Educational Institutions Established in the 1740s - Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, Hertford College, Oxford (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 53. Chapters: Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, Hertford College, Oxford, University of Delaware, Washington and Lee University, Moravian College, Kingswood School, George Watson's College, Za uski Library, St. Jago High School, James Allen's Girls' School, West Nottingham Academy, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, St Margaret's School, Bushey, Novo Mesto Grammar School, Braunschweig University of Technology, St Edmund's School, Collegium Nobilium, Moravian Academy, Wilmington Friends School, Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, The Academy and College of Philadelphia, United College, St Andrews. Excerpt: Connection Timeout The University of Pennsylvania (commonly referred to as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States and is one of the eight members of the Ivy League. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, and is considered the first university in the United States, with both undergraduate and graduate studies. It is also one of the Colonial Colleges. Incorporated as The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn is one of 14 founding members of the Association of American Universities. Benjamin Franklin, Penn's founder, advocated an educational program that focused as much on practical education for commerce and public service as on the classics and theology. Penn was one of the first academic institutions to follow a multidisciplinary model pioneered by several European universities, concentrating multiple "faculties" (e.g., theology, classics, medicine) into one institution. It was also home to many other educational innovations. The first school of medicine in North America (University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1765), the first collegiate business school (Wharton, 1881) and the first ...