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Which one of the following was NOT founded as part of the state's system of normal schools for training teachers?
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What long-time institution of higher learning closed in 2023?
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What was West Virginia's second publicly funded Black institution of higher learning?
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This institution of higher learning's founding stems in part from losing the Mercer County seat to Princeton.
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Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College was originally founded as part of which institution of higher learning?
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The West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind are located in which city?
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Which one of the following statements about what is now West Virginia State University is NOT correct?
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In 1891, where did West Virginia University establish its first branch campus?
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At its founding in 1961, this was the only institution of higher learning in the Ohio River Valley between Wheeling and Huntington?
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Which southern writer, known as one of the "Fugitives" who advanced agrarian values in his literature, once chaired the West Virginia University English department?
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