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  2. List of colleges and universities in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Harrisburg Area Community College, Central Pennsylvania's Community College (Gettysburg campus) Cumberland Township: Adams: public satellite campus included in main campus 1964 Harrisburg Area Community College, Central Pennsylvania's Community College (Lebanon campus) Lebanon city: Lebanon: public satellite campus included in main campus 1964

  3. Geneva College - Wikipedia

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    Geneva College is a private Christian college in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1848, in Northwood, Ohio , the college moved to its present location in 1880, where it continues to educate a student body of about 1400 traditional undergraduates in over 30 majors, as well as graduate students in a handful of master's programs.

  4. History of higher education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Diverted Dream: Community colleges and the promise of educational opportunity in America, 1900–1985. Oxford University Press. (1989). Cohen, Arthur M. and Florence B. Brawer. The American Community College (1st ed. 1982; new edition 2013) online 2008 edition; widely cited comprehensive survey; Frye, John H.

  5. History of education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Unlike colleges in other cities, it was not oriented toward the training of ministers. It founded the first medical school in America in 1765, therefore becoming America's first university. The Pennsylvania state legislature conferred a new corporate charter upon the College of Philadelphia and renamed it the University of Pennsylvania in 1791 ...

  6. Colonial colleges - Wikipedia

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    Province of New Jersey: 1746 1746 [10] 1747 1748 Presbyterian but officially nonsectarian Yes King's College (Columbia University) Province of New York: 1754 1754 [11] 1754 1758 [12] Church of England with a commitment to "religious liberty." [13] Yes College of Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania) Province of Pennsylvania: 1740 (college ...

  7. History of the University of Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    A c. 1815 illustration of the Ninth Street campus of the University of Pennsylvania, including the medical department (on left) and the college building (on right). In 1802, the university moved to the unused Presidential Mansion at Ninth and Market Streets, a building that both George Washington and John Adams had declined to occupy while Philadelphia was the nation's capital.

  8. List of colleges and universities in Ohio - Wikipedia

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    Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs 4,960 1887 Central Ohio Technical College: Newark: Public Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Nontraditional 2,614 1971 Central State University: Wilberforce: Public Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields 5,434 1887 Cincinnati State Technical and Community College: Cincinnati: Public

  9. Dickinson College - Wikipedia

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    Dickinson College is a private liberal arts college in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1773 as Carlisle Grammar School, Dickinson was chartered on September 9, 1783, [ 5 ] making it the first college to be founded after the formation of the United States.