Highland University

Highland University was an instituttion of higher learning located in Highland, Kansas. It was established for the Sac and Fox Nation under the Presbyterian church[1] Origins of the school date back to 1837.[2] Highland Community College claims that its roots date back to this university, and thus claim to be "the first college in Kansas."[3]

References

  1. ^ Higher Education in Kansas, p126-127
  2. ^ Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc. ... "Highland University" Standard Pub. Co. Chicago : 1912. 3 v. in 4. : front., ill., ports.; 28 cm. Vols. I-II edited by Frank W. Blackmar. Transcribed May 2002 by Carolyn Ward.
  3. ^ Highland Community College Mission and History