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The University of Rhode Island, commonly referred to as URI, is the principal public research as well as the land grant and sea grant university for the state of Rhode Island. Its main campus is located in the village of Kingston in southern Rhode Island. Additionally, smaller campuses include the Feinstein Campus in Providence, the Narragansett Bay Campus in Narragansett, and the W. Alton Jones Campus in West Greenwich. The university offers bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees in 80 undergraduate and 49 graduate areas of study through seven academic colleges. These colleges include Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Engineering, Human Science and Services, Environment and Life Sciences, Nursing and Pharmacy. Another college, University College (UC) serves primarily as an advising college for all incoming undergraduates and follows them through their enrollment at URI. The University currently enrolls about 13,589 undergraduate and 2,900 graduate students.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.uri.edu/ir/enrollment.html )〕 ''U.S. News & World Report'' classifies URI as a tier 1 national university, ranking it tied for 161st in the U.S.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=U.S. News Best Colleges Rankings - University of Rhode Island )〕 == History == The University was first chartered as the state's agricultural school and agricultural experiment station in 1888. The site of the school was originally the Oliver Watson Farm, whose original farmhouse is now a small museum. In 1892, the school became known as the Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. The first class had only seventeen students, each completing their course of study in two years. In 1909, the school's name was again changed to Rhode Island State College as the school's programs were expanded beyond its original agricultural education mandate. In 1951 the school was given its current title through an act of the General Assembly following the addition of the College of Arts and Sciences and the offering of doctoral degrees. The Board of Governors for Higher Education, appointed by the governor, became the governing body of the University in 1981 during the presidency of Frank Newman (1974-1983). The Board of Governors was replaced by the Rhode Island Board of Education in 2013. The current president is David M. Dooley.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= University of Rhode Island history and timeline )〕 A list of Presidents of the University of Rhode Island: *John Hosea Washburn (1892–1902) *Kenyon L. Butterfield (1903–1906) *Howard Edwards (1906–1930) *Raymond G. Bressler (1931–1940) *Carl R. Woodward (1941–1958) *Francis H. Horn (1958–1967) *Werner A. Baum (1968–1973) *Frank Newman (1974–1983) *Edward D. "Ted" Eddy (1983–1991) *Robert L. Carothers (1991–2009) *David M. Dooley (2009–present) 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「University of Rhode Island」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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