Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1636 by the colonial Massachusetts legislature, Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. It is also the first and oldest corporation in North America. Administratively, Harvard comprises ten primary academic units. Initially called "New College" or "the college at New Towne", the institution was renamed Harvard College on March 13, 1639. It was named after a young British clergyman named John Harvard, who bequeathed the College his library of four hundred books and £779 (which was half of his estate), assuring its continued operation. The earliest known official reference to Harvard as a "university" occurs in the new Massachusetts Constitution of 1780. During his 40-year tenure as Harvard president (1869–1909), Charles William Eliot radically transformed Harvard into the pattern of the modern research university. Eliot's reforms included elective courses, small classes, and entrance examinations. The Harvard model influenced American education nationally, at both college and secondary levels. Harvard is consistently ranked at or near the top of international college and university rankings, and has the second-largest financial endowment of any non-profit organization (behind the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation), standing at $28.8 billion as of 2008. (via Wikipedia)
Head:
Drew Gilpin Faust
Country:
USA
City:
Cambridge
Colors:
Crimson
Mascot:
John Harvard
Postgrad:
12,422
Endowment:
USD $25 billion
Staff:
10,674 medical
2,497 non-medical
Campus:
Urban
380 acre
Type:
Private
Faculty:
about 2,401
Undergrad:
6,714
State:
MA
Enrollment:
19,140
Founding Date:
Sep 18, 1636
Sep 8, 1636
Name:
Harvard University
Motto:
Veritas
Truth
Website:
www.harvard.edu
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