establishing the University. Its core concerns was teaching and research in science and technology, but its courses included humanities and commerce components in recognition of the need to educate the full human being.

Initially, in 1949, operating from the inner city campus of Sydney Technical College, it immediately began to expand on its present eastern suburb site at Kensington, where a major and continuing building program was pursued. Central to the University’s first twenty years was the dynamic authoritarian management of the first Vice-Chancellor, Sir Philip Baxter (1955 – 1969, and previously, Director, 1953 – 1955). His visionary but at times controversial energies, built the university from nothing to 15,000 students in 1968, pioneering both established and new scientific and technological disciplines against an external background of traditionalist criticism. A growing staff, recruited both locally and overseas, conducted research which established a wide international reputation.

The new University soon had Colleges at Newcastle (1951) and Wollongong (1961) which eventually became independent universities. The Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra became, and remains, a University College in 1981.

In 1958 the University name was changed to the University of New South Wales, and in 1960 it broadened its scholarly, student base and character with the establishment of a Faculty of Arts, soon to be followed, in 1960 by Medicine, then in 1971 by Law.

By Baxter’s retirement in 1969, the University had made a unique and enterprising Australian mark. The new Vice-Chancellor, Sir Rupert Myers, (1969-1981) brought consolidation and an urbane management style to a period of expanding student numbers, demand for change in University style, and challenges of student unrest. Easy with, and accessible to students, Myers’ management ensured academic business as usual through tumultuous University times.

The 1980s saw a University in the top group of Australian universities. Its Vice-Chancellor of the period, Professor Michael Birt (1981-1992), applied his liberal cultivation to the task of coping with increasing inroads, into the whole Australian university system, of Federal bureaucracy and unsympathetic and increasingly parsimonious governments. His task mixed strategies for financial survival with meeting the demands of a student influx which took the University into being one of the largest in Australia, as well as being, in many fields, the most innovative and diverse.

From 1951 the University had welcomed international students, and by 2000, of a student population of 31,000, about 6000 were international students, most from Asia. Annual graduation ceremonies are held in Hong Kong, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.