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Stanford University

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Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a private research university in Stanford, California, United States, founded in 1885. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Founded Year
1885 1
Country
United States 1
City
Stanford, California 1
Ownership Type
Private non-profit 1
Classification
Institution Type
University 1
Statistics
Enrollment Size
17,246 2
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Associated With

Albert Bandura, Thinkers

Bandura taught at Stanford from 1953 and developed social learning theory there.

Source Wikipedia: Albert Bandura
Carol Dweck, Thinkers

Dweck developed growth mindset theory while holding this Stanford chair.

Source Wikipedia: Carol Dweck
Nel Noddings, Thinkers

Noddings developed the ethic of care while on the Stanford School of Education faculty.

Source Wikipedia

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How Three Stanford Professors Explained the Way People Learn, Articles
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Has Member

Andrew Ng

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Daphne Koller

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Donald Knuth

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Fei-Fei Li

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John L. Hennessy

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Peter Norvig

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Sebastian Thrun

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Located In

Cali

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Stanford

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Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a private research university in Stanford, California, United States.
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Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a private research university in Stanford, California, United States.
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1. Stanford University (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a private research university in Stanford, California, United States.
  • Infobox, Established
    1885
  • Infobox, Location
    Stanford, California, United States
  • Infobox, Location (city)
    Stanford, California, United States
  • Infobox, Type
    Private research university
  • Description, institution-kind classification
    Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a private research university in Stanford, California, United States, founded in 1885.
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2. Wikidata: Stanford University
  • Wikidata Q41506, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q41506, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-education6-0927)
  • Wikidata Q41506 P2196 (number of students), preferred+latest (w-bbfill-education6-0927)
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Wikipedia: Carol Dweck
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Carol Dweck, Biographical overview, Stanford appointment
Quote, Associated With: Carol Dweck, Biographical overview, Stanford appointment
She holds the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professorship of Psychology at Stanford University.
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Wikipedia: Albert Bandura
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Albert Bandura, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Bandura, lead section
Quote, Associated With: Albert Bandura, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Bandura, lead section
was a Canadian-American psychologist and professor of social science in psychology at Stanford University
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Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Nel Noddings, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nel_Noddings, career section
Quote, Associated With: Nel Noddings, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nel_Noddings, career section
She became a member of the Stanford faculty in 1977, and was the Jacks Professor of Child Education from 1992 until 1998.
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