Barnard College

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Barnard College
3009 Broadway
New York, NY 10027

212-854-5262

CHARACTER
A liberal arts college for women in New York City founded in 1889, and named for the tenth president of Columbia University. Barnard is an independent college, maintaining its own campus, faculty, administration, trustees, operating budget, and endowment. Through the continued Barnard-Columbia partnership, students on both campuses choose from a wide array of courses and academic resources and participate in a great variety of student organizations. Barnard has a long tradition of graduating leaders in the arts, business, government, and science.

LOCATION
Manhattan, New York City. Barnard's neighborhood, Morningside Heights, is essentially a university town. Neighboring institutions, in addition to Columbia University across the street, include the Manhattan School of Music, Teachers College, Bank Street College of Education, Union Theological Seminary, and Jewish Theological Seminary.

HISTORY
In October 1889, the first Barnard class met in a rented brownstone at 343 Madison Avenue; there was a faculty of six and 14 students in the School of Arts. Nine years later, the college moved to its present site on Morningside Heights. In 1900, Barnard was included in the educational system of Columbia University with provisions unique among women's colleges: it was governed by its own trustees, faculty, and dean, and was responsible for its own endowment and facilities, while sharing instruction, the libraries, and the degree of the university.

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