Lafayette College

6 十月 2025
2026 Ranking
30
申请人数
9874
录取人数
3107
入读人数
697
中文名/译名
SAT EBRW 25%
670
SAT EBRW 75%
730
SAT Math 25th %
670
SAT Math 75th %
760
ACT Composite 25th %
30
ACT Composite 50th %
32
ACT Composite 75th %
33
介绍+详细信息
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Shulze. Along with establishing Lafayette as a liberal arts college, the charter provided for religious equality among professors, students, and staff.
The board of trustees met on May 15, 1826, for the election of officers: Thomas McKeen as Treasurer, Joel Jones as Secretary, and James Madison Porter as the first president of the college. Over the next few years, the board met several times to discuss property and funding for the college's start-up. Six years after the first meeting, Lafayette began to enroll students.
The college opened on May 1, 1829, with four students under the guidance of John Monteith. At the start of the next year, George Junkin, a Presbyterian minister, was elected first official president of the college. He moved the all-male Manual Labor Academy of Pennsylvania from Germantown (near Philadelphia) to Easton to assist with the physical construction of the college's first building. Its first two professors were Charles F. McCay and James I. Coon. Classes began on May 9, 1832, with instruction …

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