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'''Vanderbilt University''' is a [[college|post-secondary institution]] in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]. It was ranked 18th on ''U.S. News and World Report''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s top National Universities in 2006, and 15th Best Value. It is one of ''[[Newsweek]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s 25 "New Ivies". It is highly selective, admitting only around a third of applicants. Vanderbilt offers over 70 undergraduate majors in four different colleges. It also offers several graduate and pre-professional programs. The university was founded by the [[Methodist Episcopal Church]] in 1873 after receiving a $1 million (equal to ~$18 million in 2010) endowment from [[Cornelius Vanderbilt]]. This philanthropic act by Vanderbilt, a northern shipping magnet and entrepreneur, was made in hopes of healing sectional wounds in the south. Vanderbilt University operated as a religious university initially but is now a secular institution.
'''Vanderbilt University''' is a [[college|post-secondary institution]] in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]. It was ranked 18th on ''U.S. News and World Report''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s top National Universities in 2006, and 15th Best Value. It is one of ''[[Newsweek]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s 25 "New Ivies". It is highly selective, admitting only around a third of applicants. Vanderbilt offers over 70 undergraduate majors in four different colleges. It also offers several graduate and pre-professional programs. The university was founded by the [[Methodist Episcopal Church]] in 1873 after receiving a $1 million (equal to ~$18 million in 2010) endowment from [[Cornelius Vanderbilt]]. This philanthropic act by Vanderbilt, a northern shipping magnet and entrepreneur, was made in hopes of healing sectional wounds in the south. Vanderbilt University operated as a religious university initially but is now a secular institution.
It is a member of the [[Southeastern Conference]] for sports, the conference's only private institution.
It is a member of the [[Southeastern Conference]] for sports, the conference's only private institution. It has won one title in baseball, but otherwise is among the conference's poorest-performing programs. However, its gymnasium is unique in that the team benches are at the ends of the court (as opposed to being on one side in most other places).
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==References==