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University of Holy Cross

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Established
  
1916

Location
  
New Orleans, LA, USA

Undergraduate tuition and fees
  
10,310 USD (2015)

Total enrollment
  
1,225 (2011)

Students
  
1,250

Campus
  
Suburban

Acceptance rate
  
56.2% (2014)

Phone
  
+1 504-394-7744

University of Holy Cross

Type
  
Private liberal arts college

Affiliation
  
Roman Catholic (Marianites of Holy Cross)

Address
  
4123 Woodland Dr, New Orleans, LA 70131, USA

Similar
  
Southern University at New Or, Notre Dame Seminary, Dillard University, Our Lady of the Lake College, New Orleans Baptist Th

The University of Holy Cross is a liberal arts college in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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History

UOHC was founded in 1916 as a two-year women's normal school by the Marianites of Holy Cross. Its original location was in the Bywater area of New Orleans. It became a 4-year institution in 1938. In 1947, a 40-acre (16 ha) parcel of land in Algiers was donated to the Marianites. The college completed a move across the river to this new site in 1960. Its area was later reduced by a sale. Men were first admitted in 1967.

In August 2011, the Marianites dismissed the college's president and all 19 of its trustees without warning. The move prompted an investigation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Commission on Colleges, the college's regional accreditor. Following the investigation, SACS placed the college on probation for six months.

In January 2016, the institution, formerly Our Lady of Holy Cross College, was renamed the University of Holy Cross.

Campus

UOHC is on a 16-acre (65,000 m2) campus in a middle-class residential neighborhood of the Algiers area of New Orleans on the west bank of the Mississippi River. It is built primarily in the Southern Colonial style.

Academics

There are more than 50 undergraduate and graduate programs.

Notable persons

  • Norman Robinson (television news reporter)
  • References

    University of Holy Cross Wikipedia