Case Western Reserve University

Case western reserve university is classified as a research university (very high research activity) - extensive by the carnegie commission on higher education. This classification is given to those institutions that train the greatest number of future researchers (usually measured by the number of phd students) and to those institutions that receive the most federal funds. In addition to federal sources, research in the sciences, the humanities and the health sciences area is funded by gifts and grants from private foundations, corporations and individuals.

Auxiliaries provides several services which, although not directly related to its academic mission, are nevertheless an integral part of the overall educational experience of its students. The provision of campus housing and board plans, and phone services are examples of current auxiliary services.

Other sponsored programs: the university's library system is composed of four primary units: the university library, the cleveland health sciences library, the school of law library and the lillian & milford harris library in the mandel school of applied social sciences. The libraries of the university support the undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and contain over 3 million volumes. Case western reserve university offers assistance to its students to help meet financial need or to recognize outstanding academic achievement and promise. Academic excellence is recognized by the academic awards program and other scholarship programs of the undergraduate colleges and by various assistantships, fellowships, scholarships and other awards of individual departments in the school of graduate studies and several of the professional schools. Case western reserve university actively promotes the development of services and programs to support the physical, emotional and intellectual well-being of its students.' the programs and services are available to undergraduate, graduate and professional students alike and are designed to provide positive, developmental opportunities both to supplement the academic experience and enrich campus life.