Vanderbilt University is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee, established in 1873 as the Central University of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, before being renamed for shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, whose initial one million dollar endowment was intended, in his own words, to help heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the American Civil War. The university comprises eleven schools, enrolls nearly 13,800 students on a 330-acre campus in Nashville's Midtown area, and is classified as an R1 doctoral university with very high research activity; it has been the only private school in the Southeastern Conference since 1966.
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Was Vanderbilt University always independent of a church?
For its first 40 years Vanderbilt was under the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and it cut those ties in June 1914.
No. Vanderbilt was founded in 1873 and spent its first 40 years under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. According to the university's own history, its Board of Trust severed those ties in June 1914 after a dispute with the bishops over who would appoint the university's trustees. Today it describes itself as an independent, privately supported university.
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Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
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Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
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Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school with its initial $1 million endowment.
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Vanderbilt University is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee, established in 1873 as the Central University of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, before being renamed for shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, whose initial one million dollar endowment was intended, in his own words, to help heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the American Civil War.
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