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North Carolina, University of
(Encyclopedia) North Carolina, University of, main campus at Chapel Hill; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1789, opened 1795, the first state college to open as a university. In 1931 the…Florida International University
(Encyclopedia) Florida International University, primarily at University Park, Miami; coeducational; chartered 1965, opened 1972. A research university, it has 18 colleges and schools and many…Ireland, National University of
(Encyclopedia) Ireland, National University of, founded 1908 to provide higher education for Irish Roman Catholics. It consists of three colleges: University College, Galway; University College, Cork…Bishop's University
(Encyclopedia) Bishop's University, provincially supported, English-language university at Lennoxville, Que., Canada; founded 1843 by the Anglican bishop of Quebec as a liberal arts college. In 1853…Saint Louis University
(Encyclopedia) Saint Louis University, mainly at St. Louis, Mo.; Jesuit; coeducational; opened 1818 as an academy, became a college 1820, chartered as a university 1832. Parks College (est. 1927 as…Akron, University of
(Encyclopedia) Akron, University of, at Akron, Ohio; coeducational; established 1870 as Buchtel College, transferred 1913 as the nucleus of the Municipal Univ. of Akron. In 1967 the school became a…Cincinnati, University of
(Encyclopedia) Cincinnati, University of, at Cincinnati; coeducational; founded 1819 as Cincinnati College, incorporated 1870 as a municipal university, opened 1873, affiliated with the state…New York, State University of
(Encyclopedia) New York, State University of, est. 1948 by the amalgamation under one board of trustees of 29 state-supported institutions. It now comprises all state-supported institutions of higher…Charles University
(Encyclopedia) Charles University, at Prague, Czech Republic; also called Univ. of Prague. The oldest and one of the most important universities of central Europe, it was founded in 1348 by Holy…Walt Whitman: Song of the Universal
Song of the UniversalPart 1Come said the Muse, Sing me a song no poet yet has chanted, Sing me the universal.In this broad earth of ours, Amid the measureless grossness and the slag, Enclosed…Trending
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