Shimer College
 Shimer College (often referred to as Shimer /ˈʃaɪmər/ SHY-mər) is a very small private undergraduate liberal arts college in Chicago Illinois in the United States. Founded by Frances Wood Shimer in 1853 in the frontier town of Mt. Carroll Illinois it was a women's school for most of its first century. It joined with the University of Chicago (U. of C.) in 1896 and became one of the first junior colleges in the country in 1907.