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Concordia University is a private nonprofit, Lutheran liberal arts university in Portland, Oregon in the United States. Opened in 1905 as a University-preparatory school, the institution added college classes in 1950 and the high school formally split in 1977. The school of approximately 5,400 undergraduate and graduate students is affiliated with the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod and the Concordia University System. Located in Northeast Portland, the school also has branch campuses across Oregon and operates the Concordia University School of Law in Boise, Idaho. The university has four colleges and eighteen majors. Athletic teams, known as the Cavaliers, are members of the Cascade Collegiate Conference and compete at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) level. ==History== Concordia Academy was founded in 1905 by a growing Lutheran community in the Pacific Northwest to meet the need for pastors and parochial school teachers.〔 The school added a junior college by 1950 and in 1968 women were first admitted to then Concordia High School.〔 In 1962, Concordia became accredited by the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges.〔 In 1977, an association of local Lutheran churches, the Portland Lutheran Association for Christian Education, assumed ownership and management of the high school.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url =http://www.portland-lutheran.org/about-us/history/ )〕 At this time, Concordia separated from the high school and became a four-year institution, graduating its first baccalaureate students in 1980.〔 Concordia College became Concordia University in 1995 and converted to the semester calendar.〔 The next year the school added master's degrees in teaching and education, followed by a Master of Business Administration program in 2001.〔 In 2002, the master's degree in education became Concordia's first program to also be fully online.〔 The university added a bachelor's degree in nursing in 2005 and then started the College of Health and Human Services in 2007.〔 The nursing program was the first new program in the state in 40 years.〔 In 2009, Concordia started a program for conferring a bachelor's degree in music.〔 As of 2012, enrollment at the private school was about 3,100, almost doubling its enrollment over the past five years.〔 The Concordia University School of Law is located in Boise, Idaho, and graduated its first class of students in August 2015. Former Idaho Supreme Cour The school announced plans to move its athletic teams up to Division II of the NCAA and join the Great Northwest Athletic Conference in 2015. 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「Concordia University (Oregon)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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