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Wesleyan University ( or ) is a private liberal arts college in Middletown, Connecticut, founded in 1831. Wesleyan is a Baccalaureate College that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and sciences, provides graduate research in many academic disciplines, and grants PhD degrees primarily in music, the sciences, mathematics. Wesleyan is the fourth most productive liberal arts college in the United States with respect to the number of undergraduates who go on to earn PhDs in all fields of study.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Liberal Arts Colleges Rankings )〕 Founded under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church and with the support of prominent residents of Middletown, the now secular university was the first institution of higher education to be named after John Wesley, the founder of Methodism. About 20 unrelated colleges and universities were subsequently named after Wesley. Wesleyan, along with Amherst College and Williams College, is a member of the Little Three colleges, an unofficial athletic conference of liberal arts colleges. ==History== (詳細はall-male Methodist college in 1831.〔(Page 22-23 ). Books.google.com (12 November 1909). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.〕 The University, established as an independent institution under the auspices of the Methodist conference, was led by Willbur Fisk, its first President.〔 Despite its name, Wesleyan was never a denominational seminary.〔(Page 23 ). Books.google.com (12 November 1909). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.〕 It remained a leader in educational progress throughout its history〔(Pages 118, 126–130, 135–138, 139, 143, 145 ). Books.google.com (12 November 1909). Retrieved on 17 October 2011. Pages 118, 126–130, 135–138, 139, 143, 145]. Books.google.com (12 November 1909). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.〕〔(Second paragraph ). Chestofbooks.com. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.〕〔(Page vii ). Books.google.com (12 November 1909). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.〕 and erected one of the earliest comprehensive science buildings devoted exclusively to undergraduate science instruction on any American college or university campus, Judd Hall (named after alumnus Orange Judd).〔(Pages 129–130 ). Books.google.com (12 November 1909). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.〕〔(WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY. – Dedication of Judd Hall of National Science Presentation Address by Orange Judd-Dedicatory Address by Prof. Winchelle-Memorial Chapel The Woman Question. JUDD HALL OF NATURAL SCIENCE. DEDICATORY ORATION. DEDICATION OF THE MEMORIAL CHAPEL. THE ADMISSION OF WOMEN. – Article – NYTimes.com ). New York Times (9 October 2011). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.〕〔(Page 267 ). Books.google.com (19 November 2008). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.〕 It also has maintained a larger library collection than institutions comparable in size.〔(pp. 130–132 ). Books.google.com (12 November 1909). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.〕〔(Library & Museum Information, Wesleyan University ). Colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com (31 January 2011). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.〕 The Wesleyan student body numbered about 300 in 1910 and had grown to 800 in 1960, the latter being a figure that ''Time'' described as "small". Although Wesleyan developed into a peer of Amherst and Williams, Wesleyan was always decidedly the smallest of the Little Three institutions until the 1970s, when it grew significantly to become larger than the other two.〔(Appendix Three: Enrollments at Wesleyan, Amherst, and Williams, 1831–1990, Page 238 ). Lib.muohio.edu (1 October 2011). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.〕 In 1872, the University became one of the first U.S. colleges to attempt coeducation by allowing a small number of female students to attend,〔 a venture then known as the "Wesleyan Experiment". "In 1909, the board of trustees voted to stop admitting women as undergraduates, fearing that the school was losing its masculine image and that women would not be able to contribute to the college financially after graduation the way men could."〔(Connecticut Closeup: Wesleyan University – Hartford Courant ). Courant.com (5 July 2011). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.〕 Given that concern, Wesleyan ceased to admit women, and from 1912 to 1970 Wesleyan operated again as an all-male college.〔 Wesleyan became independent of the Methodist church in 1937, although in 2000, the university was designated as an historic Methodist site.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Wesleyan History 101: 1831-2009 )〕 Beginning in the late 1950s, president Victor Lloyd Butterfield〔(DR. BUTTERFIELD HEADS WESLEYAN – Named President to Succeed McConaughy, Who Resigned for China Relief Post – Article – NYTimes.com ). Select.nytimes.com (9 October 2011). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.〕 began an ambitious program to reorganize the University according to Butterfield's "College Plan" somewhat similar to Harvard's House system or Yale's colleges, where undergraduate study would be divided into seven smaller residential colleges with their own faculty and centralized graduate studies, including doctoral programs and a Center for Advanced Studies (later renamed The Center for the Humanities).〔(Paragraphs 5 & 7 and 1st Reference ). Aacu.org. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.〕〔(Connecticut Archives Online ). Library.wcsu.edu. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.〕 The building program begun under this system created three residential colleges on Foss Hill (the Foss Hill dormitories) and then three more residential colleges (the Lawn Avenue dormitories, now called the Butterfield Colleges). Although the facilities were largely created, only four of the academic programs were begun, and only two of those continue today: the College of Letters (COL) and the College of Social Studies (CSS).〔 Fund raising proved highly effective and by 1960 Wesleyan had the largest endowment, per student, of any college or university in America, and a student-faculty ratio of 7:1.〔Albert E. Van Dusen, ''Connecticut" (1961) p 365〕 Butterfield's successors, Edwin Deacon Etherington (Class of 1948)〔(Edwin Etherington, 76, Ex-Amex President – New York Times ). Nytimes.com (15 January 2001). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.〕 and Colin Goetze Campbell, completed many of the innovations begun during Butterfield's administration, including the return of women in numbers equal to men;〔(Education: Boy Hopes to Meet Girl ). TIME (22 December 1961). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.〕 a quadrupling in the total square footage of building space devoted to laboratory, studio and performing arts instruction; and a dramatic rise in the racial, ethnic, and religious diversity and size of the student body.〔〔(Education: New Look at Wesleyan ). TIME (18 April 1960). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.〕〔(LIFE – Google Books ). Books.google.com (14 February 1969). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.〕〔(Tensions on Campus: Hope Amid the Rage – New York Times ). Nytimes.com (27 May 1990). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.〕 The University and several of its admissions deans were featured in Jacques Steinberg's 2002 book ''The Gatekeepers: Inside The Admissions Process of a Premier College''.〔(Gate-Keepers Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College, The | Journal of College Admission ). Find Articles. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.〕〔Sachs, Andrea. (18 November 2002) (Families: Learning Corner: Please, Let Me In! ). TIME. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.〕 In the fall 2007 semester, Michael S. Roth, a 1978 graduate of Wesleyan and former president of the California College of the Arts, was inaugurated as the University's 16th president.〔(Michael Roth ). The Hastings Center. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.〕 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「Wesleyan University」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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