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Sandhurst
(Encyclopedia) Sandhurst, village, Bracknell Forest, S central England. It is the site of the British army officer-training school, the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. The original Sandhurst school…Hägerstrom, Axel
(Encyclopedia) Hägerstrom, AxelHägerstrom, Axeläkˈsəl hägˈərstrôm [key], 1868–1939, Swedish philosopher. He was a student (1886–93) at Uppsala Univ. and taught there from 1893 until his retirement in…open enrollment
(Encyclopedia) open enrollment, a policy of admitting to college all high-school graduates in an effort to provide a higher education for all who desire it. To critics it means an inevitable lowering…Peripatetics
(Encyclopedia) PeripateticsPeripateticspĕrˌəpətĕtˈĭks [key] [Gr.,=walking about; from Aristotle's manner in teaching], the followers of Aristotle. Theophrastus, friend of Aristotle and cofounder with…Sheldon, Edward Austin
(Encyclopedia) Sheldon, Edward Austin, 1823–97, American educator, b. Wyoming co., N.Y., studied at Hamilton College. After illness forced him to cut short his own education, he held a variety of…Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
(Encyclopedia) Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, case decided in 1978 by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Court held in a closely divided decision that race could be one of the factors…Kano, family or school of Japanese painters
(Encyclopedia) KanoKanokäˈnō [key], family or school of Japanese painters. Kano Masanobu, c.1434–c.1530, the forerunner of the school, was attached to the shogun Yoshimasa's court. He painted…Rutgers University
(Encyclopedia) Rutgers University, main campus at New Brunswick, N.J.; land-grant and state supported; coeducational except for Douglass College; chartered 1766 as Queen's College, opened 1771.…District of Columbia, University of the
(Encyclopedia) District of Columbia, University of the, at Washington, D.C.; coeducational; land-grant and federally supported; est. 1976 with the merger of three existing colleges; predominantly…Brandeis University
(Encyclopedia) Brandeis University, at Waltham, Mass.; coeducational; chartered and opened 1948. Although Brandeis was founded by members of the American Jewish community, the university operates as…Trending
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