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116-604: UM-Dearborn is one of the thirteen master's universities in the State of Michigan. Located in Metro Detroit , UM-Dearborn is also known for its community engagement within the region. Together with Oakland University , the University of Michigan-Flint , and Wayne State University , UM-Dearborn is one of the four Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU) members in the State of Michigan. The university's athletic teams are

232-411: A catechism —and its stifling of the sciences. Jefferson had flourished under William & Mary professors William Small and George Wythe decades earlier, but the college was in a period of great decline and his concern became so dire by 1800 that he expressed to British chemist Joseph Priestley , "we have in that State, a college just well enough endowed to draw out the miserable existence to which

348-568: A junior college in 1954, known today as the University of Virginia's College at Wise . George Mason University and Mary Washington University used to similarly exist as UVA's satellite campuses , but those are now wholly independent universities no longer administered by the University of Virginia. The Academical Village and nearby Monticello became a joint World Heritage Site in 1987. Simultaneously with Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park and Chaco Culture National Historical Park , they were

464-403: A yield of 19.5%. The enrolled first-year class of 2025 had the following standardized test scores: the middle 50% range (25th percentile-75th percentile) of SAT scores was 1050-1300, while the middle 50% range of ACT scores was 22-28. UM-Dearborn's freshman retention rate is 83.52%, with 54.6% going on to graduate within six years. The eight-year graduation rate at UM-Dearborn is 58%, with

580-493: A $ 51 million renovation. In April 2018, UM–Dearborn broke ground on a new, $ 90 million Engineering Lab Building. In 2018, Daniel E. Little resigned as chancellor. In August 2018, Domenico Grasso was inaugurated as university's sixth chancellor. The UM–Dearborn campus is located on the former estate of Henry Ford . It is divided into several sections: The Henry Ford Estate, known as Fair Lane , The Fairlane Center, Main Campus, and

696-496: A University of Michigan bachelor's or master's degree. Construction on the Dearborn Center began on May 22, 1958, and on October 1 of that year, William E. Stirton was appointed its first director. The branch opened with an enrollment of 34 students on September 28, 1959. A liberal arts division and programs in electrical engineering and teacher education were added in fall 1960. The first 12 graduates on January 20, 1962. In 1963,

812-616: A branch in Dearborn known as the Dearborn Center of the University of Michigan . The Dearborn Center would also have a cooperative work-study requirement for its programs in business administration and engineering, which were intended to provide students with real-world experience that would increase their employment prospects. The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor would provide the necessary liberal arts and professional courses to complete

928-477: A civil rights lawsuit in the 1960s forced it to commingle the sexes. In 1970, the Charlottesville campus became fully co-educational, and in 1972 Mary Washington became an independent state university. When the first female class arrived, 450 undergraduate women entered UVA, comprising 39 percent of undergraduates, while the number of men admitted remained constant. By 1999, women made up a 52 percent majority of

1044-473: A doctorate in education, he was the first black person to graduate from UVA. UVA's Ridley Scholarship Fund is named in his honor. The fight for integration and coeducation came to the foreground particularly in the late 1960s, leading up to the May Strike of 1970 , in which students protested for higher black enrollment, equal access to UVA admission by undergraduate women, unionization of employees, and against

1160-605: A few selected women to graduate studies in the late 1890s and to certain programs such as nursing and education in the 1920s and 1930s. In 1944, Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, Virginia , became the Women's Undergraduate Arts and Sciences Division of the University of Virginia. With this branch campus in Fredericksburg exclusively for women, UVA maintained its main campus in Charlottesville as near-exclusively for men, until

1276-469: A forced-resignation to remove President Sullivan from office. The attempted ouster elicited a faculty Senate vote of no confidence in Rector Dragas, and demands from student government for an explanation. In the face of mounting pressure including alumni threats to cease contributions, and a mandate from then-Governor Robert McDonnell to resolve the issue or face removal of the entire Board of Visitors,

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1392-471: A major role in the development of many academic disciplines, including economics, law, literary art, visual art, and the sciences. Admission to UVA is among the most selective of public universities in the United States, its endowment is among the largest, and the university is known in part for its historic foundations , student-run honor code , and secret societies . The university has been

1508-490: A median annual income of $ 59,649 (based on 2020-2021 earnings adjusted to 2022 dollars), which exceeds both the midpoint for 4-year schools of $ 53,617 and U.S. real median personal income of $ 40,460 for the year 2021 adjusted to 2022 dollars. The highest-earning (median) fields of study for federally aided students include: The five highest-earning (median) undergraduate fields of study for federally aided students at UM-Dearborn are: The university's athletic teams are called

1624-934: A member of the Association of American Universities for 120 years. In athletic competition, the university teams are called the Cavaliers and lead the Atlantic Coast Conference in team NCAA Championships for men's sports, also ranking second in women's and overall titles. In 2015, and again in 2019, the University of Virginia was presented with the Capital One Cup for fielding the nation's best overall athletics programs for men's sports. The university's alumni, faculty, and researchers have included several U.S. presidents, heads of state , Nobel laureates , Pulitzer Prize winners, Marshall Scholars , and Fulbright Scholars . Thirty governors of U.S. states have attended

1740-512: A miserable constitution has doomed it." These words would ring true some seventy years later when William & Mary fell bankrupt after the Civil War and the Williamsburg college was shuttered completely in 1881, later being revived as primarily a small college for teachers until it regained university status later in the twentieth century. Jefferson envisioned his new university would "be based on

1856-505: A public speech at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign , is still the longest-tenured president of the university. In 1904, UVA became the first university south of Washington, D.C. to be elected to the Association of American Universities . After a gift by Andrew Carnegie in 1909 the University of Virginia was organized into twenty-six departments across six schools including the Andrew Carnegie School of Engineering ,

1972-439: A record high of 9.6%. The university received a 13.2% increase in its annual appropriation from the state legislature in 1984–85, which enabled it to restore the 3% salary raises that it had cut in 1981–82. In May 1986, UM–Dearborn opened its Armenian Research Center , the first university-affiliated institution of its kind. In November 1988, Blenda Wilson was inaugurated as the third chancellor of UM–Dearborn. In September 1989,

2088-635: A scathing and discrediting report on the "anatomy of a journalistic failure" by its author. Even before release of the Columbia University report, the Rolling Stone story was named the "Error of the Year" by the Poynter Institute . The UVA chapter of Phi Kappa Psi settled a defamation suit against Rolling Stone and received $ 1.65 million. In August 2017, the night before the infamous Unite

2204-547: A sense of privilege which often led to brawling, or worse. This was a source of frustration for Jefferson, who assembled the students during the school's first year, on October 3, 1825, to criticize such behavior; but was too overcome to speak. He later spoke of this moment as "the most painful event" of his life. Although the frequency of such irresponsible behavior dropped after Jefferson's expression of concern, it did not die away completely. Like many universities and colleges, it experienced periodic student riots , culminating in

2320-517: A sinusoidal course, one that lends strength to the wall and allows for the wall to be only one brick thick, one of many innovations by which Jefferson attempted to combine aesthetics with utility. On October 27, 1895, the Rotunda burned to a shell because of an electrical fire that started in the Rotunda Annex, a long multi-story structure built in 1853 to house additional classrooms. The electrical fire

2436-1030: A withdrawal rate of 15%. For Pell Grant recipients, who make up nearly half of the undergraduate population, the graduation and withdrawal rates are 56% and 18%, respectively. USNWR undergraduate rankings The university offers nine ABET-accredited engineering bachelor degree programs. These programs cover the following areas of study: bioengineering , computer and information science , computer engineering , electrical engineering , industrial and systems engineering , manufacturing engineering , mechanical engineering , robotics engineering , and software engineering . Its most popular undergraduate majors, by 2021 graduates, were psychology (151), electrical and electronics engineering (136), mechanical engineering (117), biology/biological sciences (109), computer and information science (69), and public health education and promotion (68). The U.S. Department of Education reports that as of 2024, federally aided students attending UM-Dearborn 10 years after they began their studies had

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2552-545: Is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia , United States. It was founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson and contains his Academical Village , a UNESCO World Heritage Site . The original governing Board of Visitors included three U.S. presidents : Jefferson, James Madison , and James Monroe , the latter as sitting president of the United States at the time of its foundation. As its first two rectors , Presidents Jefferson and Madison played key roles in

2668-484: Is a student-run, free-format radio station that features diversity in music from punk rock to bluegrass , jazz to electronica , and everything in between. Starting in 2007, the station began live broadcasts of UM-Dearborn sporting events. As of 2022, the university has an enrollment of 8,224 students. 94% of students are from Michigan. Nearly half of its student body are first-generation college students. The average grade point averages for incoming high school students

2784-653: Is developing further plans for Morven and has hired an architecture firm for the nearly three thousand acre property. In addition, the UVA Foundation owns the building and grounds of the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection. The Collection itself is also owned by the University of Virginia. The primary housing areas for first-year students are McCormick Road Dormitories , often called "Old Dorms", Alderman Road Dormitories , often called "New Dorms," and suite style dorms located off of Alderman road near

2900-544: Is half the height and width of the Pantheon in Rome, which was the primary inspiration for the building. The Lawn and the Rotunda were the models for many similar designs of "centralized green areas" at universities across the country. The space was designed for students and professors to live in the same area. The Rotunda, which symbolized knowledge, showed hierarchy. The south end of the Lawn

3016-576: Is the library for SEAS (the engineering school), and one of its notable features is the Mural Room, decorated by two three-panel murals by Allyn Cox, depicting the Moral Law and the Civil Law. The murals were finished and set in place in 1934. As of 2006 , the university and Google were working on the digitization of selected collections from the library system. Since 1992, the University of Virginia also hosts

3132-508: The Academical Village , and that name remains in use today to describe both the specific area of the Lawn, a grand, terraced green space surrounded by residential and academic buildings, the gardens, the Range, and the larger university surrounding it. The principal building of the design, the Rotunda, stands at the north end of the Lawn, and is the most recognizable symbol of the university. It

3248-738: The American Bar Association . The majority of Michigan's post-secondary institutions are accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC). Most are accredited by multiple agencies, such as the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM), and the National League for Nursing (NLNAC). University of Virginia The University of Virginia ( UVA )

3364-483: The American Institute of Architects called it "the proudest achievement of American architecture in the past 200 years." The Academical Village, together with Jefferson's home at Monticello , which he also designed, is a World Heritage Site . The first collegiate architecture and culture World Heritage Site in the world, it was listed by UNESCO in 1987. Jefferson's original architectural design revolves around

3480-427: The Atlantic Coast Conference for athletics. At the time, UVA had a football program that had just broken through to be nationally ranked in 1950, 1951, and 1952, and consistently beat its rivals North Carolina and Virginia Tech by scores such as 34–7 and 44–0. Other sports were very competitive as well. However, the administration of Colgate Darden de-emphasized athletics, defunding the department and declining to join

3596-563: The Declaration of Independence and Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom , and father of the University of Virginia. Thus, he eschewed mention of his national accomplishments, such as the Louisiana Purchase and any other aspects of his presidency, in favor of his role with the young university. Initially, some of the students arriving at the university matched the then-common picture of college students: wealthy, spoiled aristocrats with

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3712-557: The International Residential College . These involve an application process to live there, and are filled with both upperclass and first-year students. The application process can be extremely competitive, especially for Brown because of its location in central Grounds near classroom buildings, libraries, and Newcomb Hall. It is considered a great honor and privilege to be invited to live on the Lawn, and 54 fourth-year undergraduates do so each year, joining ten members of

3828-718: The James Madison School of Law , the James Monroe School of International Law, the James Wilson School of Political Economy, the Edgar Allan Poe School of English and the Walter Reed School of Pathology . The honorific historical names for these schools – several of which have remained as modern schools of the university – are no longer used. In December 1953, the University of Virginia joined

3944-562: The Michigan House of Representatives George Darany . The story of UM-Dearborn begins with in the mid-1950s with Archie Pearson, the director of training at Ford Motor Company . Pearson conducted studies that revealed a looming shortage of college-educated engineers and junior administrators within the company's future workforce. As a result, Pearson discreetly reached out to higher education institutions in Metro Detroit , inquiring about their willingness to adapt their programs to align with

4060-628: The Michigan-Dearborn Wolverines . They primarily compete in the Wolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference . The University of Michigan-Dearborn Fieldhouse , opened in 1978, serves as the home to the men's and women's basketball teams. Notable alumni include the former COO of Ford Motor Company Kumar Galhotra , former chair of the Michigan Republican Party Saul Anuzis , and former member of

4176-514: The Midwest . In September 2013, The Union at Dearborn opened, with its 145 apartments providing the first on-campus student housing since the 1970s. Also that month, UM–Dearborn's School of Education was renamed the College of Education, Health and Human Services. In December 2015, UM–Dearborn conferred its 50,000 cumulative degree. In September 2016, the university's Natural Sciences Building reopened after

4292-502: The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). In April 1991, graduate enrollment at UM–Dearborn exceeded 1,000 for the first time, and in July of that year revenue from tuition surpassed state appropriations. In May 1992, Wilson announced her resignation to take a position at California State University . In January 1993, James C. Renick was inaugurated as the university's fourth chancellor. In fall 1995 and again in fall 1996,

4408-611: The Rare Book School , a non-profit organization in the study of historical books and the history of printing that began at Columbia University in 1983. Housing for first-year students , Brown College , the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the University of Virginia Medical School are near the historic Lawn and Range area. The McIntire School of Commerce is on the actual Lawn, in Rouss-Roberston Hall. Away from

4524-473: The University of Cambridge or University of Oxford . In concert with the United States Bicentennial in 1976, Stanford White's changes to the Rotunda were removed and the building was returned to Jefferson's original design. Renovated according to original sketches and historical photographs, a three-story Rotunda opened on Jefferson's birthday, April 13, 1976. Queen Elizabeth II came to visit

4640-441: The Wolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) since the 2004–05 academic year. UM–Dearborn competes in 16 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse and soccer; while women's sports include basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, ice hockey, soccer, softball and volleyball. Men's and women's bowling, along with women's ice hockey were added during

4756-561: The 2018 season. The UVA campus, referred to as the Grounds, straddles the border between the city of Charlottesville and Albemarle County. The university also maintains 562 acres north of the campus at North Fork and 2,913 acres southeast of the city at Morven Farm. It also is in the process of building a campus in Northern Virginia within Fairfax, Virginia . Throughout its history,

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4872-692: The 2018–19 academic year. The softball team and men's ice hockey team were named WHAC champions respectively in 2017 and 2019. The men's basketball team was named WHAC tournament champions in 2018. UM–Dearborn began varsity athletic competition in fall of 1974, with its soccer program. Beginning in 1977, the athletics teams were known as the Wolves. Its athletics program was substantially reformed in October 1990, with basketball and women's volleyball becoming NAIA sports and hockey being downgraded to club sport status. The University of Michigan-Dearborn Fieldhouse serves as

4988-542: The ACC before being overruled by the Board of Visitors on that decision. It would take until the 1980s for the bulk of athletics programs to fully recover but approaching the year 2000 UVA was again one of the most successful all-around sports programs with NCAA national titles achieved in an array of different sports; by 2020, it had twice won the Capital One Cup for overall athletics excellence in men's sports programs. UVA established

5104-653: The Ann Arbor campus, from the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools . In April 1971, it was officially renamed the University of Michigan–Dearborn (UM–Dearborn). In July of that year, Leonard E. Goodall, the vice-chancellor of the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle , was appointed UM–Dearborn's first chancellor. In the fall of 1971, the university officially became a four-year institution as it welcomed its first freshman class. There were 313 freshmen in that first class and overall enrollment grew by 50% to 1,369. University enrollment grew rapidly during

5220-549: The Annex were moved to the South Lawn in White's new buildings. The White buildings have the effect of closing off the sweeping perspective, as originally conceived by Jefferson, down the Lawn across open countryside toward the distant mountains. The White buildings at the foot of the Lawn effectively create a huge "quadrangle", albeit one far grander than any traditional college quadrangle at

5336-432: The College of Education, Health, & Human Services (CEHHS). The College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters (CASL), pronounced "castle," is home to five graduate programs, 32 undergraduate majors, and programs in environmental sciences, mathematics, applied statistics, physical sciences, religious diversity, cultural studies, health policy studies, health psychology, civic engagement, and leadership. CASL traces its origins to

5452-779: The College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS), the Environmental Interpretive Center, Administration, the Mardigian Library, the Institute for Advanced Vehicle Studies, the University Center, the Computing Building, and the Fieldhouse. Within both CASL and CECS, many different buildings house different programs, departments, research centers, student life centers, and academic resources. Fair Lane and

5568-619: The Curry School of Education), the McIntire School of Commerce , and the summer school programs in which young Georgia O'Keeffe took part. Perhaps his greatest ambition was the funding and construction of a library on a scale of millions of books, much larger than the Rotunda could bear. Delayed by the Great Depression , Alderman Library was named in his honor in 1938. Alderman, who seven years earlier had died in office en route to giving

5684-530: The Detroit Board of Education into Wayne University. Since then, Michigan's higher education landscape has experienced two significant periods of reconstruction. The first, from 1955 to 1964, was fueled by the rising demand for higher education from returning World War II veterans and the baby boom; during this time, Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science and Western Michigan College attained university status in 1955 and 1957, respectively. This

5800-807: The Early Childhood Education Center (ECEC). The Teacher Education program at UM–Dearborn dates to the fall of 1960, it was reorganized as the Division of Education in June 1973, and it was upgraded to the School of Education in March 1987. The 2022 annual ranking of U.S. News & World Report categorizes UM-Dearborn as "selective". For the Class of 2025 (enrolled fall 2021), UM-Dearborn received 8,065 applications and accepted 5,546 (68.8%). Of those accepted, 1,084 enrolled,

5916-554: The Early Childhood Education Center just south of campus. In addition, the university has over 70 acres (283,000 m) of nature preserve and a bird observatory, the Rouge River Bird Observatory, which has operated on campus since its founding in 1992, and is the longest-running, full-time urban bird research station in North America. Main Campus includes the facilities for the College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters (CASL),

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6032-703: The Expendable Restricted Funds ($ 24.91 million), the Auxiliary Funds ($ 1.25 million), and the Designated Funds ($ 500,000). The Office of Budget and Planning reports that student tuition and fees are the largest funding source, contributing $ 135.3 million to the General Fund, which accounts for 70.46% of the total operating budget. In the fiscal year 2022–23, the State of Michigan provided $ 28.18 million to

6148-525: The Faculty Congress, Faculty Senate, and Faculty Senate Council. The Faculty Senate's actions are effective unless revoked by the Faculty Congress. The campus has four representatives to the Senate Assembly, which has 77 members represtentign all three campuses. The university's current (FY 2022–23) operating budget of $ 192 million has four major sources of funding: the General Fund ($ 165.41 million),

6264-452: The Fairlane Center in February 2004. In November 2003, the renovated University Center (formerly the University Mall) was opened. In October 2006, UM–Dearborn dedicated its new Science Learning and Research Center. In November 2008, the Regents of the University of Michigan approved the first doctoral programs at UM–Dearborn, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Automotive Systems Engineering and Information Systems Engineering, both to begin

6380-497: The Grand Auditorium of Tsinghua University built in 1917 in Beijing, China; the Sterling Quad of Yale Divinity School in 1932; and the university's own Darden School in 1996. Flanking both sides of the Rotunda and extending down the length of the Lawn are ten Pavilions interspersed with student housing rooms. Each has its own classical architectural style, as well as its own walled garden separated by Jeffersonian Serpentine walls. These walls are called "serpentine" because they run

6496-444: The Lawn and damaged many of the Pavilions, Custer's men left four days later without bloodshed and the university was able to return to its educational mission. However, an extremely high number of officers of both Confederacy and Union were alumni. UVA produced 1,481 officers in the Confederate Army alone, including four major-generals, twenty-one brigadier-generals, and sixty-seven colonels from ten different states. John S. Mosby ,

6612-424: The Right rally , a group of non-student and mostly non-Virginian white nationalists marched on the university's Lawn bearing torches and chanting antisemitic and Nazi slogans after the city of Charlottesville decided to remove all remaining Confederate statues from the city including one depicting Robert E. Lee . They were met by student counter-protesters near the statue of Thomas Jefferson in front of

6728-416: The Rotunda in that same year for the Bicentennial and had a well-publicized stroll of the Lawn. The university was listed by Travel + Leisure in September 2011 as one of the most beautiful campuses in the United States and by MSN as one of the most beautiful college campuses in the world. The first library at the University of Virginia was the Rotunda. Rather than a chapel or other religious structure,

6844-441: The Rotunda, where a fight broke out. James E. Ryan , a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law , became the university's ninth president in August 2018. His first act upon his inauguration was to announce that in-state undergraduates from families making less than $ 80,000 per year would receive full scholarships covering tuition, and those from families making under $ 30,000 would also receive free room and board. Ryan

6960-417: The Rotunda. White took the charge further, disregarding Jefferson's design and redesigning the Rotunda interior—making it two floors instead of three, adding three buildings to the foot of the Lawn, and designing a president's house. He did omit rebuilding the Rotunda Annex, the remnants of which were used as fill and to create part of the modern-day Rotunda's northern-facing plaza. The classes formerly occupying

7076-445: The University of Michigan would prevent this newly fledged university from having its own governing board. This period of proposed restructuring was not unique to Michigan. In 1972, a similar process occurred in Virginia, where George Mason College was separated from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and renamed George Mason University . In August 1970, the Dearborn campus received its first accreditation independent from

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7192-413: The University of Virginia has won praise for its unique Jeffersonian architecture . In January 1895, less than a year before the Great Rotunda Fire, The New York Times said the design of the University of Virginia "was incomparably the most ambitious and monumental architectural project that had or has yet been conceived in this century." In the United States Bicentennial issue of their AIA Journal ,

7308-415: The University of Virginia's fourth President, in 2024. The University of Virginia Library System consists of a dozen libraries and holds over 5 million volumes. Its Electronic Text Center, established in 1992, has put 70,000 books online as well as 350,000 images that go with them. These e-texts are open to anyone and, as of 2002 , were receiving 37,000 daily visits (compared to 6,000 daily visitors to

7424-451: The Wolverines (or Michigan-Dearborn Wolverines ). Its colors are maize and blue. The teams share the nickname "Wolverines" with several other collegiate athletic teams, such as the Michigan Wolverines , the Michigan–Flint Wolverines , the Utah Valley Wolverines , the Morris Brown Wolverines , and the Grove City Wolverines . The university is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in

7540-410: The anticipated requirements of the automotive industry. On December 17, 1956, the Ford Motor Company gifted both land and capital development funds to the Regents for the creation of a remote branch of the university offering upper-division undergraduate and master's level programs. In February 1957, the Regents of the University of Michigan officially accepted the gifts and committed to establishing

7656-474: The appointment of the university president , who presides over the Board's meetings but does not have voting rights. Instead of directly managing the university's operations, the university president recommends the appointment of a chancellor, who is subject to approval by the Board of Regents and is tasked with overseeing the day-to-day administrative duties of the university as its chief executive officer. The UM-Dearborn faculty governance comprises three bodies:

7772-407: The board unanimously reinstated President Sullivan. In 2013 and 2014, the board passed new bylaws that made it harder to remove a president and possible to remove a rector. In November 2014, the university suspended fraternity and sorority functions pending investigation of an article by Rolling Stone concerning an alleged rape story, which was later determined to be a hoax after the story

7888-422: The branch was renamed the Dearborn Campus of the University of Michigan , to emphasize that it was a free-standing unit of the university. In May 1969, the Dearborn Campus Planning Study Committee released their report on the future of the institution, which recommended the addition of lower-division undergraduate courses and the expansion of non-cooperative programs. In November 1969, the regents formally approved

8004-471: The campus. They also served students and professors. The university's first classes met on March 7, 1825. In contrast to other universities of the day, at which one could study in either medicine, law, or divinity, the first students at the University of Virginia could study in one or several of eight independent schools – medicine, law, mathematics, chemistry, ancient languages, modern languages, natural philosophy, and moral philosophy. Another innovation of

8120-489: The committee's recommendations. In February 1970, the Committee on Colleges and Universities of the Michigan House of Representatives discussed a bill to separate the Dearborn campus from the University of Michigan, proposing its establishment as an independent institution named "Fairlane University." This initiative, reflecting a national trend toward expanding higher education, faced strong opposition from faculty and students in Dearborn, leading to its eventual failure. In

8236-401: The core. Five farms totaling 1,261 acres (510 ha) of the gift were soon sold to musician Dave Matthews , of the Dave Matthews Band , to be used in an organic farming project to complement his nearby Blenheim Vineyards . Morven has since hosted the Morven Summer Institute, a rigorous immersion program of study in civil society, sustainability, and creativity. As of 2014 , the university

8352-682: The course of the decade, exceeding 6,000 in 1979. UM–Dearborn announced both a $ 19 million campus development plan and the creation of its Alumni Society in November 1973. Between 1978 and 1980, three major new buildings were opened on campus: the Fieldhouse and Ice Arena, the University Library, and the University Mall. These additions caused the center of campus to shift south of UM–Dearborn's original four buildings. In July 1980, University of Colorado Denver acting chancellor William A. Jenkins

8468-515: The end of one of the things that made UVA unique among universities. Alderman stayed 27 years, and became known as a prolific fund-raiser, a well-known orator, and a close adviser to U.S. president and UVA alumnus Woodrow Wilson . He added significantly to the University Hospital to support new sickbeds and public health research, and helped create departments of geology and forestry, the School of Education and Human Development (originally

8584-503: The establishment of the Literature, Science, and the Arts division in fall of 1960, which assumed its current name and college-level status in June 1973. The main building houses the college's administrative offices and the departments of Behavioral Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics, Literature Philosophy Arts (LPA) and Language Culture and Communication (LCC). General purpose classrooms occupy

8700-556: The fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth U.S. sites designated as culturally significant to the collective interests of global humanity, coming after the Statue of Liberty and Yosemite National Park three years earlier. As such, UVA possesses the only U.S. collegiate grounds to be internationally protected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The University of Virginia first admitted

8816-654: The first comprehensive university to open an engineering school. Unlike the majority of Southern colleges, the university was kept open throughout the Civil War , despite its state seeing more bloodshed than any other and the near 100% conscription of the American South . After Jubal Early 's total loss at the Battle of Waynesboro , Charlottesville was willingly surrendered to Union forces to avoid mass bloodshed, and UVA faculty convinced George Armstrong Custer to preserve Jefferson's university. Although Union troops camped on

8932-461: The following fall. In February 2009, the regents approved a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) program. In May of that year, they announced the renaming of the School of Management as the College of Business. In 2008, Kiplinger ranked UM–Dearborn 86th nationally in its "Best Values in Public Colleges", while in 2009 U.S. News & World Report ranked it the fourth-best master's-level university in

9048-565: The football stadium. The 1970s-era Alderman Road Dorms are being fully replaced with brand new dormitory buildings in the same area. The replacements feature hall-style living arrangements with common areas and many modern amenities. Instead of being torn down and replaced like the original New Dorms, the Old Dorms have seen a $ 105 million renovation project between 2017 and 2022. They were constructed in 1950, and are also hall-style constructions but with fewer amenities. The Old Dorms are closer to

9164-459: The funding will go towards full home restoration and grounds preservation. The project will open up rooms which had been unavailable to public tours before. UM-Dearborn, historically a branch of the University of Michigan , has operated under the policies of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan since its accreditation in 1970. The Board of Regents, as the governing body, is responsible for

9280-638: The historic area, UVA's architecture and its allegiance to the Jeffersonian design are controversial. The 1990s saw the construction of two deeply contrasting visions: the Williams Tsien post-modernist Hereford College in 1992 and the unapologetically Jeffersonian Darden School of Business in 1996. Commentary on both was broad and partisan, as the University of Virginia School of Architecture and The New York Times lauded Hereford for its bold new lines, while some independent press and wealthy donors praised

9396-776: The home to many of the athletic and recreational activities on campus. It was opened in fall of 1978. The venue hosts home contests for men's and women's basketball, ice hockey, and volleyball. A new hardwood floor was installed in the gymnasium during the summer of 2016. There are over 125 recognized student organizations (RSOs) and 9 university sponsored organizations (USOs). Both the RSO and USO communities consist of interests such as: Greek Life, Academic/Professional Organizations, Cultural and Ethnic Organizations, Honor Societies, Political and Social Activist Organizations, Recreational Organizations, and Religious and Spiritual Organizations. University-sponsored organizations include: WUMD College Radio

9512-631: The illimitable freedom of the human mind. For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it." In 1817, three presidents (Jefferson, James Monroe , and James Madison ) and Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court John Marshall joined 24 other dignitaries at a meeting held in the Mountain Top Tavern at Rockfish Gap . After some deliberation, they selected nearby Charlottesville as

9628-524: The infamous "Gray Ghost" and commander of the lightning-fast 43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry ranger unit, had also been a UVA student. Thanks to a grant from the Commonwealth of Virginia, tuition became free for all Virginians in the year 1875. During this period, the University of Virginia remained unique in that it had no president and mandated no core curriculum from its students, who often studied in and took degrees from more than one school. However,

9744-587: The majority of the first level, along with the campus television studio. Several other programs, such as urban studies and criminal justice, are housed in different buildings spread across campus. The College of Engineering and Computer Science is home to eleven undergraduate degree programs and twelve graduate degree programs, including six doctoral programs (four Ph.D and two D.Eng.), housed in CIS, ECE, ME, IMSE departments and college Interdisciplinary Programs. Engineering at UM–Dearborn dates to its first academic year, it

9860-626: The nature preserve west of campus are along the Rouge River . There is a small waterfall, rose garden, meadow, a lake, and reflecting pond surrounded by acres of forest. The forest has many walking paths which connect the Environmental Interpretive Center, Henry Ford Community College , Downtown West Dearborn, Hines Drive, the university's Main Campus, and Fair Lane together. Fair Lane recently has been handed over to Edsel and Eleanor Ford House . The Edsel Ford Estate will put forth restoration efforts which will cost 50 million dollars or more. The majority of

9976-604: The new university was that higher education would be separated from religious doctrine. UVA had no divinity school, was established independently of any religious sect, and the Grounds were planned and centered upon a library, the Rotunda , rather than a church, distinguishing it from peer universities still primarily functioning as seminaries for one particular strain of Protestantism or another. Jefferson opined to philosopher Thomas Cooper that "a professorship of theology should have no place in our institution", and never has there been one. There were initially two degrees awarded by

10092-504: The new university would be "on the most extensive and liberal scale that our circumstances would call for and our faculties meet," and it might even attract talented students from "other states to come, and drink of the cup of knowledge." Virginia was already home to the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, but Jefferson lost all confidence in his alma mater, partly because of its religious nature—it required all its students to recite

10208-516: The physical libraries). Shannon Library holds the most extensive Tibetan collection in the world and holds ten floors of book "stacks" of varying ages and historical value. The Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library features a collection of American literature as well as two copies of the original printing of the Declaration of Independence . It was in this library in 2006 that Robert Stilling, an English graduate student, discovered an unpublished Robert Frost poem from 1918. Clark Hall

10324-690: The presence of armed university police and recruiters of government agencies such as the CIA and FBI on Grounds. Due to a continual decline in state funding for the university, today only 6 percent of its budget comes from the Commonwealth of Virginia. A Charter initiative was signed into law by then- Governor Mark Warner in 2005, negotiated with the university to have greater autonomy over its own affairs in exchange for accepting this decline in financial support . The university welcomed Teresa A. Sullivan as its first female president in 2010. Just two years later its first woman rector, Helen Dragas , engineered

10440-508: The same year, Oakland University gained institutional independence from Michigan State University , evolving into an autonomous research university. Meanwhile, the Dearborn campus continued to grow under the policies of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, receiving independent accreditation in August 1970 and officially being renamed in April 1971. However, this continued affiliation with

10556-496: The shooting death of Professor John A. G. Davis , Chairman of the Faculty, in 1840. This event, in conjunction with the new UVA Honor System and the growing popularity of temperance and a rise in religious affiliation in society in general, seems to have resulted in a permanent change in student attitudes toward reporting the bad behavior, and thus such behavior among students that had so greatly bothered Jefferson finally vanished. In

10672-430: The site of the new University of Virginia. The UVA Board of Visitors purchased just outside Charlottesville a farm that had once been owned by James Monroe . The Commonwealth of Virginia chartered a new flagship university to be based on the site in Charlottesville on January 25, 1819. John Hartwell Cocke collaborated with James Madison , Monroe, and Joseph Carrington Cabell to fulfill Jefferson's dream to establish

10788-447: The state. The University of Michigan , founded in 1817–twenty years before Michigan's statehood–is the state's oldest university and remained the only university in the state until the 20th century, when Detroit College became the University of Detroit in 1911 and Wayne State University achieved "university" status in 1933 following the consolidation of the City of Detroit's colleges by

10904-612: The students' classes. In the 1980s, in response to a housing shortage, the Stadium Road Residential Area was built to the south of the Alderman Road Dormitories. The largest of the houses in this area are the Gooch Dillard Residence Halls which house 610 students and are suite style type dorms. There are three residential colleges at the university: Brown College , Hereford College , and

11020-422: The total student body. The university admitted its first black student when Gregory Swanson sued to gain entrance into the university's law school in 1950. Following his successful lawsuit, a handful of black graduate and professional students were admitted during the 1950s, though no black undergraduates were admitted until 1955, and UVA did not fully integrate until the 1960s. When Walter Ridley graduated with

11136-543: The traditional design of the Darden school. The latter group appeared to have the upper hand when the South Lawn Project was designed in the early 2000s. Billionaire John Kluge donated 7,379 acres (29.86 km ) of additional lands to the university in 2001. Kluge desired the core of the land, the 2,913-acre Morven , to be developed by the university and the surrounding land to be sold to fund an endowment supporting

11252-653: The university achieved new total enrollment records (8,214 and 8,324, respectively). In March 1997, UM–Dearborn inaugurated the first graduate program in its College of Arts, Sciences, & Letters (CASL), a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies degree. In March 1999, the university's FUTURES Planning Resource Council released its recommendation that UM–Dearborn's "top priority is being nationally regarded as an excellent regional university" and argued this should be achieved by "developing interdisciplinary centers of teaching and research excellence". In November 2000, Daniel E. Little

11368-447: The university began its $ 11.6 million General Campus Renovation Project, entirely funded by the State of Michigan. In summer 1990, the university terminated its varsity ice hockey program, resulting in head coach Tom Anastos and athletic director Sid Fox announcing their departures from Dearborn. In October, Wilson announced that hockey would become a club sport and the university's basketball and women's volleyball teams would compete in

11484-463: The university was also experiencing growing pains. As the original Rotunda caught fire and was gutted in 1895, there would soon be sweeping changes, much greater than merely reconstructing the Rotunda in 1899. Jefferson had originally decided the University of Virginia would have no serving president. Rather, this power was to be shared by a rector and the Board of Visitors . But as the 19th century waned, it became obvious this cumbersome arrangement

11600-471: The university was built around its own library. Thomas Jefferson was deeply engaged in selecting the materials that made up that library's original collection, and in developing the system by which it would be organized. The Rotunda served as the University Library for over a century, until Shannon Library was opened in 1937. Originally named Alderman Library, the Library was renamed to honor Edgar F. Shannon Jr. ,

11716-457: The university's foundation, with Jefferson designing both the original courses of study and the university's architecture . Located within its historic 1,135-acre central campus, the university is composed of eight undergraduate and three professional schools: the School of Law , the Darden School of Business , and the School of Medicine . The University of Virginia's scholars have played

11832-429: The university, as have numerous U.S. senators and members of Congress. UVA has produced 56 Rhodes Scholars , the most of any flagship university in the United States, while its students and alumni have founded companies such as Reddit , Skillshare , VMware , and Space Adventures . In 1802, while serving as president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson wrote to artist Charles Willson Peale that his concept of

11948-416: The university, which represents 14.67% of its total operating budget. Revenue from government sponsored programs contributed $ 20.5 million to the Expendable Restricted Funds, accounting for 10.67% of the total operating budget. There are four colleges at UM-Dearborn: the College of Arts, Sciences, & Letters (CASL), the College of Engineering & Computer Science (CECS), the College of Business (COB), and

12064-467: The university. Cocke and Jefferson were appointed to the building committee to supervise the construction. The UVA Office of Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights is continuing to "seek opportunities to engage and acknowledge with respect that we live, learn, and work on [what once was] the territory of the Monacan Indian Nation ." Like many of its peers, the university owned slaves who helped build

12180-514: The university: Graduate, to a student who had completed the courses of one school; and Doctor to a graduate in more than one school who had shown research prowess. Jefferson was intimately involved in the university to the end, hosting Sunday dinners at his Monticello home for faculty and students. Jefferson viewed the university's foundation as having such great importance and potential that he counted it among his greatest accomplishments and insisted his grave mention only his status as author of

12296-473: The year of Jefferson's death in 1826, poet Edgar Allan Poe enrolled at the university, where he excelled in Latin. The Raven Society , an organization named after Poe's most famous poem, continues to maintain 13 West Range, the room Poe inhabited during the single semester he attended the university. He left because of financial difficulties. The School of Engineering and Applied Science opened in 1836, making UVA

12412-770: Was a 3.68. List of colleges and universities in Michigan There are ninety-three colleges and universities in the U.S. state of Michigan that are listed under the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education . These institutions include eight research universities , five doctoral/professional universities , fourteen master's universities , and fourteen baccalaureate colleges , as well as thirty-one associates colleges . In addition, there are eighteen institutions classified as special-focus institutions , eleven labeled as baccalaureate/associate's colleges, and two tribal colleges which operate in

12528-461: Was confirmed to be false through investigation by The Washington Post . The university nonetheless instituted new rules banning "pre-mixed drinks, punches or any other common source of alcohol" such as beer kegs and requiring "sober and lucid" fraternity members to monitor all parties. In April 2015, Rolling Stone fully retracted the article after the Columbia School of Journalism released

12644-479: Was followed by Central Michigan Normal School and Eastern Michigan College in 1959, and later by Northern Michigan College and Michigan College of Mining and Technology between 1963 and 1964. The second period of reconstruction took place in 1987 when Ferris State , Grand Valley State , Saginaw Valley State , and Lake Superior State were all granted university status. The state has seven medical schools, as well as five law schools which are accredited by

12760-569: Was inaugurated as the university's fifth chancellor. In 2001, both the Environmental Interpretive Center and the CASL Building were opened on campus. In fall of 2003, university enrollment topped 9,000 for the first time (9,022) and graduate enrollment reached 25% of total enrollment. In September of that year, the university acquired the Fairlane Training Center from Ford, located across Evergreen Road from its main campus, which it renamed

12876-489: Was incapable of adequately handling the many administrative and fundraising tasks of the growing university. Edwin Alderman , who had only recently moved from his post as president of UNC-Chapel Hill since 1896 to become president of Tulane University in 1900, accepted an offer as president of the University of Virginia in 1904. His appointment was not without controversy, and national media such as Popular Science lamented

12992-514: Was left open to symbolize the view of cultivated fields to the south, as reflective of Jefferson's ideal for an agrarian-focused nation. Most notably designed by inspiration of the Rotunda and Lawn are the expansive green spaces headed by similar buildings built at: Duke University in 1892; Columbia University in 1895; Johns Hopkins University in 1902; Carnegie Mellon University in 1904; Rice University in 1910; Peabody College of Vanderbilt University in 1915; Killian Court at MIT in 1916;

13108-485: Was named the second chancellor of UM–Dearborn. He soon faced a major financial crisis on campus that stemmed from a recession in the state , which resulted in a $ 500,000 cut from the university's base budget in April 1981. Also in 1981, history professor Sidney Bolkosky established the Holocaust Survivor Oral History Project at UM–Dearborn. In the fall of 1983, minority enrollment on campus reached

13224-497: Was no doubt assisted by the help of overzealous faculty member William "Reddy" Echols , who attempted to save it by throwing roughly 100 pounds (45 kg) of dynamite into the main fire in the hopes the blast would separate the burning Annex from Jefferson's own Rotunda. His last-ditch effort ultimately failed. Perhaps ironically, one of the university's main honors student programs is named for him. University officials swiftly approached celebrity architect Stanford White to rebuild

13340-581: Was previously dean of the Harvard School of Education . On the night of November 13, 2022, three students were killed and two others injured in a shooting on a charter bus that was returning to the campus from a play for a class trip in Washington, D.C. All three fatalities were current members of the Virginia Cavaliers football team and the alleged shooter was briefly a member of the team during

13456-581: Was reorganized as the School of Engineering in June 1973, and it was renamed the College of Engineering and Computer Science in March 1998. The COB offers undergraduate and graduate programs. Business programs at UM–Dearborn were organized into the newly formed School of Management in June 1973, which was renamed the College of Business in July 2009. The College of Education, Health, & Human Services (CEHHS) offers undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs. It also offers certificate programs for future and current teachers and opportunities for its students in

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