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ETS Code		: 0
Name		: Harvard University
Online Distance Education Page		: http://www.dce.h...sion/DistanceEd/
College/University Main Page		: http://www.ooen.net
Street Address		: N/A
City	: Cambridge	State	: Massachusetts
Zip	: N/A	Country	: United States of America
Phone	:	Fax	: N/A
Degrees Offered	: Bachelors, Masters, Doctoral
Year Established	: N/A	Enrollment	: N/A

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Harvard University is a fully private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. It was founded on September 8, 1636 by a vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, making it the oldest post-secondary school in the United States. Originally called simply the "New College", it was named Harvard College on March 13, 1639, after its first principal donor, John Harvard. The earliest known official reference to Harvard as a "university" rather than a "college" occurred in the new Massachusetts constitution of 1780. As in many English-speaking universities, undergraduate life remains Harvard's emotional heart and people often conflate it with the wider university. As a result, much of the following article is applicable mainly to Harvard College, the undergraduate institution.

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