

Jason Haven, the minister at the First Church and Parish in Dedham, Massachusetts, had been considered for the presidency on account of his orthodox theology and for "Neatness dignity and purity of Style surpass those of all that have been mentioned," but was passed over due to his "very Valetudinary and infirm State of Health." Naming and development Ĭoat of arms of the family of Elihu Yale, after whom the university was named in 1718 The feud caused the Mathers to champion the success of the Collegiate School in the hope that it would maintain the Puritan religious orthodoxy in a way that Harvard had not. Meanwhile, there was a rift forming at Harvard between its sixth president, Increase Mather, and the rest of the Harvard clergy, whom Mather viewed as increasingly liberal, ecclesiastically lax, and overly broad in Church polity. In 1716, it moved to New Haven, Connecticut. The school moved to Saybrook in 1703 when the first treasurer of Yale, Nathaniel Lynde, donated land and a building. Pierson lived in Killingworth (now Clinton). Known from its origin as the "Collegiate School", the institution opened in the home of its first rector, Abraham Pierson, who is today considered the first president of Yale. History Ī Front View of Yale-College and the College Chapel, printed by Daniel Bowen in 1786

Yale's current faculty include 67 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 55 members of the National Academy of Medicine, 8 members of the National Academy of Engineering, and 187 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. diplomats, 78 MacArthur Fellows, 263 Rhodes Scholars, 123 Marshall Scholars, 102 Guggenheim Fellows and nine Mitchell Scholars have been affiliated with the university. Hundreds of members of Congress and many U.S. Supreme Court Justices, 31 living billionaires, 54 college founders and presidents, many heads of state, cabinet members and governors. In addition, Yale has graduated many notable alumni, including five U.S. Student athletes compete in intercollegiate sports as the Yale Bulldogs in the NCAA Division I Ivy League conference.Īs of October 2020, 65 Nobel laureates, five Fields Medalists, four Abel Prize laureates, and three Turing Award winners have been affiliated with Yale University. The Yale University Library, serving all constituent schools, holds more than 15 million volumes and is the third-largest academic library in the United States. As of 2021, the university's endowment was valued at $42.3 billion, the second largest of any educational institution. In addition to a central campus in downtown New Haven, the university owns athletic facilities in western New Haven, a campus in West Haven, and forests and nature preserves throughout New England. While the university is governed by the Yale Corporation, each school's faculty oversees its curriculum and degree programs.
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Yale is organized into fourteen constituent schools: the original undergraduate college, the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and twelve professional schools. Yale's faculty and student populations grew rapidly after 1890 with expansion of the physical campus and of scientific research programs. In the 19th century, the college expanded into graduate and professional instruction, awarding the first PhD in the United States in 1861 and organizing as a university in 1887. At first restricted to instructing ministers in theology and sacred languages, the curriculum began to incorporate humanities and sciences by the time of the American Revolution. The Collegiate School was established in 1701 by Congregationalist clergy of the Connecticut Colony. It is among the most prestigious universities in the United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.

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