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King University (formerly King College) is a private university in Bristol, Tennessee. Graduate programs are offered in business administration, nursing, and education. Founded in 1867, King is independently governed with covenant affiliations to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC). ==History== In April 1866, the Holston Presbytery assembled at the old Pleasant Grove Church in Bristol, Tenn., to establish a Christian college. The College was built on of land in Bristol that had been donated by Reverend James King, in whose honor it is named.〔Page 242 in (Higher education in Tennessee ), by Lucius Salisbury Merriam, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1893.〕 The first classes were offered in August 1867. When the college outgrew its small campus, King's grandson Isaac Anderson donated land on a hillside east of Bristol and in 1917 the college moved to its present location.〔 In January 2013, King College announced that it would upgrade to university status.〔http://www.tricities.com/news/local/article_1cfd6284-6597-11e2-a7c6-001a4bcf6878.html〕 The name change reflects the master’s-level, comprehensive benchmark that King has reached in recent years. Becoming a university was the natural unfolding of King’s strategic plan, unveiled in 1998, to create an even broader mix of programs based on a university model. On June 1, 2013, King College officially became King University. In December 2013, King University was granted a Level V designation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), after a two-year application and review process. As a result, King University began its first doctoral program, a Doctorate of Nursing Practice, in Fall 2014.〔http://dnp.king.edu/〕 Two months later, faculty and alumni dissatisfaction with the university president came to light with a faculty vote of no confidence and an alumni effort to raise money that would only be released to the university if President Jordan's resignation or dismissal. 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「King University」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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