Arcadia University is a private university in Glenside, Pennsylvania. The university enrolls approximately 4,000 undergraduate, master's, and doctoral students. The campus features Grey Towers Castle, a National Historic Landmark. History Beaver Female Seminary The school was founded in Beaver, Pennsylvania, in 1853 as Beaver Female Seminary. Beaver College By 1872, it had attained collegiate status, under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was named Beaver College. The school admitted men from 1872 to 1907, then limited enrollment to women until 1972. In 1925, Beaver College moved east to Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, and changed its religious affiliation to Presbyterian Church (USA). In 1928, the school acquired the Harrison estate in Glenside, including Grey Towers Castle, the location of the current campus. The college operated both the Jenkintown and Glenside campuses until 1962, when it consolidated all activities to the Glenside campus. Some significant changes came in 1973, when the college launched its first graduate programs and began admitting men again. Arcadia University The rise of the Internet, with systems designed to filter out sexually explicit material, repeatedly blocked access to the college's website. Research conducted by the institution also found that, because of its name, the institution appealed to 30% fewer prospective students. In June 2001, trustees voted to apply for university status and to change the name. In July 2001, upon attaining university status, Beaver College officially changed its name to Arcadia University. Today, Arcadia University operates on the main Glenside campus, at academic centers and offices around the world, and in Christiana, Delaware, where the university's Department of Medical Science opened a campus in 2006. There was a series of leadership changes at Arcadia in the years 2011–2017. In May 2011, Carl "Tobey" Oxholm III was named president of Arcadia. Less than two years later, during the school's spring break, he was fired without explanation by the board of trustees. A petition was filed to demand answers from the board of trustees, but no official reason was ever given. From 2013 to 2017, the university was led by Nicolette DeVille Christensen. In December 2017, Ajay Nair, vice-president at Emory University, was named the university's 22nd president. Academics Undergraduate programs Arcadia University was ranked among the Princeton Review's "Best in the Northeast" in its "2022 Best Colleges: Region by Region." The university offers more than 80 fields of study in its undergraduate programs. Undergraduate majors are offered in the