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Logo for the centennial of land-grant universities. A land-grant university (also called land-grant college or land-grant institution) is an institution of higher education in the United States designated by a state to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890, [1] or a beneficiary under the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994. [2]
The Illinois Community College System consists of 39 public community college districts, composed of 48 community colleges and one multi-college center (East St. Louis Community College Center) where 3 of the community colleges offer additional classes. Thirty-seven of the districts have a single college; two districts ( City Colleges of ...
The ACT ( / eɪ siː tiː /; originally an abbreviation of American College Testing) [ 10] is a standardized test used for college admissions in the United States. It is administered by ACT, a nonprofit organization of the same name. [ 10] The ACT test covers four academic skill areas: English, mathematics, reading, and scientific reasoning.
Northern Illinois University ( NIU) is a public research university in DeKalb, Illinois. It was founded as Northern Illinois State Normal School in 1895 by Illinois Governor John P. Altgeld, initially to provide the state with college-educated teachers. In addition to the main campus in DeKalb, it has satellite centers in Chicago, Naperville ...
The College Board, styled as CollegeBoard, is an American not-for-profit organization that was formed in December 1899 as the College Entrance Examination Board ( CEEB) to expand access to higher education. While the College Board is not an association of colleges, it runs a membership association of institutions, including over 6,000 schools ...
Illinois Valley Community College (IVCC) is a community college in Oglesby, Illinois. The college serves a 2,000-square-mile (5,200 km 2) district encompassing all of Putnam and parts of Bureau, LaSalle, DeKalb, Grundy, Lee, Livingston, and Marshall counties. The college sits on a 425-acre (1.72 km 2) campus that was constructed in 1972.
Benedictine University is a private Catholic university in Lisle, Illinois. [3] It was founded in 1887 as St. Procopius College by the Benedictine monks of St. Procopius Abbey in the Pilsen community on the West Side of Chicago. [4] [5] The institution has retained a close relationship with the Benedictine Order, [6] which bears the name of St ...
Illinois State University ( ISU) is a public research university in Normal, Illinois. It was founded in 1857 as Illinois State Normal University and is the oldest public university in Illinois. The university emphasizes teaching and is recognized as one of the top ten largest producers of teachers in the US according to the American Association ...