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Since its founding in 1959 with a gift of 196 acres from Ford Motor Company, the University of Michigan-Dearborn has been distinguished by its commitment to providing excellent educational opportunities responsive to the needs of southeastern Michigan. Shaped by a history of interaction with business, government, and industry of the region, the University of Michigan-Dearborn has developed into a comprehensive university offering undergraduate and master's degrees in arts and sciences, education, engineering and computer science, and management.

Authorized by the Texas Legislature in 1899, Southwest Texas State Normal School opened its doors in 1903. Over the years, the Legislature broadened the institution's scope and changed its name, in succession, to Normal College, Teachers College, College, University, and in 2003 to Texas State University-San Marcos. Each name reflects the university's growth from a small teacher preparation institution to a major, multipurpose university.

SFSU
is a public, urban, multipurpose university that offers professional
and liberal arts undergraduate and
graduate education. It is one of twenty-three institutions in the
California State University (CSU)
system whose primary responsibility is superior teaching. While San
Francisco State University’s 7,000
full and part-time students are primarily from Northern California
and the Bay Area, the university
has an increasing national and international constituency. The student
body’s strength lies in its exceptionally diverse character

Bowling Green State University (BGSU) offers about 200 undergraduate
majors and programs, as well as graduate programs. The school has some
21,000 students; 90% come from Ohio. BGSU consists of seven
undergraduate colleges: Arts and Sciences, Business Administration,
Education and Human Development, Health and Human Services, Musical
Arts, Technology, and the regional BGSU Firelands in Huron, Ohio.
Established in 1910 to educate teachers, BGSU has not strayed far from
its original mission and is the fourteenth largest producer of teachers
in the nation.

The largest public institution in Virginia, George Mason University is a doctoral extensive institution with three campuses in Northern Virginia and over 29,000 students.

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As part of the Oregon University System, Portland State University's vision is to enhance recognition of the value of higher education by continually strengthening the metropolitan environment and utilizing that strength for its own growth toward standards of excellence in accessible high quality research, teaching and outreach programs. As a microcosm of the global society, the metropolitan environment becomes a laboratory for Portland State in this vision.