Reed College

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The Reed College is a private liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon. It was founded in 1908 and now teaches more than 1,400 students. The College is the only undergraduate college in the U.S. with its own nuclear reactor.

History

The college was founded in 1908 as a non-denominational university under the name Reed Institute. The founder was Amanda Reed, who the entrepreneur Simon Reed from Oregon widow. 1911 took the university to teaching. A research reactor was commissioned in 1968.

Since 1995, the university refuses to provide data for the university ranking of the weekly magazine U.S. News & World Report. Errors in the methodology of the rankings was cited as justification. Then told Rolling Stone magazine in 1997 that the ranking of Reed College was artificially lowered.

Organization and study

The university is gegeliedert into five divisions:

  • Division of Arts:
  • Division of History and Social Sciences
  • Division of Literature and Languages
  • Division of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
  • Division of Philosophy, Religion, Psychology, and Linguistics

The students can earn in four years of study a Bachelor of Arts. It is unusual for the United States that is required for most Bacholor courses a thesis ( thesis). Exist with several universities including the University of Washington, Caltech, Columbia University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Duke University and Pacific Northwest College of Art in cooperation program, so that students can make a double degree at two universities.

Known graduates

Portland (Oregon) Barbara Ehrenreich Mike Davis (scholar) Peter Norton Keith Packard Gary Snyder William Dickey (poet) Dr. Demento Eleanor Rosch Integrated Authority File
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