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97-607: In 1979, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) set up the HKHLE for secondary school students who were interested in attending the university. Since the Hong Kong Examinations Authority also organised the Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination (HKALE) at the time, this meant that two different secondary school leaving qualifications were offered simultaneously. In 1980, 21,407 students sat

194-1034: A collegiate university , the school consists of nine colleges that differ in character and history, each retaining substantial autonomy on institutional affairs: Chung Chi College , New Asia College , United College , Shaw College , Morningside College , S. H. Ho College , Lee Woo Sing College , Wu Yee Sun College and C. W. Chu College . All undergraduates are affiliated to one of them. Colleges are designed as communities with their own hostels, dining halls, and other facilities. Students receive pastoral care and whole-person education , including formal and non-formal general education by means of close interaction with teachers and peers, and in some colleges, assemblies and final-year projects. Colleges promote extracurricular social and athletic activities with an aim of building camaraderie among students. This focus on 'student orientated teaching' – education through both formal teaching and student empowerment – distinguishes CUHK from other universities in

291-507: A public company . Finally, Henry Ford II resigned from his trustee's role in a surprise move in December 1976. In his resignation letter, he cited his dissatisfaction with the foundation holding on to their old programs, large staff and what he saw as anti-capitalist undertones in the foundation's work. In February 2019, Henry Ford III was elected to the Foundation's Board of Trustees, becoming

388-456: A faculty, was founded in 1965. The Graduate School, the first in Hong Kong, was founded in 1966 and the first batch of master's degrees were awarded the following year. In the early 1970s, New Asia and United Colleges moved into their new premises on the highest plateau of the campus. The Student Union was established in 1971. The School of Medicine was founded in 1977 and its teaching hospital,

485-519: A full-time faculty of 40 (excluding tutors). United College was founded in 1956 with the merging of five private colleges in the Guangdong province: Canton Overseas, Kwang Hsia, Wah Kiu, Wen Hua, and Ping Jing College of Accountancy. The first school president was F.I. Tseung. The original campus on Caine Road on Hong Kong Island accommodated over 600 students. In 1957, New Asia College, Chung Chi College, and United College came together to establish

582-548: A level at which they might qualify for university status, probably on a federal basis". The ordinance was enacted on 19 May 1960. The Chinese University Preparatory Committee was established in June 1961 to advise the government on possible sites for the new university. The following May, the Fulton Commission was formed to assess the suitability of the three government-funded post-secondary colleges to become constituent colleges of

679-710: A major collection of mainland newspapers, periodicals, and official publications. The University Library System (ULS) comprises seven different libraries and several special collections. The largest library is the University Library at the Central Campus, which recently underwent a significant renovation and building expansion. The other six libraries are the Elisabeth Luce Moore Library , Ch’ien Mu Library , Wu Chung Library , Architecture Library, Li Ping Medical Library, and Lee Quo Wei Law Library. Among

776-550: A part of its covert cultural war. John J. McCloy, serving as the chairman from 1958 to 1965, knowingly employed numerous US intelligence agents and, based on the premise that a relationship with the CIA was inevitable, set up a three-person committee responsible for dealing with its requests. Writer and activist Arundhati Roy connects the foundation, along with the Rockefeller Foundation , with supporting imperialist efforts by

873-475: A portion of the Ford Foundation's endowment came after self-initiated research into the Ford Foundation's history of support of Native and Indigenous artists and communities. The results of this research indicated "the inadequacy of philanthropic support for Native arts and artists", and related feedback from an unnamed Native leader that "once big foundations put the stuff in place for an Indian program, then it

970-555: A series of individual awards for people working in adult education to support training and field study experiences. The FAE also sponsored conferences on the topic of adult education, including the Bigwin Institute on Community Leadership in 1954 and the Mountain Plains Adult Education Conference in 1957. These conferences were open to academics, community organizers, and members of the public involved in

1067-582: A short history of 43 years as of 2024, CUHK's medical school was ranked as world's #49 in 2014, #47 in 2016, and #28 in 2024 in QS ranking. It has built abundant specialty research centres and hailed constant research innovations by its faculty. The medical school curriculum also places a heavy emphasis on bioethics and humanity in medicine and has built this course track in collaboration with Columbia University. The university's non-profit private teaching hospital , CUHK Medical Centre , opened in 2021. CUHK possesses

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1164-587: A unitary university. This was controversial among the colleges. The Board of Governors of New Asia College flatly rejected the recommendations of the report, alleging that it would destroy the collegiate system, turning the colleges into "empty shells". Dr. Denny Huang, a longtime member of the Board of Governors of Chung Chi College, criticised the effort to centralise powers and stated that the college governorship would be reduced to "nothing more than managers of an estate". The Fulton Report recommendations were packaged into

1261-470: A university-wide evacuation. Mainland students were evacuated from the school by the Marine Police by marine vessels upon their request. Prior to Hong Kong's handover , the colony's governor was the de jure chancellor of the university. That role was assumed by the territory's chief executive following the handover. For a list of pre- and post-handover university chancellors, refer to the articles for

1358-544: A variety of ways involving social justice. In April 2011, the foundation announced that it will cease its funding for programs in Israel as of 2013. It has provided $ 40 million to nongovernmental organizations in Israel since 2003 exclusively through the New Israel Fund (NIF), in the areas of advancing civil and human rights, helping Arab citizens in Israel gain equality and promoting Israeli-Palestinian peace. The grants from

1455-474: A year to support social justice work around the world. But last year, it also pledged to plow up to $ 1 billion of its overall $ 12.5 billion endowment over the next decade into impact investing via mission-related investments (MRIs) that generate both financial and social returns." Foundation President Darren Walker wrote in an op-ed in the New York Times that the grant-making philanthropy of institutions like

1552-606: Is Hong Kong's second-oldest university, with the first being the University of Hong Kong . Predecesors of the university included St. John's University , Lingnan University and Yenching University , alongside 10 other Christian universities in China. The university is organised into nine constituent colleges and eight academic faculties , and remains the only collegiate university in Hong Kong. The university operates in both English and Chinese. Four Nobel laureates are associated with

1649-411: Is directed by Professor Virginia Yip and Professor Stephen Matthews . The Universities Service Centre for China Studies (USC), founded in 1963 as "The Universities Service Center," was renamed and moved from Kowloon to the campus in 1988. Its mission is to support the study of contemporary China and Hong Kong, especially among mainland Chinese, Hong Kong, and international scholars. The centre houses

1746-446: Is not usually funded very well. It lasts as long as the program officer who had an interest and then goes away" and recommended that an independent endowment be established and that "[n]ative leadership is crucial". John J. McCloy , the architect of Office of Strategic Services that would later become Central Intelligence Agency served as the chairman of the Ford Foundation. The CIA would channel its funds through Ford Foundation as

1843-481: Is one of the primary foundations offering grants that support and maintain diversity in higher education with fellowships for pre-doctoral, dissertation, and post-doctoral scholarship to increase diverse representation among Native Americans, African Americans, Latin Americans, and other under-represented Asian and Latino sub-groups throughout the U.S. academic labor market. The outcomes of scholarship by its grantees from

1940-514: Is part of the Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages. Research at the centre includes documenting the development of bilingualism in bilingual children and assessing the bilingual competence they gain in childhood; raising the public's awareness of Hong Kong children's development of biliteracy and trilingualism; and studying and supporting the revitalisation of minority languages in the context of bilingual and multilingual education. The centre

2037-425: The 2001 World Conference Against Racism . Under pressure by several members of Congress, chief among them Rep. Jerrold Nadler , the foundation apologized and then prohibited the promotion of "violence, terrorism, bigotry or the destruction of any state" among its grantees. This move itself sparked protest among university provosts and various non-profit groups on free speech issues. The foundation's partnership with

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2134-422: The 334 Scheme . Five new colleges came into operation: Morningside College and S. H. Ho College were announced in 2006, and were followed in 2007 by C. W. Chu College , Wu Yee Sun College and Lee Woo Sing College . These colleges are smaller in scale than the older ones, each comprising only one or two blocks rather than an entire section of campus and housing fewer students, but they nonetheless each contain

2231-568: The Chinese Communist Revolution there. Among the founders were Ch'ien Mu , Tang Junyi , and Tchang Pi-kai . The college's curriculum focused particularly on Chinese heritage and social concerns. The early years of this school were tumultuous, with the campus relocating several times between rented premises around Kowloon . Academics there were often self-exiled from the mainland and struggled financially, with students sometimes sleeping on rooftops and teachers foregoing pay to sustain

2328-644: The Ford Motor Company . (The Ford family retained the voting shares. ) Between 1955 and 1974, the foundation sold its Ford Motor Company holdings and now plays no role in the automobile company. In 1949, Henry Ford II created § Ford Philanthropy , a separate corporate foundation that to this day serves as the philanthropic arm of the Ford Motor Company and is not associated with the foundation. The Ford Foundation makes grants through its headquarters and ten international field offices. For many years,

2425-502: The New Israel Fund (NIF), which began in 2003, was criticized regarding its choice of mostly progressive grantees and causes. This criticism peaked after the 2001 World Conference Against Racism, where some nongovernmental organizations funded by the foundation backed resolutions equating Israeli policies with apartheid . In response, the Ford Foundation tightened its criteria for funding. In 2011, right wing Israeli politicians and organizations such as NGO Monitor and Im Tirtzu claimed

2522-533: The Plover Cove dam , the quarters for the other two colleges would flank the Central Campus housing administrative buildings and other shared facilities. Some of the most iconic buildings on campus, like the University Library, were built in this period along the monumental axis of the University Mall in the subdued concrete aesthetic for which the school is known. The School of Education, which would later become

2619-811: The Prince of Wales Hospital in nearby Sha Tin New Town , was established years later in 1984. The university constitution was also reviewed in the 1970s with an aim to assessing the school's growth and charting its future. In 1975, the chancellor appointed an external commission, again chaired by John Fulton , to review the university constitution. Aside from Fulton, the commission comprised I.C.M. Maxwell (its secretary), Sir Michael Herries , and C.K. Yang . The commission held five days of filmed hearings to garner comments from stakeholders. This second Fulton Report recommended that academic policy, finances, matriculation of students, appointment of staff, curriculum, examinations, and

2716-652: The United Federation of Teachers . In 1976, the foundation helped launch the Grameen Bank , which offers small loans to the rural poor of Bangladesh. The Grameen Bank and its founder Muhammad Yunus were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for pioneering microcredit . Between 1969 and 1978, the foundation was the biggest funder for research into in vitro fertilisation in the United Kingdom, which led to

2813-450: The governor of Hong Kong and the chief executive of Hong Kong . The president/vice-chancellor is under the council of the university, followed by the pro-vice-chancellor/vice-president. There are nine colleges and eight faculties, each of which has its own dean/head. List of presidents and vice-chancellors since 1963 CUHK is a comprehensive research university with most departments and schools organised into eight faculties, namely

2910-562: The Chinese Colleges Joint Council. In June 1959, the Hong Kong government expressed its intent in establishing a new university with Chinese as the medium of instruction . The same year, the Post-Secondary Colleges Ordinance was announced to provide government funding and official recognition to New Asia, Chung Chi, and United colleges in hopes that the money would "enable them to raise their standards to

3007-488: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Bill 1976. In defence of the bill the acting Secretary for Social Services, M.C. Morgan, said that "a situation with each college developing into a little university of its own was not compatible with the sensible evolution of a modern major seat of higher learning". The changes recommended by the report came into effect in December 1976. The first non-founding college, Shaw College ,

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3104-674: The FAE, and educational television advocate C. Scott Fletcher served as its president. The foundation underwrote the Fund for the Republic in the 1950s. Throughout the 1950s, the foundation provided arts and humanities fellowships that supported the work of figures like Josef Albers , James Baldwin , Saul Bellow , Herbert Blau , E. E. Cummings , Anthony Hecht , Flannery O'Connor , Jacob Lawrence , Maurice Valency , Robert Lowell , and Margaret Mead . In 1961, Kofi Annan received an educational grant from

3201-456: The Faculties of Arts , Business Administration, Education, Engineering, Law , Medicine , Science, and Social Science, along with a graduate school which administers all the postgraduate programmes provided by different academic units. Moreover, associate School of Continuing and Professional Studies (CUSCS) offers associate degree and higher diploma programmes. In 2005, the university budget

3298-593: The Fighting Group undertook a range of missions in the East Zone, ranging from intelligence gathering to sabotage. It was funded and controlled by the CIA. In 1950, the U.S. government decided that the Fighting Group needed to bolster its legitimacy as a credible independent organization, so the International Rescue Committee was recruited to act as its advocate. One component of this project was convincing

3395-447: The Ford Foundation "must not only be generosity, but justice." The Ford Foundation seeks to address "the underlying causes that perpetuate human suffering" to grapple with and intervene in " how and why " inequality persists. In 2007, the Ford Foundation co-founded the independent Native Arts and Cultures Foundation by providing a portion of the new foundation's endowment out of the Ford Foundation's own. This decision to repatriate

3492-491: The Ford Foundation shifted its focus from Michigan philanthropic support to five areas of action. In the 1950 Report of the Study of the Ford Foundation on Policy and Program , the trustees set forth five "areas of action," according to Richard Magat (2012): economic improvements, education, freedom and democracy, human behavior, and world peace. These areas of action were identified in a 1949 report by Horace Rowan Gaither . Since

3589-458: The Ford Foundation to issue a grant to the Fighting Group. With the support of Eleanor Roosevelt, the Ford Foundation was persuaded to give the Fighting Group a grant of $ 150,000. A press release announcing the grant pointed to the assistance given by the Fighting Group to "carefully screened" defectors to come to the West. The National Committee for a Free Europe , a CIA proprietary, actually administered

3686-513: The HKALE while only 12,164 students sat the HKHLE. However, CUHK launched the "Form Six Provisional Acceptance" system, and the two-year matriculation admitted to CUHK became the other main way for the student. Because of so many disadvantages, the number of students sitting the HKHLE decreased. As having two public examinations caused confusion, in 1982 the Hong Kong Education adviser proposed to

3783-518: The HKALE. Therefore, the HKHLE was discontinued and was last held in 1992. Chinese subjects: English subjects: Chinese or English subjects: The Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong ( CUHK ) is a public research university in Sha Tin , New Territories , Hong Kong . Established in 1963 as a federation of three colleges  – Chung Chi College , New Asia College , and United College , it

3880-629: The Most Best Disciplines in HK, Macau and Taiwan. CUHK was 65th worldwide in terms of aggregate performance across THE, QS, and ARWU, as reported by ARTU 2023. Besides overall rankings, a list of subject rankings of Hong Kong tertiary institutions is available to show the strength of its individual disciplines ranked by the above organisations. CUHK business school was ranked 17th in the Financial Times EMBA rankings, and its MBA programme

3977-571: The NIF and other recipients of Ford Foundation grants supported the delegitimization of Israel. The Ford Foundation announced in October 2023 that it would no longer provide grants to Alliance for Global Justice, a charity in Arizona claimed by journalist Gabe Kaminsky in a Washington Examiner investigation to share Palestinian terrorism ties. "Ford has no plans to support any Alliance for Global Justice projects in

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4074-632: The Revolution to the Modern Era ", alleges that Sommers "persistently misrepresents scholarly debate, [and] ignores evidence that contradicts her assertions" about a gender war against boys and men. Spanish judge Francisco Serrano Castro made similar claims to Sommers in his 2012 book The Dictatorship of Gender . In 2003, the foundation was critiqued by US news service Jewish Telegraphic Agency , among others, for supporting Palestinian nongovernmental organizations that were accused of promoting antisemitism at

4171-810: The Sir Philip Haddon-Cave Sports Field and the Lingnan Stadium. The Olympic-size swimming pool at the Benjamin Franklin Centre was completed in 1973; its opening ceremony was held in October 1974 and hosted by Charles T. Cross . The university's Water Sports Centre, on the shore of Tide Cove, offers facilities and equipment hire for sailing, rowing, and windsurfing. Most of CUHK's campus is located within Sha Tin District , though small parts of it are in Tai Po District . As

4268-708: The U.S. government during the Cold War . Roy links the Ford Foundation's establishment of an economics course at the Indonesian University with aligning students with the 1965 coup that installed Suharto as president. At the height of the Cold War, the Ford Foundation was involved in several sensitive covert operations. One of these involved the Fighting Group Against Inhumanity. Based in West Berlin,

4365-786: The United States for graduate study around the world. Fellows came from 22 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Russia and the Palestinian Territories and studied a wide variety of fields. After IFP's early success with identifying candidates and selecting and placing Fellows, and the success of Fellows in completing their degrees, the foundation contributed an additional $ 75 million to IFP in 2006. IFP concluded operations in late 2013 when more than 80 percent of fellows had completed their studies. Fellows have been serving their home communities in

4462-546: The advancement of human welfare and "urged the foundation to focus on solving humankind's most pressing problems, whatever they might be, rather than work in any particular field...." The report was endorsed by the foundation's board of trustees, and they subsequently voted to move the foundation to New York City in 1953. The board of directors decided to diversify the foundation's portfolio and gradually divested itself of its substantial Ford Motor Company stock between 1955 and 1974. This divestiture allowed Ford Motor to become

4559-494: The air in 1952. These grants continued, and in 1969 the foundation gave $ 1 million to the Children's Television Workshop to help create and launch Sesame Street . Active from 1951 to 1961, this subsidiary of the Ford Foundation supported initiatives in the field of adult education , including educational television and public broadcasting . During its existence, the FAE spent over $ 47 million. Among its funding programs were

4656-442: The awarding of degrees fall under the purview of the university administration. Buildings would also be maintained by the university regardless of which college owned them. The colleges would be entrusted with small group "student-oriented teaching". Rationalisation was suggested to reduce duplication of efforts among the different colleges. The federal structure of the university would thus be replaced by something closer to that of

4753-602: The campus became the site of a series of clashes between protesters and the police . Students and protesters disrupted traffic near the university, including the Tolo Harbour Highway , to facilitate a Hong Kong-wide general strike on 11 November 2019. On 12 November, riot police entered the campus to disperse the protestors, firing 1,567 tear gas rounds, 380 bean bag rounds and 1,312 rubber bullets while protesters built barricades, threw bricks and petrol bombs . Vice-chancellor Rocky Tuan tried to seek mediation with

4850-528: The collections housed by ULS includes the Hong Kong Studies Archive, Hong Kong Literature Collection, Chinese Overseas Collection, Nobel Laureate GAO, Xingjian Collection, Nobel Laureate CY Yang Archive, American Studies Resource Collection and Modern Chinese Drama Collection. CUHK also houses the Chinese University of Hong Kong Art Museum , which houses "a wide range of artefacts illuminating

4947-745: The college. Funds were gradually raised and the school moved to a new campus in Kau Pui Lung , built with the support of the Ford Foundation , in 1956. Following the Communist revolution in China and the breakdown in relations between the People's Republic of China and the United States with the 1950 outbreak of the Korean War , all Christian colleges and universities in China were shut down. Chung Chi College

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5044-531: The course of a decade. The Ho Sin-Hang engineering block opened in 1994 to house the new School of Engineering. In 1994, the school transitioned to the British-style three-year bachelor's degree system. The Hong Kong Internet Exchange , a metropolitan network backbone , was founded in 1995 and remains an internet hub for the region. In the 2000s, the university underwent another period of expansion, in part to accommodate increased student numbers brought about by

5141-490: The decision. He also drew a distinction between this application – for a permanent University installation – and hypothetical applications for short-term expressions of free speech, suggesting the latter would have been more likely to be approved, but he criticised the management team as "immature" and "inexperienced" in handling the incident. An editorial in The Standard criticised the committee's naivety in not anticipating

5238-653: The field of adult education. In addition to grantmaking to organizations and projects, the FAE established its own programs, including the Test Cities Project and the Experimental Discussion Project. The Experimental Discussion Project produced media that was distributed to local organizations to conduct viewing or listening and discussion sessions. Topics covered included international affairs , world cultures, and United States history. Educational theorist Robert Maynard Hutchins helped to found

5335-462: The fields of creative arts performance. In 2022, another 20 Disability Futures Fellows received awards. Ranked No. 24 on the Forbes 2018 World's Most Innovative Companies list, the Ford Foundation utilized its endowment to invest in innovative and sustainable change leadership shifting the model of grant-making in the 21st century. According to Forbes, "Ford spends between $ 500 million and $ 550 million

5432-663: The firm of Roche-Dinkeloo , the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice in New York City (originally the Ford Foundation Building) was the first large-scale architectural building in the country to devote a substantial portion of its space to horticultural pursuits. Its atrium was designed with the notion of having urban greenspace accessible to all and is an example of the application in architecture of environmental psychology . The building, 321 E. 42nd St.,

5529-534: The first Ford family member to serve on the board since his grandfather resigned in 1976. For many years, the foundation topped annual lists compiled by the Foundation Center of US foundations with the most assets and the highest annual giving. The foundation has fallen a few places in those lists in recent years, especially with the establishment of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000. As of May 4, 2013,

5626-466: The first baby, Louise Brown born from the technique. The Ford Foundation provided $ 1,170,194 towards the research. The foundation began awarding postdoctoral fellowships in 1980 to increase the diversity of the nation's academic faculties. In 1986, the foundation added predoctoral and dissertation fellowships to the program. The foundation awards 130 to 140 fellowships annually, and there are 4,132 living fellows. The University of California, Berkeley

5723-593: The foundation are roughly a third of NIF's donor-advised giving, which totals about $ 15 million a year. In June 2020, Ford Foundation decided to raise $ 1 billion through a combination of 30 and 50- year bonds. The main aim was to help nonprofits hit by the pandemic. In October 2020, Ford Foundation partnered with the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to establish the Disability Future Fellowship, awarding $ 50,000 annually to disabled writers, actors, and directors in

5820-558: The foundation to finish his studies at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. Under its "Program for Playwrights", the foundation helped to support writers in professional regional theaters such as San Francisco's Actor's Workshop and offered similar help to Houston's Alley Theatre and Washington's Arena Stage . In the 1960s and 1970s, the foundation gave money to government and non-government contraceptive initiatives to support population control , peaking at an estimated $ 169 million in

5917-653: The foundation was second in terms of assets and tenth in terms of annual grant giving. In 2012, the foundation declared that it was not a research library and transferred its archives from New York City to the Rockefeller Archive Center in Sleepy Hollow, New York . In 1951, the foundation made its first grant to support the development of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), then known as National Educational Television (NET), which went on

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6014-401: The foundation's financial endowment was the largest private endowment in the world; it remains among the wealthiest . For fiscal year 2014, it reported assets of $ 12.4 billion and approved $ 507.9 million in grants. According to the OECD , the Ford Foundation provided $ 194 million for development in 2019, all of which related to its grant-making activities. After its establishment in 1936,

6111-414: The foundation. In 1974, the foundation contributed funds to the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project . In 1967 and 1968, the foundation provided financial support for decentralization and community control of public schools in New York City. Decentralization in Ocean Hill–Brownsville led to the firing of some white teachers and administrators, which provoked a citywide teachers' strike led by

6208-426: The future and it is not eligible for any other funding," Amanda Simon, a spokeswoman for the Ford Foundation, said at the time. Simon added, "We will not be funding them in the future." The allegations of terrorism links were proven false ; Alliance for Global Justice was found to be funding an organisation that attempts to secure the human rights of Palestinian prisoners held in Israel. Completed in 1968 by

6305-452: The government abolition of the HKHLE. A report published by the Education Commission in 1986 also proposed to repeal the HKHLE. In the late 1980s, the Government of Hong Kong wanted to improve the university system in Hong Kong. The duration of degree courses offered by CUHK was then gradually shortened from four to three years. In 1992, the government launched the Joint University Programmes Admissions System (JUPAS), which only accepted

6402-488: The grant (Chester, Covert Network, pp. 89–94). American author, philosopher, and critic of feminism Christina Hoff Sommers , criticized The Ford Foundation in her book The War Against Boys (2000) as well as other institutions in education and government. Sommers alleged that the Ford Foundation funded feminist ideologies that marginalize boys and men. A Washington Post book review by E. Anthony Rotundo, author of "American Manhood: Transformations in Masculinity from

6499-484: The largest and greenest campus of all higher education institutions in Hong Kong. The hilly 138.4-hectare (342-acre) campus hosts facilities such as libraries, art museums, music halls, a swimming pool, sports fields, tennis courts, squash courts, a water sports centre, and gymnasiums. Many points (e.g. the Pavilion of Harmony ) around the campus offer attractive views of Tide Cove and the Tolo Harbour . The university has two full-size sports grounds with running tracks:

6596-474: The last 1960s. The foundation ended most support for contraception programs by the 1970s. The foundation remains supportive of access to abortion, granting funds to organizations that support reproductive rights . In 1968, the foundation began disbursing $ 12 million to persuade law schools to make "law school clinics" part of their curriculum. Clinics were intended to give practical experience in law practice while providing pro bono representation to

6693-415: The late 20th century through the 21st century have contributed to substantial data and scholarship including national surveys such as the Nelson Diversity Surveys in STEM. The foundation was established January 15, 1936, in Michigan by Edsel Ford (president of the Ford Motor Company ) and two other executives "to receive and administer funds for scientific, educational and charitable purposes, all for

6790-497: The middle of the 20th century, many of the Ford Foundation's programs have focused on increased under-represented or "minority" group representation in education, science and policy-making. For over eight decades their mission decisively advocates and supports the reduction of poverty and injustice among other values including the maintenance of democratic values, promoting engagement with other nations, and sustaining human progress and achievement at home and abroad. The Ford Foundation

6887-413: The new university. The commission, headed by Vice-Chancellor John Fulton of the newly-established University of Sussex , visited Hong Kong over the summer and produced an interim report recommending the establishment of the federal university comprising the three colleges. The Fulton Commission report was tabled in the Legislative Council in June 1963, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong Ordinance

6984-464: The police, which was rejected. It resulted in a two-day siege of the university by the police from 13 to 15 November. Most protesters left the campus by 15 November, with at least 70 students being injured. Protestors barricaded most entrances and exits, leading to a campus-wide traffic disruption. The increasing violence led to the University Senate voting to cancel the ongoing semester, followed by

7081-452: The poor. Conservative critic Heather Mac Donald contends that the financial involvement of the foundation instead changed the clinics' focus from giving students practical experience to engaging in leftwing advocacy. Beginning in the late 1960s and continuing through the 1970s, the foundation expanded into civil rights litigation, granting $ 18 million to civil rights litigation groups. The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund

7178-516: The presidency of the foundation fell to Edsel's eldest son, Henry Ford II . It quickly became clear that the foundation would become the largest philanthropic organization in the world. The board of trustees then commissioned the Gaither Study Committee to chart the foundation's future. The committee, headed by California attorney H. Rowan Gaither , recommended that the foundation become an international philanthropic organization dedicated to

7275-540: The program. In 1987, the foundation began making grants to fight the AIDS epidemic and in 2010 made grant disbursements totaling $ 29,512,312. In 2001, the foundation launched the International Fellowships Program (IFP) with a 12-year, $ 280 million grant, the largest in its history. IFP identified approximately 4,300 emerging social justice leaders representing historically disadvantaged groups from outside

7372-789: The public free of charge. Also in 2013, the University Gallery opened in the central library to showcase the history of the school in light of its Golden Jubilee anniversary. CUHK has been consistently regarded as one of the top two universities in Hong Kong by various university rankings, with the other being the University of Hong Kong . CUHK was ranked #47 worldwide in QS WUR 2024, #53 worldwide in THE WUR 2024, and #53 worldwide in US News & Report 2022–2023, and #101-150 worldwide in ARWU 2021. CUHK has been

7469-594: The public welfare." It was a reaction to FDR 's 1935 tax reform introducing 70% tax on large inheritances . During its early years, the foundation operated in Michigan under the leadership of Ford family members and their associates and supported the Henry Ford Hospital and the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village , among other organizations. After the deaths of Edsel Ford in 1943 and Henry Ford in 1947,

7566-409: The reaction. It was also highly critical of Sung for seeking to distance himself from the decision with such a "lame excuse". Outgoing vice-chancellor Lawrence Lau defended the committee's decision as "collective and unanimous" after "detailed consideration," citing the unanimous vote of the administrative and planning committee, and he disagreed with Sung's characterisation of the management team. While

7663-407: The request. The application was turned down; the reason provided was the need for the university to maintain political neutrality. Staff and students objected to the refusal, however, accusing the committee of self-censorship; students declared they were prepared for a stand-off against the university, saying they would ensure the statues were accommodated on campus "at all costs". A student meeting

7760-547: The rich arts, humanities and cultural heritage of ancient and pre-modern China." A new 800 square metres (8,600 sq ft) Museum of Climate Change , the first such museum in Hong Kong, opened in December 2013 in the Yasumoto International Academic Park building. Funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club , the 100 exhibits on display illustrate the effects of climate change. The museum is open to

7857-475: The site of the new campus in the Ma Liu Shui area, where Chung Chi College was already established, for new facilities to house central administration and the relocated New Asia and United colleges. Construction of the new campus continued throughout the 1960s to a development plan produced by W. Szeto and Partners . Above the valley occupied by Chung Chi College, on two plateaux formed by granite quarrying for

7954-519: The stipulation of using Chinese language as the principal medium in the university's ordinance, CUHK has emphasised the importance of both English and Chinese. The Yale-China Chinese Language Centre (CLC), formerly New Asia – Yale-in-China Chinese Language Center, was founded in 1963 under the joint auspices of New Asia College and the Yale-China Association . The centre became part of Chinese University in 1974 and has been responsible for

8051-509: The teaching of one language education ( Putonghua and Cantonese ) of university students as well as other Putonghua and Cantonese learners. Courses are offered for non-native speakers and for native speakers of Chinese. Programmes are divided into Putonghua courses for local students, Cantonese courses for mainland Chinese Students and Putonghua and Cantonese courses for non-native Chinese speakers. The university also hosts several research centres. The Childhood Bilingualism Research Centre (CBRC)

8148-408: The territory. Ford Foundation The Ford Foundation is an American private foundation with the stated goal of advancing human welfare. Created in 1936 by Edsel Ford and his father Henry Ford , it was originally funded by a $ 25,000 (about $ 550,000 in 2023) gift from Edsel Ford . By 1947, after the death of the two founders, the foundation owned 90% of the non-voting shares of

8245-456: The top Hong Kong institution in the ARWU , which is based on awards and research output, including those league tables in 2006, 2010, 2011, and 2013. The HKU Public Opinion Programme survey (2012) gave it the 2nd place. China's Alumni Association placed it among the "6-Star Greater China 's Universities" (the highest level). It was ranked fourth in the association's 2014 Ranking of Institutions with

8342-455: The university, and it is the only tertiary institution in Hong Kong with recipients of the Nobel Prize , Turing Award , Fields Medal , and Veblen Prize sitting as faculty in residence. The university was formed in 1963 as a federation of three existing colleges. The first of these, New Asia College , was established in 1949 by anti-Communist Confucian scholars from mainland China amid

8439-510: The usual array of facilities like student hostels, amenities and communal dining halls. New teaching blocks and a student amenity centre were also opened near the railway station. On 29 May 2010, when the CUHK student union sought to permanently locate a 'Goddess of Democracy' statue on campus, the administrative and planning committee of the university convened an emergency meeting for 1 June, chaired by incumbent vice-chancellor Lawrence Lau, to consider

8536-422: The vote was unanimous, however, Sung stated that he had suggested the wording of the decision include the qualification that the committee "had not reached a consensus." The student union said the two professors should have communicated to reach a consensus, and that Lau's reply "failed to explain why the school used political neutrality as a reason to reject the statue." During the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests ,

8633-473: Was HK$ 4,558 million, with government subvention of about HK$ 2,830 million. In the 2018–19 fiscal year (starts 1 April), total income was increased to $ 9,624 million while government subvention had risen to $ 5,121 million, about 53.2% of the total budget. CUHK currently adopts a strategic plan in five fields of academic inquiry: Biomedical Sciences, Chinese Studies, Economics & Finance, Geoinformation & Earth Sciences and Information Sciences. Despite

8730-471: Was affiliated with 346 fellows at the time of award, the most of any institution, followed by the University of California, Los Angeles at 205, Harvard University at 191, Stanford University at 190, and Yale University at 175. The 10-campus University of California system accounts for 947 fellows, and the Ivy League is affiliated with 726. In 2022, the foundation announced that it would be sunsetting

8827-538: Was convened, and student union President Eric Lai told 2,000 attendees that the university officials should apologise for their opposition of the art display. On 4 June, bowing to public outcry and student pressure, the university relented, and allowed the statue on campus. Vice-chancellor-designate Joseph Sung , who was consulted on the vote in absentia , admitted that it was the biggest political storm in 21 years. He revealed that, in addition to preserving political neutrality, safety and security concerns were factors in

8924-453: Was founded in 1951 by Protestant churches in Hong Kong to continue the theological education of mainland churches and schools. The 63 students in its first year of operations were taught in various churches and rented premises on Hong Kong Island . The college moved to its present location in Ma Liu Shui (i.e., the present CUHK campus) in 1956. By 1962, a year before the founding of CUHK, Chung Chi had 531 students in 10 departments taught by

9021-707: Was incorporated in 1967 with a $ 2.2 million grant from the foundation. In the same year, the foundation funded the establishment of the Southwest Council of La Raza, the predecessor of the National Council of La Raza . In 1972, the foundation provided a three-year $ 1.2 million grant to the Native American Rights Fund . The same year, the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund opened with funding from numerous organizations, including

9118-776: Was named after its patron, Sir Run Run Shaw , who donated five hundred million Hong Kong dollars toward its establishment in May 1985. The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Declaration of Shaw College) Ordinance was passed by the Legislative Council in July 1986, and the fourth college was officially opened in March 1990 by Sir Run Run Shaw and Governor David Wilson . The 1990s brought about another building boom. The original Chung Chi teaching and administration blocks were demolished and replaced with much larger and modern structures in several phases over

9215-576: Was passed in September of that year. The school was officially inaugurated in a ceremony at the City Hall on 17 October 1963, officiated by the founding chancellor, Sir Robert Brown Black . The next year, Li Choh-ming was appointed the first vice-chancellor of the university. The university originally consisted of the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Science, and the Faculty of Social Science. Construction began at

9312-649: Was placed 27th worldwide in the Global MBA Rankings (2013) and 94th in the Economist's 2012 ranking. CUHK received eight Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards (Science and Technology) from mainland China 's Ministry of Education (MoE) in 2014, including two first-class awards and five second-class awards in Natural Sciences, making it the institution receiving the highest number of awards among Hong Kong tertiary institutions. Despite

9409-463: Was recognized in 1968 by the Architectural Record as "a new kind of urban space". This design concept was used by others for many of the indoor shopping malls and skyscrapers built in subsequent decades. The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the building a landmark in 1997. Source : History of Ford Foundation ° Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network, Progressives,

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