User:KeithTyler/Northeastern University

Northeastern University is an independent private university located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school was founded in 1898 as an outgrowth of programs established in Boston by the YMCA. The school currently has an enrollment of about 26,000.

Founded in 1898 as an outgrowth of the YMCA's "Evening Institute for Younger Men" that had catered to the large immigrant population of Boston, within a few years of it's formation it was offering classes in a diverse spectrum of subjects ranging from law to engineering to finances. In 1909 the school began offering day classes and it moved to a new location on Huntington Avenue in 1913. The new location grew further with the purchase of what had constituted the original ballpark of the Boston Red Sox (Huntington Avenue Grounds) and the school was officially organized as a college in 1916. In 1922 it was renamed to "Northeastern University of the Boston Young Men's Christian Association."

In recent years the university has continued its growth, adding numerous new residence halls and increasing the quality of its academic programs. It is especially well known for its Cooperative Education Internship Program that allows students to work in fields related to their studies while in school. Most of the school's undergraduate students take part in this program.

Notable alumni

 * Alex Garcia
 * Gregory Jarvis
 * James Franklin Jeffrey
 * Lyndon LaRouche
 * Albert Sacco

Notable faculty

 * Clare Dalton
 * Michael Dukakis
 * Robert B. Parker