Harvard University is the oldest 1 of higher learning in the United States. The University has grown from 9 students with 2 to an enrollment of more than 18,000 degrees candidates. Over 14,000 people work at Harvard, including 3 2,000 faculties.
Six presidents of the United States were graduates of Harvard. Its faculty 4 34 Nobel Laureates.
Harvard College 5 1636 and was named for its first benefactor, John Harvard of Charleston, a young minister who 6 in 1638, left his library and half his estate to the new institution.
During its early years, the College offered a classic 7 course based on the English University model but consistent with the prevailing Puritan philosophy of the first colonists. Although many of 8 became ministers in Puritan congregations throughout New England, the college never formally affiliated with a specific 9 denomination.
Under President Pusey, Harvard undertook what was then 10 fundraising campaign in the history of American higher education, the $82.5 million "Program for Harvard College"; the program 11 , broadened student aid, created new professorships, and expanded Harvard"s 12 . A similar but greatly expanded fundraising effort, the Harvard Campaign, was conducted 13 of Derek Bok and raised $356 million by the end of 1984.
Neil L. Rudenstine took office as Harvard"s 14 in 1991. As part of an overall effort to 15 , Rudenstine set in motion an intensive process of University- wide academic planning, intended to identify some of Harvard"s main 16 priorities.
Those have become an integral part of the current 17 . In addition, Rudenstine has stressed the University"s commitment to excellence in 18 , the task of adapting the research university to an era of both rapid 19 and serious financial constraints, and the challenge of living together in a diverse community committed to 20 .