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Glendon College ((フランス語:Collège universitaire Glendon)) is a federated campus of York University in Toronto, Canada. An internationally oriented, bilingual liberal arts college with 84 full-time faculty members and a student population of about 2,700, Glendon is located in midtown Toronto's Lawrence Park neighbourhood. The college was founded as the first permanent establishment of York University when it began academic operation under the mentorship of the University of Toronto in September 1960. Under the ''York University Act 1959'' legislation, York was once an affiliated institution of the University of Toronto, where the first cohort of faculty and students originally utilized the Falconer Hall building〔http://www.law.utoronto.ca/about/law-school-buildings〕 (now part of the Faculty of Law)〔http://www.yorku.ca/histpsyc/YorkPhaseOne.htm〕 as a temporary home before relocating north of the St. George campus to Glendon Hall — an estate that was willed by E.R. Wood for post-secondary purposes.〔http://www.yorku.ca/histpsyc/GlendonHall.htm〕 In 1962, a landlot grant was offered by the Province of Ontario to build a new campus, which eventually ceased the bilateral partnership between the two institutions. York University became an independent institution,〔http://www.yorku.ca/histpsyc/phasethreeKeele.htm〕 however, Glendon refused to transfer to Keele, as the University of Toronto had no interest in reacquiring or maintaining the donated Wood property. Murray G. Ross and diplomat Escott Reid , who mutually proposed a novel plan for the college to educate students for fields in civil service, governance and academia, were appointed president and principal in 1959 and 1965, respectively.〔http://books.google.ca/books?id=APhWY8BRgWkC&lpg=PA305&vq=index&dq=york%20university&pg=PA305#v=snippet&q=glendon&f=false〕 In 1966, the college was officially inaugurated by Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson with the objective for Glendon to become a fully bilingual institution.〔http://www.glendon.yorku.ca/about/english/history.php〕〔https://digital.library.yorku.ca/yul-88244/york-university-glendon-college-opening〕 Formally, Glendon is one of York's 11 faculties.〔http://about.yorku.ca/our-faculties/〕 It was modelled on Swarthmore College. == Bilingualism == Glendon's undergraduate curriculum emphasizes languages, international affairs and public policy. Due to this, Glendon was recently granted $20 million by the Government of Ontario in order to become the country's first "Centre of Excellence for French language and Bilingual Postsecondary Education," in collaboration with Collège Boréal.〔(Ontario Invests In New Centre For French-Language Education At York University ), News Release 27 February 2008, Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.〕 Language skill assessments are given to new students to determine the level needed to take to fulfill Glendon's second-language requirement. Students who attain higher levels can either take advanced-level language instruction in their second language, or a discipline course taught solely in their second language. In addition, a variety of non-credit classes and programmes are offered by the college to students, faculty and the general public including introductory courses in foreign languages (Arabic, Cantonese, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Persian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Tibetan); indigenous languages in Inuktitut and Ojibway; and professional development courses in English and French. Students also have the opportunity to take other language courses available through the Languages, Literature and Linguistics department at York.〔http://www.yorku.ca/laps/dlll/〕 This bilingual approach to university education is said to be unique in Canada, because ''all'' students within Glendon College receive education in both English ''and'' French. Canada's other bilingual post-secondary institutions, including portions of Concordia University, Laurentian University, University of Alberta (Faculté St-Jean), and the University of Ottawa, often educate students in one language ''or'' the other. Although each one offers students the possibility of a fully bilingual education, Glendon is the only institution in Canada where all anglophone & francophone students are required to take at least one compulsory class in their second language, regardless of their initial ability in the language. As a result, code-switching is relatively common among students on campus. At the end of their undergraduate studies, all students will demonstrate an intermediate level (minimum) of proficiency in their second language. 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「Glendon College」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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