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:''For other colleges with the same name, see Dominican College'' Dominican College of Racine was a college in Racine, Wisconsin founded in 1864 as St. Catherine's Female Academy and later known as St. Albertus Junior College (1935-1946), Dominican College (1946-1957), Dominican College of Racine (1957-1972), and College of Racine (1972-1974).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=College of Racine Records, 1936-1975 )〕 ==History== It was founded in 1864 in Racine by the Sisters of the Order of St. Dominic as St. Catherine's Female Academy〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=College of Racine Biography/History )〕 *In 1888, a normal school was added to the Academy to train young women of the community for the teaching profession. *In 1924, St. Catherine's High School was built in Racine and the Academy closed, but the normal school continued to operate until 1935 when St. Albertus Junior College replaced it. *In 1935, accreditation was obtained from the University of Wisconsin *In 1946, the school changed its name to Dominican College, added a fourth year of study, admitted full-time lay students for the first time and the State Department of Education granted approval for the school to confer Bachelor of Science degrees in Music and Education. *In 1948, the first graduation ceremony was held with 6 graduates and a full-time advisory board was instituted. *In 1955, the Congregation of St. Catherine of Sienna purchased 25 acres of lake frontage, five miles north of Racine, as a site for an expanded campus and *In 1957, the school was incorporated as Dominican College of Racine, Incorporated and the following year, groundbreaking occurred at the new campus *In September 1960, the school moved to the new campus with 363 full and part-time students and a faculty of 30 nuns, 2 priests and a lay business manager. *In 1962, it was accredited by North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and purchased additional land *In 1968, management of the college was transferred from the Dominican Sisters to an independent nondenominational board.〔(Lay Board to operate Dominican College )〕 *In 1970, the college underwent a major administrative reorganization, involving restructuring of administrative positions and responsibilities, and replacement of the traditional academic departments with four broad divisions. *In 1972, a program offering a Masters of Science Degree in Education was introduced, and the college changed its name to the College of Racine.〔(Dominican now College of Racine )〕 *In 1973, it joined the Union of Experimenting Colleges and Universities and introduced the Racine Plan, a year-round academic program of six short terms. 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「Dominican College of Racine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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