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Universidade Howard. Universidade Howard. Universidade Howard. Fundação. 2 de março de 1867. Tipo de instituição. universidade privada, faculdades e universidades historicamente negras, instituição educativa privada sem fins lucrativos. Localização. Washington, D.C.
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A Universidade Howard , formalmente denominada Howard Normal and Theological School for the Education of Teachers and Preachers e informalmente HU ou apenas Howard, é uma instituição privada de ensino superior dos Estados Unidos localizada em Washington, D.C. e historicamente destinada para a educação dos negros daquele país , fundada em ...
A Escola jurídica da Universidade Howard (também conhecida como jurídica de Howard ou HUSL) é uma das escolas de graduação profissional da Universidade Howard. Localizada em Washington, D.C., é uma das escolas jurídicas mais velhas dos Estados Unidos e a escola jurídica negra mais velha do país. [1]
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19th century
Shortly after the end of the American Civil War, members of the First Congregational Society of Washington considered establishing a theological seminary for the education of black clergymen. Within a few weeks, the project expanded to include a provision for establishing a university. Within two years, the university consisted of the colleges of liberal arts and medicine. The new institution was named for General Oliver Otis Howard, a Civil War hero who was both the founder of the university...
20th century
From 1926 to 1960, preacher Mordecai Wyatt Johnsonwas Howard University's first African-American president. The Great Depression years of the 1930s brought hardship to campus. Despite appeals from Eleanor Roosevelt, Howard saw its budget cut below Hoover administration levels during the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. In the 1930s, Howard University still had segregated student housing. Howard University played an important role in the Civil Rights Movement on a number of occasions. Alai...
21st century
In April 2007, the head of the faculty senate called for the ouster of Howard University President H. Patrick Swygert, saying the school was in a state of crisis, and it was time to end "an intolerable condition of incompetence and dysfunction at the highest level." This came on the heels of several criticisms of Howard University and its management. The following month, Swygert announced he would retire in June 2008. The university announced in May 2008 that Sidney Ribeau of Bowling Green St...
The 256-acre (1.04 km2; 0.400 sq mi) campus, often referred to as "The Mecca", is in northwest Washington, D. C.Major improvements, additions and changes occurred at the school in the aftermath of World War I. New buildings were built under the direction of architect Albert Cassell. Howard University has several historic landmarks on campus, such a...
The university is led by a board of trustees that includes a faculty trustee from the undergraduate colleges, a faculty trustee from the graduate and professional colleges serving three-year terms, two student trustees, each serving one-year terms, and three alumni-elected trustees, each serving three-year terms.
Faculty
Howard faculty include member of Congress from Maryland Roscoe Bartlett, blood banking pioneer Charles Drew, Emmy-winning actor Al Freeman Jr., suffragist Elizabeth Piper Ensley, civil rights lawyer Charles Hamilton Houston, media entrepreneur Cathy Hughes, marine biologist Ernest Everett Just, professor of surgery LaSalle D. Leffall Jr., sociology professor Anaheed Al-Hardan, journalists Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates, political consultant Ron Walters, political activist Stacey Abr...
Honors programs
Howard offers four selective honors programsfor its most high-achieving undergraduate students: the College of Arts & Sciences Honors Program, the School of Education Honors Program, the Executive Leadership Honors Program in the School of Business, and the Annenberg Honors Program in the School of Communications.
Martha and Bruce Karsh STEM Scholars Program
In 2017, Howard established the Bison STEM Scholars Program to increase the number of underrepresented minorities with high-level research careers in science, engineering, technology, and mathematics. Bison STEM Scholars are given full scholarships and committed to earning a PhD or a combined MD–PhD in a STEM discipline. The highly competitive program annually accepts approximately 30 undergraduate students for each new cohort.As of 2020, the Bison STEM Scholars Program was renamed the Martha...
Athletics
Most of Howard's 21 NCAA Division I varsity teams compete in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC).
Students
The U.S. students come from the following regions: New England 2%, Mid-West 8%, South 22%, Mid-Atlantic 55%, and West 12%. Nearly 4% of the student body are international students. Howard University is 86% African-American/Black. Howard is one of the five largest HBCUs in the nation with around 10,000 students. The student-to-faculty ratiois 7:1. Howard is a selective institution.The incoming freshman class of fall 2021 had 29,391 applicants and 10,362 (35%) were accepted into Howard. There a...
Greek letter organizations
Howard University has many academic and social Greek letter organizations on campus. Howard is the founding site of the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) and five of the nine NPHC organizations. Also, Howard is one of four HBCUs with a chapter of Phi Beta Kappawhich is the oldest academic honor society in the U.S.
Distinguished alumni of Howard University include the current (as of 2024[update]) Vice President of the United States, several United States diplomats and United States governors, a United States Ambassador to the United Nations, foreign royals, seven foreign heads of state, 11 members of United States Congress, a Supreme Court Justice, directors ...
A Bridge Across and Beyond by artist Richard Hunt(a sculpture at the Blackburn Fountain)Cain, Timothy Reese. " 'Only Organized Effort Will Find the Way Out!': Faculty Unionization at Howard University, 1918–1950." in Higher Education for African Americans Before the Civil Rights Era,...Dodson, Howard. "HOWARD UNIVERSITY, THE NEW NEGRO MOVEMENT, AND THE MAKING OF AFRICAN AMERICAN VISUAL ARTS IN WASHINGTON, DC." Callaloo 39.5 (2016): 983–998. onlineDyson, Walter. The Founding of Howard University (Howard University Press, 1921) online.Epps, Howard R. "The Howard University Medical Department in the Flexner Era: 1910-1929." Journal of the National Medical Association 81.8 (1989): 885+ online"Howard University" . The American Cyclopædia. 1879.Universidade Harvard (em inglês: Harvard University) é uma universidade privada situada na cidade de Cambridge, estado de Massachusetts, nos Estados Unidos. É um membro da Ivy League. Sua história, influência e riqueza tornam-na uma das mais prestigiadas universidades do mundo.
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