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- Established: 18801
- Founder: Charles Wesley Emerson2
- Original name: The Boston Conservatory of Elocution and Oratory3
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts
- Satellites: Los Angeles, California; Kasteel Well, Netherlands
- President: Jacqueline W. Liebergott4
- Faculty: 3505
- Nickname: Lions
- Motto: Bringing Innovation to Communication and the Arts
- Acceptance rate: 47%6
- Undergraduate tuition: $26,880 per year7
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Emerson College is private liberal arts university in Boston, Massachusetts focused on communications and the arts.
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Dedicated To Communications
Unitarian minister Charles Wesley Emerson's study of oratory under Professor Lewis B. Monroe led to Emerson founding the Boston Conservatory of Elocution and Oratory in 1880. The school was re-named several times as its scope expanded to include creative writing, journalism, theater and broadcast media. -
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Emerson College Questions
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Emerson College Basics
- Facts: Institutional Profile
- Founded: 1880
- Faculty: Directory
- Undergraduates: 3,200
- Postgraduates: 900
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Emerson College Timeline
- 1880: Charles Wesley Emerson founds the Boston Conservatory of Elocution, Oratory, and Dramatic Art
- 1881: Name changed to Monroe Conservatory of Oratory
- 1888: Charles Emerson publishes The Evolution of Expression, which becomes the basis of the curriculum
- 1890: Name changed to Emerson College of Oratory
- 1892: The Iwasaki Library founded
- 1908: First meeting of the Student Government Association
- 1931: Sports program launched with volleyball
- 1939: Name changed to Emerson College
- 1947: The Berkeley Beacon commences publication
- 1952: Financial crisis forces the resignation of the Board of Trustees
- 1966: Oversees programs offered
- 1986: Los Angeles program offered
- 1993: Internet access provided for students
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Citations
- Emerson College Library: History of Emerson College
- Emerson College Library: History of Emerson College
- Emerson College Library: History of Emerson College
- Emerson College: Institutional Profile
- Emerson College: Institutional Profile
- Emerson College: Institutional Profile
- Emerson College: Institutional Profile



