Clark University

Clark University

Clark University is a private research university and liberal arts college in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Clark University was founded in 1887, it is the oldest educational institution founded as an all-graduate university. Clark now also educates undergraduates. It is one of only three New England universities, along with Harvard and Yale, to be a founding member of the Association of American Universities, an organization of universities with the most prestigious profiles in research and graduate education. Clark withdrew its membership in 1999, citing a conflict with its mission; it is one of only two schools to do so. Clark is one of 40 schools profiled in the book Colleges That Change Lives by Loren Pope.

Clark offers 31 undergraduate majors. It offers 33 study abroad programs in 21 different countries. Clark has 187 full time faculty, representing a 10:1 student-faculty ratio. Ninety-six percent of Clark’s faculty have terminal degrees.

Clark University Rankings

• 2010 TOP 100 COLLEGES IN THE UNITED STATES
• TOP UNDERGRADUATE BUSINESS PROGRAM
• FORBES AMERICAN’S BEST COLLEGE RANKINGS IN 2011
• TOP 200 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY RANKINGS IN 2012
• 2012 TOP 200 COLLEGES IN UNITED STATES

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Clark University News

• Anthropologist’s new book looks at plight of indigenous Maya group - Thu, 17 May 2012
  Liza Grandia, assistant professor at Clark University, finds it difficult to look at the coffee, bananas or sausage on her breakfast table without thinking about the territorial plight of the nearly one million people that make up Q'eqchi’ Maya, Guatemala's second largest indigenous group, a group she has followed for nearly 18 years. Grandia’s latest [...]

• President David Angel’s blog featured on The Huffington Post - Wed, 16 May 2012
  Clark University President David Angel has entered the blogosphere, writing about the issues affecting higher education, on the national news site The Huffington Post. His first blog makes the case for the value of a college education in a challenging and fluid economy, and he notes how universities are helping their students and recent graduates [...]

• New Clark survey of emerging adults reveals views on education - Tue, 15 May 2012
  The “Now” generation says “Wait” - New Clark poll reveals fast-moving emerging adults won’t skip college and view it as ultimate success ticket. Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Mark Zuckerberg, the world’s top CEOs all skipped college.  PayPal’s CEO and Co-Founder Peter Thiel is paying $100,000 to young inventors to drop out of college and get [...]

• Peace Corps partners with IDCE in graduate fellowship program - Thu, 10 May 2012
  The Peace Corps has welcomed Clark University’s International Development, Community & Environment (IDCE) department to its Paul D. Coverdell Fellows program, a graduate fellowship that offers financial assistance to returned Peace Corps volunteers (RPCVs) and places them in degree-related, professional internships in underserved American communities. Through the program, RPCVs admitted to Clark’s IDCE graduate programs [...]

• Clark students recognized, present at Ethnic Studies Conference - Thu, 10 May 2012
  Five Clark University students and two faculty members attended and presented at the 40th annual conference of the National Association for Ethnic Studies (NAES), held April 4-7 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Elizabeth Guarino ’13, an English major, won the Cortland Auser Undergraduate Student Paper Competition for “The Impacts of the ‘Ethnic Studies’ Law on the K-12 [...]

• Clark undergraduates receive Steinbrecher Fellowships to support creative research - Wed, 09 May 2012
  Ten Clark University undergraduate students were recently named Steinbrecher Fellows; all will undertake projects this summer and during the 2012-2013 academic year.  The Steinbrecher Fellowship Program was established in 2006 to encourage and support Clark undergraduates’ pursuit of original ideas, creative research, and community service projects. The 2012-2013 Steinbrecher Fellows and their projects are: Alison [...]

• Salo turns ‘Clark strength’ into career in environmental research - Tue, 08 May 2012
  Like most alumni facing a milestone reunion, James Salo ’02, M.A. ’03, is looking forward to catching up with friends and faculty he hasn’t seen since his commencement. But Salo has an additional reason to anticipate Reunion 2012 — he will be honored with the annual Young Alumni Award. “It’s really special,” he says of [...]

• Dolan to receive award at Reunion for a lifetime of service to Clark - Tue, 08 May 2012
  If you were to read aloud the list of positions, awards and achievements that Tom Dolan ’62, M.A.Ed. ’63 compiled during his 42-year career at Clark University, you would first have to draw a deep breath. Indeed, just typing it could give you carpal tunnel syndrome. Regardless, here goes: In his time at the University, [...]

• Marsh-Mosakowski NOAA Fellows to embark on summer research - Mon, 07 May 2012
  Five Clark juniors will spend the summer conducting research in some of the nation’s ecologically sensitive regions, thanks to a partnership between two Clark institutes and the federal agency charged with watching over the health of the nation's skies and oceans. The George Perkins Marsh Institute and the Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise announced the first [...]

• Students present projects at annual regional computing symposium - Thu, 03 May 2012
  Clark University computer science students presented projects at the New England Undergraduate Computing Symposium 2012 (NEUCS12) held at Brandies University on April 21. NEUCS 2012 brought together undergraduates in the computing sciences from universities, colleges, and community colleges in the New England area. The annual symposium, now in its fourth year, celebrates excellence and diversity in undergraduate [...]