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Shimer Great Books School (pronounced / ˈ ʃ aɪ m ər / ⓘ SHY-mər) is a Great Books college that is part of North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. Prior to 2017, Shimer was an independent, accredited college on the south side of Chicago, originally founded in 1853.
North Central College is a private college in Naperville, Illinois.It is affiliated with the United Methodist Church and has 73 undergraduate majors of study, 17 minors, 25 graduate programs, and 4 certificate programs [3] offered by four undergraduate colleges/schools (College of Arts and Sciences, School of Business and Entrepreneurship, School of Education and Health Sciences, Shimer Great ...
Small throughout its existence, Shimer enrolled 141 students as of 2012. [1] As of 2008, Shimer had 5,615 living alumni. [2] On June 1, 2017, the college became the Shimer Great Books School of North Central College. The school was known for its Great Books curriculum, and also for its early entrance program, both of which have been in effect ...
The Shimer Great Books School Core Program is a curriculum sequence of 16 required courses in humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and interdisciplinary studies. . "Basic Studies" courses are generally taken during the first two years, and "Advanced Studies" during the final two y
The high school also serves students from four other sending communities: Alpha, Bloomsbury (in Hunterdon County), Greenwich Township and Lopatcong Township. [7] [8] As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,650 students and 126.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.0:1. [9]
The town sought and secured two recent graduates of the New York State Normal School. [7] Frances Wood (later Frances Shimer) and her friend Cindarella Gregory, arrived from Ballston Spa, New York and classes began on May 11, 1853, with 11 students in a single room in the Presbyterian church in Mount Carroll . [7]
Create and expand articles on notable Shimer alumni and faculty. Howard L. Fields, pain expert & IOM member; Sherna Berger Gluck, key feminist oral historian; James A. Kelly, founder of National Board Certification; Mark Benney, noted sociologist; Frances Shimer; Improve articles related to the communities of which Shimer has been a part
Pohatcong Township is a township in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [15] As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 3,241, [7] a decrease of 98 (−2.9%) from the 2010 census count of 3,339, [16] [17] which in turn reflected a decline of 77 (−2.3%) from the 3,416 counted in the 2000 census.