The semester class option primarily provides weekend class opportunities for nontraditional, adult learners, while the accelerated class option conducts intensive classes primarily during weekday evenings. The College of Lifelong Learning also administers noncredit programs through the Continuing Education program. The strength of these programs is, of course, a function of the stature and dedication of the University's faculty. Experienced faculty members, not graduate students, teach all courses. JU's full-time teaching faculty numbers 114 members.
Small classes assure students of opportunities for individual attention.
Finally, JU professors place high priority on their teaching responsibilities, pursuing research and writing projects not as ends in themselves, but as means to maintain and enhance the quality of instruction. This concern for students is an incalculable advantage to those who seek an academic environment which is both stimulating and supportive. Although most JU students come from Florida and the southeastern United States, the University includes among its student population persons from 46 other states, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and 44 foreign countries. About a third of JU's students live on campus. History Jacksonville University is an especially impressive educational center when one considers its modest beginnings.