Oldest University?

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>Is Penn really the oldest US university?</p>

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<p>Who cares.</p>

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<p>I think it's a technicality based on "University" because Harvard and Yale College were around before Penn I think.</p>

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<p>both harvard and yale were started for church education, for priests and stuff. penn was definitely the first for practical educaion and definitely had the first med school.</p>

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<p>I think it was the first with a liberal arts curriculum</p>

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<p>Check out this link from the Princeton website:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.princeton.edu/mudd/news/faq/topics/older.shtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.princeton.edu/mudd/news/faq/topics/older.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Ouch!</p>

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<p>i'm pretty sure also that Wharton was the first collegiate business school in the US.</p>

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<p>Why all the cockwagging over who is older, anyway?</p>

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<p>didn't get your fill earlier macsuile??? Or are you just trying to stir things up...I admire your persistance. :)</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=177186&page=1&pp=15%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=177186&page=1&pp=15&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>delete this thread ~ another prestige-whore.</p>

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<p>Silly Princeton!</p>