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'''Stanford University''', in [[Palo Alto]], [[California]], is one of the leading higher education institutions 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<ref>http://www.stanford.edu/home/stanford/history/begin.html#Pro</ref>.
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{{University
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|name=Stanford University
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|image=Stanfordseal.gif
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|text=rgb(153,1,0)
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|type=Private
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|city=Stanford, California
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|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<ref>http://gostanford.cstv.com/</ref>
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|colors=red, white
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|mascot=Stanford Tree (Cardinal)<ref>The mascot name is singular and refers to the shade of red, not the bird.</ref>
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|endowment=$27.7 billion (as of 6/30/19)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2019-Endowment-Market-Values--Final-Feb-10.ashx|title=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)|accessdate=2020-09-06}}</ref>|website=http://www.stanford.edu/
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'''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.<ref>http://www.stanford.edu/home/stanford/history/begin.html#Pro</ref>
  
== External Links ==
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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>
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Some have criticized Stanford for its allegedly [[liberal]] policies, such as
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*expelling a doctoral student from its program because he told the truth about mandatory [[abortion]] in China
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*Banning of all [[ROTC]] programs because they allegedly discriminate against homosexuals.
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==References==
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{{reflist}}
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==See also==
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* [[California]] and [[Northern California]]
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* [[San Francisco Bay Area]]
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* [[San Francisco]]: [[San Francisco values]] and the [[Homosexual agenda]]
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* [[Berkeley]] and [[Oakland]]
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* [[University of California, Berkeley]], Stanford University and [[University of California, Davis‎]]
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* [[Silicon Valley]]: [[San Jose]], [[Santa Clara]], [[Sunnyvale]], [[Mountain View]], [[Palo Alto]], [[Santa Cruz]]
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== External links ==
  
 
*[http://www.stanford.edu/ Official Website]
 
*[http://www.stanford.edu/ Official Website]
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{{Nb_US_universities|California‎}}
  
 
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[[Category:Universities]]
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[[Category:Liberals]]

Revision as of 05:49, September 11, 2020

Stanford University
Stanfordseal.gif
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]


Some have criticized Stanford for its allegedly liberal policies, such as

  • 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

See also

External links