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Johnson & Wales University (JWU) is a private university with its main campus in Providence, Rhode Island. Founded as a business school in 1914 by Gertrude I. Johnson and Mary T. Wales, JWU enrolled 7,357 students across its campuses in the fall of 2020. [6] The university is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.
Providence's population declined from a peak of 253,504 in 1940 to only 179,213 in 1970. [5] The white middle class moved away from the city center, and businesses followed. [5] A downtown address no longer conveyed prestige. [5]
Washington Park fire station, 773 Allens Avenue. In the 1600s, most of the area was owned by Roger Williams and later by his descendants. [1] In the 1870s, Betsy Williams offered the farm to the city as a park.
Johnson & Wales University: Providence: Private Master's university: 4,566 [d] 1914 [13] Naval War College: Newport: Public : Master's university [e] 525 [14] [f] 1884 [15] New England Institute of Technology: East Greenwich: Private Doctoral university: 1,895 1940 [16] Providence College: Providence: Private : Master's university: 4,473 1917 ...
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Thayer Street in Providence, Rhode Island is a popular destination for students of the area's nearby schools of Brown University, Moses Brown School, Hope High School, Wheeler School, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence College, Johnson & Wales University, and Rhode Island College.
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