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Southern Illinois University is a public research university located in Carbondale, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1869, SIU is the flagship campus of the Southern Illinois University system.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Morris Library at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale )〕 (The other members are Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, and Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine.) The university is known as SIU Carbondale, but colloquially as SIU. SIU's total student enrollment is 17,292. The University is categorized as an RU/H Research University (high research activity) in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Carnegie Foundation Classifications )〕 SIU is recognized in the ''U.S. News & World Report'' rankings as a "National University," that is, a university which grants a variety of doctoral degrees and strongly emphasizes research; SIU's ranking in the 2011 US News ratings is #170.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Southern Illinois University--Carbondale )〕 Additionally, the National Science Foundation ranks SIU #101 among public universities in the U.S. for total research and development expenditures, and #142 among all U.S. universities.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NSF – NCSES Academic Institution Profiles – Academic Institution Profiles )〕 The University offers more than 200 undergraduate majors, minors, and specializations, 30 doctoral and more than 60 master's degree programs; law and medical degrees.〔Institutional Research and Studies, Factbook 2010-2011〕 == History == An Act of the Twenty-sixth General Assembly of Illinois, approved March 9, 1869, created Southern Illinois Normal College, the second state-supported normal school in Illinois.〔Robert P. Howard, ''Illinois: A History of the Prairie State'' (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1972), 341.〕 Carbondale held the ceremony of cornerstone laying, May 17, 1870.〔Lentz, Eli G. (1955). ''Seventy-Five Years in Retrospect'', Carbondale, IL.: Southern Illinois University. pp. 11-13〕 It began with twelve academic departments and an initial class of 1143. The university continued primarily as a teacher's college until Delyte W. Morris took office as president of the university in 1948. Morris was SIU's longest-serving president (1948–1970).〔http://www.dailyegyptian.com/fall98/delytemorris/〕 During his presidency, Morris transformed SIU, adding Colleges of Law, Medicine and Dentistry. Since World War II, higher education has been emphasized as a goal for more students. Southern Illinois University grew rapidly in size from 3,500 to over 23,000 students between 1950 and 1980.〔http://www.egyptianaaa.org/SI-History3.htm/〕 In 1957, a second campus of SIU was established at Edwardsville. This school, now known as Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, is an independent university within the SIU system. 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「Southern Illinois University Carbondale」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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