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Antioch College
(Encyclopedia)Antioch College, at Yellow Springs, Ohio; coeducational; chartered 1852, opened 1853. Horace Mann, Antioch's first president, envisioned a program stressing the development not only of the intellect b...Hamilton College
(Encyclopedia)Hamilton College, at Clinton, N.Y.; coeducational; founded 1793 by Samuel Kirkland as Hamilton-Oneida Academy, chartered 1812 as Hamilton College. It was named for Alexander Hamilton. Originally a men...Hampshire College
(Encyclopedia)Hampshire College, at Amherst, Mass.; coeducational; opened 1970. The emphasis of the academic program is on the individual needs of the students. Hampshire participates in a cooperative arrangement w...Heralds' College
(Encyclopedia)Heralds' College, body first chartered in 1483 by Richard III of England. It has been reorganized several times. Its purpose is to assign new coats of arms and to trace lineages to determine heraldic ...Queens College
(Encyclopedia)Queens College: see New York, City Univ. of. ...Radcliffe College
(Encyclopedia)Radcliffe College: see Harvard University. ...Robert College
(Encyclopedia)Robert College: see Bosporus, Univ. of the. ...Richmond College
(Encyclopedia)Richmond College: see New York, City Univ. of. ...Barnard College
(Encyclopedia)Barnard College: see Columbia University. ...Scripps College
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