Golden Gate University
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| Motto | Civium in moribus rei publicae salus (Latin) |
| Motto in English | The welfare of the state depends upon the morals of its citizens |
| Established | 1901 |
| Type | Private |
| Endowment | $59.9 million[1] |
| President | Dan Angel, Ph.D |
| Academic staff | 653[2] |
| Students | 5,300[3] |
| Location | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Campus | Urban |
| Former names | YMCA Evening College (1901–1923) Golden Gate College (1923–1972) |
| Colors | Blue and White |
| Mascot | Griffin |
| Affiliations | Western Association of Schools and Colleges |
| Website | http://www.ggu.edu |
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Golden Gate University (informally referred to as GGU, or simply as Golden Gate) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational university located in the South of Market district, immediately south of the Financial District of downtown San Francisco, California. Founded in 1901, GGU specializes in educating professionals through its schools of law, business, taxation, and accounting. The University offers two undergraduate degrees with eight concentrations and 15 graduate degrees with 24 concentrations.[4]
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[edit] History
The university evolved out of the literary reading groups of the San Francisco Central YMCA at a time when, according to one contemporary estimate only one of every two thousand men had a college education.[5] GGU shares its YMCA roots with a number of other U.S. universities, including Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts), Youngstown State University, and Michigan State University College of Law. On November 1, 1881 at the YMCA building at 232 Sutter Street, which the organization had occupied since 1868, the YMCA Night School was established. Classes were offered in bookkeeping, mathematics, stenography, elocution, Spanish and gymnastics.[6] Successful completion of these courses led to a certificate that was recognized by more than 100 colleges and trade schools. Other offerings of the association would include a common school for boys. In April 1894 the YMCA moved to a new five-story building at the northeast corner of Mason and Ellis Streets.[7]
The night school was re-named the Evening College on October 1, 1896 and became a full-fledged operation in 1901 with the creation of a law school. The law school was the first of the Y's educational departments to offer a full degree-level course, and thus the University traces its founding to the law school's establishment. Courses in Accountancy and Business Administration leading to the degree of Bachelor of Commercial Science began in 1908. Later, courses in foreign trade were added. The YMCA building was destroyed in the fire that followed the 1906 Earthquake. Following the earthquake, the school was conducted out of tents, and later leased space at 1220 Geary St. (now Geary Boulevard near Franklin Street in the Western Addition). In November 1910 the school moved into the YMCA's new building (closed in 2009) at 220 Golden Gate Avenue at Leavenworth Street, also in the Tenderloin.[8]
A student contest resulted in the adoption of the new name Golden Gate. originally suggested by law student Charles H. Pool, Jr. (1895–1977) (LLB 1925) because contest judges thought it symbolized "romantic California."[9] The institution was separately incorporated from the Central YMCA on May 18, 1923 as Golden Gate College with the power to confer degrees as California law then provided.[10] The college became fully independent of the YMCA in 1962; however, the "Y" contributed members to the school's Board of Trustees for some time thereafter.[11]
The college continued to share the YMCAs building until June 1968, when it moved into the Allyne Building, a warehouse at 536 Mission Street originally built in 1924 as the showroom and wholesale department of Sherman, Clay & Company, a large retailer of pianos, records, record players, and other musical instruments.[12] The College had purchased the building at auction in April 1964, and the School of Law had occupied the first two floors since December 1964.[13][14]
In 1972, the College expanded and elevated itself to university status. In 1979, a new "west wing" of the university was completed, where most of the classroom space is located today.
[edit] Schools
Golden Gate University is primarily a post-graduate institution focused on professional training in law and business, with its smaller undergraduate programs linked to its larger graduate and professional schools.
Its four schools, with the year a university degree was first offered in the area are as follows:
- School of Law (1901)
- Edward S. Ageno School of Business (1908)
- School of Accounting (1908)
- School of Taxation (1970)
The School of Law offers the JD, LLM, and JSD (Doctor of Juridical Science) degrees, while the Ageno School of Business offers the degrees of BA, BS, MS, MBA, PMBA, and DBA (Doctor of Business Administration). The School of Taxation offers an MS in Taxation and the School of Accounting offers the MAc (Master of Accountancy).
As of February 2012, the Ageno School of Business was ranked 190 in the Social Science Research Network's list of the Top 500 U.S. Business Schools.[15]
The University has no residential students, being entirely a "commuter school" located in the heart of the business district of San Francisco with a major student demographic being returning students and working professionals. Golden Gate University is a public-benefit, not-for-profit institution.
[edit] Programs
Financial Planning
In 1980, GGU created the first graduate degree in financial planning to be offered in the United States.[16] GGU's Ageno School of Business currently offers two degree options in Financial Planning: an MS in Financial Planning for those preparing to sit for the CFP(R) exam[17] and an MS in Financial Planning and Taxation, designed for CFP(R) licensees who would like advanced education with a specialization in either income or estate taxation.[18]
[edit] Administration
Since 1949, the University has been managed by a self-sustaining Board of Trustees of between 20 and 47 members. Trustees serve 3-year terms with one third being up for election annually. The President of the University, and the President of the Alumni Association hold voting seats on the Board. Additionally there are four non-voting ex officio members, the President of the Student Government, the President of the Student Bar Association (law school student government); the President of the University Faculty Senate, and the Chair of the Law Faculty. The Trustees are selected from the worlds of business, law, accounting, and philanthropy.[19] Since 2003 the majority of Trustees have always been alumni of the university. Of the current Trustees all but two have at least one academic degree (excluding honorary degrees) from GGU.[20]
Day to day operation of the University is in the hands of a President, five Vice-Presidents and the Deans of the four schools (Accounting, Business, Law and Taxation.)
[edit] Accreditation
Golden Gate University has been accredited on an institution-wide basis by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) since 1959. It had previously been accredited by what is now the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities since 1950.[21] Additionally, the School of Law has been accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) since August 1956 and the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California since 1940 (standards for accreditation having been adopted in 1937).[22] The Law School is also a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). The University's financial planning program is registered with the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (CFP Board)[23] and students completing either the masters in Financial Planning or the graduate certificate in financial planning qualify to sit for the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) certification exam.
[edit] Campuses
The GGU campus is located in the Financial District of San Francisco. It maintains satellite teaching/learning sites in the following locations:
- The Los Angeles learning site was established in the 1970s and offers graduate in taxation through the School of Taxation and the School of Law.
- The Silicon Valley learning site offers graduate programs in business and public administration.
- The Seattle learning site (opened in 1974) is the only one located outside of California. It offers programs in Taxation.
[edit] CyberCampus
Golden Gate first offered distance education programs in 1993 via correspondence, online courses in 1997, then began offering fully accredited online degree programs in 1998. Cybercampus offerings include 13 graduate degrees, two undergraduate degrees, seven graduate certificates, and 10 undergraduate certificates, all of which can be completed entirely online.[24] GGU currently uses the Moodle online learning platform to manage and deliver course content.
[edit] Notable people: alumni and faculty
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ As of June 30, 2011."Statement of Financial Position". GGU Magazine, Fall 2011. p. 40. http://alumni.ggu.edu/Document.Doc?id=102.
- ^ GGU by the Numbers, GGU Magazine, July 13, 2011 http://ggumagazine.com/2011/07/ggu-by-the-numbers/
- ^ Golden Gate University
- ^ http://www.ggu.edu/academic_programs
- ^ "Law for Busy Men". San Francisco Call. September 6, 1902.
- ^ "For Young Men Only: Thirteenth Season at the Young Men's Christian Association" (p. 8 col. 6). The (San Francisco, Calif.) Morning Call. October 31, 1893.
- ^ "Light of Learning May Shine for All" (p. 5 col. 6). The (San Francisco, Calif.) Morning Call. September 6, 1899. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1899-09-06/ed-1/seq-5/;words=school+Christian+Association+night?date1=1836&sort=date&rows=20&searchType=basic&state=California&date2=1922&proxtext=christian+association+night+school&dateFilterType=yearRange&index=1.
- ^ "Educational Section of Y.M.C.A. To Open" (PDF). San Francisco Call. September 9, 1909. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1909-09-09/ed-1/seq-2/.
- ^ Miner, Nagel T. (1983). The Golden Gate University Story, Volume 1. San Francisco 94105: Golden Gate University Press. p. 14. ISBN 0943844010. "The author was the president of GGU from 1931 to 1958."
- ^ History of Higher Educational Annual 2001. p. 62.
- ^ "MOST OF A CENTURY: LAW AND PUBLIC SERVICE, 1930s TO 1990s". Transcript of Oral History by Louis H. Heilbron. October 28, 1992. http://www.archive.org/stream/mostofacentury00heilrich/mostofacentury00heilrich_djvu.txt.
- ^ "Sherman, Clay & Co. Now Occupying New Wholesale Building in San Francisco" (pdf). Music Trade Review. May 24, 1924 p. 45. http://mtr.arcade-museum.com/MTR-1924-78-21/MTR-1924-78-21-49.pdf.
- ^ Sharpe, Russell T. (1990). The Golden Gate University Story, Volume 2. San Francisco 94105: Golden Gate University Press. p. 272. ISBN 0-943844-02-9. "The author was the president of GGU from 1958 through 1970."
- ^ "Golden Gate University's place in San Francisco history" (PDF). http://www.laurenhauptmanink.com/samples/GGU_timeline.pdf. Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- ^ http://www.ssrn.com/
- ^ Bohn, Robert F. (1986). An Historical Understanding of Financial Planning and Services for a Better Marketing Perspective (a chapter in Marketing for Financial Services, William J. Winston, editor). New York, NY 10010: The Haworth Pressm Inc.. p. 13. ISBN 0866565485. "The author was the director of GGU's financial planning program from 1982 to 2002."
- ^ http://www.ggu.edu/academic_programs/financial_planning/ms_financial_planning
- ^ http://www.ggu.edu/academic_programs/financial_planning/master_of_science_in_financial_planning_and_taxation
- ^ "Executive Summary, Golden Gate University CFEA Bond Issue". State Treasurer of California. June 2005. http://www.treasurer.ca.gov/cefa/staff/20050330_224.pdf.
- ^ "Golden Gate University Elects New Officers to Board of Trustees; New Officers, New Members -- Mostly GGU Alumni". Businesswire. November 5, 2002.
- ^ San Francisco YMCA: 100 years by the Golden Gate, 1853–1953. 1963.
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- ^ http://www.cfp.net/become/programs.asp
- ^ http://www.ggu.edu/cybercampus/DegreesCourses
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