Harvard University [40,460] Harvard University is the oldest and perhaps the most prestigious university in the United States. In 2005, the Times Higher Education Supplement and the Academic Ranking of World Universities by two Harvard University ranked first among universities in the world. In addition, the U. S. News and World Report rankings placed Harvard at the top of the list associated with Princeton. In addition, with funding of $ 25.5 million in 2005, Harvard is the richest in the United States and the world.
Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard was founded in 1663, incorporated as “The President and Fellows of Harvard College.” He was named Harvard College in 1639 after John Harvard, a young clergyman and the institution of the first major donors. John Harvard, a product of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, left in his will several hundred pounds and a few hundred pounds for the school, which form the basis for the collection of the library of their university. On the album, the first official reference to Harvard as a “university” instead of a school was in 1780 in the Constitution of Massachusetts.
During his tenure as president of Harvard from 1869 to 1909, Charles Park institution a series of radical changes that have made the university in what was then known as the modern research university. Among his reforms courses, small classes and entrance examinations. Thanks to its success in implementing these reforms, in Harvard, a service model that has influenced the American educational system greatly, both in college and high school.
In 1999, Radcliffe College, which was originally founded as the “Harvard Annex” for women, merged with Harvard University for the former Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies.
Today, Harvard is the fourth largest library collection in the world and the largest financial endowment of any academic institution. It includes more than 6,000 studies and 13,000 graduate students and a staff of 2300. His famous motto is “Veritas” or truth. Since 1875, the official school color is purple and is also the name given to sports teams from Harvard, and the school newspaper, The Harvard Crimson Tide.