Harvard-University哈佛大学英文介绍.doc

历史 Harvard University is a \o Private private \o University university located in \o Cambridge, Massachusetts Cambridge, \o Massachusetts Massachusetts and a member of the \o Ivy League Ivy League. Founded in 1636 by the \o Colonial colonial Massachusetts legislature, [2] Harvard is the \o Colonial Colleges oldest institution of higher learning in the \o United States United States and currently comprises由构成 ten separate academic units. It is also the first and oldest \o Corporation corporation in the United States Initially called New College or the college at New Towne, the institution was renamed \o Harvard College Harvard College on March 13, 1639. It was named after \o John Harvard (clergyman) John Harvard, a young \o Clergyman clergyman from the \o London Borough of Southwark London Borough区 of Southwark and alumnus of Cambridge University (after which Cambridge, Massachusetts is named), who bequeathed馈赠 the College his library of four hundred books and ￡779 (which was half of his estate), assuring its continued operation. [7] The earliest known official reference to Harvard as a university occurs in the new \o Massachusetts Constitution Massachusetts Constitution of 1780. During his 40-year tenure as Harvard president (1869–1909), \o Charles William Eliot Charles William Eliot radically transformed Harvard into the pattern of the modern research university. Eliots reforms included elective courses, small classes, and entrance examinations. The Harvard model influenced American education nationally, at both college and secondary levels. Harvard has the \o List of U.S. colleges and universities by endowment second-largest \o Financial endowment financial endowment of any non-profit organization (behind the \o Bill Melinda Gates Foundation Bill Melinda Gates Foundation), standing at $26 billion as of September 2009 学术机构 Harvard today has nine faculties, listed below in order of foundation: The \o Harvard Faculty of Art