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Revision as of 19:22, 8 August 2010
Union Institute & University | |
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Location | |
, Hamilton , 45206 United States | |
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President | Roger H. Sublett |
Color(s) | Green and Yellow. |
Accreditation | The Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Schools and Colleges. http://www.ncahigherlearningcommission.org/ |
Website | www.myunion.edu |
Union Institute & University (UI&U) is a private college specializing in limited residence and adult distance learning programs. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, Union Institute & University operates campuses located in Montpelier and Brattleboro, Vermont; Miami, Florida; Los Angeles, California; and Sacramento, California. Union Institute & University received accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission in 1985 and is a member of the North Central Association of Schools and Colleges. Union Institute & University currently enrolls approximately 2,000 students from all 50 states and more than 20 countries worldwide.
Union Institute & University offers the following degree programs: Bachelor of Arts; Bachelor of Science; Master of Arts; Master of Education; Ed.D. in Educational Leadership (K–12) and Higher Education; Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology; and Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies.
History
Union Institute & University traces its origins to 1964, when a group of ten liberal arts colleges established a consortium called "The Union for Research and Experimentation in Higher Education." The consortium, headquartered at the campus of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, included a number of schools experimenting with alternative education philosophies during the period, including Antioch; Sarah Lawrence College; Bard College; Hofstra University; Goddard College; Franconia College; and Nasson College. Renamed the "Union for Experimenting Colleges and Universities" in 1969, the consortium directed its focus toward providing educational opportunities for non-traditional students whose needs were best served by a non-residential college experience, [1] as well as those students who sought to conduct socially relevant research in a interdisciplinary manner.
The consortium was headquartered and incorporated in Ohio. It provided administrative support for a number of distance learning programs run by its member schools under the title "The University Without Walls". It also formed a graduate school called "The Union Graduate School", which offered a Ph.D. in Arts and Sciences. The consortium filed for bankruptcy in 1978. Emerging from its bankruptcy, it eventually renamed itself "The Union Institute" (1986). As the Union Institute, it continued to run its graduate school and some of the UWW programs it had administered directly. After acquiring Vermont College in Montpelier, Vermont from Norwich University in October, 2001, it was renamed Union Institute & University.[2] The purchase of Vermont College added several master’s degree programs and an Adult Degree Program to Union Institute & University’s existing undergraduate and doctoral programs, providing a progression of degree opportunities, along with certificates in advanced graduate study. Since its inception in the 1960s, The Union has a continuing emphasis on social relevance and interdisciplinary in its programs.
The Union's Ph.D. program came under scrutiny by the Ohio Board of Regents in the late '90s early 2000s, which scrutiny culminated in its 2002 Re-authorization Report. The Union Graduate School was latter dissolved and the Ph.D. was restructured. Formerly it had been a Ph.D. in Arts and Sciences. Its name and focus were changed and two other doctoral programs were broken out (see above).
Since 2002, Roger H. Sublett serves as Union Institute & University’s fifth president.[3] Under Sublett, who was director of the Kellogg Foundation from 1991–2001,[4] The Union has undergone major academic and structural changes, designed to respond to the issues identified during its reauthorization process.[5]
Notable alumni
- Tania Aebi, youngest person to circumnavigate the globe, in a 26-foot sailboat, age 18–21, author of Maiden Voyage and I've Been Around.
- Rita Mae Brown, author of Ruby Fruit Jungle.
- Clarissa Pinkola Estes, author of Women Who Run With The Wolves.
- Michael T. Klare, Five Colleges Professor of Peace and World Security Studies, Hampshire College.
- Elizabeth Lindsay, http://www.nationalgeographic.com/field/explorers/lindsey-08/.
- Lisa Lorimer, President, Vermont Bread Company, Brattleboro, Vermont.
- Phillip Lopate, film critic, essayist, fiction writer, poet.
- Honorable Portia Simpson Miller, Prime Minister of Jamaica, first female prime minister of Jamaica, 2006–2007.
- Lorraine Neal, Director, Contemporary Dance and Fitness Center, Montpelier, Vermont.
- Gary Null, talk radio host and author on alternative and complementary medicine and nutrition.
- Douglas Quin, http://dqmedia.com/projects01.html.
- Patricia Rife, e-Learning Professor and author of Lise Meitner and the Dawn of the Nuclear Age
- Wynona Ward, creator and director of "Have Justice Will Travel" in Vermont, an advocacy outreach program.
References
- ^ David Bates, “A Brief History of the Union Institute and University”(2002) < http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~hendra/Briefhis.html >
- ^ ”Vermont College Forges New Union,” Vermont Business Magazine (1 August 2001) < http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3675/is_200108/ai_n8960495 >.
- ^ “Meet the President,” Union Institute & University < http://www.myunion.edu/about/president.html >.
- ^ Kellogg Foundation < http://www.wkkf.org >.
- ^ “Union Institute Rules Get Stricter,” Cincinnati Enquirer (27 March 2004) < http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/03/27/loc_union27.html >; “Union Institute To Sell 2 Historic Buildings,” Cincinnati Enquirer (4 July 2006).
External links
- Barrett, Laurence. (1972). Report of a Visit to the University Without Walls by the Union for Experimenting Colleges and Universities Yellow Springs, Ohio, May, 1972 for the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. ED083909 [1]
- Fairfield, Roy P. (1972). "To Bury the Albatross?" Journal of Research and Development in Education 5(3): 107-18.
- Fisher Report. (2002). The Union Institute and University Review. http://www.uniongraduateschool.net/ugshistory/pdf/J.Fisher.report.2002.pdf
- Hungerford, Arthur and Fairfield, Roy P.(1973). "University Without Walls and Union Graduate School: New Frontiers in Humane Learning." Engineering Education 63 (7): 505-511.
- Kirkhorn, Michael. (1979). "Union for Experimenting Colleges and Universities: Back from the Brink." Change 11 (3): 18-21.
- The Union Institute and University official Web site [2]