International College is a private institution located in the center of Spring-field, Massachusetts. It enrolls about 200 students who are instructed by a faculty of approximately 150 in Schools of Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, and Psychology and Education, a Division of Nursing, and a College of Continuing and Graduate Studies. It of-fers a Bachelor of Arts degree, and additionally Bachelor of Science degrees in Business Administation and Human Services and Nursing. On the graduate level, it awards the MA degree in three fields, the degrees of MAT, MBA, M. Ed., and MS in Criminal Justice Studies, and a master's degree in Public Administration. This considerable variety of programs stems from what the College catalogue de-scribes as" the best charter of any institution of higher learning in [Massachusetts]." The College acquired its charter to" grant... and confer such honors, degrees, and diplomas as are granted or conferred by any university, college or seminary of learning in this commonwealth" in 1888, when, three years after its founding in Lowell, Massachusetts, as the French-Protestant College, it was of-fered financial aid and a site in Springfield to serve the French-Canadian population of the Connecticut Valley. Continuing to meet the needs of recent immigrants and decreasing its denominational emphasis, it changed its name to the French-American College in 1894. In 1905, it became known as American International College. Until the tide of immigration slackened in the 1920s, the College addressed itself to training in United States citizenship. It stressed instruction in the English language, American history and culture, and basic vo-cational skills. It survived a financial crisis over the next decade by redirecting its programs to meet the needs of native born students in its immediate geographical area. By 1935, its 300 students were" predominantly American." The College was first accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges in

1933. The subsequent history of American International College reflects its continued adaptability. It established evening and summer schools in the 1940s. Servicing what it called its" zooming enrollment" after the Second World War, the College: created its grad-uate program in education in conjunction with the Springfield public schools in the late 1940s; ran two overseas branches during the 1950s for US airmen stationed in Bermuda and the Azores; conducted a" training program for skilled artisans from Marshall Aid countries"; designed an executive development program leading to an MBA in the late 1950s; and conducted degree-eligible courses for" several thou-sand" servicemen and civilians stationed at Westover