Founded 1473 by Robert Wodelarke, Provost of King’s College. Probably named after Saint Catharine of Alexandria. Previously known as Katharine Hall (1473-1860). Sister College – Worcester College Oxford. St Catharine’s is universally referred to as ‘Catz’ and is just a two-minute walk from the market place. Facing Trumpington Street to the east, it has Corpus Christi directly opposite. To the north it joins King’s College and sits in front of Queens’ to the west. Indeed, in the past it rented land from Queens’, which it finally purchased when both parties got fed up of renegotiating the lease. ‘Catz’ enjoys an excellent academic reputation, coupled with a fine sporting tradition that has seen it provide several members of the university rowing team. In the 1970’s the college built an off-site, modern accommodation block known as St Chad’s in which the rooms are octagonal, to echo the shape of the college crest – a Catharine wheel. St. Catharine’s educates both men and women with 220 postgraduates and 436 undergraduates. Women were first admitted in 1979. The admissions criteria selects students solely on academic potential regardless of educational background. It is important to note that some Oxbridge colleges insist on ‘developed academic ability’, implying that raw potential is not enough. Three fellows at foundation Although the college was founded on St Catharine’s day in 1473 by the provost of King’s College, Robert Wodelarke, he had started planning the institution as early as 1459. He began to acquire land that was to drain his personal wealth and arouse suspicions that he was diverting money from King’s. His ambition had to be scaled back to just three fellows who were required to study theology and phil... ... middle of paper ... ...ving rise to the expression ‘Hobson’s choice’ meaning no choice at all. In 1860 the college adopted its current name and in 1880 moves were made for a merger with King’s College, which seemed to be beneficial to both neighbours, with King’s needing more room and St Catharine’s needing more financial stability. The proposal met with substantial opposition that resulted in the plans being dropped. In 2006 the first woman was appointed as master of the college. St Catharine’s has been awarded ‘Fair Trade’ status. Although not the richest college in Cambridge, ‘Catz’ is now sufficiently endowed to offer funds to assist needy students. Former students included broadcaster and tough political interviewer Jeremy Paxman and actress Emma Thompson. Jenny Fray was the first female captain with British Airways and Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed became the fifth President of India.
...y of a lifetime to those that are less fortunate when it comes to affording college. Chick was given a lot and accepted very little. Although the idea of the caddie-scholarship came from his mother, Chick used his own money to fund the scholarship. Chicks mentality he instilled in the Chick Evans Caddie Scholarship of, to whom much is given, much is expected, lives on through the 825 Evans Scholars still enrolled in school today.
Today in American society, one feels pressured and obligated to seek higher levels of education. In the article “College prepare people for life” written by Freeman Hrabowski, he expresses his views on the many aspects in which college prepares one for their life; especially, financially. Having a college degree increases ones ability to get a job in comparison to somebody who has solely a high school diploma. However, many are faced with the irony of having to go into to debt, in order to work towards financial independence and security. In terms of socio economics, those who are stuck by poverty often cannot afford going into debt to exit their current ranking in the qazi caste system of poverty. Many argues that college prepares people for life, however one can disagree due to
In 1970 the nation was in its highest state of controversy. The generation gap that had begun to form in the sixties was now more of a ravine. The youth of America was finally standing up and raising their voices in protest against all the problems that plagued the country they would have control of in years to come. There were many events that helped in feeding the flame in the hearts of Americans. One such event was the Kent State University incident. It is an event that touched the nation and made such a profound mark, and yet it only lasted for thirteen seconds. In the thirteen seconds the Ohio National Guard, along with the rest of government by association, established themselves as the new enemy. All eyes were on them, scrutinizing their every move, pointing out every mistake they made. Interestingly enough, most don’t even really know exactly what went on in those thirteen seconds, but they knew that it left four students dead and nine injured at the hand of the National Guard, so that was enough to strike the hearts on millions. Still today, twenty-nine years later, we still don’t really know what went on. Who fired the first shot, and were they provoked? Was it necessary for the National Guard to be present on this typically calm college campus in the first place? And why did it have to end in such tragedy? There are so many questions, and so many misconceptions about this incident, and like any controversial issue, there are always two sides to the story.
The University of California, Los Angeles, established in 1949, is a public institution that is recognized as one of the nation’s top law schools. The UCLA School of Law is acknowledged worldwide as a model of academic rigor and diversity, and distinguishes itself from other nationally ranked law schools by having established itself as the youngest. The school’s mission is to strive to offer an in-depth education in the fundamentals of ethical and professional practices of law through rigorous courses to help develop analytical skills in a cultural and diverse environment. According to Admissions Advisor Andrea Sossin-Bergman, the School of Law focuses on the presence of vital and diverse viewpoints that affect each student in significant ways with a respect to the quality of each student’s education (Sossin-Bergman).
of the greatest women such as Lucretia Mott. But it was still not enough for a major
The critical challenge within in today’s society is that college tuition should be free or if not free, more affordable for all students. Certainly, higher education should not be considered a luxury where only the wealthy could afford, but an opportunity for all caste systems. It must be an accessible and affordable opportunity for all students in order for them to invest in their education. Higher education is important because it provides more careers to choose from than the careers offered without having a college degree. Ultimately, the issue here is whether it is right to make college tuition more affordable for the students.
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2. In order to understand the recent trend towards coeducation, the evolution of the women's college as a response to the lack of access to higher education must first be explored in depth. The women-only institutions that preceded the women's college and were highly popular from the 1820s on were known as "academies" or "seminaries" (Harwarth 1). While they did teach core academic subjects to their pupils, seminaries were seen by many progressive educationalists as an inadequate way to deal with the lack of quality education for females. Such seminaries lacked the governance of a board of trustees that provides educational institutions with permanence, credibility, and direction through the form of a mission statement and economic support in the form of an endowment. Because validity was seen as an essential step towards guaranteeing women a level educational playing- field, women's colleges followed the organizational mold cast by men's colleges, including forming board of trustees, actions that institutionalized and therefore made important the goal of equal education for women. It was this tenet of equality upon which women's colleges were founded, specifically at this time period the equality of access to higher education. The will of Sophia Smith, founder of Smith College in 1875, stated that that it is "with the design to furnish my sex means and facilities for education equal to those which are afforded now in our Colleges for young men" (Harwarth 4).
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Education has been the hurdle keeping women from gaining equality in society, by separating them from their male counterparts. Women who sought higher education were considered, heathens and the most disgusting beings that would perish. Without education to empower them, women were stripped of their dignity and rights by their husbands and other men of the community. The struggle for women higher education is a battle that still has not reached its citadel.
The thought of an all women’s college never once crossed my mind in envisioning my “perfect school”, and when it was introduced to me, it was through the prodding of a high school counselor who felt that my intelligence would be better realized and liberated at a school such as Bryn Mawr. After carefully researching Bryn Mawr and all it had to offer as an elite academic institution with stringent admissions requirements and its strong reputation as one of the best liberal art colleges in the nation, I had little doubt that, as far as my intellect and devotion to a rigorous curriculum went, I could run with the best of them. But I remained skeptical that, socially, financially, mentally, and to some degree, academically, I could fit in with the top women in the country who got accepted into a school such as this. I certainly had my biases about all-women colleges, and to find that Bryn Mawr was the best of the best certainly did not help to curb them; if anything, it created more.
As Bakvis writes, “the transformation of Canada’s university system… came about largely through the effort of the federal government alone,” (Bakvis 205). There are a few key abnormalities to this statement, one being pertinent to the CA 1867. When one looks at the constitution, under sections 91 and 92, anyone remotely well-versed in Canadian politics would know that those two sections outline w...
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of London. It is well served by road and rail links, and is within an
The University of Cambridge was establish by religious groups like Franciscans and Dominicans in the early 12th century students from the Oxford University and Paris University left to study in Cambridge in the 13th century. The origin of the college is trace to the association of the students, distinctive form of religious affiliated groups, who began to reside in independent hostels, or halls. Later on some tension developed between the town people and students known as “town and gown” conflict. This conflict led to the establishment of the first college, Peterhouse in 1284 by Bishop of Ely. In 1318, Pope John XXII issued a bull recognizing Cambridge as a “Stadium Generale”, or a place of study; that is a University.