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Anderson University is a selective private comprehensive university located in Anderson, in the U.S. state of South Carolina, offering bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees in approximately 60 areas of study. Anderson is affiliated with the South Carolina Baptist Convention and is accredited as a Level V institution by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. All of the University's professional degree programs eligible for additional specialized accreditation are so accredited at the national level: the College of Education programs are accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE); music programs are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM); the College of Business is accredited by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP); and the art, graphic design, and interior design programs are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). The School of Nursing programs are approved by the South Carolina Board of Nursing〔http://www.llr.state.sc.us/POL/Nursing/pdf/NursingPrograms/RNPrograms.pdf〕 and by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (CCNE).〔http://directory.ccnecommunity.org/reports/rptAccreditedPrograms_New.asp?state=SC&sFullName=South%20Carolina〕 Anderson is also recognized as one of eleven South Carolina Teaching Fellows institutions sanctioned to educate the state's future public school teachers. Anderson is ranked in the Top Tier of Southern Comprehensive Universities by ''U.S. News and World Report''. It is also recognized as one of America's 100 Best College Buys by Institutional Research and Evaluation, Inc., one of America's Best Christian Colleges, and is consistently recognized by the Princeton Review as one of the top universities in the Southeast. Since 2009, Anderson has been recognized by U. S. News and World Report as one of a small number of "Up and Coming" institutions in the country for its recent advancements and innovation. In the 2010, 2011, and 2015 editions of America's Best Colleges, Anderson was named the top "Up and Coming" regional college in the South. In 2014, an analysis released by U. S. News & World Report indicated that Anderson University was the most financially efficient regional college in the South. In the 2015 edition, Anderson was named the top regional college with a strong commitment to undergraduate teaching. In August, 2014, the Chronicle of Higher Education indicated that Anderson is one of the fastest growing private universities in America with a ranking of 18th among private baccalaureate institutions. Over the last twelve years, Anderson's official fall enrollment has grown significantly (102 percent), from approximately 1,608 students in 2002 to 3,249 students in the fall of 2014. Anderson University recently completed construction of five new residence halls with a capacity of 360, and re-purposed a historic campus building into a 26,000 square foot state-of-the-art nursing education center. It broke ground in August 2014 on three projects at its Athletic Campus - a 12-court tennis center, a softball stadium, and a swimming pool. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Anderson University to Break Ground on Athletic Campus )〕 Anderson is also raising resources to construct a new 80,000 square foot, $18 million student center in the heart of the campus.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Anderson University Raising Money for New Student Center )〕 Anderson participates in the NCAA Division II and is a member of the South Atlantic Conference.〔http://www.thesac.com/members/anderson/index〕 Of note is the men's basketball team's participation in the Elite Eight regional playoffs in the spring of 2011 and the University's numerous conference championships in several other sports. The University's newly acquired athletic campus stands adjacent to the academic campus and will be the site of significant growth in athletic facilities over the next decade. The site plan, which includes an existing soccer stadium, calls for a new softball stadium, tennis center, and swimming pool to be open in 2015, followed by a new baseball stadium, lacrosse field, practice fields, two intramural and practice gymnasiums, track and field facilities, and athletic administration offices in following years. Anderson has been named by Presidents Bush and Obama numerous times to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. In a typical year, Anderson students are required to contribute approximately 15,000 hours of service to numerous community human service organizations. ==Johnson Female Seminary/University heritage== Anderson University traces its heritage and initial founding to 1848 in the form of Johnson Female Seminary (later renamed Johnson University) which was located in the City of Anderson. The short-lived seminary was founded by the Rev. William Bullein Johnson, an early Baptist statesman and the first president of the Southern Baptist Convention.〔http://www.andersonuniversity.edu/aboutau.aspx?id=1777&ekmensel=c580fa7b_58_0_1777_9〕 The seminary closed its doors due to the combined impact of Rev. Johnson's untimely death and the onset of the Civil War, but not without leaving a lasting impression on the local young people of that day. Shortly after the turn of the century, those who fondly remembered the impact that the Johnson Female Seminary had on the region developed a compelling vision of resurrecting the institution in the form of Anderson College which later became Anderson University. In less than a year, a band of visionaries had raised $100,000 and secured for the new campus and, thus, Anderson University was born. Rev. Johnson's home still stands in Anderson, South Carolina, and his portrait hangs in perpetuity in the Truett Cathy Old Common Room in Merritt Hall on the Anderson University campus. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anderson University (South Carolina)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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