History
Excelsior College was founded in 1971 by the New York State Board of Regents as its external degree program, known as The Regents External Degree Program. The initial development of the program was funded by major grants from the Ford Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation. From 1971 until 1998, Regents College, as it was known, operated as a program of the Board of Regents (which also served as its board of trustees) and under the authority of the University of the State of New York by which degrees and diplomas were awarded during that period. In April 1998, the Board of Regents granted the College an absolute charter to operate as a private, nonprofit, independent institution. On January 1, 2001, Regents College changed its name to Excelsior College (Excelsior is Latin for "ever upward," and is the motto of New York State). Today, Excelsior College has more than 30,000 students enrolled in a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
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