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York College

(Encyclopedia)York College: see New York, City University of. ...

Hall, Stuart Henry McPhail

(Encyclopedia)Hall, Stuart, 1932–2014, Jamaican-born British sociologist and cultural theorist, b. Kingston, Jamaica. Hall attended Jamaica College and moved to Eng...

Bakke, Allan

(Encyclopedia)Bakke, Allan: see Regents of the University of California v. Bakke. ...

Bakke Case

(Encyclopedia)Bakke Case: see Regents of the University of California v. Bakke. ...

Montana State University

(Encyclopedia)Montana State University, at Bozeman; land-grant; coeducational; chartered 1893. It is primarily a technical institution specializing in agriculture, engineering, and applied sciences. The Museum of t...

DePauw University

(Encyclopedia)DePauw University, at Greencastle, Ind.; coeducational; United Methodist; est. 1832, chartered 1837. The school opened in 1838 as Indiana Asbury College, and in 1884 the present name was adopted. ...

Sherbrooke, University of

(Encyclopedia)Sherbrooke, University of, at Sherbrooke, Que., Canada; French language; founded 1954. It has faculties of letters and human sciences, science, administration, law, applied science, medicine, educatio...

Evans, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Evans, Mount, peak, 14,260 ft (4,346 m) high, N central Colo., in the Front Range of the Rocky Mts. At its summit is the Inter-University High Altitude Laboratory. ...
 

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