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A dean's list is an academic award, or distinction, used to recognize the highest level scholarship demonstrated by students in a college or university. This system is most often used in North America, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] though institutions in Europe, [ 3 ] Asia, [ 4 ] and Australia [ 5 ] may also employ similar measures.
Learn more in The N&O’s higher education news roundup about how the UNC System is hoping to help community college students transfer successfully. Dean’s List: New tool to help community ...
When UMUC first opened in 1947, the school was named College of Special and Continuation Studies within the University of Maryland, College Park. [17] In 1953, Raymond Ehrensberger, chancellor of the institution at that time, wanted to change the name to something more meaningful and less cumbersome for people to say and remember.
The church planned to move forward in 1990, but the First Liberian Civil War delayed the creation of the school, which the goal was re-affirmed in 1997. [3] On 9 October 1998, the Liberian Legislature chartered United Methodist University, with the school, then opening in January 2000 under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Emmanuel F. Bailey. [3]
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Learn more in The News & Observer’s weekly roundup of higher ed news about why some UNC System board members want to revisit the policy.
The school opened on October 5, 1859, with a total of 34 students. In 1864, the state legislature designated it as a land grant college under the Morrill Act of 1862, which made federal funds available. By the end of the Civil War, the university, having been hit hard by financial problems and a decline in student enrollment, found itself ...
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