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Franklin & Marshall College offers students a hands-on education that emphasizes close relationships with faculty. With a 230-year history of academic excellence, the college unleashes students' potential to help them achieve beyond what they thought possible. Students flourish in a supportive community that treats them as individuals, and their successes continue long after F&M. The college is a national leader in launching students and alumni to make a difference in the community and the world. F&M's unique College Houses are the first step on a journey where students find unique places to belong. These are not the run-of-the-mill dormitories. In these lively hubs of intellectual and social activity, faculty dons and deans partner with students to create affluent learning communities. F&M has built a national reputation for launching students to success beyond college. More than 90% of graduating seniors reported working, pursuing post-graduate education full time, or being involved in a fellowship or volunteer activity within ten months of graduating. There is a heartbeat of F&M. You can feel it pulsing through the conversations in the classroom. You can hear it pounding in Mayser Gym when the Diplomats defend the home court. Moreover, you can sense it swelling with pride at Commencement. Before long, every member of our community becomes a part of that heartbeat. At F&M, the cornerstone of the educational experience is students working side-by-side with faculty who want to help them test ideas, not just talk or read about them. These are not experiences students have to wait until graduate school to pursue. It is a core part of what we do. More than 50 percent of F&M seniors participate in an independent study or self-designed major, far more than students at other leading national liberal arts colleges. Our students develop intellectual skills and have real-life experiences that serve them well beyond graduation. Students who learn to confront today's world's complex issues become the leaders who solve everyday problems in whatever path they choose in life. The Franklin & Marshall curriculum provides a framework for our students' intellectual development over their four years at F&M. It helps them become creative, responsible, and ambitious participants in learning who will be exceptionally prepared to live and work beyond their years in college. At Franklin & Marshall College, we believe that undergraduate research can be a student's most meaningful and significant experience at F&M with the careful mentoring of a faculty supervisor. It should not be a "rare" experience for just a few hand-picked students. At Franklin & Marshall College, we believe that college is not a four-year break from the real world—it is the beginning of a lifelong, life-changing engagement with the world. We believe that college is an invitation to do more, discover more, and start now. Your source of all things Franklin & Marshall: enrollment, demographics, fields of study, our home city of Lancaster, etc. F&M offers 59 fields of study spanning the liberal arts continuum to satisfy your curious mind and provide a solid foundation for life after college. We are committed to making a Franklin & Marshall education affordable for all deserving students. More than half of our students receive some form of need-based aid. Think of the college search and application process as an adventure. There will be amazing discoveries, a-ha moments, and the occasional detour, but your perfect college fit awaits at the end of the journey. There is a robust global presence at F&M. With 15.6% of our students coming from countries outside of the United States, we value students' perspectives from different cultures. They enrich our campus community. F&M is a welcoming place for transfer students. We offer orientation programming for incoming transfer students to ensure a smooth transition. We hope you will make F&M your new college home. With a distinctive approach to college housing, more than 140 active student clubs and organizations, dozens of fitness classes, club and intramural sports teams, its art museum, and abundant opportunities to engage in volunteer service, Franklin & Marshall provides students with a vibrant campus life experience to complement their academic pursuits. Activity in student groups, the arts, civic engagement, and athletics and recreation all enhance the culture of teaching and learning at F&M by allowing students to form new friendships, create meaningful and memorable community experiences, discover essential life lessons outside of the classroom, and make the most of their years at F&M. As Benjamin Franklin, one of our college's founders put it so well: "Tell me and I forget. Teach me, and I remember. Involve me, and I learn." We invite you to get involved, to open new horizons of learning and service. The classroom might provide you with intellectual grounding, but the 115 or so clubs and organizations at F&M offer fun and independent exploration of favorite topics. F&M's College Houses are more than mere places to hang out, sleep, and study. They are places to acquire and hone leadership and collaboration skills. Moreover, to help fuel all of that activity, Campus Dining provides an innovative and appealing dining services program. From late-night rides around Lancaster to reserving meeting space, finding out if the nearest washers and dryers are available, F&M's many Campus Services provide information, resources, and tools that help students and other members of the community with a broad range of questions and needs. Guided by the standing Campus Sustainability Committee, F&M is embarked on a range of activities to make the College and surrounding community more green, from promoting increased bicycle usage through its bike loan program to the installation and maintenance of a living rooftop. View full university

Marshall University is a comprehensive public university with a rich history as one of the oldest higher learning institutions in West Virginia. Founded in 1837 and named after Chief Justice John Marshall, the definer of the Constitution, Marshall University advances the public good through innovative, accredited educational programs. Marshall University's mission, inspired by our Vision and Creed, includes a commitment to: Offer a wide range of high quality, affordable, and accessible undergraduate, graduate, and professional education that prepares students to think, learn, work, and live in an evolving global society. Create opportunities and experiences to foster understanding and appreciation of the rich diversity of thought and culture. Maintain a dynamic intellectual, artistic, and cultural life by promoting and supporting research and creative activities by undergraduates, graduates, and faculty. Contribute to the community's quality of life, region, and beyond through applied research, economic development, health care, and cultural enrichment. Cultivate the development of an inclusive, just, and equitable community. The vision of Marshall University: To inspire learning and creativity that ignites the mind, nurtures the spirit, and fulfills the promise of a better future. Inspired by the example of John Marshall, we, the students, faculty, and staff of Marshall University, pledged to pursue the development of our intellects and expand knowledge and devote ourselves to defending individual rights and exercising civic responsibility. We strive to exemplify in our own lives the core values of John Marshall's character: independence, initiative, achievement, ethical integrity, and commitment to the community through association and service. At Marshall University, we form a community that promotes educational goals, allowing individuals the maximum opportunity to pursue those goals. An Educational Community in which all members work together to promote and strengthen teaching and learning. An Open Community is uncompromisingly protecting freedom of thought, belief, and expression. A Civil Community treats all individuals and groups with consideration, decency, and respect, and expresses disagreements in rational ways. A Responsible Community is accepting obligations and following behavioral guidelines designed to support the common good. A Safe Community is respecting each other's rights, privacy, and property. A Well Community respecting and promoting physical and emotional health An Ethical Community is reflecting honesty, integrity, and fairness in both academic and extracurricular activities. A Pluralistic Community is celebrating and learning from our diversity. A Socially Conscious Community is acting as citizens of the world and seeking to contribute to people's betterment and their environments. A Judicious Community remains alert to the threats posed by hatred, intolerance, and other injustices ever-prepared to correct them. View full university

Welcome to Marshall B. Ketchum University. MBKU is home to the Southern California College of Optometry, School of PA Studies, and College of Pharmacy. In 1904, Dr. Marshall B. Ketchum opened the initial embodiment of Marshall B. Ketchum University. Today, tradition meets innovation as we focus on interprofessional education and adopt the name of our founder. Located in Fullerton, CA, Marshall B. Ketchum University is an independent, private, non-profit, accredited educational institution. MBKU is home to the Southern California College of Optometry, the School of PA Studies, and the College of Pharmacy. The Southern California College of Optometry confers a Doctor of Optometry and a Master of Science in Vision Science degree. The School of PA Studies awards a Master of Medical Science degree. The College of Pharmacy welcomed its first class in the fall of 2016 and will award a Doctor of Pharmacy degree. MBKU owns and operates two premier eye and vision care centers: the University Eye Center at Ketchum Health Anaheim and the University Eye Center at Ketchum Health Los Angeles. We seek to reimagine the future of health care education. The mission of Marshall B. Ketchum University is to educate caring, inspired health care professionals who are prepared to deliver collaborative, patient-centric health care in an interprofessional environment. Interprofessional education (IPE) is an innovative approach for preparing students of different disciplines to work together as a team to deliver the best possible patient care. Promoting more excellent communication, safety, quality of care, and interprofessional team-based approach delivers better patient outcomes. Ideally, health care is a group effort, including the patient and many different health care professionals working in teams in the patient's best interest. Research at Ketchum University spans all three of our professional health care programs. It provides optometry, PA, and pharmacy students opportunities to get involved in projects as early as their first year. Ketchum University faculty support students in their research interests, and many are highly-lauded researchers in their own right. Numerous members of MBKU’s faculty are published in prestigious journals and are engaged in active, ongoing research studies. For several generations, the Southern California College of Optometry has been among the nation’s leading providers of practical and professional optometrists' continuing education coursework. In compliance with guidelines established by the state boards of optometry, our courses provide in-depth coverage of the latest advances in research, technology, and clinical practice, and boast highly skilled lecturers focused on keeping you updated with the best in optometric vision care. Our beautiful Fullerton campus provides the perfect backdrop for indoor and outdoor activities. Favorite spaces to gather and relax on campus include the lawn of the Patricia Hopping Commons, the Essilor Student Center, and the centrally-located outdoor amphitheater. Members of the MBKU Student Association and the Office of Student Affairs staff host a variety of social events that bring our optometry, PA, and pharmacy students together. The mission of the Office of Student Affairs is to advance the University’s mission by providing programs and services in a caring and supportive environment for all students that foster student success, create engagement in a diverse interprofessional experience, and develop a life-long relationship with Ketchum University. The Office of Student Affairs is every student’s one-stop-shop for all student services, including academic support, financial aid, pre-orientation requirements, student activities, student counseling services, and disability services. MBKU welcomes applicants with disabilities to apply to our health profession programs. As part of University Student Affairs, Disability Services strives to provide accommodations, awareness, and advocacy to ensure equal access for all qualified students with disabilities. We individually review each student’s request and consider the functional impact of the disability and program standards to establish appropriate and meaningful accommodations. There are unique aspects of MBKU educational programs that are different from the typical undergraduate experience student should consider when planning their transition to this new environment or determining what types of accommodations they may need to request. Whether you are still considering applying to MBKU or you have already been accepted, Disability Services would like to provide you with some information to help you with your decision and transition to professional study at MBKU. In 1904, Marshall Bidwell Ketchum, MD, founded what has grown to become Ketchum University, an independent, private, non-profit, accredited educational institution located in Fullerton, CA. Today, we are proud to recognize Dr. Ketchum’s many contributions to optometric education's early development as the namesake of Marshall B. Ketchum University. In order to meet the expectations being set by collaborative practice models for our students and future health care providers, President Kevin Alexander, OD, PhD, moved forward with deliberate plans to transition the Southern California College of Optometry from a single-discipline, independent college into a leader among small health care educational institutions. Today, the Southern California College of Optometry, The School of PA Studies (College of Health Sciences), and College of Pharmacy are partners in a challenging new approach to health care education, designed for and with the nation’s future primary care providers in mind. The future is expecting us. View full university

Marshall School is the Twin Ports flagship independent school and has served the Duluth area for more than a century. Founded in 1904 as Cathedral Senior High School, Marshall has adapted with Duluth as the educational needs of the community changed. The foundation of providing the highest-quality, college-preparatory educational experience to students in the area has always remained a part of the school's history. The mission of Marshall School is to educate students to become global citizens who demonstrate strong academic habits, respect, compassion, integrity, self-discipline, and intellectual curiosity. Global citizens think critically, creatively, and compassionately about complex local and global issues. They understand what it means to be a member of an interconnected and rapidly-changing global community. They lead when necessary, adapt when appropriate, and employ a broad range of technological and communication skills to seek understanding and find solutions to real problems. Marshall students emerge as global citizens with an ethic of service nurtured by their academic study of history, literature, arts, religion, languages, science, and the environment meaningful relationships with peers and faculty from around the world, and rich extracurricular experiences, which foster humility, teamwork, and leadership. Marshall students leave with the knowledge, skills, experiences, and independence to meet the challenges of the 21st century, wherever life takes them. Marshall is dedicated to teaching academic habits which will sustain lifelong learning in students. Learning how to learn -- whether it be taking notes, studying, or writing -- prepares students for success in college and life. Our teachers nurture confident and critical thinkers who have mastered academic skills and competencies across a variety of disciplines. Marshall offers a safe and inclusive school community where individuals are expected to respect themselves, each other, and their environment. Through personal relationships with diverse groups and individuals, students learn to understand themselves and others and work effectively as part of a team. Marshall believes that the development of compassion –- and the desire to make a positive difference in the lives of others -- is essential to being a productive member of a community. Through the study of multiple viewpoints and the act of service, students develop empathy for those around them. Marshall encourages all members of its community to hold themselves to the highest code of conduct. Led by a commitment to the common good, we strive to do what is right -- even when nobody is looking. Hard work and self-discipline are essential components for success. Marshall challenges students to develop a strong work ethic and the internal motivation to persevere through times of challenge. Marshall encourages students’ natural inquisitiveness and wonders about the world. Asking questions and taking risks is as important as searching for the right answer. With the desire and courage to move confidently into the future, students can adapt to an ever-changing future in pursuit of their dreams. This notion of gain is something independent school families understand and embrace. It is why independent schools offer so many activities and commit to keeping class sizes small. More than 70% of high school students attend a school with an enrollment greater than 1000. Typically, at those schools, students have to choose between arts and athletics. A decade ago, 73% of public school students quit sports by the start of high school. For these students, doors shut on the opportunity, robbing students of the gain. By contrast, many independent school students try new sports and new activities after the start of high school. This summer, fifty Marshall students demonstrated language skills they had gained while traveling abroad in Germany, France, and Colombia. Studies show that independent schools students start language study earlier, stay with language study longer and graduate with significantly higher rates of proficiency than their public school peers. Independent school students also start the Algebra sequence earlier and, therefore, are more likely to complete Pre-Calculus. On average, students at independent schools write papers more frequently, do presentations more frequently, collaborate more frequently, and hold leadership positions at a higher rate—and each of these is an opportunity to demonstrate understanding. Simply put, opportunities to demonstrate new understandings abound at Marshall. And with each new opportunity, students derive more confidence. From the sixth grade play to Genius Hour, from Menogyn to Senior Projects, our students are asked to gain a full complement of skills and understandings. This expectation to participate is a norm in our student community, which is important because adolescents emulate what they see. So if you are asked about the value of independent education, think of the concert anecdote. Families who invest in independent education have greater assurance that their children will experience “high gain.” It is nearly impossible to attend a school like Marshall without branching out and trying new things. Participation and engagement are the life habits we inculcate. View full school