History
LIU Global was founded as Friends World College by the New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in 1965, but became non-sectarian in the mid-1970s. In financial difficulties, the college became a part of Long Island University in the 1991-1992 academic year as the Friends World Program.
The Friends World Program originally was headquartered in Southampton, N.Y., United States of America, which also was the site of its North American Center. The Friends World College program had its headquarters in Lloyd Harbor, New York by 1974, with other campuses in the United States as well as England, Kenya, India, Guatemala and Japan. Beginning in Fall 2005, the Program moved to Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus, and the New York City Center was established. In March 2007, the Friends World Program became Global College. In January 2012, Long Island University launched an institution-wide rebranding campaign and Global College became LIU Global. Currently there are just over 100 students enrolled at our centers and program sites worldwide.
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