Wofford College History

The history of Texas A&M University, the first public institution of higher education in Texas. The Texas A&M University was first approved by the United States Congress on July 2, 1862. This act provided for donation of public land to the states for the purpose of funding higher education whose “leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and mechanic arts." The State of Texas agreed to create a college under the terms of the morrill act in November 1866, but actual formation didn’t come until the establishment of the Agricultural and mechanical College of Texas by the state legislature on April 17, 1871. A commission created to locate the institution accepted the offer of 2,416 acres of land from the citizens of Brazos County

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) are experiencing low retention rates with first generation college students. The students are not graduating within a four to six year enrollment period, and or are not returning after their freshmen year. As the American workforce looks to colleges and universities to fulfill the workforce pipeline with educated diverse workers, HBCUs are in the spotlight to produce qualified minority graduates. Moreover, HBCU’s are looking to refine their methods of inclusion and buy-in, this will in-turn manifest a higher level of retention amongst first generation college students.

The allurement to Hofstra come in a myriad of ways that make it a top college and a prospective place to apply. It is the largest private college on long island, New York, which is beautifully situated on a 240-acre campus. The thing I love about Hofstra is the dedicated faculty and the way they aid Students and make themselves available to everyone. The student faculty ratio 14:1 shows the personal attention devoted to students. In the past few months, they have reached out to me and helped me in the most cooperative manner. You can almost feel the love resonating from the campus. The wide range of majors and minors that are offered on campus – 140 undergraduate programs – gives the sophomores a variety of programs to choose from while shaping

In Various parts of the country, certain statutory provisions and public policy prohibited the education for African Americans. In 1837, in the Cheyney, Pennsylvania, first higher education institution was established to educate African Americans. After this two other black institutions founded; one was Lincoln University, in Pennsylvania in the year 1854 and another was Wilberforce University, in Ohio in the year 1856. The Mission of those institutions was to provide education for African American students who had not any previous education in the level of secondary and elementary schools.(HBCUs and Higher Education Desegregation, March

McDaniel College had first been created when its first building went up in 1866-1867. The school was the first institution that was south of the Mason-Dixon line and was coeducational. The first name that the school had was Western Maryland. That name originated because the institutions first board chairman (John Smith Wakefield) was president of the railroad, which had been called Western Maryland Railroad. The railroad had run through the college town. McDaniel had been one of forty colleges in the nation to be recognition in the New York Times education writer Loren Pope’s book, “Colleges That Change Lives” ("World Ranking Guide”). The schools colors are green and gold and the mascot is a Green Terror. There are about 1,629 students

This paper explores the history of Charleston Southern University located in the heart of the Lowcountry in Charleston, South Carolina. With its core Christian values, Charleston Southern achieves an atmosphere that most universities cannot. The history of this school can be pinpointed back to 1964 when it was initially founded (University History and Milestones, 2015). The early years were fairly rough, with low enrollment rates and very few majors being offered (Joslin, Merkling, & Strubel, 2014). However, the university went through countless changes that drove it to be the successful school that it is today. Now, Charleston Southern University is an academically excellent school and also a member of the NCAA Division I Big South Conference. This school started as merely an idea and expanded into a thriving university full of thousands of students.

Tillman Hall which was originally known as Main Building was built in 1894 and served as the main point of Winthrop University’s Campus. Winthrop opened in 1895 and started out as an all-female college. This was the first state-supported college in South Carolina. The U.S. Senator and Governor of South Carolina

Are a people ever justified in openly violating laws (like the Fugitive Slave Act) that they disapprove of and think immoral? What has been the fate of such laws in U.S. history? Should the majority always Rule I believe that if the law is so immoral that it causes harm you have an obligation to disobey. According to the law, it was the responsibility of the federal government to help owners recapture these runaway slaves, who were denied any legal means to try and fight their return to slavery. After the Fugitive Slave Law led to many conflicts between Northern abolitionists and Southern slave owners in the 1850s, the outbreak of the U.S. Civil War at the start of the next decade essentially rendered the law meaningless. Yes the majority

In the beginning of our great history of Texas Southern University, I’ve come to learn that Texas Southern was known by many other names before it became as we know it today. On September 14, 1927, the Houston Public School Board agreed to fund the creation of two new junior colleges, one for whites and one for African Americans. Houston Colored Junior College first enrollment count in the summer of 1927 was 300 which would dramatically change in the fall semester when the school dropped to just 88 students. The Houston Colored College was established to give African Americans the opportunity to receive a college education. The college progressed and improved so much that it became a member of the Association of Colleges and the Southern Association of Colleges, which is all about the improvement of education in the South through accreditation.

It initially opened its doors as a business school founded by Gertrude Johnson and Mary Wales, a pair of local teachers. More than 16,000 students attend the university’s four campuses nationwide; apart from its main campus in Rhode Island, the university has additional campuses in Colorado, Florida and North Carolina.

Reading this article not only did it summarize FAMU’s history and presidential history for 130 years, but the major things going on in the world. From slavery, and opening of FAMU, which use to be FAMC to Civil Rights and Black Lives Matter movements. I’ve gained knowledge about my university. Not only is it the third college, but it’s the only public HBCU in Florida. FAMU use to be FAMC (Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College) due to poor funding. Something interesting that I have read was that they had what was called the “Great Fires of FAMU” from 1923 to 1924 where students angry from there former president Nathan B. Young was forced to departure office. Also after the Birmingham Buss Boycott with Rosa Parks in 1955 Tallahassee had

Seton Hall College was formally founded on September 1, 1856, by Newark Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley. Since 1856 the University has been dedicated to supporting the vision that its founder, Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley, described as providing "a home for the mind, the heart, and the spirit."( Hall, S. ) Over the years of its existence Seton Hall has come from a College and grown in to a University. The College was organized into a university in 1950 after an extraordinary growth in enrollment. The College of Arts and Sciences, the Stillman School of Business, the School of Nursing and College of Education and Human Services makes up the University; the School of Law was then opened in 1951, with Miriam Rooney as the first woman dean of law

"One must return to the past in order to move forward", is an old African proverb that has been used to explain the purpose of studying history. This African proverb not only refers to the study of American history, but also the study of one's family history. Another saying that has been used to refer to the study of history is, "You must learn your history, or you are bound to repeat it." These principles can apply to education as well. The purpose of attending college is to receive a formal education. The proper approach to begin college level studies is to learn your school's history. Enlightenment of the difficulties and barriers during the early stages of a school's development; in

Now most receive less than 50 percent” (Hulsey 24). Some schools, such as the University of Michigan, receive less than seven percent (Hulsey 24). These numbers hit some schools extremely hard. According to Hulsey in his article about the cost of education:

Financial aid is money in the form of loans, grants and employment that is available to a student to help pay the cost of attending. Financial aid comes from the federal government, which is the largest provider of aid, as well as state government, the school and a variety of other public and private sources.