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Nonsectarian, in its most literal sense, refers to a lack of sectarianism
Sectarianism

Sectarianism is bigotry, discrimination, prejudice or hatred arising from attaching importance to perceived differences between subdivisions within a group, such as between different denominations of a religion or the factions of a political movement....
. The term is also more narrowly used to describe secular private educational institutions
Types of educational institutions

Types of educational institution include:*Higher education**College***Career college***Community college***Junior college***Liberal arts college...
 or other organizations not affiliated with or restricted to a particular religious denomination
Religious denomination

A religious denomination is a subgroup within a religion that operates under a common name, tradition and identity.The term describes various Christian denominations ....
.

ples of private universities that identify themselves as nonsectarian include Cornell University
Cornell University

Cornell University located in Ithaca, New York, USA, is a private university with four Statutory college. Its two medical campuses are in New York City and Education City, Qatar....
, New York University
New York University

New York University is a private university, nonsectarian, research university in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan....
, Ohio Wesleyan University
Ohio Wesleyan University

Ohio Wesleyan University is a private university Liberal arts colleges in the United States in Delaware, Ohio, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1842 by Methodist leaders and Ohio Valley residents as a nonsectarian institution, and is a member of the Five Colleges of Ohio ? a consortium of Ohio liberal arts colleges....
, Syracuse University
Syracuse University

Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, New York. It was founded as a university in 1870, but its roots can be traced back to a seminary founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832 which eventually became Genesee College....
, Kwansei Gakuin University
Kwansei Gakuin University

, colloquially abbreviated to , is a Private school non-sectarian and coeducational university located in Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Sanda, Hyogo, Osaka, Osaka, and Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan....
, Howard University
Howard University

Howard University is a private university, coeducational, nonsectarian, Historically black colleges and universities university located in Washington, D.C., United States....
, George Washington University
George Washington University

The George Washington University is a Private university, Mixed-sex education university located in Washington, D.C. The school was chartered on February 9, 1821 as The Columbian College in the District of Columbia by an Act of Congress and since that time has developed into a nonsectarian research institution....
, Brandeis University
Brandeis University

Brandeis University is a Private university research university with a liberal arts focus, located in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, nine miles west of Boston, Massachusetts....
, Reed College
Reed College

Reed College is a Private school, Independent school liberal arts college located in southeast Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1908, Reed is a highly selective four-year residential college with a campus located in Portland's residential Eastmoreland, Portland, Oregon neighborhood, featuring architecture based on the Tudor style architecture-Got...
 in Oregon, Tulane University
Tulane University

Tulane University is a private university, nonsectarian research university located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Founded as a public medical college in 1834, the school grew into a comprehensive university and was eventually privatized under the endowments of Paul Tulane and Josephine Louise Newcomb in the late 19th century....
, Berea College
Berea College

Berea College is a Liberal arts colleges in the United States work college in Berea, Kentucky , founded in 1855. Current full-time enrollment is 1,500 students....
, Northwestern University
Northwestern University

Northwestern University is a non-sectarian private university research university located in Evanston, Illinois and downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States....
, and Rice University
Rice University

William Marsh Rice University is a private university research university located in Houston, Texas, Texas, United States. The campus is located near the Houston Museum District and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center....
. Private primary and secondary schools also self-identified as nonsectarian include Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School
Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School

Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School is the oldest non-sectarian private school in the United States, located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan , in New York City....
 in New York and Germantown Academy, in Fort Washington PA.






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Nonsectarian, in its most literal sense, refers to a lack of sectarianism
Sectarianism

Sectarianism is bigotry, discrimination, prejudice or hatred arising from attaching importance to perceived differences between subdivisions within a group, such as between different denominations of a religion or the factions of a political movement....
. The term is also more narrowly used to describe secular private educational institutions
Types of educational institutions

Types of educational institution include:*Higher education**College***Career college***Community college***Junior college***Liberal arts college...
 or other organizations not affiliated with or restricted to a particular religious denomination
Religious denomination

A religious denomination is a subgroup within a religion that operates under a common name, tradition and identity.The term describes various Christian denominations ....
.

Academic sphere

Examples of private universities that identify themselves as nonsectarian include Cornell University
Cornell University

Cornell University located in Ithaca, New York, USA, is a private university with four Statutory college. Its two medical campuses are in New York City and Education City, Qatar....
, New York University
New York University

New York University is a private university, nonsectarian, research university in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan....
, Ohio Wesleyan University
Ohio Wesleyan University

Ohio Wesleyan University is a private university Liberal arts colleges in the United States in Delaware, Ohio, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1842 by Methodist leaders and Ohio Valley residents as a nonsectarian institution, and is a member of the Five Colleges of Ohio ? a consortium of Ohio liberal arts colleges....
, Syracuse University
Syracuse University

Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, New York. It was founded as a university in 1870, but its roots can be traced back to a seminary founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832 which eventually became Genesee College....
, Kwansei Gakuin University
Kwansei Gakuin University

, colloquially abbreviated to , is a Private school non-sectarian and coeducational university located in Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Sanda, Hyogo, Osaka, Osaka, and Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan....
, Howard University
Howard University

Howard University is a private university, coeducational, nonsectarian, Historically black colleges and universities university located in Washington, D.C., United States....
, George Washington University
George Washington University

The George Washington University is a Private university, Mixed-sex education university located in Washington, D.C. The school was chartered on February 9, 1821 as The Columbian College in the District of Columbia by an Act of Congress and since that time has developed into a nonsectarian research institution....
, Brandeis University
Brandeis University

Brandeis University is a Private university research university with a liberal arts focus, located in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, nine miles west of Boston, Massachusetts....
, Reed College
Reed College

Reed College is a Private school, Independent school liberal arts college located in southeast Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1908, Reed is a highly selective four-year residential college with a campus located in Portland's residential Eastmoreland, Portland, Oregon neighborhood, featuring architecture based on the Tudor style architecture-Got...
 in Oregon, Tulane University
Tulane University

Tulane University is a private university, nonsectarian research university located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Founded as a public medical college in 1834, the school grew into a comprehensive university and was eventually privatized under the endowments of Paul Tulane and Josephine Louise Newcomb in the late 19th century....
, Berea College
Berea College

Berea College is a Liberal arts colleges in the United States work college in Berea, Kentucky , founded in 1855. Current full-time enrollment is 1,500 students....
, Northwestern University
Northwestern University

Northwestern University is a non-sectarian private university research university located in Evanston, Illinois and downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States....
, and Rice University
Rice University

William Marsh Rice University is a private university research university located in Houston, Texas, Texas, United States. The campus is located near the Houston Museum District and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center....
. Private primary and secondary schools also self-identified as nonsectarian include Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School
Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School

Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School is the oldest non-sectarian private school in the United States, located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan , in New York City....
 in New York and Germantown Academy, in Fort Washington PA. (the oldest nonsectarian school in the U.S.), Friends School Mullica Hill
Friends School Mullica Hill

Friends School Mullica Hill is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational day school located in the Mullica Hill, New Jersey section of Harrison Township, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States, serving 273 students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade....
 in New Jersey, Pine Crest School
Pine Crest School

Pine Crest School is a college preparatory school with campuses in Boca Raton, Florida and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It was founded in 1934 by Mae McMillan who was a tutor to children of families spending the winter in South Florida, United States....
 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, as well as The Pembroke Hill School
The Pembroke Hill School

The Pembroke Hill School is a private school University-preparatory school in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. It is coeducational and nonsectarian....
.

Non-Academic Institutions

Organizations that are explicitly nonsectarian include the Apex Clubs of Australia
Apex Clubs of Australia

The Association of Apex Clubs of Australia is the collective name given to the 330 individual Apex Clubs throughout Australia. An Apex club is a community service club, neither sectarian nor party political, that provides young civic minded people the opportunity to volunteer within the community as well as develop personally through club r...
, those participating in the Ethical Culture Movement
Ethical Culture

Ethical Culture was established by Felix Adler in 1876. The Ethical Culture Movement is an ethical, educational, and religion movement. Individual chapter organizations are generically referred to as Ethical Societies, though their names may include "Ethical Society," "Ethical Culture Society," "Society for Ethical Culture," "Et...
, International Society for Krishna Consciousness
International Society for Krishna Consciousness

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness , also known as 'the Hare Krishna' movement, is one of the Hindu Vaishnava groups. It was founded in 1966 in New York City by A....
, the National Jewish Medical and Research Center
National Jewish Medical and Research Center

National Jewish Medical and Research Center is a research institute located in Denver, Colorado specializing in Respiratory system, immune and allergy research and treatment....
, and the Tibetan Buddhist Center of Philadelphia. In Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland

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, nonsectarian refers to groups identifying themselves as neither Nationalist/Republican
Irish Republicanism

Irish republicanism is an ideology based on the Irish nationalist belief that all of Ireland should be a single independent republic.In 1801, under the Act of Union 1800, the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland merged to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland....
 or Unionist/Loyalist
Unionism in Ireland

Unionism in Ireland is an ideology that favours the maintenance or strengthening of the political and cultural ties between Ireland and Great Britain....
, such as the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland is a political party in Northern Ireland. It has long sought to bridge the gap between the province's two main communities and is avowedly non-sectarian, being relatively moderate on matters concerning Unionism in Ireland over Irish republicanism, and on religious matters involving Protestantism and Rom...
.