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Stanford is one of the world's leading research institutions, with top professors and researchers in the fields of physics, medicine, engineering, and the natural sciences.<ref>http://www.stanford.edu/</ref> | Stanford is one of the world's leading research institutions, with top professors and researchers in the fields of physics, medicine, engineering, and the natural sciences.<ref>http://www.stanford.edu/</ref> | ||
| − | + | The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education ranked Stanford as the worst college in the country on the issue of [[freedom of speech]].<ref>https://www.thefire.org/10-worst-colleges-for-free-speech-2022/</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/at-stanford-the-new-applied-science-is-social-engineering</ref> Additional criticism of Stanford for its [[liberal]] policies include Stanford's: | |
| − | + | *expelling a doctoral student from its program because he told the truth about mandatory [[abortion]] in [[China]] | |
| − | *expelling a doctoral student from its program because he told the truth about mandatory [[abortion]] in China | + | *Banning of all [[ROTC]] programs because they allegedly discriminate against [[homosexual]]s. |
| − | *Banning of all [[ROTC]] programs because they allegedly discriminate against | ||
Revision as of 00:42, May 30, 2022
| Stanford University | |
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| City: | Stanford, California |
| Type: | Private |
| Sports: | baseball, basketball, cross country, fencing, field hockey, football, golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, rowing, rowing ltw, sailing, soccer, softball, squash, swimming and diving, sync swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, water polo, wresting[1] |
| Colors: | red, white |
| Mascot: | Stanford Tree (Cardinal)[2] |
| Endowment: | $27.7 billion (as of 6/30/19)[3] |
| Website: | http://www.stanford.edu/ |
Stanford University, in the town of Stanford and the city of Palo Alto, California, is a private university in the United States. It was founded in 1891 by the gift of the successful businessman Leland Stanford (1824-1893), a former governor of California, on the site of his country estate.[4]
Stanford is one of the world's leading research institutions, with top professors and researchers in the fields of physics, medicine, engineering, and the natural sciences.[5]
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education ranked Stanford as the worst college in the country on the issue of freedom of speech.[6][7] Additional criticism of Stanford for its liberal policies include Stanford's:
- expelling a doctoral student from its program because he told the truth about mandatory abortion in China
- Banning of all ROTC programs because they allegedly discriminate against homosexuals.
References
- ↑ http://gostanford.cstv.com/
- ↑ The mascot name is singular and refers to the shade of red, not the bird.
- ↑ U.S. and Canadian 2019 NTSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2019 Endowment Market Value, and Percentage Change in Market Value from FY18 to FY19 (PDF). Retrieved on 2020-09-06.
- ↑ http://www.stanford.edu/home/stanford/history/begin.html#Pro
- ↑ http://www.stanford.edu/
- ↑ https://www.thefire.org/10-worst-colleges-for-free-speech-2022/
- ↑ https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/at-stanford-the-new-applied-science-is-social-engineering
See also
- California and Northern California
- San Francisco Bay Area
- San Francisco: San Francisco values and the Homosexual agenda
- Berkeley and Oakland
- University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University and University of California, Davis
- Silicon Valley: San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Santa Cruz
External links