Harvard
Oldest American college
Harvard is the oldest and arguably most prestigious university in the United States, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Founded in 1636, it serves as shorthand for elite academic achievement and social privilege: She went to Harvard, a Harvard man.
The name appears in compounds denoting affiliated institutions: Harvard Law, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Business School.
University city, two countries
- MassachusettsNortheastern colonial state
- CrimsonHarvard's athletic identity
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- facultyInherent power or ability
campus · undergraduate · graduate · PhD · seminar · lecture · symposium · colloquium
Permanent donated fund
- bequestGift left by will
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
lineage · birthright · patrimony · tradition · dynasty · estate · succession · descendants
Educational program's content plan
- lecturesFormal instructional talks
- seminarGroup discussion for learning
- professorSenior university teacher
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
tuition · syllabus · degree · major · minor · research · academia · thesis
Superior select group
- Ivy LeagueElite university athletic conference
- influencePower to affect others
- privilegeExclusive right or benefit
- statusOne's relative position
exclusivity · selectivity · admission · ranking · legacy · Rhodes Scholar · networking · meritocracy
Cambridge
University city, two countries
- MassachusettsNortheastern colonial state
- CrimsonHarvard's athletic identity
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
faculty · campus · undergraduate · graduate · PhD · seminar · lecture · symposium · colloquium · professor
endowment
Permanent donated fund
- bequestGift left by will
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
ancestry · lineage · birthright · patrimony · tradition · dynasty · estate · succession · descendants · alumni
curriculum
Educational program's content plan
- lecturesFormal instructional talks
- seminarGroup discussion for learning
- professorSenior university teacher
scholarship · tuition · syllabus · degree · major · minor · research · academia · thesis · dissertation
elite
Superior select group
- Ivy LeagueElite university athletic conference
- influencePower to affect others
- privilegeExclusive right or benefit
status · exclusivity · selectivity · admission · ranking · legacy · Rhodes Scholar · networking · meritocracy · pedigree
- higher educationuniversity, college, degree, diploma, graduate school
- universitiesuniversities, Yale, Oxford, Cambridge, Princeton
- US UniversitiesUCLA, USC, Stanford, Duke, MIT
- BostonBeacon Hill, Boston Common, Boston Harbor, Charlestown, Chinatown
- MassachusettsBoston, Cambridge, Cape Cod, Plymouth, Salem
- New EnglandMaine, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut
Harvarddiploma mill
Fraudulent credential seller
community college · trade school · vocational school · for-profit college · night school
Harvardstate university
Government-funded higher education institution
public university · state school · land-grant college · community college · land-grant university
- Harvard professorEducator at elite university
- Harvard educationSchooling at elite Cambridge university
- Harvard UniversityElite Cambridge-based academic institution
- Harvard Law SchoolElite American legal institution
- Harvard LawElite legal institution
- Harvard Medical SchoolElite physician training institution