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Legacy: Indeed, Geneseo has evolved dramatically over its history.
Geneseo's tradition of interweaving the threads of liberal and professional
education began in 1867, when the state legislature, at the urging of a
group of public-spirited citizens, passed an act authorizing the location
of a "normal" (or teacher training) school. In 1871, Geneseo welcomed
its first students to the Wadsworth Normal and Training School, offering
instruction to would-be teachers. Geneseo became an original campus of the State University of New York in 1948. It is one of 13 university, or four-year colleges in the SUNY system. Geneseo offers 54 degree programs in disciplines ranging from comparative literature to computer science. Public Ivy: SUNY Geneseo has carved an impressive niche among the nation's public colleges. The most selective of the State University of New York's comprehensive colleges, and considered to be SUNY's Honors College, Geneseo offers a professionally focused education that's comparable in quality to the educational experience available at many of the nation's finest private colleges and universities. A rigorous liberal arts education is the cornerstone of the Geneseo experience. All students complete the Common Core, which includes courses in western humanities, fine arts, social sciences, natural sciences, foreign languages, non-western traditions, United States history, critical writing and reading and numeric and symbolic reasoning. Good Signs: U.S. News & World Report has rated Geneseo second among public universities in the north, and the New York Times calls Geneseo "one of the nation's most selective, highly regarded public colleges." |
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