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  University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees at all levels (bachelor, master, and doctorate) in a variety of subjects.
The first European medieval university was the University of Magnaura in Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey), founded in 849 by the regent Bardas of emperor Michael III, followed by the University of Salerno (9th century), University of Bologna (1088) in Bologna, Italy, and the University of Paris (c.
Many of the medieval universities in Western Europe were born under the aegis of the Catholic Church, usually as cathedral schools or by papal bull as Studia Generali.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/University   (2330 words)

  
 SingaporeMoms - Parenting Encyclopedia - College and university rankings
Many specialized rankings are available in guidebooks for undergraduate and graduate students, dealing with individual student interests, fields of study, and other concerns such as geographical location, financial aid, and affordability.
Among the best-known rankings dealing with individual fields of study is the Philosophical Gourmet Report or "Leiter Report" (after its founding author, Brian Leiter of the University of Texas at Austin), a ranking of departments of analytic philosophy.
Similarly, the main difference between a "good" or "second-tier" large state university and an "excellent" or "top-tier" prestigious smaller institution, for the student, is often just that, at the larger school, the student needs to work a bit harder and be a bit more assertive and motivated in order to actively extract a good education.
www.singaporemoms.com /parenting/College_and_university_rankings   (1382 words)

  
 University rankings :: Web Articles ::
Rankings can be based on subjectively perceived "quality," on some combination of empirical statistics, or on surveys of educators, scholars, students, prospective students, or others.
The U.S. News rankings, unlike some other such lists, create a strict hierarchy of colleges and universities in their "top tier," rather than ranking only groups or "tiers" of schools; the individual schools' order changes significantly every year the rankings are published.
Critics feel that the rankings are arbitrary and based on criteria unimportant to education itself (especially wealth and reputation); they also charge that, with little oversight, colleges and universities inflate their reported statistics.
www.webarticles.com /Education/Universities/University-rankings-   (1385 words)

  
 Find Articles -- Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc. -- General Reference Tools   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Braintrack University Index An index to more than 8,000 institutions of higher education in 190 countries.
HBCU Connect.com A clearinghouse for increasing the awareness of historically fl colleges and universities.
University and College Libraries Alphabetical listing of colleges and universities worldwide with links to the respective library.
www.ulib.niu.edu /genreftools-books.cfm   (2376 words)

  
 University of Mississippi Libraries - Quick Reference
College and University Rankings for Historically African-American Schools (Black Voices)
College and University Websites--United States (University of Florida)
Kudzu Library Service--search library catalogs at several southeastern universities
www.bri.olemiss.edu /depts/general_library/files/ref/quickref.html   (122 words)

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