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}} Lincoln University (LU) is the United States' first degree-granting historically black university. Founded as a private university in 1854, since 1972 it has been a public institution. It is located near the town of Oxford in southern Chester County, Pennsylvania. The university has two satellite locations. They are: ''Lincoln University - University City'' in Philadelphia and ''Lincoln University - Coatesville'', which opened in the city of Coatesville in Fall 2013. Lincoln University provides undergraduate and graduate coursework to approximately 2,500 students. As former president Dr. Horace Mann Bond noted in his book ''Education for Freedom: A History of Lincoln University, Pennsylvania'', with the college's founding in 1854, "This was the first institution founded anywhere in the world to provide a higher education in the arts and sciences for youth of African descent." The University is a member-school of Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Today, Lincoln University provides a liberal arts and science-based undergraduate core curriculum and select graduate programs to prepare students of every race and many nationalities. 'The' Lincoln University - University City'' (formerly the ''Lincoln University Urban Center'' or '' The Graduate Center'' is a satellite location in the University City section of Philadelphia, where Drexel University and University of Pennsylvania are also located. This location offers graduate-level programs and continuing education.〔(Lincoln University Urban Center )〕 After completion of renovations, the Urban Center will be known as ''Lincoln University Plaza''.〔 Press release about funding of Lincoln University Plaza renovations〕 Lincoln University is a census-designated place (CDP) for statistical purposes. As of the 2010 census, Lincoln University CDP had a resident population of 1,726. ==History== In 1854 Rev. John Miller Dickey, a Presbyterian minister, and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson, a Quaker, founded Ashmun Institute, later named Lincoln University. They named it after Jehudi Ashmun, a religious leader and social reformer. They founded the school for the education of African Americans, who had few opportunities for higher education. John Miller Dickey was the first president of the college. He encouraged some of his first students: James Ralston Amos (1826–1864), his brother Thomas Henry Amos (1825–1869), and Armistead Hutchinson Miller (1829/30-1865), to support the establishment of Liberia as a colony for African Americans. (This was a project of the American Colonization Society.) Each of the men became ordained ministers. In 1866, Ashmun Institute was renamed Lincoln University after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln the previous year. The college attracted highly talented students from numerous states, especially during the long decades of legal segregation in the South. As may be seen on the list of notable alumni (link below), many went on to achievements in careers in academia, public service, the arts and many other fields. In 1945 Dr. Horace Mann Bond, an alumnus of Lincoln, was selected as the first African-American president of the university. During his 12-year tenure, he continued to do social science research, and helped support the important civil rights case of ''Brown v. Board of Education'', decided in 1954 by the US Supreme Court. He established an important relationship with the collector Albert C. Barnes, who ensured Lincoln University had a role in the management of his art collection, the Barnes Foundation. From 1854 to 1954, Lincoln University graduates accounted for 20 percent of Black physicians and over 10 percent of Black lawyers in the United States. In 1972 Lincoln University formally associated with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a state-related institution. In 2013, the University officially refined its name and brand as ''Lincoln University'' to emphasize its distinction as the nation's first HBCU, as well as to distinguish itself from other universities of the same name in Missouri, California and New Zealand, as well as Lincoln Memorial in Tennessee. In November 2014, Dr Jennings resigned under pressure from faculty, students and alumni after comments relating to a sexual assault. Jennings was also the subject of a couple of no-confidence votes by faculty and the alumni association in October 2014. 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「Lincoln University (Pennsylvania)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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