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		Harper was hired by John D. Rockefeller as the first president of the University of Chicago in 1891 and is credited with introducing the four-quarter system, correspondence and extension lecture courses and the university press.
		Harper is also generally recognized as the father of the community college movement as he championed the idea of the two-year college and coined the term "junior college" for the freshmen and sophomore classes.
		William Rainey Harper died in Chicago on 10 January 1906 at the age of 49.
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	Encyclopedia: William Rainey Harper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		1856, William Rainey Harper established himself as one of America's leading academics of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.
		John D. Rockefeller selected Harper to assist in the organization of the The University of Chicago is a private co-educational university located in Chicago, Illinois.
		William Rainey Harper College in Palatine is a village located in Cook County, Illinois.
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	College Student Journal: Reconsidering William Rainey Harper As "Father Of The Junior College" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		William Rainey Harper's career was catapulted to new heights in 1891, when John D. Rockefeller hired him to form a new university.
		Harper also sought to establish a ranking system among the students by casting the freshman and sophomore years as "junior college," a term that he is credited with creating (Eells, 1931).
		Considering Harper's significant role in the Chautauqua Movement, a clearly inclusive educational undertaking, it is reasonable to assume the same inclusive motivation in the formation of the junior college.
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	William Rainey Harper
		William Rainey Harper was the first president of the University of Chicago and a highly regarded educational leader when Joliet Junior College was founded.
		As president of the University of Chicago, Dr. Harper began implementing and promoting an educational plan that included the concept that the primary responsibility of a university is specialization and research and that the first two years of college are essentially preparatory.
		In fact, Harper and others suggested that the first two years of college were really an extension of high school and should become the responsibility of secondary schools.
	www.jjc.cc.il.us /JJC2001/Vignettes/vignette3.html (452 words)

	American Experience \| Chicago: City of the Century \| People & Events
		Harper's ambition was to create a university that focused on research and graduate training at the highest levels, but at the same time, was accessible to the most students.
		Harper's first goal, to establish an institution of world-class scholars and students, was a matter of spending.
		Harper's most popular move was hiring young, athletic Amos Alonzo Stagg to head the athletic department as an associate professor with tenure.
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	William R. Harper -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		William Rainey Harper (1856-1906) Noted academic; organizer and first President of the (A university in Chicago, Illinois) University of Chicago, (Largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan) Chicago, Illinois.
		In 1872, Harper enrolled in (A university in Connecticut) Yale University to begin his post graduate studies, which he completed in 1876.
		The original log cabin that was William Rainey Harper’s birthplace is located in (additional info and facts about New Concord, Ohio) New Concord, Ohio across from the main gate of (additional info and facts about Muskingum College) Muskingum College.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/william_r._harper.htm (463 words)

	Harper Library
		William Rainey Harper Memorial Library is designed to meet general library needs of undergraduates as well as to facilitate general browsing.
		Harper Library occupies the third floors of the William Rainey Harper Memorial Library building and the Harold Leonard Stuart Hall.
		The William Rainey Harper Memorial Building was planned in 1910 as the central building for the main quadrangle, to house the General Library's offices and research collections, and to commemorate the first president of the University.
	www.lib.uchicago.edu /e/harper (533 words)

	Harper, William Rainey on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		With vast funds at his disposal, Harper was able to recruit an outstanding faculty.
		He was committed to fostering advanced instruction and research in his university and maintained a policy whereby promotion for members of the faculty was directly related to their scholarly research.
		Harper, IU team up for degree program Students will be able to get a bachelor's degree from Indiana without leaving home.(News)
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	Yerkes Observatory Virtual Museum-People-Harper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Harper asked for six months to decide, but began at once to perform as much of a president's duties as could be conducted through the mail and by quick visits.
		Harper argued that Hale owed the University of Chicago money for what was spent on him, and the salaries of the others who had accompanied Hale to California.
		Harper was a rare man of vision and energy, who not only had a powerful dream, but the means to achieve it.
	astro.uchicago.edu /yerkes/virtualmuseum/Harperfull.html (6882 words)

	Alice Freeman Palmer
		Harper's offer to the Palmers is quite probably the first time a major university attempted to attract an academic couple to its professoriate, a practice that was not to be much repeated for nearly a century.
		William Rainey Harper was not trained as a clergyman as were many of the older generation of college presidents, and he had not become a Baptist himself until he joined the faculty of Dennison University in 1876.
		Harper thought her "disloyal." She in turn was critical of Harper because everything was in the hands of a few with "the sad results of centralization." 145 George suggested she discuss with Harper ending her connection with Chicago at the end of that year.
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	William Rainey Harper Summary
		William Rainey Harper (July 26, 1856 - January 10, 1906) was a noted academic who helped to organize the University of Chicago, and served as its first President.
		One of Harper's ideas, that students should be able to study the first two years of college in their own communities to be better prepared for the rigors of college, helped lead to the creation of the community college system in the United States.
		Harper died on January 10, 1906 of cancer at the age of forty-nine.
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		William Rainey Harper was a revolutionary agent of change in American higher education.
		Harper expanded the educational services offered by Morgan Park, first by enacting summer school classes, and then by creating correspondence courses, in which students would correspond by mail, with the professor in lieu of attending classes in person.
		Either way, Harper's idea of a junior college resulted in the founding of Joliet Junior College in Joliet, Illinois and several junior colleges across the country, including William Rainey Harper College in Palatine, Illinois, which opened its doors to students in 1967.
	www.harpercollege.edu /library/archives/williamraineyharper.shtml (697 words)

	Harper College Distance Learning Orientation
		Find out more about what learning online is like and how to be successful in the Learning Online Orientation.
		Most distance learning courses at Harper College are offered using Blackboard, a course management system.
		For tutorials on basic computer skills such as using Harper College e-mail and managing files, check out the Computer Skills tutorial.
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	William Rainey Harper - John Taylor Gatto
		Three decades later at the University of Chicago, William Rainey Harper, former Chautauqua wizard, began a revolution that would change the face of American university education.
		Harper, following the blueprint suggested by Andrew Carnegie in his powerful "Gospel of Wealth" essays, said the United States should work toward a unified scheme of education, organized vertically from kindergarten through university, horizontally through voluntary association of colleges, all supplemented by university extension courses available to everyone.
		Harper was the middleman who introduced the organization and ethics of business into the world of pedagogy.
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	Profile for William Rainey Harper College - HigherEdJobs.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Founded in 1965, William Rainey Harper College is a dynamic comprehensive community college situated on a 200-acre campus in Chicago’s northwest suburbs.
		Harper College is fully accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, and has received the coveted Bond Rating of Aaa from Moody’s Investor Service.
		William Rainey Harper College is committed to academic integrity and excellence.
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	College Student Journal: RECONSIDERING WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER AS "FATHER OF THE JUNIOR COLLEGE".@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		William Rainey Harper is often cited as a proponent of educational inclusiveness and is generally recognized for using the term "junior college" to describe the freshman and sophomore years of college.
		William Rainey Harper was born on July 26, 1856, in New Concord, Ohio.
		True to the values of the time, William went to work in his father's store at an early age.
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	Yerkes Observatory Virtual Museum-People-Harper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		William Rainey Harper was the dynamic first President of the University of Chicago.
		Harper envisioned his Astronomy Department working in the Observatory once he had convinced the owner to donate it to the University.
		Incredibly, Harper had obtained a donation from Charles Tyson Yerkes, a wealthy Chicago businessman, for half a million dollars to build a new observatory.
	astro.uchicago.edu /yerkes/virtualmuseum/Harper.html (614 words)

	THE ORIENTAL INSTITUTE - In The Beginning...
		Harper enthusiastically recruited a faculty, established a museum, and initiated a program of field research so that by the end of his presidency, Near Eastern studies had become an integral part of The University of Chicago.
		William Rainey Harper served as the first director of the Museum and James Henry Breasted was the assistant director.
		William Rainey Harper was responsible for establishing ancient Near Eastern studies at The University of Chicago, but his responsibilities as President necessitated that he assemble a highly qualified faculty to ensure the growth of the Department of Semitic Languages.
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		1 William Rainey Harper * Birth Date: July 24, 1856 * Death Date: January 10, 1906 * Place of Birth: New Concord, Ohio, United States * Place of Death: Chicago, Illinois, United States * Nationality: American * Gender: Male * Occupations: educator, scholar, university president Harper was the first president of the University of Chicago.
		One of the most important contributions Harper made to US higher education was to the birth of what was initially called the [junior college], but what is now generally referred to as the [community college].
		The purpose of JCC was to provide lower-division coursework, thus freeing the university to devote full attention to upper-devision work. and#87;illiam Rainey Harper College is the name of one of Illinois' community colleges.
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	Chicago Public Schools: OSHP High School Directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Founded in 1911, William Rainey Harper High School is a Chicago public school serving the West Englewood neighborhood on the city's South Side.
		Harper draws a primarily African American population of approximately 1,500 students.
		Harper is a leading participant in the small schools movement within CPS.
	www.cps.k12.il.us /Schools/hsdirectory/schools/Harper.shtml (564 words)

	Alibris: William Rainey Harper
		by Harper, William Rainey, and Tolman, Herbert Cushing
		The authors write in the preface that: In this volume the student is permitted to compare the Latinity of the eighth book, which was written by Hirtius, with that of the seven which precede.
		William R. Harper's Elements of Hebrew by an inductive method.
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	Background Information on The University of Chicago (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The University of Chicago was founded on John D. Rockefeller's generosity, Marshall Fields' land, and William Rainey Harper's vision.
		Harper - a theologian who began college at age 10 - emphasized scholarship, equality, and morality.
		It was Harper's vision that The University of Chicago be a major research institute with a high-quality undergraduate college.
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	HOK William Rainey Harper College (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The building provides classrooms as well as teaching and research laboratories for biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, and specialized programs in medical technology and telecommunications.
		Classrooms and labs are flexible to accommodate the targeted learning programs of Harper’s high-tech corporate neighbors.
		The design encourages interaction and collaboration among faculty members and between students and teachers.
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	William Rainey Harper College, Electrical Engineering articulation guidelines
		The electrical engineering discipline encompasses a broad spectrum of technical areas that study electrical phenomena and its properties.
		When choosing general education/core competency courses please consult with your Harper College advisor, verify general education requirements in the NIU Undergraduate Catalog, and check the Community College Articulation Tables for transferability.
		Although NIU attempts to accommodate the course requests of all students, some course offerings may be limited by financial, space, and staffing considerations, or may otherwise be unavailable.
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		The criteria for voting is for you to select the five most critical trends that will affect William Rainey Harper College.
		Select one trend, and, using the nominal group technique, derive the implications of that trend for William Rainey Harper College.
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		William Rainey Harper 1856–1906, American educator and Hebrew scholar, b.
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		Harper, William Rainey (The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition)
		Harper, IU team up for degree program Students will be able to get a bachelor's degree from Indiana without leaving home.(News) (Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL))
		Harper to review survey on possible expansion.(News) (Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL))
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