Editing Tufts University (section)

==Organization and administration==
[[File:Tufts Gifford House.JPG|thumb|left|Gifford House, residence of the President]]
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! colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | '''College/school founding'''
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| '''College/school''' || {{center|'''Year founded'''}}
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| colspan="2" |<hr />
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| [[Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences|Arts and Sciences]] || {{center|1852}}
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| [[Tufts University School of Dental Medicine|Dental Medicine]] || {{center|1868}}
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| [[Crane Theological School|Religion]] (defunct) || {{center|1869}}
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| [[Tufts School of the Museum of Fine Arts|Fine Arts]] || {{center|1876}}
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| [[Tufts University School of Medicine|Medicine]] || {{center|1893}}
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| [[Tufts University School of Engineering|Engineering]] || {{center|1898}}
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| [[History of Tufts University#Braker School of Business Administration|Business]] (defunct) || {{center|1920}}
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| [[Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy|Law and Diplomacy]] || {{center|1933}}
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| [[Experimental College (Tufts University)|Experimental]] || {{center|1964}}
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| [[Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine|Veterinary Medicine]] || {{center|1978}}
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| [[Tufts University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences|Biomedical]] || {{center|1981}}
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| [[Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy|Nutrition]] || {{center|1981}}
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| [[Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service|Citizenship and Public Service]] || {{center|2000}}
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[[Image:AndersonHall_Sept09_002.JPG|thumb|left|Anderson Hall, the School of Engineering]]
[[Image:Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy IMG 0975.JPG|thumb|left|Goddard Hall, the Fletcher School]]

Tufts University is an independent, privately supported, nonsectarian institution of higher education. Its official corporate name is ''The Trustees of Tufts College''. The university is governed by up to forty-one trustees and no fewer than twenty-eight. The board is self-perpetuating, with trustees responsible for choosing their successors. In addition to the president, the university appoints charter trustees (up to 30 members) who are elected by the board and alumni trustees (up to 10 members) who serve for up to five years. Generally, charter trustees are elected by majority vote of the members and alumni trustees are elected by alumni. The officers of the corporation include the chair of the board, three vice chairs, the treasurer, the secretary, the provost, the president, who serves ex officio, and the executive vice president.

The [[List of Presidents of Tufts University|president of Tufts University]], who is elected by the trustees, is the chief executive officer of the university. Assisting the president in administering the university are the provost, the executive vice president, the treasurer, and the secretary, all of whom are appointed by the trustees on the nomination of the president and serve at their pleasure. The 14th president, [[Sunil Kumar (academic administrator)|Sunil Kumar]], became president on July 1 and was installed in a formal ceremony on October 6, 2023.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://now.tufts.edu/2023/10/06/president-sunil-kumar-aims-spread-light-beyond-hill|date=October 6, 2023|access-date=November 7, 2023|website=TuftsNow|title=President Sunil Kumar Aims to Spread the Light Beyond the Hill}}</ref>

Tufts is organized into ten schools. Each school has its own faculty and is led by a [[Dean (education)|dean]] appointed by the [[University president|president]] and the [[provost (education)|provost]] with the consent of the board of trustees. The School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering are the only schools that award both undergraduate and graduate degrees. The schools offering undergraduate education are the School of Arts and Sciences (the liberal arts college offering both the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degree as well as the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts), the School of Engineering (which offers the Bachelor of Science degree), and the School of Special Studies. The [[Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service]] and the [[Experimental College (Tufts University)|Experimental College]] are non-degree granting.

The '''Film and Media Studies program (FMS)''', formerly known as '''<span class="anchor" id="Foo"></span><span class="anchor" id="Communications and Media Studies">Communications and Media Studies (CMS)</span>''', is the university's largest interdisciplinary minor program,<ref>{{cite web |title=The Communications and Media Studies program |url=http://ase.tufts.edu/cms/ |accessdate=2012-07-09 |publisher=Ase.tufts.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Smith College {{!}} Film & Media Studies |url=https://www.smith.edu/academics/film-media-studies |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=www.smith.edu |language=en}}</ref> which offers undergraduate majors and minors in film and media studies. It is affiliated with the [[Experimental College (Tufts University)|Experimental College of Tufts University]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Tufts University: The Experimental College |url=http://www.excollege.tufts.edu/aboutHistory.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309051117/http://www.excollege.tufts.edu/aboutHistory.asp |archive-date=2012-03-09 |accessdate=2012-06-12 |publisher=Excollege.tufts.edu}}</ref> Since 1997, FMS has awarded minors to nearly 1,000 students.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Film and Media Studies |url=https://www.sas.rochester.edu/fms |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=www.sas.rochester.edu |language=en-US}}</ref> Additionally, FMS supports student internships for academic credit at various global media companies.<ref>{{cite web |title=More students spending winter break in 'winternships' - Arts - the Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2012/01/05/more-students-spending-winter-break-winternships/HmiI3apSNzzBEpw4mWkF3M/story.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110015708/http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2012/01/05/more-students-spending-winter-break-winternships/HmiI3apSNzzBEpw4mWkF3M/story.html |archivedate=January 10, 2012 |accessdate=May 22, 2012 |website=[[The Boston Globe]]}}</ref> FMS also sponsors awards and events, such as [[The Edward R. Murrow Forum on Issues in Journalism]], The Eliot-Pearson Awards for Excellence in Children's Media, and the P.T. Barnum Awards for Excellence in Entertainment.<ref>{{cite web |author=J Connelly |date= |title=NBC's Brian Williams speaks at Tufts |url=http://www.thesomervillenews.com/archives/25548 |accessdate=2012-06-12 |publisher=Thesomervillenews.com}}</ref>

The [[Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life|Tisch College]] was founded in 2000 "to educate for active citizenship" with the help of a $10 million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=10000000|start_year=2000}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) gift from [[eBay]] founder [[Pierre Omidyar]] and his wife Pam. The school was renamed in 2006 after a $40 million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=40000000|start_year=2006}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) gift from [[Jonathan Tisch]]. It has been called the "most ambitious attempt by any research university to make public service part of its core academic mission".<ref>Bombardieri, Marcella. [http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2004/03/14/at_tufts_civic_engagement_stretches_across_the_globe/ At Tufts, civic engagement stretches across the globe] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051219002720/http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2004/03/14/at_tufts_civic_engagement_stretches_across_the_globe/ |date=December 19, 2005 }}. ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', March 14, 2004.</ref> The college facilitates and supports a wide range of community service, civic engagement programs, research, and teaching initiatives across the university. The university runs on a semester-based calendar with most undergraduate students finishing within four years, however, Tisch College provides an innovative 1+4 Bridge year program where students have the opportunity to take a community service-based gap year before starting in Tufts. Current projects undertaken by Bridge Year Fellows involve serving as mentors and teachers to children, caring for rescued wild animals, contributing to renewable energy and sustainability projects. Current projects are based in Brazil, Nicaragua, and Spain.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://activecitizen.tufts.edu/tufts1plus4/|access-date=May 16, 2016|title=Tufts 1+4 Bridge-Year Service Learning Program|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160519194001/http://activecitizen.tufts.edu/tufts1plus4/|archive-date=May 19, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>