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Rizal Special Education Learning Center, also known as Rizal Sped De La Salle, is a De La Salle-supervised school located in Davao Central. History In 1986 three educators thought of opening a school offering courses with their respective specialization: preschool, intellectually challenged, and hearing-Impaired education. The main goal of opening the Rizal Special Education Learning Center is to help educate pupils/students with special needs such as the hearing impaired, intellectually challenged, autistic, slow learners and fast learners. However, the need for regular atmosphere for eventu...

Arkansas State University Newport is a public community college in northeast Arkansas with its main campus in Newport, Arkansas. It is part of the Arkansas State University System. Campuses Arkansas State University - Newport Arkansas State University - Newport at Marked Tree Arkansas State University - Newport at Jonesboro

Ganesh Lal Agrawal College, established in 1954, is a general degree college in Medininagar, Jharkhand. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, commerce and sciences. It is affiliated to Nilamber-Pitamber University.

The Vermont Studio Center is a non-profit arts organization located in the town of Johnson, Vermont. It conducts the largest fine arts and writing residency program in the United States, with a significant population of international artists in residency. The center operates two-, three- and four-week sessions throughout the year, with 20-30 visual artists and writers in residence at a time. The programs are highly selective and include a broad variety of media, cultures, and ages.

Poompuhar College is situated on the bank of River Cauveri at Poompuhar-Melaiyur which is located 5 km away from the Bay of Bengal. Poompuhar was the capital of the great Chola Kingdom, during the ancient time, it was connected with Greece and Rome. The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Admn. Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu established this college in 1964.

Manubhai Patel Dental College is a college of dentistry located in Baroda, Gujarat, India. It provides Bachelor of Dental Surgery courses. The institution is listed no. 25 in the education guide of medical institutes by Zee news. The college is affiliated to Bhavnagar University in Gujarat. The college is recognized by Dental Council of India and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of India. Times of India on 5 March 2012 reported that in recently held All India Post Graduate Examinations of 2012 held by All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, three students of dental college, t...

Dhanamanjuri University is a state university located in Imphal, Manipur, India. it was established through The Dhanamanjuri University Act, 2017 which came into force on 6 April 2018. The University was named after Maharani Dhanamanjuri Devi, the wife of Maharaj Churachand Singh.

Collège d'Alma is a CEGEP in Alma, Quebec, Canada. History The college traces its origins to the merger of several institutions which became public ones in 1967, when the Quebec system of CEGEPs was created. In 1970, l'Externat classique d'Alma was renamed le Collège du Lac-Saint-Jean and began delivering pre-university training. In 1972, Collège d'Alma was created on the campus du Collège régional du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean. In 1980, the institution became autonomous.

Gimcheon University is a university located in Gimcheon, South Korea. History 1978 Founded as "Gimcheon Business Junior College" by the Shincheon Board of Directors.1998 Name changed to "Gimcheon College"2000 Selected as "The Best College of Health Science" by the MOE&HRD and Korean Council for College Education.2001 Designed as a "Business Incubation Supporting Institution" by the Small & Medium Business Administration2002 Selected as an "Excellent Technology Supporting Institution" at the Inno-Tech Show by the Small & Medium Business Administration.2003 Kang, Sung Ae took office as the third...

Vancouver Institute of Media Arts is a private post-secondary school located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in 1995. VanArts offers one-year diploma programs for the visual, media and performing arts plus degree pathways with university partners.

D.A.V. College , Ambala City is a college in Ambala, Haryana, India. It was started in 1886 in Lahore, Punjab Province . After partition it moved to present campus of Ambala in 1948. It is affiliated to Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra.

GCS Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre was dedicated to the people by Shri Narendra Modi in 2011. This state-of-the-art infrastructure has been built by the Gujarat Cancer Society on 25 acres of area.

Manipur International University is an autonomous private university recognized by the Government of Manipur. History The Manipur International University was established as per the Manipur International University Ordinance, 2018 which was notified in the Official Gazette on 26 June 2018. It was continued and permanently recognised through the Manipur International University Act, 2018 which was notified in the Official Gazette on 14 February 2019. It is recognised and listed by UGC as a "State Private University".

Rockingham Community College is a public community college in Wentworth, North Carolina, in Rockingham County. It is part of the North Carolina Community College System. External links Official website

Meru University of Science and Technology is a public university in Tigania West Constituency Meru, Kenya. It is in Meru County, 15 kilometres northeast of Meru Town, along the Meru-Makutano-Maua Highway.

Angkor University is a higher education and research institution in Siem Reap Province, Cambodia. The university is composed of seven academic faculties and three centers. According to a number of surveys, it is consistently ranked within the top 30 universities in the Cambodia and is considered to be the best university in the Siem Reap province by the UniRank ranking. A.U. is best known for nursing, midwifery, engineering, architecture, computer science, interior design, Rural development, and Hotel Management and Tourism.

St Peter's College was established by Benedictine monks of St. Peter's Abbey in 1921. St. Peter's Abbey was founded in 1903 on the same site as the college. From 1921 until 1972 the College also offered a boys high school program. Today the college offers the first two years of the University of Saskatchewan Arts and Science program. The College is located in a rural setting, approximately a one-hour drive from the University of Saskatchewan campus.

The Partido State University, or simply referred to as PSU or ParSU, is a research regional state higher education institution in Partido Area at the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. It is an ISO 9001:2015 certified public university.

The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design is a private art school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Founded in 1974, it offers the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. MIAD is considered the successor to the Layton School of Art, and was formerly known as the Milwaukee School for the Arts.

The University of Dubuque Theological Seminary is one of the ten official seminaries of the Presbyterian Church . It is located in Dubuque, Iowa. Originally classes were taught in German to serve the immigrant population, but today the school is well known for its emphasis on Native American and rural ministry and on-line education. It is a seminary within the larger University of Dubuque.

Jaypee University is a private university located in Anoopshahr, Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh.It is part of the Jaypee Group.It has been established under UP act no 8 of 2014. External links

Wallington Town Hall is a municipal building in Woodcote Road, Wallington, London. It is a Grade II listed building. History In the early 20th century Beddington and Wallington Urban District Council was based at 37 Manor Road, the former offices of Wallington Parish Council. After rapid population growth in the area, civic leaders decided to procure a purpose-built town hall: the site chosen for the new building was "Sunny Bank", a house on Woodcote Road, Wallington, which was bought in 1929.

St. Thomas Orthodox Theological Seminary is a seminary of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church in Nagpur, India. History Launching of the seminary The Old Seminary at Kottayam, founded in 1815, contributed much to the development of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. The leadership of the Church considered that a new theological institution should be started in the multi-religious context of India. This was brought to the attention of the Holy Episcopal Synod of 5–9 July 1994. It appointed a sub-committee consisting of six bishops to study the case. The sub-committee presented a report in...

Stanly Community College is a public community college in Albemarle, North Carolina. It is part of the North Carolina Community College System. It has a satellite campus in Locust, North Carolina and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools . The college serves over 10,000 students annually in associate degree, diploma, certificate, general education, occupational training, adult literacy, and a comprehensive online degree program.

The Franciscan College of the Immaculate Conception is a private, Catholic basic and higher education institution run by the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration in Baybay, Leyte, Philippines. It is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of Mary, who is believed ro have been born without the stain of Original Sin.

The Vancouver Island School of Art is a private, non-profit post-secondary art school founded in 2004 and located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is accredited by the Private Training Institutions Branch of the British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills & Training and offers a PTIB-approved Certificate program in Visual Arts as well as individual courses and workshops.

FNTI is an Indigenous-owned and -governed post-secondary institute located in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in Ontario. The institute puts on programming rooted in Indigegogy and Indigenous ways of knowing.

Government College, Tripunithura, is a government general degree college located in Tripunithura, Kerala. It was established in the year 1982. The college is affiliated with Mahatma Gandhi University. This college offers different courses in arts, commerce and science.

Mukkam Muslim Orphanage is an educational institution established in 1956 with 22 inmates. Now 28 institutions are functioning under the MMO management. It won the central government’s National Award for Child Welfare in 1982 and 2008.

The Vilnius St. Joseph Seminary is a Roman Catholic seminary in Vilnius, Lithuania. It traces its history to an institution founded by Cardinal Jurgis Radvila in 1582. After being closed and reopened several times, it was re-established in 1993 by Juozas Bačkis, the archbishop of Vilnius, and moved to a new building in 1997.

Madera Community College, established in 2020, is a community college located in Madera, California. It originally opened in 1996 as Madera Community College Center, a campus of the State Center Community College District.

Government Degree College Bijbehara, also known as GDC Bijbehara, is a University of Kashmir affiliated co-educational degree college located in Bijbehara in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The college is affiliated with the University of Kashmir and recognised by the University Grants Commission of India under 2 and 12 of UGC Act, 1956. The college has been accredited by NAAC for the first time in 2019 and awarded Grade B.

The Northern University is a private non profit university funded by EDR Trust, located in Nowshera Cantonment, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The inauguration of the university was done by the President of Northern University General Sawar Khan. Its main campus is located at Wattar Walai Ziarat, Kaka Sahib Road, Nowshera

The Shuhada-e-Army Public School University of Technology is a public university located in Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the first public university in Nowshera District and also the first technical university in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Heartland Community College is a public community college with campuses in Normal, Lincoln, and Pontiac, Illinois. History The state of Illinois is divided into community college districts. Students desiring to attend a community college in Illinois have a lower tuition rate if they attend the community college for the district in which they live. Prior to 1991, the entire state of Illinois was covered by community college districts except a portion of central Illinois centered on Bloomington. Students living in this non-districted area were in the unique situation of being allowed the choi...

Victory University, formerly Crichton College, was a private for-profit university in Memphis, Tennessee. It closed in May 2014 and was owned by California-based Significant Education. Victory University was accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and offered on-campus and distance learning courses.

Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Unisan Extension or PUP-UQ is a satellite campus of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines located in the municipality of Unisan, Quezon, Philippines, offering eleven courses, one diploma program and undergraduate programs.

The Centre of Geographic Sciences is located in the village of Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia. History COGS traces its history to 1948 when the Nova Scotia Land Survey Institute was established by Major J.A.H. Church as a training institution for survey and map production. NSLSI became a world leader in geomatics education during the 1970s and 1980s as it evolved into incorporating then-revolutionary technologies such as remote sensing and geographic information systems . The institute moved into its current campus during this period in the 1970s.

City Polytechnic Institute, Khulna is the largest and first non-government polytechnic institute in Khulna, Bangladesh. History In early 2003, the Ford Foundation established City Polytechnic Institute, Khulna with a duration of 4 years long courses, based on the syllabus of BTEB.

The development of Shipbuilding Institute of Polytechnic Surabaya or SHIPS can be traced back to 1987 when it was established as a polytechnic by Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology The institute was elevated to an independent institute in 2012.

Ancilla College was a private Roman Catholic junior college near Donaldson, Indiana. It was founded by the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ in 1937 as an extension of DePaul University for the training of Catholic novices and candidates of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ. In 1966 the college started admitting the public as a private liberal arts community college. Ancilla College focuses on serving the seven surrounding counties of Indiana. Ancilla College granted associate degrees in multiple programs and had transfer agreements with 14 Indiana colleges and universities. The Latin word ancil...

Sydney Missionary and Bible College is an independent, evangelical interdenominational Bible college in Sydney, Australia. The college was founded in 1916 by C. Benson Barnett. Its goal is to train people for ministry in Australia and abroad. There are two campuses, one in Croydon and another in Croydon Park .

La Consolacion College Iriga is a private Catholic coeducational basic and higher education institution run by the Augustinian Sisters of Our Lady of Consolation in the City of Iriga in Camarines Sur Province, Philippines. It was founded in 1949 and is one of the 24 Schools in the Philippines administered by the Augustinian Sisters of Our Lady of Consolation. The Patroness of the School is the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title Our Lady of Consolation whose feast is September 4. It is the only catholic institution of learning in Iriga City. Colloquially known as LaCo, LCC-Iriga maintains a lofty position among other schools in the city.

BYU–Pathway Worldwide is a higher education organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . It was formed in 2017 and is responsible for online higher education within the Church Educational System.

The is an Italian university oriented towards study by foreign students of Italian language and culture. It was established by royal decree in 1925, and is housed in the in Perugia, in Umbria in central Italy. In the academic year 2017–2018 it had a total of 944 undergraduate and 61 postgraduate students; of the undergraduates, approximately two thirds were women, and little more than one third were from outside Italy.

The Universidad Modelo is a private institution of higher education in Yucatán, México, with its central campus located in Mérida. It offers 27 courses at the undergraduate level, 22 postgraduate Master's degrees, 19 diplomas and 3 specialization courses. The university also has campuses in Chetumal and Valladolid.

Bahnsen Theological Seminary was a Calvinist theological training institution, founded in 1997 and based in Placentia, California. It was most notably associated with Greg Bahnsen and Kenneth Gentry. It served as the degree granting division of the Southern California Center for Christian Studies. It offered instruction worldwide by correspondence, as well as courses presented locally. BTS offered four Master's degree programs; Master of Divinity, Master of Christian Studies, Master of Apologetics, and Master of Philosophy.

The East Valley Institute of Technology is a public school district serving the eastern portion of the Phoenix, Arizona metro area. It is a joint technological education district with programs are available to students at the member high schools. EVIT serves 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students from the sending districts that meet class prerequisites.

The Indian Institute of World Culture , is a public institution that aims, via its activities, "to foster the growth of a truly cosmopolitan spirit among citizens of all nations." It is located on B.P Wadia Road in the Basavanagudi area of the city of Bengaluru, India, and was founded on 11 August 1945 by B. P. Wadia and his spouse, Sophia Wadia.

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