University of Michigan

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• Updated student population figures (total and by undergrad/postgrad) and added historical endowment details; includes new biographical achievement (Willie Hobbs Moore) expanding the university's postwar development narrative.

Replace “The university has the largest student population in Michigan enrolling more than 53 000 students including more than 35 000 undergraduates and 18 000 postgraduates It.” with “The university has the largest student population in Michigan enrolling more than 54 181 students including more than 36 945 undergraduates and 17 236 postgraduates It.”. Replace “may have initially been funded through private donations and federal land grants Shortly after its founding in 1817 it received a 250 subscription from” with “may have initially been funded through private donations and federal land grants Its first endowment may have been a land grant from the U S federal government on May 20 1826 issued under an Act concerning a seminary of learning in the territory of Michigan and based on the Treaty at the Foot of the Rapids and the Treaty at Detroit This grant was issued in accordance with a gift from Catholic members of indigenous tribes to the university's initiator Gabriel Richard with half allocated to Ste Anne Parish and the other half directed toward the creation of the university Shortly after its founding in 1817 the university received a 250 subscription”.

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