Entries from 2016-04-12 to 1 day

University of Pennsylvania

Private University of Pennsylvania, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was founded in 1740 by the famous American politician Benjamin Franklin. Originally, this school opened as a free school for the children of working-class of Philad…

Princeton University

Princeton University is located at a distance of 70 kilometers from New York City and the same distance from Philadelphia, in a small quiet town of Princeton, New Jersey. The university was founded in 1746, what makes it one of the oldest …

What is the Ivy League?

The oldest and most famous universities in the United States are part of the so-called Ivy League. The Ivy League - Association of 8 private universities in the US, located in seven northeastern states. For the first time the term was ment…

American University Management Structure

Since 1865, the majority of American private universities came under the control of Board of Trustees, consisting of selected graduates. This move was prompted by the fact that in the 40-ies of the XIX century, Harvard University came unde…