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North Carolina State University, officially North Carolina State University at Raleigh,〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.ncsu.edu/about-nc-state/history/index.php )〕 is a public, coeducational, research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=GS 116-4 )〕 Commonly known as NC State〔 or simply State, the university is part of the University of North Carolina system and is a land,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=University Administration )〕 sea, and space grant institution.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=National Directory of Space Grant Contacts )〕 The university forms one of the corners of the Research Triangle together with Duke University in Durham and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The North Carolina General Assembly founded the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, now NC State, on March 7, 1887, as a land-grant college. Today, NC State has an enrollment of more than 34,000 students, making it the largest university in the Carolinas. NC State has historical strengths in engineering, agriculture, life sciences, textiles and design and now offers 106 bachelor's degrees. The graduate school offers 104 master's degrees, 61 doctoral degrees, and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ncsu.edu/about-nc-state/quick-view/index.php )〕 ==History== (詳細はNorth Carolina General Assembly founded NC State on March 7, 1887 as a land-grant college under the name "North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts." In the segregated system, it was open only to white students. As a land-grant college, NC State would provide a liberal and practical education while focusing on military tactics, agriculture and the mechanical arts without excluding classical studies.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://historicalstate.lib.ncsu.edu/histories/brief-history-of-north-carolina-state-university )〕 Since its founding, the university has maintained these objectives while building on them.〔 After opening in 1889, NC State saw its enrollment fluctuate and its mandate expand. In 1918, it changed its name to "North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering"—or "North Carolina State" for short. During the Great Depression, the North Carolina state government, under Governor O. Max Gardner, administratively combined the University of North Carolina, the Woman's College (at Greensboro), and NC State. This conglomeration became the University of North Carolina in 1931.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.northcarolina.edu/about/mission.htm )〕 Following World War II, the university grew and developed. The G.I. Bill enabled thousands of veterans to attend college, and enrollment shot past the 5,000 mark in 1947. State College created new academic programs, including the School of Architecture and Landscape Design in 1947 (renamed as the School of Design in 1948), the School of Education in 1948, and the School of Forestry in 1950.〔 In the summer of 1956, following the US Supreme Court ruling in ''Brown v. Board of Education'' (1954) that segregated public education was unconstitutional, North Carolina State College enrolled its first African-American undergraduates, Ed Carson, Manuel Crockett, Irwin Holmes, and Walter Holmes.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://historicalstate.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog/1956-first-african-american-undergraduates )〕 In 1962, State College officials desired to change the institution's name to North Carolina State University. Consolidated university administrators approved a change to the University of North Carolina at Raleigh, frustrating many student and alumni who protested the change with letter writing campaigns. In 1963, State College officially became North Carolina State of the University of North Carolina. Students, faculty, and alumni continued to express dissatisfaction with this name, however, and after two additional years of protest, the name was changed to the current North Carolina State University at Raleigh.〔 The "at Raleigh" part is usually omitted even on official documents such as diplomas, but is part of the school's official name. In 1966, single-year enrollment reached 10,000.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Historical Sketch of North Carolina State University )〕 In the 1970s enrollment surpassed 19,000 and the School of Humanities and Social Sciences was added. Celebrating its centennial in 1987, NC State reorganized its internal structure, renaming all its schools to colleges (e.g. School of Engineering to the College of Engineering). Also in this year, it gained of land that was developed as Centennial Campus. Since then, NC State has focused on developing its new Centennial Campus. It has invested more than $620 million in facilities and infrastructure at the new campus, with of space being constructed. sixty-one private and government agency partners are located on Centennial Campus. NC State has almost 8,000 employees, nearly 35,000 students, a $1.01 billion annual budget, and a $884 million endowment. It is the largest university in the state and one of the anchors of North Carolina's Research Triangle, together with Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NC State University at a glance )〕 NCSU Libraries Special Collections Research Center, located in D.H. Hill Library, maintains a website devoted to NC State history entitled ''Historical State''. 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「North Carolina State University」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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