Governors State University

Governors State University (GSU) is a state funded college situated in University Park, Will County, Illinois, United States. The 750 sections of land (3.0 km2) grounds is found 30 miles (48 km) south of Chicago, Illinois. GSU was established in 1969. As of the fall semester 2014, it moves from an upper-division state funded college that conceded youngsters, seniors and graduate-level understudies to a thorough state funded college that offers college classes by any means, including those at the experts and doctoral levels. GSU has four schools: the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Business and Public Administration, the College of Education, and the College of Health and Human Services.

Governors State University was authoritatively settled as a state-upheld establishment of advanced education on July 17, 1969, when Illinois Governor Richard B. Ogilvie marked into law House Bill 666. The University was to have opened with its top of the line of understudies in September 1973. Be that as it may, the four year arranging period was lessened to two years and GSU got its top notch of understudies in September 1971. GSU was one of the first "Colleges without Walls" and in addition a college that did not offer evaluations, but rather skills. Set up of offices, it had interdisciplinary studies, and all teachers hold the rank of University Professor. GSU is one of the two starting upper-division and graduate colleges in Illinois. The other was the University of Illinois at Springfield, established in 1969 as Sangamon State University.

GSU has formed into a more customary college, with divisions and offices, teachers with rank (Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor), and classrooms with brilliant innovation. The primary doctoral system was made in 2007 as an expert doctoral degree in Physical Therapy. GSU has the accompanying schools: Arts and Sciences, Business and Public Administration, Education, and Health and Human Services. The University all in all is certify by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The business projects are authorize by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) and people in general organization system is certify by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA). The University is likewise an individual from the Illinois Council of Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Programs. GSU will select its first green bean class in August 2014.