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The '''Golden Ten Universities''' of the [[Terran Hegemony]] were the pinnacle of education within the Hegemony and the [[Star League]].

==Overview==
Built during the [[2580]]s, the Golden Ten represented the ideal of [[House Cameron]]'s educational goals. Scholarships were bestowed by House Cameron to students from across the width and breadth of the Star League, based solely upon the student's grades rather than political pull or social connection. Graduates from the Golden Tens usually went on to become important members of the Star League's bureaucratic and diplomatic corps. <ref name=SL-167>''The Star League'', p. 167: "Society - Education - Golden Ten Universities"</ref>

Unfortunately due to the location of the Golden Ten universities within the borders of the Terran Hegemony, almost all suffered crippling damage during the fall of the Star League between the [[Amaris Coup]] and [[First Succession War]].<ref name=SL-167/>

===University of Thorin===
Nestled in the dark forests of [[Thorin]]'s northern continent, the [[University of Thorin]]'s focus was on economics. The university suffered severe damage during [[Operation APOTHEOSIS]] with the deserted campus abandoned and ultimately reclaimed by nature.<ref name=SL-167/>

===Caph Institute of Technology===
Built atop a high high surrounded by the electronic barriers used to keep [[Caph]]'s trademark lizards from entering, the [[Caph Institute of Technology]] specialized in the study of natural sciences, particularly paleontology and chemistry. Among CIT's most notable developments was the famed [[Jamerson-Ulikov Water Purifier]]. The Institute's campus was gutted by the [[Amaris Empire Military]] troops, the scraps left behind obliterated during the bitter fighting between the [[Great Houses]] to claim Caph during the early [[Succession Wars]].<ref name=SL-167/>

===Universities of the Puget Sound States===
A group of five universities and colleges located near the [[Court of the Star League]] on [[Terra]], three of the [[Universities of the Puget Sound States]] were destroyed during Amaris's takeover of Terra with the remaining two used as receiving points for the information taken from other the other Golden Ten Universities, with the Pacific Lutheran University destroyed during [[Operation LIBERATION]]. The sole remaining college, the University of Washington, survived the war only to be left a shadow of its former self when most of the information in its extensive computer system was wiped clean a week before [[General]] [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] formally set [[Operation EXODUS]] in motion.<ref name=SL-167/>

===Academies of Keid===
Actually three separate colleges (the [[Juden College of Metallurgy]], the [[Deborah Cameron (26th c.)|Deborah Cameron]] [[Deborah Cameron College of Diplomatic Studies|College of Diplomatic Studies]] and the [[Simon DeFrey]] [[Simon DeFrey College of Economics|College of Economics]]), all three held to high standards which ensured its graduates usually became prominent in their respective fields. Amaris troops destroyed the primary campuses of all three, but didn't realize that an annex of the [[Academies of Kied]] existed on the opposite side of the planet, serving as vital information sources for future generations.<ref name=SL-167/>

===University of Mars===
Specializing in journalism, the students of the [[University of Mars]] produced the ''[[Martian Times]]'', an influential newspaper sold throughout the Hegemony as well as a respected [[holovid|holonews]] program. The teachers and students of the university were murdered by Republican troops after they steadfastly refused to publish propaganda for [[Emperor]] [[Stefan Amaris]], but much historical information would be later recovered from the ruins.<ref name=SL-167/>

===New Earth University===
Focused on the operation and maintenance of commercial spacecraft, the [[New Earth University]] was divided into two campuses, an academic center located on [[New Earth]]'s surface and a massive space station that served as the university's [[JumpShip]] and [[DropShip]] training center. Both campuses were destroyed during Operation APOTHEOSIS.<ref name=SL-167/>

===James McKenna University===
Located in the Terran city of Glasgow and named for the [[James McKenna|Terran Hegemony's founder]], the [[James McKenna University]] was devoted to foreign relations, its top graduates joining the Star League's diplomatic corps. Rim Worlds forces defaced the university during APOTHEOSIS, its campuses obliterated during the battles to liberate Terra.<ref name=SL-167/>

===College of Talitha===
Maintaining close ties with the [[Hegemony Research and Development Center]]s, the [[College of Talitha]] specialized in design studies. This resulted in extensive attention from Amaris forces during the takeover of the Hegemony, leaving the college abandoned after stripping it of its students and facility along with its records and secret projects.<ref name=SL-167/>

===University of Lambrecht===
Most notably the Alma-mater of [[ComStar]] founder [[Jerome Blake]], the University of [[Lambrecht]] focused on sciences like astronomy and physics. The school was destroyed in the campaign to liberate the world from Amaris.<ref name=SL-167/>

===Addicks University===
Addicks University was a teaching college that operated other schools, allowing student teachers to get hands-on experience while providing education to its neighbors. The campus was completely destroyed.<ref name=SL-167/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[The Star League]]''

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