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The University of Houston–Clear Lake (UHCL) is a four-year state university, and is one of four distinct institutions in the University of Houston System. Its campus spans in Pasadena, with a branch campus in Pearland. Founded in 1971, UHCL has an enrollment of more than 8,000 students. The ''U.S. News & World Report'' ranks the university No. 81 in its Regional University Rankings (West), and No. 32 among top public universities.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Regional Universities West Rankings )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Top Public Schools: Regional Universities (West) )〕 The university serves students in four academic schools. UHCL offers nearly 90 degree programs: 40 bachelors, 44 masters, and two doctoral.〔 Awarding more than 2,100 degrees annually, the university's alumni base exceeds 50,000. ==History== In 1961, NASA announced that the Manned Spacecraft Center would be located in Houston just off the shores of Clear Lake. Early in the development of the Manned Spacecraft Center, a demand for graduate studies grew within NASA and the nearby space-related industries. In 1964, the University of Houston (UH) began offering courses in physics, math, and various engineering programs to NASA employees at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC). On September 10, 1965, MSC Director Robert R. Gilruth formally requested that the University of Houston give immediate consideration to the establishment of a permanent graduate and undergraduate educational facility in the Clear Lake area. UH President, Philip G. Hoffman, replied that "…it would be difficult for us to be unresponsive to vital needs of the MSC and its staff," but indicated that "the acquisition of appropriate land in the Clear Lake City area would be of crucial importance to this project." Humble Oil responded by donating of land in the Clear Lake City development to the University of Houston for the establishment of a permanent undergraduate and graduate facility. A total of would be donated from the Friendswood Development Corp. to become the University of Houston at Clear Lake City.〔http://prtl.uhcl.edu/portal/page/portal/USN/TheSignal/Feature?articleId=994〕 In 1968, the Coordinating Board of Texas College and University System authorized the University of Houston to build the Clear Lake Graduate Center (CLGC) on the original . In addition, the Coordinating Board called for the creation of a stand-alone university in Clear Lake to offer upper-division and graduate-level programs adjacent to CLGC.〔http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/HouHistory/HoustonHistory-Fall08.pdf〕 Four years later in 1971, the 62nd Texas Legislature passed House Bill 199 authorizing the creation of the University of Houston at Clear Lake City as a separate and distinct degree-granting institution.〔()〕 The Clear Lake Graduate Center opened in January 1972. The first phase construction of the Bayou Building for the University of Houston at Clear Lake City (UH/CLC) began early in 1974. On June 1, 1974, the Clear Lake Graduate Center facility became part of UH/CLC and took on the name "Arbor Building." The Bayou Building opened in September 1974 and classes began at UH/CLC under the leadership of the institution's founding president, Alfred R. Neumann. The first-class day enrollment was 1,069 students with 60 professors comprised the charter faculty.〔http://prtl.uhcl.edu/portal/page/portal/PRE/RTTC/UHCL_History〕 In 1977, the 65th Texas Legislature established the University of Houston System that included UH/CLC as a component institution. The University of Houston at Clear Lake City was renamed University of Houston–Clear Lake on April 26, 1983. During the 73rd Texas Legislature in 1993, an unsuccessful attempt was made by the City of Pasadena to change the institution's name to the University of Houston at Pasadena.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=House Bill No. 1104 - 73(R): Relating to the name of the University of Houston–Clear Lake )〕 In January 2011, Senate Bill 324 was filed in the 82nd Texas Legislature for the institution's downward expansion by adding freshman and sophomore course offerings.〔 The bill was passed and signed into law by Governor Perry on June 17, 2011. The university began offering freshman and sophomore classes in fall 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「University of Houston–Clear Lake」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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