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==History==

==History==

In 1839 LaRoy Sunderland founded the Newbury Biblical Institute, a [[Methodist]] school in [[Vermont]].<ref name="history50">{{cite web|work=Boston University|format=HTML|language=English|title=History - The Early Years|accessdte=2009-01-28|url=http://www.bu.edu/dbin/infocenter/content/index.php?pageid=923&topicid=13}}</ref> This was the first [[seminary]] of the United Methodist Church.<ref name="history50"/> In 1846 the school was moved to [[New Hampshire]] and renamed the Methodist General Biblical Institute of Concord.<ref name="history50"/> In 1866 the school's trustees declined an invitation from [[Harvard University]] to relocate to Cambridge, and, instead, they decided to move to Boston. In 1867 the  Boston School of Theology was opened.<ref name="history50"/>

In 1839 LaRoy Sunderland founded the Newbury Biblical Institute, a [[Methodist]] school in [[Vermont]].<ref name="history50">{{cite web|work=Boston University|language=English|title=History - The Early Years|accessdte=2009-01-28|url=http://www.bu.edu/dbin/infocenter/content/index.php?pageid=923&topicid=13}}</ref> This was the first [[seminary]] of the United Methodist Church.<ref name="history50"/> In 1846 the school was moved to [[New Hampshire]] and renamed the Methodist General Biblical Institute of Concord.<ref name="history50"/> In 1866 the school's trustees declined an invitation from [[Harvard University]] to relocate to Cambridge, and, instead, they decided to move to Boston. In 1867 the  Boston School of Theology was opened.<ref name="history50"/>

The idea for a university came from acting-president William Fairfield Warren; he envisioned a school that took the best from the German and English models - one  which would include undergraduate colleges, graduate schools and professional schools.<ref name="history50"/> In 1869 the school was chartered by Lee Claflin, Jacob Sleeper and Isaac Rich; their and Warren's abolitionist ideas led them to create a university that was open to both [[gender]]s and all [[race]]s.<ref name="about"/> Warren is thought to have  articulated the first need-blind admissions policy in the United States: "any admitted student would be able to attend; scholarships would take care of financial need".<ref name="history50"/>

The idea for a university came from acting-president William Fairfield Warren; he envisioned a school that took the best from the German and English models - one  which would include undergraduate colleges, graduate schools and professional schools.<ref name="history50"/> In 1869 the school was chartered by Lee Claflin, Jacob Sleeper and Isaac Rich; their and Warren's abolitionist ideas led them to create a university that was open to both [[gender]]s and all [[race]]s.<ref name="about"/> Warren is thought to have  articulated the first need-blind admissions policy in the United States: "any admitted student would be able to attend; scholarships would take care of financial need".<ref name="history50"/>