Florida State University

The Florida State University (commonly referred to as Florida State or FSU) is an American public space-grant and sea-grantresearch university. Its primary campus is located on a 1,391.54-acre (5.631 km2) campus in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida. Founded in 1851, it is located on the oldest continuous site of higher education in the state of Florida.

The University is classified as a Research University with Very High Research by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.The university comprises 16 separate colleges and more than 110 centers, facilities, labs and institutes that offer more than 360 programs of study, including professional school programs. The university has an annual budget of over $1.7 billion. Florida State is home to Florida’s only National Laboratory – the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and is the birthplace of the commercially viable anti-cancer drug Taxol. Florida State University also operates The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, the State Art Museum of Florida and one of the largest museum/university complexes in the nation.

The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). Florida State University is home to nationally ranked programs in many academic areas, including law, business, engineering, medicine, social policy, film, music,theater, dance, visual art, political science, psychology, social work, and the sciences. Florida State University leads Florida in four of eight areas of external funding for the STEM disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math).

FSU officially launched the “Raise the Torch: The Campaign for Florida State” on October 17, 2014. The campaign has a fundraising goal of more than $1 billion which will improve academics, research, and the overall student experience. As of January 31, 2016, Florida State University’s “Raise the Torch” campaign has raised $877,386,411.

in 2016, U.S. News & World Report ranked Florida State as the 43rd best public university in the United States. Florida Governor Rick Scott and the state legislature designated Florida State University as one of two “preeminent” state universities in the spring of 2013 among the twelve universities of the State University System of Florida.

FSU’s intercollegiate sports teams, commonly known by their “Florida State Seminoles” nickname, compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I and the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). In their 113-year history, Florida State’s varsity sports teams have won 20 national athletic championships and Seminole athletes have won 78 individual NCAA national championships.

Academics

Westcott Building – named for university benefactor and Florida Supreme Court Justice James D. Westcott, Jr.

Florida State University aspires to become a top twenty-five public research university with at least one-third of its PhD programs ranked in the top 15 nationally. The university owns more than 1,600 acres (6.4 km²) and is the home of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory among other advanced research facilities. The university continues to develop in its capacity as a leader in Florida graduate research. Other milestones at the university include the first ETA10-G/8 supercomputer, capable of 10.8 GFLOPS in 1989, remarkable for the time in that it exceeded the existing speed record of the Cray-2/8, located at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory by a substantial leap and the development of the anti-cancer drug Taxol.

Tuition

For the 2015–2016 academic year, tuition costs were:

Undergraduate 

$215.55 per credit hour for in-state students, and $721.10 per credit hour for out-of-state students. Total tuition/fees :$5,644 for in-state and $18,788 for out of state

Graduate 

$479.32 per credit hour for in-state students, and $1,110.72 per credit hour for out-of-state students.Total tuition/fees :$11,554 for in-state and $26,698 for out of state

Law School 

$688.11 per credit hour for in-state students, and $1,355.18 per credit hour for out-of-state students. Total tuition/fees :$20,693 for in-state and $40,705 for out of state

Medical School 

Total tuition/fees :$27,434 (Year 1) for in-state students, and $68,619 (Year 1) for out-of-state students.

Limited Access Programs

A number of undergraduate academic programs at the Florida State University are termed “Limited Access Programs”. Limited Access Programs are programs where student demand exceeds available resources. Admission is thus restricted and sometimes extremely competitive. Examples of limited access programs include The Florida State University Film School, the College of Communication and Information, the College of Nursing, Computer Science, most of the majors in the College of Education, several majors in the College of Visual Arts, Theatre and Dance and all majors in the College of Business.

Honors Program

Landis Hall the traditional home of Honors students since 1955, which recently underwent an $18 million renovation.

Florida State University has a nationally recognized honors program.The University Honors Office supports the University’s long tradition of academic excellence by offering two programs, the University Honors Program and the Honors in the Major Program, which highlight the institution’s strengths in teaching, research, and community service.The Honors Program also offers special scholarships,internships, research, and study abroad opportunities.

Admission into the University Honors Program is by invitation only. The average academic profile of students that were offered honors invitations in 2015 was as follows: 4.2 weighted GPA; 32 ACT composite; 2080 SAT total. For the Honors in the Major Program students, the University Honors Office requires that prospective students have at least sixty semester hours and at least a 3.2 cumulative FSU GPA.The Honors program offers students housing in Landis Hall and Gilchrist Hall. Landis Hall is the traditional home of Honors students since 1955, which is situated on Landis Green at the heart of FSU’s main campus. Gilchrist Hall also houses Honors students and is conveniently located adjacent to Landis Hall. The two halls enjoy a shared study which allows Honors students living in either residence hall to easily gather with classmates and friends.

Scholarships

The Presidential Scholars Program is the premier undergraduate scholarship program at Florida State University. The program provides four years of support and is open to high school seniors who are admitted into the Florida State University Honors Program. The total award package for Presidential Scholars is $31,200, plus an out-of-state tuition waiver. This includes the $9,600 Presidential Scholarship distributed over four years and a $9,600 Admissions Scholarship distributed over four years. It also includes $12,000 for educational enrichment opportunities including international experiences such as Study Abroad and Global Scholars, research and creative projects, service learning projects or public service, internships, and entrepreneurial development. Support and guidance is offered through the Honors Program, Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement and the Office of National Fellows.

International Programs

Florida State University’s International Programs (FSU IP) is ranked 12th in the nation among university study abroad programs. Every year Florida State consistently sends over 2,276 students across the world to study in multiple locations. As a student of IP, students are able to take classes that meet their major and/or minor requirements, study with experts in their field, and earn FSU credit.

Florida State has four of its very own permanent study centers that offers residential and academic resources that include classrooms, libraries, and computer labs. These study centers include London, England; Florence, Italy; Valencia, Spain; and Panama City, Panama.

Florida State University is well known for its undergraduate and graduate study abroad options: according to Uni in the USA, “the large numbers of students that study abroad nicely compliment the students that study here from abroad.”

Young Scholars Program

The FSU Young Scholars Program is a competitive residential science and mathematics program for 40 Florida high-school students with potential for careers in the sciences,engineering, and health professions. Admission to the FSU YSP generally requires completing the eleventh grade and scoring at least 90% on a national standardized examination such as the SAT or PSAT. The PSAT math average is approximately 96% and the PSAT verbal average is approximately 94%. Many students are first in their class at their home schools, with 79% being in the top ten of their class.

Rhodes Scholars

In 1905 Florida State earned Florida’s first Rhodes Scholar.In 1977 Florida State University earned the first female Rhodes Scholar in Florida.In 2008, Florida State undergraduate and football player Myron Rolle earned the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship award. Rolle is the fifth FSU student overall to earn this award and the third since 2005. Joe O’Shea, an FSU Student Body President, and Garrett Johnson, an FSU student athlete, earned the award in 2007 and 2005, respectively.Only thirty-two students in the United States earn the award each year.

Saint Xavier University

Saint Xavier University (abbreviated SXU) is a four-year, coeducational institution of higher learning located on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois.

History

Saint Xavier University was founded as a women’s college by the Sisters of Mercy in 1846 at the request of Bishop William Quarter. With the City of Chicago less than ten years old, the Sisters of Mercy, under the guidance of Mother Mary Francis Warde, RSM, established Saint Francis Xavier Female Academy. The Academy, which would later become Saint Xavier College, and finally Saint Xavier University, was the first Mercy College in the world and is the oldest chartered College in the city of Chicago.

The original campus, which burnt down in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, was located on Wabash Avenue between Madison and Monroe in downtown Chicago. Soon after, the campus was rebuilt on a 5-acre (2.023 ha) site on the southern boundary of Chicago.

Campus

Chicago

Saint Xavier’s 109 acres (44.1 ha) main campus is located in City of Chicago in the Mt. Greenwood neighborhood on the corner of 103rd Street and Central Park Avenue.

The university’s main campus is made up of several buildings, including the Warde Academic Center, which is the oldest building on campus and houses administrative offices and the library, the Shannon Center, McDonough Chapel, a small Catholic chapel, the Graham School of Management Building, Andrew Conference Center, Driehaus Center, and Pulaski Center. Within a mile of the main campus are the Visual Arts Center and O’Grady Center which houses the departments of University Relations and University Advancement.

In 2001, an influx of students to the University led to the opening of four new dormitories on campus. McCarthy, Morris, Rubloff, and O’Brien Halls are apartment-style suites that accommodate students on campus.

In 2009, former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley recognized Saint Xavier University for its eco-friendly efforts with the opening of the Arthur Rubloff Hall and O’Brien Halls on campus. These residence halls are environmentally friendly, featuring rooftop gardens and clean-source alternative energy.

Orland Park

Saint Xavier also has a campus located in Orland Park located off I-80 and LaGrange Road. The Orland Park Campus houses the School of Continuing and Professional Studies programs as well as a Fast-Track Business Administration program.

Gilbert, AZ

In September 2015, Saint Xavier University opened their third campus with state-of-the art technology that allows its students improved educational capabilities. It has a full simulation center for advanced nursing careers as well as numerous huddle spaces and an auditorium.

Academics

Recognized as number 46 of comprehensive master’s universities in the Midwest by U.S. News & World Report’s America’s Best Colleges 2016,Saint Xavier University offers more than 43 undergraduate majors and 25 graduate programs through their five schools:

• The College of Arts and Sciences
• The School of Education
• The Graham School of Management
• The School of Nursing (a recognized Center of Excellence by the National League of Nursing)

Saint Xavier University has one of the most diverse undergraduate student bodies in Chicago and qualified as a Hispanic-Serving Institution in 2015.

In addition to undergraduate programs, the Graduate School at Saint Xavier University offers master’s degrees in Applied Computer Science, Education, Nursing, Business Administration, Speech and Language Pathology, and more.

Saint Xavier University surpassed more than 1,200 distance education degree programs across the country to earn the No. 3 ranking on U.S. News & World Report’s “2016 Best Online Graduate Nursing Programs” list.

Athletics

The Saint Xavier Cougars are the athletic teams of Saint Xavier University. The university is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) in theChicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC). Men’s sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer and track & field; while women’s sports include basketball, cheerleading, cross country, dance, soccer, softball, track & field and volleyball. Its football team competes in the Mid-States Football Association under head coachMike Feminis.

Athletic facilities on campus include The Shannon Center, which holds up to 3,500 students and also houses the university fitness center. It is home to both men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball teams. Bruce R. Deaton Memorial Field is home to football, soccer, and track.

In 2011, Saint Xavier won the NAIA Football National Championship.

Graduate Nursing Program Overview

St. Xavier University is a private institution where all of the graduate-level, online nursing classes are recorded and archived so that students can access lecture material at their convenience. One hundred percent of students are already employed when they first enroll. The admissions deadline for these programs is rolling.

Distinguishing characteristics of online program (as submitted by school)

SXU is one of only nine NLN designated Center for Excellence in Nursing Education in the nation. The third consecutive term for such designations. The NLN has only awarded Center of Excellence for three consecutive terms to a total of 3 nursing programs in the U.S. including the likes of Johns Hopkins. Our online program was ranked #1 for 2014 by US News & World report and #2 for 2015 within 1 point of the #1 ranked program with total scores of 100 and 99 respectively.

Mississippi State University (Bagley)

The Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science, commonly known asMississippi State University(MSU), is a land-grant university located in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States, partially in the town of Starkville and partially in an unincorporated area. Mississippi State, Mississippi, is the official designation for the area that encompasses the university.It is classified as a “comprehensive doctoral research university with very high research activity” by the Carnegie Foundation. The university has campuses in Starkville (main), Meridian, Biloxi, and Vicksburg, Mississippi.

History

The University began as The Agricultural and Mechanical College of the State of Mississippi (orMississippi A&M), one of the national land-grant colleges established after Congress passed the Morrill Act in 1862. It was created by the Mississippi Legislatureon February 28, 1878, to fulfill the mission of offering training in “agriculture, horticulture and the mechanical arts . . . without excluding other scientific and classical studies, including military tactics.” The university received its first students in the fall of 1880 in the presidency of General Stephen D. Lee.

In 1887 Congress passed the Hatch Act, which provided for the establishment of the Agricultural Experiment Station in 1888. The Cooperative Extension Service was established in 1914 by the Smith-Lever Act. The university has since had its mission expanded and redefined by the Legislature. In 1932, the Legislature renamed the university asMississippi State College.

In 1958 the Legislature renamed the university as Mississippi State University in recognition of its academic development and addition of graduate programs. The Graduate School had been organized (1936), doctoral degree programs had begun (1951), the School of Forest Resources had been established (1954), and the College of Arts and Sciences had replaced the General Science School (1956).

The university was uneventfully desegregated in July 1965, when Richard E. Holmes of Starkville became the first African-American student to enroll. The Civil Rights Act of 1964was passed by Congress the year before, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was being debated, and the United States Supreme Court had ruled in Brown v. Board of Education(1954) that segregation of public schools was unconstitutional.

The School of Architecture admitted its first students in 1973, the College of Veterinary Medicine admitted its first class in 1977. The MSU Vet school (commonly referred to as the CVM) is the largest veterinary school under one roof in the nation. The School of Accountancy was established in 1979.

The University Honors Program was founded in 1968 in order to provide more rigorous course curricula for academically talented students, as well as to support guest lecture series, forums, and distinguished external scholarships. The program has been vastly expanded and has a separate college. This was made possible by funding by Bobby Shackouls, an MSU alumnus and retired CEO, who donated US$10 million to found the Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College in April 2006.

MSU also started a joint Ph.D. program in engineering with San Jose State University in California, allowing an increase in research for both universities, as well as enhancing the stature of both engineering colleges.

In March 2009, Mississippi State announced the conclusion of the university’s seven-year capital campaign, with more than $462 million received in private gifts and pledges.

Campuses

Mississippi State University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate, master’s, specialist, anddoctoral degrees.

Today, the university has the following colleges and schools:

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences College of Architecture Art and Design College of Arts and Sciences College of Business Richard C. Adkerson School of Accountancy College of Education

James Worth Bagley College of Engineering Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering Shackouls Honors College College of Forest Resources College of Veterinary Medicine School of Human Sciences

Graduate Engineering Program Overview

Mississippi State University (Bagley), a public institution, offers online labs, and all of the online classes are recorded and archived so students can access lecture material at their convenience. Ninety-eight percent of students are employed when they enroll for online graduate engineering programs at Mississippi State University (Bagley), and the application deadline is July 1.

Distinguishing characteristics of online program (as submitted by school)

With 30+ years’ experience, programs and courses offer flexible synchronous and asynchronous options. Over 90% of courses are taught by full-time faculty who are active researchers. In some cases, courses are taught by experts in their respective fields who are evaluated for teaching ability and expertise and hold graduate faculty teaching appointments. Programs are rated 20th by USNWR and 9th as a Best Buy by GetEducated.com for cost and quality. Programs offer thesis or non-thesis options.

University of California–Irvine

The University of California, Irvine (UCI, UC Irvine, orIrvine), is a public research university located in Irvine, California, United States, and one of the 10 general campuses in the University of California (UC) system. UC Irvine is considered a Public Ivy and offers 80 undergraduate degrees and 98 graduate and professional degrees. The university is designated as having very high research activity in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, and in fiscal year 2013 had $348 million in research and development expenditures according to the National Science Foundation. UC Irvine became a member of the Association of American Universities in 1996, and is the youngest university to hold membership. The university also administers the UC Irvine Medical Center, a large teaching hospital in Orange, and its affiliated health sciences system; the University of California, Irvine, Arboretum; and a portion of the University of California Natural Reserve System.

UCI was one of three new UC campuses established in the 1960s to accommodate growing enrollments across the UC system. A site in Orange County was identified in 1959, and in the following year the Irvine Company sold the University of California 1,000 acres (400 ha) of land for one dollar to establish the new campus. President Lyndon B. Johnson dedicated the campus in 1964.Fifty years later President Barack Obama spoke at UCI’s 2014 commencement ceremony, held at Angel Stadium.

The UC Irvine Anteaters compete in 18 men’s and women’s sports in the NCAA Division I as members of the Big West Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. The Anteaters have won 28 national championships in nine different team sports, 64 Anteaters have won individual national championships, and 53 Anteaters have competed in the Olympics.

Early years

The University of California, Irvine was one of three new University of California campuses established in the 1960s under the California Master Plan for Higher Education with theSan Diego and Santa Cruz campuses. During the 1950s, the University of California saw the need for the new campuses to handle both the large number of college-bound World War II veterans (largely due to the G. I. Bill) and the expected increase in enrollment from the post-war baby boom. One of the new campuses was to be in the Los Angeles area; the location selected was Irvine Ranch, an area of agricultural land bisecting Orange County from north to south. This site was chosen to accommodate the county’s growing population, complement the growth of nearby UCLA and UC Riverside, and allow for the construction of a master planned community in the surrounding area.

 One of two identical UCI signs that face the main campus’ western entrance.

Unlike most other University of California campuses, UCI was not named for the city it was built in; at the time of the university’s founding (1965), the current city of Irvine (established in 1975) did not exist. The name “Irvine” is a reference to James Irvine, a landowner who administered the 94,000-acre (38,000 ha) Irvine Ranch. In 1960, The Irvine Company sold 1,000 acres (400 ha) of the Irvine Ranch to the University of California for one dollar, since a company policy prohibited the donation of property to a public entity. The University purchased an additional 510 acres (210 ha) in 1964 for housing and commercial developments. Much of the land that was not purchased by UCI (which is now occupied by the cities of Irvine, Tustin, Newport Beach, and Newport Coast) is now held under The Irvine Company. During this time, the University also hired William Pereira and Associates as the Master Planner of the Irvine Ranch area. Pereira intended for the UC Irvine campus to complement the neighboring community, and the two grew in tandem. Soon after UC Irvine opened in 1965, the City of Irvine became incorporated and established in 1971 and 1975, respectively.

UC Irvine’s first Chancellor, Daniel G. Aldrich, developed the campus’ first academic plan around a College of Arts, Letters, and Science, a Graduate School of Administration, and a School of Engineering. The College of Arts, Letters, and Science was composed of twenty majors in five “Divisions”: Biological Sciences, Fine Arts, Humanities, Physical Sciences, and Social Sciences (which transformed into the present-day “Schools”). Aldrich was also responsible for implementing the wide variety of flora and fauna on the campus that fit the local Mediterranean climate zone, feeling that it served an “aesthetic, environmental, and educational [purpose].”

 President Lyndon B. Johnson at the university’s groundbreaking ceremony in June 1964

On June 20, 1964, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson dedicated UC Irvine before a crowd of 15,000 people, and on October 4, 1965 the campus began operations with 1,589 students, 241 staff members, 119 faculty, and 43 teaching assistants. However, many of UCI’s buildings were still under construction and landscaping was still in progress, with the campus only at 75% completion. By June 25, 1966, UCI held its first Commencement with fourteen students, which conferred ten Bachelor of Arts degrees, three Master of Arts degrees, and one Doctor of Philosophy degree.

In 1965 the California College of Medicine (originally a school of osteopathy founded in 1896 and the oldest continuously operating medical college in the Southwest) became part of UC Irvine.

In 1976, plans to establish an on-campus hospital were set aside, with the university instead purchasing the Orange County Medical Center (renamed the UC Irvine Medical Center) around 12 miles from UC Irvine, in the City of Orange.

Present day

A UC Irvine alumna shows President Obama how to do the “Rip ’em Eaters” hand sign.

As the largest employer in Orange County, UCI contributes an annual economic impact of $4.2 billion with an operating budget of almost $1.9 billion for 2008 including $328 million in extramural research funding.Numerous other educational and training opportunities are offered in numerous areas ranging from physician residency programs at UC Irvine’s Medical Center to community certificate programs and other coursework through University Extension.

In 2011-2012, UC Irvine awarded 8,443 degrees: 6,766 bachelor’s degrees 1,105 Master’s degrees, 413 Ph.D.s and Ed.D.s, 102 M.D.s, and 57 J.D.s.

Graduate Criminal Justice Program Overview

University of California–Irvine is a public institution where all of the online graduate-level criminal justice classes are recorded and archived so that students can access lecture material at their convenience. Eighty-five percent of students are already employed when they first enroll. The admissions deadline for these programs is April 15.

Distinguishing characteristics of online program (as submitted by school)

Courses are taught by on-campus, department faculty who are international experts in the field. Program admits approximately 60 students per year and runs in a cohort format. Week on campus course serves as an opportunity for students to interact with their professors, and cohort members, which sets the stage for further dialogue in the online courses.

Sam Houston State University

Sam Houston State University (known as SHSU orSam) was founded in 1879 and is the third oldest public institution of higher learning in the State of Texas. It is located approximately one hour north of downtown Houston in the hills, lakes, and forests region of East Texas in Huntsville. It is one of the oldest purpose-built institutions for the instruction of teachers west of the Mississippi River and the first such institution of its type in Texas. The school is named for Sam Houston, who made his home in the city and is buried there.

SHSU is a member of the Texas State University System and has an enrollment of more than 18,400 students across over 80 undergraduate, 54 masters’, and 6 doctoral degree programs. The university also offers more than 20 online bachelor’s and graduate degrees, and its online programs are ranked high by U.S. News & World Report. It was the first institution classified as a Doctoral Research University by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education within the Texas State University System, and while education continues to be the most popular major among students at the university, SHSU has nationally recognized programs in banking, performing arts, mathematics and criminal justice.

History

Nineteenth and twentieth centuries

The Sam Houston State University campus was originally home to Austin College, the Presbyterian institution that relocated toSherman, Texas in 1876. Austin Hall was constructed in 1851 and is the oldest university building west of the Mississippi still in operation. It was renovated in 2012 and is used today for special meetings and events. Notably, Sam Houston himself attended and participated in the original dedication of the building.

Created by legislation signed by Governor Oran M. Roberts on San Jacinto Day, April 21, 1879, Sam Houston Normal Institute’s dedicated goal was to train teachers for the public schools of Texas. It was the first teacher-training school in the southwestern United States. On October 10 of the same year, the first class of 110 students and four faculty commenced instruction. The first President of the school, Bernard Mallon, died eleven days after the institute opened.

The one-room Peabody Memorial Library was the first free-standing campus library in Texas; it was constructed in 1901 with funds provided by the George Peabody Foundation. According to the Normal Institute’s catalogue, the library was “a very handsome structure, and especially designed for the purpose for which it is to be used. It is said that no school of this kind in the South has a Building equal to it.” Fully restored, it is now used as a venue for special university events.

When the university first opened, students received a certification to teach in the state’s elementary and secondary schools. After 1919, the university began to award bachelor’s degrees. In 1936, the school awarded its first postbaccalaureate degree.

Twenty-first century

SHSU celebrated its 125th year of operation in 2004.

The university launched its first capital campaign in March 2006 with a $50 million goal and closed the campaign’s books on August 31, 2010, with $61.2 million in commitments. The university has 110,000 living, addressable alumni and an active Alumni Association with 10,000 members, holding 200 meetings and events annually.

SHSU-The Woodlands Center opened on May 30, 2012, on the Lone Star College-Montgomery campus. It is a 144,164 sq. ft. facility that has a five-story parking garage. The university also operates SHSU-University Park on the property of Lone Star College-University Park in unincorporated Harris County near Tomball.

Name changes

Throughout the course of its history, Sam has undergone several name changes.

• April 21, 1879, founded as Sam Houston Normal Institute
• 1923: Sam Houston State Teachers College
• 1965: Sam Houston State College
• 1967: Sam Houston State University

In April, 2007, Texas House Bill 1418 passed without objection in the Texas Legislature, preventing The Texas State University System’s Board of Regents from changing the university’s name to Texas State-Sam Houston.

Graduate Criminal Justice Program Overview

Sam Houston State University is a public institution where all of the online graduate-level criminal justice classes are recorded and archived so that students can access lecture material at their convenience. The admissions deadline for these programs is August 1.

Distinguishing characteristics of online program (as submitted by school)

SHSU’s College of Criminal Justice has been consistently ranked among the top criminal justice programs in the nation in both value and quality by U.S. News & World Report and the Journal of Criminal Justice. Faculty were recently recognized as the 4th most productive researchers in the country who provide foundational courses to develop your skills in reasoning and analysis. We offer online degrees at a competitive cost to students. We have a degree to suit you no matter your career goals.

Missouri University of Science & Technology

Missouri University of Science and Technology (commonly Missouri S&T and formerly known as the University of Missouri–Rolla and originally Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy) is an institution of higher learning located in Rolla, Missouri,United States, and part of the University of Missouri System. Most of its 8,642 students (Fall 2014 enrollment) study engineering,sciences and mathematics. Although known primarily as an engineering school, Missouri S&T has numerous majors in humanities, social sciences, arts, sciences and business. The school is known for its repeated success in national engineering design competitions and its century-long tradition of aggrandized celebrations surrounding Saint Patrick’s Day.

History

Missouri S&T was founded in 1870 as the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy (MSM), the first technological learning institution west of the Mississippi River. Early in its history, the School of Mines was focused primarily on mining and metallurgy. Rolla is located close to the Southeast Missouri Lead District which produces about 70% of the U.S. primary supply of lead as well as significant amounts of the nation’s zinc.

The school was founded under the auspices of the University of Missouri in Columbia in order to take advantage of the Morrill Land-Grant Acts to “teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the legislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life.” The act endowed Missouri a federal land grant of 30,000 acres for each of the state’s two senators and nine representatives at the time—or 330,000 acres (133,546.26 ha; 515.62 sq mi). The endowment said that the land could not be sold for less than $1.25/acre and as such as was a minimum endowment of $412,500 for Missouri. There was an intense debate in the state over the location and number of schools before it was finally decided to have one school in Columbia and a branch in the mining area of southeast Missouri.

Iron County, Missouri (Ironton, Missouri) and Phelps County, Missouri (Rolla) made bids for the school. Iron County’s bid was valued at $112,545 and Phelps County’s bid was $130,545 so the Phelps bid was officially approved on December 20, 1870

Classes began in November 23, 1871 in a new Rolla High School building that the city of Rolla had just built. The college had an enrollment of 28 and three graduates in 1874. The college bought what is now called the “Rolla Building” for $25,000 in January 1875. That building is now used as the Mathematics and Statistics Department’s library, chair’s office, part of the main office, and other faculty offices following a $2 million renovation in 1995.

By the 1920s, the school expanded into civil, electrical, mechanical and chemical engineering as well as chemistry, physics, mathematics and geology. The school became home to Missouri’s first operational nuclear reactor in 1961.

Until 1964, the school was considered an offsite department of MU’s School of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, reporting to the main campus in Columbia (although it began fielding sports teams in 1935 in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association). As such, its presiding officer was originally called a director (1871–1941), then a dean (1941–1964). In 1963 the University of Missouri System was created with the additions of standalone campuses in Kansas City and St. Louis. A year later, MSM was upgraded to an autonomous standalone campus as the University of Missouri at Rolla and its presiding officer, like that of its sister schools, was granted the title of chancellor. The curriculum was expanded to include most of the science and engineering disciplines, as well as social sciences and liberal arts such as psychology and history. In 1968, the campus name was slightly altered to the University of Missouri–Rolla, thus conforming to the naming scheme of the other three campuses. Business and management programs were gradually added in the following years. On January 1, 2008 UMR became known asMissouri University of Science and Technology or Missouri S&T for short.

Name change

In making the case for changing the name, then Chancellor John F. Carney III noted that Rolla in 2007 was “one of the few technological research universities in the nation. A technological research university (polytechnic university or institute of technology) may be defined as one in which a majority of students are enrolled in engineering, the sciences, business or mathematics; the graduate and research programs in those fields are robust; and exceptional academic programs in the liberal arts, humanities and social sciences complement and provide context to the technological strengths of the institution.”

He noted that more than 70 percent of its enrollment was in engineering and more than 90 percent was in engineering, business, science and math—significantly higher than engineering schools such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He noted “The university’s name, however, does not reflect the distinctive nature of the campus. Often, UMR is viewed as a ‘satellite’ or ‘branch’ campus due to its name or as a ‘feeder’ campus for the University of Missouri-Columbia (commonly referred to as the University of Missouri). This branch-campus designation hinders many of our efforts to achieve national recognition and a strong reputation as a technological research university.”

He noted, “Of the 1.1 million seniors in the nation who took the ACT in 2006, only 551 non-Missouri seniors – or .05 percent – sent their scores to UMR.” He also noted that the school’s acronym of UMR got it confused with the University of Minnesota Rochester.

Among the other names that were considered were Missouri University of Science and Engineering, Missouri Technological University, and Missouri Science and Engineering University.

Graduate Engineering Program Overview

Missouri University of Science & Technology is a public institution. Ninety-eight percent of students are employed when they enroll for online graduate engineering programs at Missouri University of Science & Technology, and the application deadline is rolling.

Distinguishing characteristics of online program (as submitted by school)

Our courses are simultaneously offered in both synchronous & asynchronous modes receiving the same quality of instruction as our campus students. Customer service is a priority of S&T and includes both student administrative and technical support. Small class sizes and the predominate use of full time university faculty help insure a high quality experience for students. There is no difference between the on campus and on-line courses nor is any distinction made on the transcript or diploma.

University of California–Irvine

The University of California, Irvine (UCI, UC Irvine, orIrvine), is a public research university located in Irvine, California, United States, and one of the 10 general campuses in the University of California (UC) system. UC Irvine is considered a Public Ivy and offers 80 undergraduate degrees and 98 graduate and professional degrees. The university is designated as having very high research activity in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, and in fiscal year 2013 had $348 million in research and development expenditures according to the National Science Foundation. UC Irvine became a member of the Association of American Universities in 1996, and is the youngest university to hold membership. The university also administers the UC Irvine Medical Center, a large teaching hospital in Orange, and its affiliated health sciences system; the University of California, Irvine, Arboretum; and a portion of the University of California Natural Reserve System.

UCI was one of three new UC campuses established in the 1960s to accommodate growing enrollments across the UC system. A site in Orange County was identified in 1959, and in the following year the Irvine Company sold the University of California 1,000 acres (400 ha) of land for one dollar to establish the new campus. President Lyndon B. Johnson dedicated the campus in 1964.Fifty years later President Barack Obama spoke at UCI’s 2014 commencement ceremony, held at Angel Stadium.

The UC Irvine Anteaters compete in 18 men’s and women’s sports in the NCAA Division I as members of the Big West Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. The Anteaters have won 28 national championships in nine different team sports, 64 Anteaters have won individual national championships, and 53 Anteaters have competed in the Olympics.

Early years

The University of California, Irvine was one of three new University of California campuses established in the 1960s under the California Master Plan for Higher Education with theSan Diego and Santa Cruz campuses. During the 1950s, the University of California saw the need for the new campuses to handle both the large number of college-bound World War II veterans (largely due to the G. I. Bill) and the expected increase in enrollment from the post-war baby boom. One of the new campuses was to be in the Los Angeles area; the location selected was Irvine Ranch, an area of agricultural land bisecting Orange County from north to south. This site was chosen to accommodate the county’s growing population, complement the growth of nearby UCLA and UC Riverside, and allow for the construction of a master planned community in the surrounding area.

 One of two identical UCI signs that face the main campus’ western entrance.

Unlike most other University of California campuses, UCI was not named for the city it was built in; at the time of the university’s founding (1965), the current city of Irvine (established in 1975) did not exist. The name “Irvine” is a reference to James Irvine, a landowner who administered the 94,000-acre (38,000 ha) Irvine Ranch. In 1960, The Irvine Company sold 1,000 acres (400 ha) of the Irvine Ranch to the University of California for one dollar, since a company policy prohibited the donation of property to a public entity. The University purchased an additional 510 acres (210 ha) in 1964 for housing and commercial developments. Much of the land that was not purchased by UCI (which is now occupied by the cities of Irvine, Tustin, Newport Beach, and Newport Coast) is now held under The Irvine Company. During this time, the University also hired William Pereira and Associates as the Master Planner of the Irvine Ranch area. Pereira intended for the UC Irvine campus to complement the neighboring community, and the two grew in tandem. Soon after UC Irvine opened in 1965, the City of Irvine became incorporated and established in 1971 and 1975, respectively.

UC Irvine’s first Chancellor, Daniel G. Aldrich, developed the campus’ first academic plan around a College of Arts, Letters, and Science, a Graduate School of Administration, and a School of Engineering. The College of Arts, Letters, and Science was composed of twenty majors in five “Divisions”: Biological Sciences, Fine Arts, Humanities, Physical Sciences, and Social Sciences (which transformed into the present-day “Schools”). Aldrich was also responsible for implementing the wide variety of flora and fauna on the campus that fit the local Mediterranean climate zone, feeling that it served an “aesthetic, environmental, and educational [purpose].”

 President Lyndon B. Johnson at the university’s groundbreaking ceremony in June 1964

On June 20, 1964, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson dedicated UC Irvine before a crowd of 15,000 people, and on October 4, 1965 the campus began operations with 1,589 students, 241 staff members, 119 faculty, and 43 teaching assistants. However, many of UCI’s buildings were still under construction and landscaping was still in progress, with the campus only at 75% completion. By June 25, 1966, UCI held its first Commencement with fourteen students, which conferred ten Bachelor of Arts degrees, three Master of Arts degrees, and one Doctor of Philosophy degree.

In 1965 the California College of Medicine (originally a school of osteopathy founded in 1896 and the oldest continuously operating medical college in the Southwest) became part of UC Irvine.

In 1976, plans to establish an on-campus hospital were set aside, with the university instead purchasing the Orange County Medical Center (renamed the UC Irvine Medical Center) around 12 miles from UC Irvine, in the City of Orange.

Present day

A UC Irvine alumna shows President Obama how to do the “Rip ’em Eaters” hand sign.

As the largest employer in Orange County, UCI contributes an annual economic impact of $4.2 billion with an operating budget of almost $1.9 billion for 2008 including $328 million in extramural research funding.Numerous other educational and training opportunities are offered in numerous areas ranging from physician residency programs at UC Irvine’s Medical Center to community certificate programs and other coursework through University Extension.

In 2011-2012, UC Irvine awarded 8,443 degrees: 6,766 bachelor’s degrees 1,105 Master’s degrees, 413 Ph.D.s and Ed.D.s, 102 M.D.s, and 57 J.D.s.

Graduate Criminal Justice Program Overview

University of California–Irvine is a public institution where all of the online graduate-level criminal justice classes are recorded and archived so that students can access lecture material at their convenience. Eighty-five percent of students are already employed when they first enroll. The admissions deadline for these programs is April 15.

Distinguishing characteristics of online program (as submitted by school)

Courses are taught by on-campus, department faculty who are international experts in the field. Program admits approximately 60 students per year and runs in a cohort format. Week on campus course serves as an opportunity for students to interact with their professors, and cohort members, which sets the stage for further dialogue in the online courses.

About The University of oxford

Oxford will be the oldest university in the English-speaking world and lays claim they can nine centuries of continuous existence. As an internationally renowned centre for teaching and research, Oxford attracts students and scholars from worldwide, with almost 25 % in our students from overseas.

 More than 130 nationalities are represented among a student population that could reach over 18,000. Oxford is a collegiate university, with 39 self-governing colleges linked to the University in a form of federal system. There's also seven Permanent Private Halls, founded by different Christian denominations. Thirty colleges and halls admit students either way undergraduate and graduate degrees. Seven other colleges are for graduates merely one has Fellows only, the other focuses primarily on part-serious amounts of training. There's no clear date of foundation, but teaching existed at Oxford in certain form in 1096 and developed rapidly from 1167, when Henry II banned English students from attending the University of Paris. Oxford is one kind of Europe's most innovative and entrepreneurial universities. Applying an 800-year tradition of discovery and invention, modern Oxford takes the lead in creating jobs, wealth, skills and innovation for the twenty-first century.

About The Brown University

Brown University might be a personal establishment that's operating out of 1764. it's an entire college boy enrollment of half dozen,455 and then the field sizing is 146 acres. Brown University's ranking inside the 2015 edition of Best faculties is National Universities, 16. Its tuition and expenses square measure $47,434 (2014-15).


Located atop school Hill in Providence, R.I., university carries a college-town feel with Thayer Street becoming a middle of activity for looking and eating. The Brown Bears have concerning thirty five NCAA Division I athletic groups and vie from the Ivy League. The Bears square measure documented for men football game team, that systematically ranks one of many highest twenty five groups inside nation. A lot of students at Brown square measure needed to measure on field for 1st six semesters, and housing choices embody ancient singles, doubles and suites. With around 500 student organizations on field beginning from The Brown Jug comedy magazine to Brown social dancing, students will realize the ultimate way to pursue their interests. Brown conjointly includes a tiny however vivacious Greek community with near to ten chapters, as well as some co-ed Greek organizations.

Brown offers selection of a graduate studies through its school, that gives well-regarded programs in English and history, and therefore the extremely hierarchic Warren Alpert graduate school. the guts area of the Van Wickle Gates on Brown%u2019s field opens solely double per year: once to permit incoming students onto field once to let recent graduates exit once commencement. Brown hosts AN annual affair "Spring Weekend" with athletic events, concerts and free food. Notable alumni embody John D. altruist son., John F. Kennedy Jr. and CNN founder and media mogul Teddy boy Turner.