Yale University

Yale University was founded in 1701 in Killingworth, Connecticut.

Yale embarked on a steady expansion, establishing the Medical Institution (1810), Divinity School (1822), Law School (1843), Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (1847), the School of Fine Arts (1869) and School of Music (1894). In 1887 Yale College became Yale University.

Yale University comprises three major academic components: Yale College (the undergraduate program), the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and ten professional schools. In addition, Yale encompasses a wide array of research organizations, libraries and museums, administrative and support offices. Approximately 11,250 students attend Yale.

Since 1701 Yale College has offered courses of study, leading to the bachelor’s degree. A course is simply a group of students, examining a particular subject under the direction of someone, who has studied it before. Yale College today offers about 1,400 term courses a year. A student, working for a bachelor’s degree, takes four or five courses each term and normally receives Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree, after completing thirty-six term courses or their equivalent in eight terms of enrolment.

Yale recognizes that freshmen enter college with different degrees of preparation and proficiency in various subjects. A substantial number of freshmen have completed advanced or honours work either on their own.

With about 2,000 term courses to choose among, Yale University students can study just about any subject imaginable. There are requirements to deal with, but Yale also encourages each student to design his or her own program of study based on individual needs and interests.

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XII. Read the text and give a short summary: Harvard University

Harvard University, which celebrated its 350th anniversary in 1986, is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Founded 16 years after the arrival of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, the University has grown from nine students with a single master to an enrolment of more than 18,000 degree candidates. Over 14,000 people work at Harvard, including more than 2,000 faculties.

Seven presidents of the United States – John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Theodore and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Rutherford B. Hayes, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and George W. Bush – were graduates of Harvard. Its faculty have produced 40 Nobel laureates.

During its early years, the College offered a classic academic course, based on the English university model, but consistent with the prevailing Puritan philosophy of the first colonists.

Visitors often ask: “Who is the typical Harvard student?” The answer is that there is no such person. Each student is a unique individual and the student body is incredibly diverse.

Harvard men and women represent an array of ethnic groups, religious traditions and political persuasions. They come from every region of the United States and more than 100 other countries. They include undergraduates and graduates, continuing education and summer school students. They range from pre-teens to octogenarians. In 1997 Mary Fasano became the oldest person ever to earn a Harvard degree, when she graduated from the Extension School at the age of 89.

Harvard College students have a remarkable range of backgrounds, academic and extracurricular interests. Two-thirds come from public schools and about two-thirds receive some form of financial aid. Despite their diversity, Harvard students as a group do seem to share a few characteristics.

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