University of Maryland University College (UMUC)

The University of Maryland University College

(UMUC)

The University of Maryland University College (UMUC) is an American state funded college situated in Adelphi in Prince George's County, Maryland in the United States. UMUC offers classes and projects on grounds in its Academic Center in Largo, and at satellite grounds over the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area, all through Maryland, and in addition in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. 

UMUC serves more than 90,000 understudies worldwide and is one of the biggest separation learning foundations in the world. UMUC is interested in all candidates with a 100 percent acknowledgment rate for undergrad programs. The college offers 120 scholarly projects in educator drove and online classes, including unhitched male, experts, and doctoral degrees and in addition undergrad and graduate certificates. UMUC is an individual from the University System of Maryland, which incorporates eleven separate state funded colleges in Maryland. 

College name

UMUC is a school in the customary American feeling of the word, yet one connected with a college—consequently, "College." The "College of Maryland" prefix shows the chronicled element to which the school had a place initially. In the college's name, "College" speaks to "the particular focus on expert advancement," while "College of Maryland" speaks to the connection of the college with the University System of Maryland. To American ears, the words "college" and "school" might sound synonymous, and "College" would be repetitive in its name. Among the university colleges of Europe, in any case, the act of giving one school in the college the name "College" is not extraordinary. In England, for instance, one of the 39 schools of the University of Oxford is called University College, Oxford and additionally University College London (UCL), part of the University of London. 

History 

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UMUC is an outgrowth of the night program for grown-ups at the University of Maryland that started in the 1920s. In 1947, the College of Special and Continuation Studies (CSCS) was established. In 1959, The CSCS turned into the University of Maryland University College (UMUC). In 1970, UMUC turned into an autonomous organization, and it turned into an individual from the University System of Maryland in 1988.

UMUC earlier had a global grounds in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany (close Stuttgart) until 2001. It additionally ran a 2-year private grounds in Munich, Germany from 1950 to 1992, which then moved to Augsburg, Germany from 1993 to 1994, and afterward to Mannheim, Germany in 1995 until it at long last shut in 2005. The private grounds offered a two-year partner degree and mostly served secondary school graduate offspring of U.S. military and government faculty positioned in Europe. 

Awards 

UMUC was positioned #1 in The Military Times "Best for Vets: Colleges 2015" rundown of top online and nontraditional schools. Military Times "Best for Vets" is a standout amongst the most regarded and far reaching rankings for veterans who are considering advanced education. The distribution took a gander at U.S. Branch of Education insights on understudy achievement and scholarly quality, and regions, for example, college society, understudy backing, and scholastic strategies in assessing many schools.

In 2011, UMUC got the Institution Award from the Council of College and Military Educators (CCME), a not-revenue driven association established to advance, empower and convey quality training to servicemembers and their families in all branches of the U.S. outfitted administrations. The Institution Award is given to a school or college that supplies quality instruction projects to the outfitted administrations. CCME chose UMUC because of its commitment, administration and various achievements in giving quality, willful taking a break instruction programs. 

Grounds and facilities 

Central command/primary campus 

The home office for UMUC is situated in Adelphi, Maryland close to the grounds of the University of Maryland, College Park. Until late 2000, the UMUC home office was recorded in College Park, Maryland. While trying to set up its own way of life as an autonomous college, UMUC changed its postal location to Adelphi, a unincorporated group that outskirts College Park. The location change with the U.S. Postal Service included no physical move of individuals and offices. The advertising choice to change its postal location was one of numerous embraced by UMUC to recognize the college as one of the biggest separation training focuses, with more than 90,000 understudies selected around the world.

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Grand Canyon University

Grand Canyon University

Grand Canyon University (commonly referred to as GCU or Grand Canyon) is a private Christian metropolitan research university[3] located in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. GCU was founded in 1949 as a non-profit liberal arts college, and was purchased by Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (NASDAQ: LOPE) in February 2004. Currently Grand Canyon is the only for-profit university participating in NCAA Division 1 athletics.

The university is regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission[5] and provides campus-based as well as online post secondary education services focused on graduate and undergraduate degree programs in education, liberal arts, business, science, engineering, math, theology and Christian studies, and health care through its eight colleges. 

The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education classifies GCU as a research university with moderate research activity.

History
The college was founded as a nonprofit institution in 1949 in Prescott. Arizona Southern Baptists felt the need to establish a faith-based institution that would allow local Baptists the opportunity to obtain a bachelor's or master's degree without going east to one of the Baptist colleges in Texas or Oklahoma. On October 8, 1951, Grand Canyon College relocated to its current location in Phoenix.

Suffering financial and other difficulties in the early part of the 21st century, the school's trustees authorized its sale in January 2004 to California-based Significant Education, LLC, making it the first for-profit Christian college in the United States.

GCU is growing rapidly with plans for continued expansion. Since 2009, we have invested millions into the university to improve the quality of academic offerings and student experiences. This infrastructure includes new classrooms, laboratories, libraries, student support centers, residence halls and recreational facilities. In fall 2014, we welcomed a record number of students to our Phoenix campus and we plan to expand our student population and campus facilities going forward.

Our university also continues to accommodate our growing online and evening student communities. We have tens of thousands of online students attending class from across the globe. In turn, we are constantly refining our digital platforms to deliver GCU's outstanding campus experience to virtual settings. We are also building additional campus locations to help full-time and evening students attend class closer to home.

"New" is infused throughout GCU's curriculum. In summer 2014, we proudly announced our new College of Science, Engineering and Technology, which we will continue to grow over the next several years as we add degree programs to the innovative areas of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

GCU has also expanded outside of campus to include new properties. The GCU Hotel is located close to campus and offers affordable room rates and newly renovated accommodations - the perfect place for families to stay when visiting their student. Students in GCU's hospitality management program have an opportunity to gain firsthand experience at the hotel and the new restaurant, which will open in 2016.

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