Delaware, University of

Delaware, University of

      public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Newark, Del., U.S. It also offers courses at other sites, including Wilmington, Dover, Georgetown, and Lewes. The university consists of seven colleges offering a curriculum in the arts, sciences, agriculture, business, engineering, oceanography, education, and nursing. A research centre, the Newark campus is home to the Center for Composite Materials, the Institute of Energy Conversion, the Disaster Research Center, and the Bartol Research Institute. Among its special programs, the Museum Studies Program is notable. Total enrollment exceeds 21,000.

      The history of the university began in 1743 when Francis Alison, a Presbyterian clergyman, started teaching classes in his home in New London, Pa. By 1765 these classes were being held in Newark, and four years later the school was chartered as the Academy of Newark. The state of Delaware chartered a college to operate in conjunction with the academy in 1833. New Ark College, a degree-granting institution, opened the next year. The name was changed to Delaware College in 1843. Because of financial problems and the looming American Civil War, the college was forced to close in 1859. With funds provided by the Morrill Act of 1862 (land-grant college), the college reopened in 1870. In 1914 the Women's College began instruction, and in 1921 the name of University of Delaware referred to both the Women's and Delaware colleges. The university closed the women's college in 1945 and adopted a permanent coeducational policy.

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