Brigham_Young_University

context: Brigham Young University (often referred to as BYU or, colloquially, The Y) is a private research university located in Provo, Utah, United States. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and, excluding online students, is the largest of any religious university and the third largest private university in the United States, with 29,672 on-campus students. Approximately 99 percent of the students are members of the LDS Church, and one-third of its US students are from Utah.
qas: answers: 29,672
question: How many students attend BYU on campus?

answers: 99 percent
question: How many of the students are also members of the Latter Day Saints Church?

answers: one-third
question: What portion of students are native Utah residents?

answers: Provo, Utah
question: Where is Brigham Young University?

answers: third
question: What is BYU's ranking among private universities?

answers: 29,672
question: How many students currently attend BYU on-campus?

answers: Provo, Utah
question: Where is BYU's main campus?

answers: third
question: What is BYU's ranking among private universities?

answers: one-third
question: How many of BYU's students are native Utah residents?

answers: one-third
question: What percentage of BYU students are from Utah?

answers: Approximately 99 percent
question: What percentage of BYU students are members of the LDS Church?

answers: the third largest
question: How is BYU's size ranked among all private university's in the U.S.?

answers: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
question: What does LDS stand for?

answers: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
question: Who owns and operates Brigham University?

context: Students attending BYU are required to follow an honor code, which mandates behavior in line with LDS teachings such as academic honesty, adherence to dress and grooming standards, and abstinence from extramarital sex and from the consumption of drugs and alcohol. Many students (88 percent of men, 33 percent of women) either delay enrollment or take a hiatus from their studies to serve as Mormon missionaries. (Men typically serve for two-years, while women serve for 18 months.) An education at BYU is also less expensive than at similar private universities, since "a significant portion" of the cost of operating the university is subsidized by the church's tithing funds.
qas: answers: to serve as Mormon missionaries
question: For what reason to many student's postpone their enrollment to BYU?

answers: the church's tithing funds
question: What is the source of much of BYU's funding?

answers: 33 percent
question: How many women at BYU do missionary work?

answers: two-years
question: What is the average amount of time men serve as missionaries?

answers: LDS teachings
question: What is the basis of the behavioral code at BYU?

answers: the church's tithing funds
question: What is a significant portion of the BYU's operating costs subsidized by?

answers: 88
question: What percentage of men delay their BYU enrollment to serve as a Mormon missionary?

answers: 33
question: What percentage of women delay their BYU enrollment to serve as a Mormon missionary?

answers: less expensive
question: How does the cost of attending BYU compare to the cost of attending similar universities?

answers: drugs and alcohol
question: What do all students at BYU agree to abstain from consuming?

context: BYU offers programs in liberal arts, engineering, agriculture, management, physical and mathematical sciences, nursing and law. The university is broadly organized into 11 colleges or schools at its main Provo campus, with certain colleges and divisions defining their own admission standards. The university also administers two satellite campuses, one in Jerusalem and one in Salt Lake City, while its parent organization, the Church Educational System (CES), sponsors sister schools in Hawaii and Idaho. The university's primary focus is on undergraduate education, but it also has 68 master's and 25 doctoral degree programs.
qas: answers: undergraduate education
question: What is BYU's main focal point?

answers: Jerusalem
question: What foreign city holds a branch campus of BYU?

answers: Church Educational System
question: What institution controls BYU?

answers: Hawaii and Idaho
question: Where are BYU's sibling schools located?

answers: 68
question: How many master's programs does BYU have?

answers: 11
question: How many colleges make up BYU at its main campus?

answers: two
question: How many satellite campuses are run by BYU?

answers: the Church Educational System (CES)
question: What is BYU's parent organization?

answers: Hawaii and Idaho
question: Where does CES sponsor BYU's sister schools?

context: Brigham Young University's origin can be traced back to 1862 when a man named Warren Dusenberry started a Provo school in a prominent adobe building called Cluff Hall, which was located in the northeast corner of 200 East and 200 North. On October 16, 1875, Brigham Young, then president of the LDS Church, personally purchased the Lewis Building after previously hinting that a school would be built in Draper, Utah in 1867. Hence, October 16, 1875 is commonly held as BYU's founding date. Said Young about his vision: "I hope to see an Academy established in Provo... at which the children of the Latter-day Saints can receive a good education unmixed with the pernicious atheistic influences that are found in so many of the higher schools of the country."
qas: answers: October 16, 1875
question: When was the first property for what would become BYU acquired?

answers: Brigham Young
question: Who was responsible for acquiring BYU's first building?

answers: Draper, Utah
question: Where was Brigham  Young's school originally believed to be located?

answers: Warren Dusenberry
question: Who began the school that previously existed at the site where BYU is now located?

answers: 1862
question: What year can BYU's origin be traced to with a building called Cluff Hall?

answers: Brigham Young
question: Which president of the LDS church purchased the Lewis Building after hinting at the building of a school?

answers: atheistic
question: What type of influences did Brigham Young hope to avoid with BYU?

answers: 1867
question: What is the commonly held founding year of BYU?

answers: children of the Latter-day Saints
question: Who did Brigham Young hope to educate via BYU?

context: The school broke off from the University of Deseret and became Brigham Young Academy, with classes commencing on January 3, 1876. Warren Dusenberry served as interim principal of the school for several months until April 1876 when Brigham Young's choice for principal arrived—a German immigrant named Karl Maeser. Under Maeser's direction the school educated many luminaries including future U.S. Supreme Court Justice George Sutherland and future U.S. Senator Reed Smoot among others. The school, however, did not become a university until the end of Benjamin Cluff, Jr's term at the helm of the institution. At that time, the school was also still privately supported by members of the community and was not absorbed and sponsored officially by the LDS Church until July 18, 1896. A series of odd managerial decisions by Cluff led to his demotion; however, in his last official act, he proposed to the Board that the Academy be named "Brigham Young University". The suggestion received a large amount of opposition, with many members of the Board saying that the school wasn't large enough to be a university, but the decision ultimately passed. One opponent to the decision, Anthon H. Lund, later said, "I hope their head will grow big enough for their hat."
qas: answers: University of Deseret
question: What college did BYU separate from to become its own entity?

answers: January 3, 1876
question: When did BYU first open its doors to students?

answers: Warren Dusenberry
question: Who was the head of the school for its first few months?

answers: July 18, 1896
question: When did the Latter Day Saints Church acknowledge and begin to support BYU?

answers: Benjamin Cluff, Jr
question: Who is responsible for proposing BYU's current name?

answers: University of Deseret
question: Which school did Brigham Young Acadamy, now BYU,  break off from in 1876?

answers: Karl Maeser
question: Who was the first Brigham Young Acadamy, now BYU,  principal chosen by Brigham Young?

answers: a university
question: What did Brigham Young Acadamy become at the end of Benjamin Cluff Jr's term at the helm?

answers: members of the community
question: Who was BYU supported by before being sponsored by the LDS Church?

answers: "I hope their head will grow big enough for their hat."
question: What did Board opponent Anthon H. Lund say after Brigham voted to change their name to a University?

context: In 1903, Brigham Young Academy was dissolved, and was replaced by two institutions: Brigham Young High School, and Brigham Young University. (The BY High School class of 1907 was ultimately responsible for the famous giant "Y" that is to this day embedded on a mountain near campus.) The Board elected George H. Brimhall as the new President of BYU. He had not received a high school education until he was forty. Nevertheless, he was an excellent orator and organizer. Under his tenure in 1904 the new Brigham Young University bought 17 acres (69,000 m2) of land from Provo called "Temple Hill". After some controversy among locals over BYU's purchase of this property, construction began in 1909 on the first building on the current campus, the Karl G. Maeser Memorial. Brimhall also presided over the University during a brief crisis involving the theory of evolution. The religious nature of the school seemed at the time to collide with this scientific theory. Joseph F. Smith, LDS Church president, settled the question for a time by asking that evolution not be taught at the school. A few have described the school at this time as nothing more than a "religious seminary". However, many of its graduates at this time would go on to great success and become well renowned in their fields.
qas: answers: 1903
question: In what year was Brigham Young Academy split into two separate schools?

answers: Temple Hill
question: What was the name of the land purchased by BYU in 1904?

answers: forty
question: How old was George H. Brimhall when he completed High School?

answers: evolution
question: What topic was excluded from being taught at BYU?

answers: George H. Brimhall
question: Who was chosen to head BYU?

answers: Brigham Young High School, and Brigham Young University
question: In 1903, which two institutions was Brigham Young Univesity replaced with?

answers: BY High School class of 1907
question: Who we responsible for the giant "Y" that is embedded on a mountain near the campus?

answers: forty
question: At what age did BYU's elected president in 1904, George H. Brimhall, receive his high school education?

answers: the theory of evolution
question: What brief crisis rose in the school at the time of Brimhall's presidency that caused the crises' theory to not be taught for a time?

answers: Temple Hill
question: What property was George Brimhall responsible for purchasing for the campus?

context: Franklin S. Harris was appointed the university's president in 1921. He was the first BYU president to have a doctoral degree. Harris made several important changes to the school, reorganizing it into a true university, whereas before, its organization had remnants of the Academy days. At the beginning of his tenure, the school was not officially recognized as a university by any accreditation organization. By the end of his term, the school was accredited under all major accrediting organizations at the time. He was eventually replaced by Howard S. McDonald, who received his doctorate from the University of California. When he first received the position, the Second World War had just ended, and thousands of students were flooding into BYU. By the end of his stay, the school had grown nearly five times to an enrollment of 5,440 students. The university did not have the facilities to handle such a large influx, so he bought part of an Air Force Base in Ogden, Utah and rebuilt it to house some of the students. The next president, Ernest L. Wilkinson, also oversaw a period of intense growth, as the school adopted an accelerated building program. Wilkinson was responsible for the building of over eighty structures on the campus, many of which still stand. During his tenure, the student body increased six times, making BYU the largest private school at the time. The quality of the students also increased, leading to higher educational standards at the school. Finally, Wilkinson reorganized the LDS Church units on campus, with ten stakes and over 100 wards being added during his administration.
qas: answers: doctoral degree
question: What sort of credentials did Franklin S. Harris have?

answers: Franklin S. Harris
question: Who was responsible for getting BYU acknowledged as an official university?

answers: an Air Force Base
question: What was purchased to accommodate more students?

answers: Ernest L. Wilkinson
question: Which president was responsible for the most amount of growth to the campus?

answers: nearly five times
question: How much did the student body expand under Howard S. McDonald?

answers: doctoral
question: What type of degree did BYU's appointed president of 1921, Franklin S. Harris have that no former BYU president had?

answers: Franklin S. Harris
question: Which BYU president was responsible for BYU becoming fully accredited under all major organizations?

answers: the Second World War had just ended
question: What event prompted BYU Pres. Howard S. MacDonald to purchase a portion of an Air Force Base to house a sudden influx of students?

answers: six times
question: How much did the studen body of BYU increase under the term of Pres. Ernest L. Wilkinson to become the largest private school at the time?

answers: over 100
question: How many new LDS Church wards were added during Wilkinson's presidency?

context: Dallin H. Oaks replaced Wilkinson as president in 1971. Oaks continued the expansion of his predecessor, adding a law school and proposing plans for a new School of Management. During his administration, a new library was also added, doubling the library space on campus. Jeffrey R. Holland followed as president in 1980, encouraging a combination of educational excellence and religious faith at the university. He believed that one of the school's greatest strengths was its religious nature and that this should be taken advantage of rather than hidden. During his administration, the university added a campus in Jerusalem, now called the BYU Jerusalem Center. In 1989, Holland was replaced by Rex E. Lee. Lee was responsible for the Benson Science Building and the Museum of Art on campus. A cancer victim, Lee is memorialized annually at BYU during a cancer fundraiser called the Rex Lee Run. Shortly before his death, Lee was replaced in 1995 by Merrill J. Bateman.
qas: answers: Jeffrey R. Holland
question: Who was responsible for the BYU's first campus outside of the U.S.?

answers: Rex E. Lee
question: Which BYU president suffered from a terminal illness?

answers: Merrill J. Bateman
question: Who succeeded Rex E. Lee?

answers: Dallin H. Oaks
question: Who is responsible for the university's expansion into law and management schools?

answers: its religious nature
question: What did Jeffrey R. Holland believe to be BYU's strongest asset?

answers: law
question: Which new BYU school was added under Pres. Dallin H. Oaks in 1971?

answers: Jerusalem
question: In which foreign country did Jeffrey R. Holland open a BYU campus during his presidency?

answers: cancer fundraiser called the Rex Lee Run
question: What annual event at BYU is carried out in memory of former president Rex E. Lee, who built the Museum of Art on campus?

answers: its religious nature
question: What was believed to be one of the schools greatest strengths by Pres. Jeffrey R. Holland?

answers: BYU Jerusalem Center
question: What is the name of the BYU campus in Jerusulem?

context: Bateman was responsible for the building of 36 new buildings for the university both on and off campus, including the expansion of the Harold B. Lee Library. He was also one of several key college leaders who brought about the creation of the Mountain West Conference, which BYU's athletics program joined — BYU previously participated in the Western Athletic Conference. A BYU satellite TV network also opened in 2000 under his leadership. Bateman was also president during the September 11th attacks in 2001. The planes crashed on a Tuesday, hours before the weekly devotional normally held at BYU. Previous plans for the devotional were altered, as Bateman led the student body in a prayer for peace. Bateman was followed by Cecil O. Samuelson in 2003. Samuelson was succeeded by Kevin J Worthen in 2014.
qas: answers: the September 11th attacks
question: What infamous event occurred during Bateman's term as president?

answers: the Western Athletic Conference
question: What was the name of the event the athletic program was involved with prior to the Mountain West Conference?

answers: 2000
question: In what year did the school begin a BYU television network?

answers: Kevin J Worthen
question: Who replaced Bateman's successor?

answers: satellite
question: What type of BYU TV network opened in 2000 under Pres. Merrill J. Bateman?

answers: led the student body in a prayer for peace
question: What did Pres. Bateman replace a scheduled devotial to do following the Sept. 11th, 2001 attacks?

answers: Harold B. Lee Library
question: What library was Pres. Bateman responsible for expanding?

answers: the Mountain West Conference
question: What did BYU's athletic program join under Pres. Bateman?

answers: the Western Athletic Conference
question: Which did BYU's athletic program belong to before joining the Mountain West Conference?

context: BYU accepted 49 percent of the 11,423 people who applied for admission in the summer term and fall semester of 2013. The average GPA for these admitted students was 3.82. U.S. News and World Report describes BYU's selectivity as being "more selective" and compares it with such universities as the University of Texas at Austin and The Ohio State University. In addition, BYU is ranked 26th in colleges with the most freshman Merit Scholars, with 88 in 2006. BYU has one of the highest percentage of accepted applicants that go on to enroll (78 percent in 2010).
qas: answers: 49
question: What percentage of applicants did BYU accept for it's summer term and fall semester in 2013?

answers: 3.82
question: What was the average GPA for the accepted students in 2013?

answers: 78
question: What percentage of accepted BYU students went on to enroll in 2010?

answers: 26th
question: What is BYU's ranking in colleges with the most freshman Merit Scholars?

answers: 88
question: How many freshman at BYU were Merit Scholars in 2006?

context: For 2016, U.S. News & World Report ranked BYU as tied for 66th for national universities in the United States. A 2013 Quarterly Journal of Economics study of where the nation's top high school students choose to enroll ranked BYU No. 21 in its peer-reviewed study. The Princeton Review has ranked BYU the best value for college in 2007, and its library is consistently ranked in the nation's top ten — No. 1 in 2004 and No. 4 in 2007. BYU is also ranked No. 19 in the U.S. News and World Report's "Great Schools, Great Prices" lineup, and No. 12 in lowest student-incurred debt. Due in part to the school's emphasis on undergraduate research, in rankings for 2008-2009, BYU was ranked No. 10 nationally for the number of students who go on to earn PhDs, No. 1 nationally for students who go on to dental school, No. 6 nationally for students who go on to law school, and No. 10 nationally for students who go on to medical school. BYU is designated as a research university with high research activity by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.]] Forbes Magazine ranked it as the No. 1 "Top University to Work For in 2014" and as the best college in Utah.
qas: answers: Forbes Magazine
question: Who ranked BYU as the best college in Utah?

answers: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
question: Who designated BYU as having high research activity?

answers: The Princeton Review
question: Who ranked BYU the vest value for college in 2007?

answers: U.S. News and World Report's "Great Schools, Great Prices" lineup
question: Where was BYU  ranked No. 12 in schools with the lowest student-incurred debt?

answers: No. 10
question: In 2008-2009, how was BYU ranked nationally for the number of students who go on to earn PhDs?

context: In 2009, the university's Marriott School of Management received a No. 5 ranking by BusinessWeek for its undergraduate programs, and its MBA program was ranked by several sources: No. 22 ranking by BusinessWeek, No. 16 by Forbes, and No. 29 by U.S. News & World Report. Among regional schools the MBA program was ranked No. 1 by The Wall Street Journal's most recent ranking (2007), and it was ranked No. 92 among business schools worldwide in 2009 by Financial Times. For 2009, the university's School of Accountancy, which is housed within the Marriott School, received two No. 3 rankings for its undergraduate program—one by Public Accounting Report and the other by U.S. News & World Report. The same two reporting agencies also ranked the school's MAcc program No. 3 and No. 8 in the nation, respectively. In 2010, an article in the Wall Street Journal listing institutions whose graduates were the top-rated by recruiters ranked BYU No. 11. Using 2010 fiscal year data, the Association of University Technology Managers ranked BYU No. 3 in an evaluation of universities creating the most startup companies through campus research.
qas: answers: BusinessWeek
question: Who ranked BYU's Marriott School of Mangement as No. 5 for it's undergrad programs in 2009?

answers: The Wall Street Journal
question: Who ranked BYU's MBA program No. 1 among regional schools in 2007?

answers: No. 3
question: Using 2010 data, how was BYU ranked as a university creating the most startup companies through campus research?

answers: Wall Street Journal
question: Who ranked BYU as No. 11 of institutions whose grads were top-rated by recruiters in a 2010 article?

answers: No. 92
question: How did Financial Times rank BYU among business schools worldwide in 2009?

context: Scientists associated with BYU have created some notable inventions. Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of the electronic television, received his education at BYU, and later returned to do fusion research, receiving an honorary degree from the university. Harvey Fletcher, also an alumnus of BYU, inventor of stereophonic sound, went on to carry out the now famous oil-drop experiment with Robert Millikan, and was later Founding Dean of the BYU College of Engineering. H. Tracy Hall, inventor of the man-made diamond, left General Electric in 1955 and became a full professor of chemistry and Director of Research at BYU. While there, he invented a new type of diamond press, the tetrahedral press. In student achievements, BYU Ad Lab teams won both the 2007 and 2008 L'Oréal National Brandstorm Competition, and students developed the Magnetic Lasso algorithm found in Adobe Photoshop. In prestigious scholarships, BYU has produced 10 Rhodes Scholars, four Gates Scholars in the last six years, and in the last decade has claimed 41 Fulbright scholars and 3 Jack Kent Cooke scholars.
qas: answers: College of Engineering
question: Which BYU college was founded by former alumnus Harvey Fletcher?

answers: the electronic television
question: What did alumnus Philo T. Farnsworth invent before receiving his honorary degree from the college?

answers: Tracy Hall
question: Which notable former BYU student invented the man-made diamond?

answers: a new type of diamond press, the tetrahedral press
question: What did former student Tracy Hall invent as a BYU professor of chemistry and Director of Research?

answers: Magnetic Lasso
question: Which BYU student produced algorithm is found in Adobe Photoshop?

context: Over three quarters of the student body has some proficiency in a second language (numbering 107 languages in total). This is partially due to the fact that 45 percent of the student body at BYU has been missionaries for LDS Church, and many of them learned a foreign language as part of their mission assignment. During any given semester, about one-third of the student body is enrolled in foreign language classes, a rate nearly four times the national average. BYU offers courses in over 60 different languages, many with advanced courses that are seldom offered elsewhere. Several of its language programs are the largest of their kind in the nation, the Russian program being one example. The university was selected by the United States Department of Education as the location of the national Middle East Language Resource Center, making the school a hub for experts on that region. It was also selected as a Center for International Business Education Research, a function of which is to train business employees in international languages and relations.
qas: answers: Over three quarters
question: What percentage of the student body of BYU has some proficiency in a second language?

answers: 45 percent of the student body at BYU has been missionaries for LDS Church
question: What can be attributed to BYU's high percentage of second language proficient students?

answers: over 60
question: How many languages are offered as courses at BYU?

answers: largest of their kind in the nation
question: What designation does BYU's Russian language program hold?

answers: United States Department of Education
question: Who chose BYU as the location of the national Middle East Language Resource Center?

context: Beyond this, BYU also runs a very large study abroad program, with satellite centers in London, Jerusalem, and Paris, as well as more than 20 other sites. Nearly 2,000 students take advantage of these programs yearly. In 2001, the Institute of International Education ranked BYU as the number one university in the U.S. to offer students study abroad opportunities. The BYU Jerusalem Center, which was closed in 2000 due to student security concerns related to the Second Intifada and, more recently, the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, was reopened to students in the Winter 2007 semester.
qas: answers: Nearly 2,000
question: How manys students take advantage of BYU's study abroad programs?

answers: number one
question: How did the Institute of International Education rank BYU in 2009 compared with U.S. universities that offer study abroad opportunities?

answers: BYU Jerusalem Center
question: Which foreign BYU campus was closed in 2000 due to security concerns?

answers: Winter 2007 semester
question: When was the BYU Jerusalem Center reopened for students following it's closure in 2000?

answers: 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict
question: What was the most recent conflict that affected the closure of BYU Jerusalem Center from 2000-2007?

context: A few special additions enhance the language-learning experience. For example, BYU's International Cinema, featuring films in several languages, is the largest and longest-running university-run foreign film program in the country. As already noted, BYU also offers an intensive foreign language living experience, the Foreign Language Student Residence. This is an on-campus apartment complex where students commit to speak only their chosen foreign language while in their apartments. Each apartment has at least one native speaker to ensure correct language usage.
qas: answers: BYU's International Cinema
question: What is the largest and longest-running university-run foreign film program in the U.S.?

answers: Foreign Language Student Residence
question: What is the name of BYU's foreign language living experience?

answers: only their chosen foreign language
question: As part of the Foreign Language Student Residence program, what do students commit to speak while in their apartments?

answers: at least one
question: How many native speakers are in each apartment building in the Foreign Language Student Residence program?

answers: International Cinema
question: Which BYU building features films in several languages?

context: In 1992, the university drafted a new Statement on Academic Freedom, specifying that limitations may be placed upon "expression with students or in public that: (1) contradicts or opposes, rather than analyzes or discusses, fundamental Church doctrine or policy; (2) deliberately attacks or derides the Church or its general leaders; or (3) violates the Honor Code because the expression is dishonest, illegal, unchaste, profane, or unduly disrespectful of others." These restrictions have caused some controversy as several professors have been disciplined according to the new rule. The American Association of University Professors has claimed that "infringements on academic freedom are distressingly common and that the climate for academic freedom is distressingly poor." The new rules have not affected BYU's accreditation, as the university's chosen accrediting body allows "religious colleges and universities to place limitations on academic freedom so long as they publish those limitations candidly", according to associate academic vice president Jim Gordon. The AAUP's concern was not with restrictions on the faculty member's religious expression but with a failure, as alleged by the faculty member and AAUP, that the restrictions had not been adequately specified in advance by BYU: "The AAUP requires that any doctrinal limitations on academic freedom be laid out clearly in writing. We [AAUP] concluded that BYU had failed to do so adequately."
qas: answers: 1992
question: In what year did BYU draft a new Statement on Academic Freedom?

answers: contradicts or opposes
question: The new Statement on Academic Freedom allows students to analyze and discuss Church doctrine but does not allow student expressions that do what?

answers: Honor Code
question: What cannot be violated because the expression is dishonest according to the new Statement on Academic Freedom?

answers: several
question: How many professors have been disciplined according to the new Statement on Academic Freedom?

answers: The American Association of University Professors
question: Who claimed that infringements on academic freedom are distressingly common and that the climate for academic freedom is distressingly por?

context: Brigham Young University is a part of the Church Educational System of LDS Church. It is organized under a Board of Trustees, with the President of the Church (currently Thomas S. Monson) as chairman. This board consists of the same people as the Church Board of Education, a pattern that has been in place since 1939. Prior to 1939, BYU had a separate board of trustees that was subordinate to the Church Board of Education. The President of BYU, currently Kevin J Worthen, reports to the Board, through the Commissioner of Education.
qas: answers: Church Educational System of LDS Church
question: Which system is BYU part of?

answers: President of the Church (currently Thomas S. Monson)
question: Who acts as chairman of BYU?

answers: Church Board of Education
question: What board do the members of the BYU Board of Trustees also belong to?

answers: Prior to 1939
question: When did BYU have a separate board of trustees?

answers: through the Commissioner of Education
question: How does the President of BYU report to the Board?

context: The university operates under 11 colleges or schools, which collectively offer 194 bachelor's degree programs, 68 master's degree programs, 25 PhD programs, and a Juris Doctor program. BYU also manages some courses and majors through the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies and "miscellaneous" college departments, including Undergraduate Education, Graduate Studies, Independent Study, Continuing Education, and the Honors Program. BYU's Winter semester ends earlier than most universities in April since there is no Spring break, thus allowing students to pursue internships and other summer activities earlier. A typical academic year is broken up into two semesters: Fall (September–December) and Winter (January–April), as well as two shorter terms during the summer months: Spring (May–June) and Summer (July–August).
qas: answers: there is no Spring break
question: Why does BYU's Winter semester end earlier than most colleges?

answers: two
question: How many semesters is a typical BYU year broken up into?

answers: two
question: How many shorter terms does BYU have during the summer?

answers: Juris
question: What type of Doctor Program is offered at BYU?

answers: Winter semester ends earlier than most universities
question: What allows BYU students to pursue summer internships earlier than most college students?

context: The main campus in Provo, Utah, United States sits on approximately 560 acres (2.3 km2) nestled at the base of the Wasatch Mountains and includes 295 buildings. The buildings feature a wide variety of architectural styles, each building being built in the style of its time. The grass, trees, and flower beds on BYU's campus are impeccably maintained. Furthermore, views of the Wasatch Mountains, (including Mount Timpanogos) can be seen from the campus. BYU's Harold B. Lee Library (also known as "HBLL"), which The Princeton Review ranked as the No. 1 "Great College Library" in 2004, has approximately 8½ million items in its collections, contains 98 miles (158 km) of shelving, and can seat 4,600 people. The Spencer W. Kimball Tower, shortened to SWKT and pronounced Swicket by many students, is home to several of the university's departments and programs and is the tallest building in Provo, Utah. Furthermore, BYU's Marriott Center, used as a basketball arena, can seat over 22,000 and is one of the largest on-campus arenas in the nation. Interestingly absent on the campus of this church owned university is a campus chapel. Notwithstanding, each Sunday LDS Church services for students are conducted on campus, but due to the large number of students attending these services, nearly all of the buildings and possible meeting spaces on campus are utilized (in addition, many students attend services off campus in LDS chapels in the surrounding communities).
qas: answers: 295
question: How many buildings are on BYU's main campus?

answers: approximately 560
question: How many acres are included in BYU's main campus?

answers: Provo, Utah
question: Where is BYU's main campus located?

answers: 98
question: How many miles of shelving are in BYU's Harold B. Lee Library?

answers: Spencer W. Kimball Tower
question: Which BYU building is the tallest in Provost, Utah?

context: The campus is home to several museums containing exhibits from many different fields of study. BYU's Museum of Art, for example, is one of the largest and most attended art museums in the Mountain West. This Museum aids in academic pursuits of students at BYU via research and study of the artworks in its collection. The Museum is also open to the general public and provides educational programming. The Museum of Peoples and Cultures is a museum of archaeology and ethnology. It focuses on native cultures and artifacts of the Great Basin, American Southwest, Mesoamerica, Peru, and Polynesia. Home to more than 40,000 artifacts and 50,000 photographs, it documents BYU's archaeological research. The BYU Museum of Paleontology was built in 1976 to display the many fossils found by BYU's Dr. James A. Jensen. It holds many artifacts from the Jurassic Period (210-140 million years ago), and is one of the top five collections in the world of fossils from that time period. It has been featured in magazines, newspapers, and on television internationally. The museum receives about 25,000 visitors every year. The Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum was formed in 1978. It features several forms of plant and animal life on display and available for research by students and scholars.
qas: answers: 50,000
question: How many photographs are in BYU's Museum of Peoples and Cultures?

answers: about 25,000
question: How many visitors does BYU Museum of Paleontology receive each year?

answers: Jurassic Period (210-140 million years ago)
question: From which period does BYU Museum of Paleontology hold many artifacts from?

answers: BYU's Dr. James A. Jensen
question: Who found many of the fossils displayed in BYU's Museum of Paleontology?

answers: Museum of Art
question: Which BYU building is one of the most attended art museus in the Mountain West?

context: The campus also houses several performing arts facilities. The de Jong Concert Hall seats 1282 people and is named for Gerrit de Jong Jr. The Pardoe Theatre is named for T. Earl and Kathryn Pardoe. Students use its stage in a variety of theatre experiments, as well as for Pardoe Series performances. It seats 500 people, and has quite a large stage with a proscenium opening of 19 by 55 feet (17 m). The Margetts Theatre was named for Philip N. Margetts, a prominent Utah theatre figure. A smaller, black box theater, it allows a variety of seating and staging formats. It seats 125, and measures 30 by 50 feet (15 m). The Nelke Theatre, named for one of BYU's first drama teachers, is used largely for instruction in experimental theater. It seats 280.
qas: answers: 1282
question: How many people does the de Jong Concert Hall seat?

answers: The Pardoe Theatre
question: What building is named after Earl and Kathryn Pardoe?

answers: The Margetts Theatre
question: What building was named after prominent Utah theater figure Philip N. Margetts?

answers: one of BYU's first drama teachers
question: Who was the Nelke Theatre named for?

answers: experimental
question: What type of theater is Nelke Theatre primarily used for?

context: BYU has designated energy conservation, products and materials, recycling, site planning and building design, student involvement, transportation, water conservation, and zero waste events as top priority categories in which to further its efforts to be an environmentally sustainable campus. The university has stated that "we have a responsibility to be wise stewards of the earth and its resources." BYU is working to increase the energy efficiency of its buildings by installing various speed drives on all pumps and fans, replacing incandescent lighting with fluorescent lighting, retrofitting campus buildings with low-E reflective glass, and upgraded roof insulation to prevent heat loss. The student groups BYU Recycles, Eco-Response, and BYU Earth educate students, faculty, staff, and administrators about how the campus can decrease its environmental impact. BYU Recycles spearheaded the recent campaign to begin recycling plastics, which the university did after a year of student campaigning.
qas: answers: energy efficiency of its buildings
question: What is BYU working to increase by installing various speed drives on all pumps and fans?

answers: BYU Recycles
question: Who spearheaded BYU's recent campaign to begin recycling plastics?

answers: a year
question: How long after student campaigning did BYU begin recycling plastics?

answers: zero
question: What type of waste event is a top priority at BYU for becoming environmentally sustainable?

answers: fluorescent
question: What is BYU replacing it's incandescent lighting with?

context: The BYU Ballroom Dance Company is known as one of the best formation ballroom dance teams in the world, having won the U.S. National Formation Dance Championship every year since 1982. BYU's Ballroom dance team has won first place in Latin or Standard (or both) many times when they have competed at the Blackpool Dance Festival, and they were the first U.S. team to win the formation championships at the famed British Championships in Blackpool, England in 1972 . The NDCA National DanceSport championships have been held at BYU for several years, and BYU holds dozens of ballroom dance classes each semester and is consequently the largest collegiate ballroom dance program in the world. In addition, BYU has a number of other notable dance teams and programs. These teams include the Theatre Ballet, Contemporary Dance Theatre, Living Legends, and International Folk Dance Ensemble. The Living Legends perform Latin, Native American, and Polynesian dancing. BYU boasts one of the largest dance departments in the nation. Many students from all different majors across campus participate in various dance classes each semester.
qas: answers: Ballroom Dance Company
question: What BYU group is known as one of the best formation ballroom dance teams in the world?

answers: NDCA National DanceSport
question: What dance championships have been held at BYU for several years?

answers: the largest
question: How is BYU's collegiate ballroom dance program rated worldwide?

answers: Latin, Native American, and Polynesian
question: What types of dancing are performed by BYU's The Living Legends?

context: BYU has 21 NCAA varsity teams. Nineteen of these teams played mainly in the Mountain West Conference from its inception in 1999 until the school left that conference in 2011. Prior to that time BYU teams competed in the Western Athletic Conference. All teams are named the "Cougars", and Cosmo the Cougar has been the school's mascot since 1953. The school's fight song is the Cougar Fight Song. Because many of its players serve on full-time missions for two years (men when they're 18, women when 19), BYU athletes are often older on average than other schools' players. The NCAA allows students to serve missions for two years without subtracting that time from their eligibility period. This has caused minor controversy, but is largely recognized as not lending the school any significant advantage, since players receive no athletic and little physical training during their missions. BYU has also received attention from sports networks for refusal to play games on Sunday, as well as expelling players due to honor code violations. Beginning in the 2011 season, BYU football competes in college football as an independent. In addition, most other sports now compete in the West Coast Conference. Teams in swimming and diving and indoor track and field for both men and women joined the men's volleyball program in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. For outdoor track and field, the Cougars became an Independent. Softball returned to the Western Athletic Conference, but spent only one season in the WAC; the team moved to the Pacific Coast Softball Conference after the 2012 season. The softball program may move again after the 2013 season; the July 2013 return of Pacific to the WCC will enable that conference to add softball as an official sport.
qas: answers: 21
question: How many NCAA varsity teams does BYU have?

answers: Cougar Fight Song
question: What is the name of BYU's fight song?

answers: many of its players serve on full-time missions for two years
question: Why are many BYU athletes older than other schools' players?

answers: Sunday
question: When does BYU refuse to play athletic games that got the attention of the sports networks?

answers: honor code
question: What violation can lead to a player being expelled from a sports team?

context: BYU's stated mission "is to assist individuals in their quest for perfection and eternal life." BYU is thus considered by its leaders to be at heart a religious institution, wherein, ideally, religious and secular education are interwoven in a way that encourages the highest standards in both areas. This weaving of the secular and the religious aspects of a religious university goes back as far as Brigham Young himself, who told Karl G. Maeser when the Church purchased the school: "I want you to remember that you ought not to teach even the alphabet or the multiplication tables without the Spirit of God."
qas: answers: "is to assist individuals in their quest for perfection and eternal life."
question: What is the stated mission of BYU?

answers: the Spirit of God
question: What did Brigham Young instruct Karl G. Maeser to not teach even the alphabet without?

answers: religious
question: What type of institution do BYU leaders consider it to be at heart?

answers: religious and secular
question: What two types of education does BYU strive to excel in while combining?

context: BYU has been considered by some Latter-day Saints, as well as some university and church leaders, to be "The Lord's university". This phrase is used in reference to the school's mission as an "ambassador" to the world for the LDS Church and thus, for Jesus Christ. In the past, some students and faculty have expressed dissatisfaction with this nickname, stating that it gives students the idea that university authorities are always divinely inspired and never to be contradicted. Leaders of the school, however, acknowledge that the nickname represents more a goal that the university strives for and not its current state of being. Leaders encourage students and faculty to help fulfill the goal by following the teachings of their religion, adhering to the school's honor code, and serving others with the knowledge they gain while attending.
qas: answers: "The Lord's university"
question: What phrase have some Latter-day Saints used in reference to BYU's mission as ambassador to the world for the LDS Church?

answers: some students and faculty
question: Who has expressed dissatisfaction with the nickname "The Lord's University" in the past?

answers: always divinely inspired and never to be contradicted
question: What perception do some feel that the nickname "The Lord's University" gives about university officials?

answers: more a goal
question: What do the leaders of BYU say "The Lord's University" represents instead of being in reference to its current state of being?

context: BYU mandates that its students who are members of the LDS Church be religiously active. Both LDS and Non-LDS students are required to provide an endorsement from an ecclesiastic leader with their application for admittance. Over 900 rooms on BYU campus are used for the purposes of LDS Church congregations. More than 150 congregations meet on BYU campus each Sunday. "BYU's campus becomes one of the busiest and largest centers of worship in the world" with about 24,000 persons attending church services on campus.
qas: answers: religiously active
question: What does BYU mandate of it's student members of the LDS Church to be?

answers: an ecclesiastic leader
question: Who are both LDS and Non-LDS students required to provide an endorsement from upon submitting their application?

answers: Over 900
question: How many BYU campus rooms are used for the purposes of LDS Church congregations?

answers: More than 150
question: How many congregations meet on the BYU campus every Sunday?

answers: 24,000
question: Approximately how many people attend church services on BYU's campus?

context: Some 97 percent of male BYU graduates and 32 percent of female graduates took a hiatus from their undergraduate studies at one point to serve as LDS missionaries. In October 2012, the LDS Church announced at its general conference that young men could serve a mission after they turn 18 and have graduated from high school, rather than after age 19 under the old policy. Many young men would often attend a semester or two of higher education prior to beginning missionary service. This policy change will likely impact what has been the traditional incoming freshman class at BYU. Female students may now begin their missionary service anytime after turning 19, rather than age 21 under the previous policy. For males, a full-time mission is two years in length, and for females it lasts 18 months.
qas: answers: 18
question: At what age, since 2012, are men allowed to serve a mission after high school graduation?

answers: 19
question: At what age, since 2012, are women allowed to serve a mission after high school graduation?

answers: two years
question: How long is a full-time mission for males?

answers: 18 months
question: How long is a full-time mission for females?

answers: 97
question: What percentage of graduates had taken a hiatus from their BYU studies to serve as an LDS missionary?

context: All students and faculty, regardless of religion, are required to agree to adhere to an honor code. Early forms of the Church Educational System Honor Code are found as far back as the days of the Brigham Young Academy and early school President Karl G. Maeser. Maeser created the "Domestic Organization", which was a group of teachers who would visit students at their homes to see that they were following the schools moral rules prohibiting obscenity, profanity, smoking, and alcohol consumption. The Honor Code itself was not created until about 1940, and was used mainly for cases of cheating and academic dishonesty. President Wilkinson expanded the Honor Code in 1957 to include other school standards. This led to what the Honor Code represents today: rules regarding chastity, dress, grooming, drugs, and alcohol. A signed commitment to live the honor code is part of the application process, and must be adhered by all students, faculty, and staff. Students and faculty found in violation of standards are either warned or called to meet with representatives of the Honor Council. In certain cases, students and faculty can be expelled from the school or lose tenure. Both LDS and non-LDS students are required to meet annually with a Church leader to receive an ecclesiastical endorsement for both acceptance and continuance. Various LGBT advocacy groups have protested the honor code and criticized it as being anti-gay, and The Princeton Review ranked BYU as the 3rd most LGBT-unfriendly school in the United States.
qas: answers: Domestic Organization
question: What group did President Maeser create that sent teachers to student's homes to verify they were following the school's moral rules?

answers: about 1940
question: When was the BYU Honor Code actually created?

answers: cases of cheating and academic dishonesty
question: What was BYU's Honor Code mainly used for upon its creation?

answers: 1957
question: In what year was the Honor Code expanded to include other school standards, such as rules regarding drug use?

answers: all students, faculty, and staff
question: Who must sign a comitment to live by the honor code as part of the application process?

context: BYU's social and cultural atmosphere is unique. The high rate of enrollment at the university by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (more than 98 percent) results in an amplification of LDS cultural norms; BYU was ranked by The Princeton Review in 2008 as 14th in the nation for having the happiest students and highest quality of life. However, the quirkiness and sometimes "too nice" culture is often caricatured, for example, in terms of marrying early and being very conservative.
qas: answers: 14th in the nation
question: How was BYU ranked by The Princeton Review for having the happiest students and highest quality of life in 2008?

answers: marrying early and being very conservative
question: What parts of the sometimes "too nice" BYU culture is often caricatured?

answers: amplification of
question: What does BYU's high rate of enrollment by LDS members result in regarding LDS cultural norms?

context: One of the characteristics of BYU most often pointed out is its reputation for emphasizing a "marriage culture". Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints highly value marriage and family, especially marriage within the faith. Approximately 51 percent of the graduates in BYU's class of 2005 were married. This is compared to a national marriage average among college graduates of 11 percent. BYU students on average marry at the age of 22, according to a 2005 study, while the national average age is 25 years for men and 27 years for women.
qas: answers: emphasizing a "marriage culture"
question: What is one of BYU's characteristics that is most often pointed out through reputation?

answers: Approximately 51
question: What percentage of BYU's class of 2005 were married?

answers: 11 percent
question: What is the national marriage average among college graduates?

answers: 22
question: What is the average age that BYU students marry according to a 2005 study?

answers: marriage within the faith
question: What type of marriage is highly valued by LDS members?

context: Many visitors to BYU, and Utah Valley as a whole, report being surprised by the culturally conservative environment. Brigham Young University's Honor Code, which all BYU students agree to follow as a condition of studying at BYU, prohibits the consumption of alcoholic beverages, tobacco, etc. As mentioned earlier, The Princeton Review has rated BYU the "#1 stone cold sober school" in the nation for several years running, an honor which the late LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley had commented on with pride. BYU's 2014 "#1 stone cold" sober rating marked the 17th year in a row that the school had earned that rating. BYU has used this and other honors awarded to the school to advertise itself to prospective students, showing that BYU is proud of the rating. According to the Uniform Crime Reports, incidents of crime in Provo are lower than the national average. Murder is rare, and robberies are about 1/10 the national average. Business Insider rated BYU as the #1 safest college campus in the nation.
qas: answers: The Princeton Review
question: Who rated BYU as the #1 stone cold sober school in the nation for several years?

answers: proud
question: How does BYU feel about being rated the #1 stone cold sober school?

answers: about 1/10
question: How do robberies at BYU's Provo compare to the national average?

answers: Business Insider
question: Who rated BYU as the #1 safest college campus in the nation?

answers: culturally conservative
question: What BYU environment seems to surprise many visitors to BYU as well as to the Utah Valley?

context: The BYU Broadcasting Technical Operations Center is an HD production and distribution facility that is home to local PBS affiliate KBYU-TV, local classical music station KBYU-FM Classical 89, BYU Radio, BYU Radio Instrumental, BYU Radio International, BYUtv and BYU Television International with content in Spanish and Portuguese (both available via terrestrial, satellite, and internet signals). BYUtv is also available via cable throughout some areas of the United States. The BYU Broadcasting Technical Operations Center is home to three television production studios, two television control rooms, radio studios, radio performance space, and master control operations.
qas: answers: three
question: How many television production studios is BYU Broadcasting Technical Operations Center home to?

answers: two
question: How many radio studios is BYU BYU Broadcasting Technical Operations Center home to?

answers: two
question: How many television control rooms is BYU Broadcasting Technical Operations Center home to?

answers: BYU Television International
question: Which BYU station offers content in both Spanish and Portugese?

answers: BYUtv
question: Which BYU station is available via cable throughout some areas of the U.S.?

context: BYU alumni in academia include former Dean of the Harvard Business School Kim B. Clark, two time world's most influential business thinker Clayton M. Christensen, Michael K. Young '73, current president of the University of Washington, Matthew S. Holland, current president of Utah Valley University, Stan L. Albrecht, current president of Utah State University, Teppo Felin, Professor at the University of Oxford, and Stephen D. Nadauld, previous president of Dixie State University. The University also graduated Nobel Prize winner Paul D. Boyer, as well as Philo Farnsworth (inventor of the electronic television) and Harvey Fletcher (inventor of the hearing aid). Four of BYU's thirteen presidents were alumni of the University. Additionally, alumni of BYU who have served as business leaders include Citigroup CFO Gary Crittenden '76, former Dell CEO Kevin Rollins '84, Deseret Book CEO Sheri L. Dew, and Matthew K. McCauley, CEO of children's clothing company Gymboree.
qas: answers: Nobel Prize winner
question: What is former alumnus Paul D. Boyer known for being?

answers: the hearing aid
question: What did former BYU graduate Harvey Fletcher invent?

answers: Gymboree
question: Which famous clothing company was BYU alumnus Matthew K. McCauley CEO of?

answers: two time world's most influential business thinker
question: What was BYU graduate Clayton M. Christensen known as?

answers: Paul D. Boyer
question: Which Nobel Prize winner graduated from BYU?

context: In literature and journalism, BYU has produced several best-selling authors, including Orson Scott Card '75, Brandon Sanderson '00 & '05, Ben English '98, and Stephenie Meyer '95. BYU also graduated American activist and contributor for ABC News Elizabeth Smart-Gilmour. Other media personalities include former CBS News correspondent Art Rascon, award-winning ESPN sportscaster and former Miss America Sharlene Wells Hawkes '86 and former co-host of CBS's The Early Show Jane Clayson Johnson '90. In entertainment and television, BYU is represented by Jon Heder '02 (best known for his role as Napoleon Dynamite), writer-director Daryn Tufts '98, Golden Globe-nominated Aaron Eckhart '94, animator and filmmaker Don Bluth '54, Jeopardy! all-time champion Ken Jennings '00, and Richard Dutcher, the "Father of Mormon Cinema." In the music industry BYU is represented by lead singer of the Grammy Award winning band Imagine Dragons Dan Reynolds, multi-platinum selling drummer Elaine Bradley from the band Neon Trees, crossover dubstep violinist Lindsey Stirling, former American Idol contestant Carmen Rasmusen, Mormon Tabernacle Choir director Mack Wilberg and pianist Massimiliano Frani.
qas: answers: BYU
question: Where did best selling author Stephenie Meyer graduate from in 1995?

answers: Sharlene Wells Hawkes
question: Which former Miss America graduated from BYU?

answers: Jane Clayson Johnson
question: Which former co-host of CBS's The Early Show graduated from BYU?

answers: Sharlene Wells Hawkes
question: Which award winning ESPN sports writer graduated form BYU?

answers: Art Rascon
question: Which former CBS News correspondent graduated from BYU?

context: A number of BYU alumni have found success in professional sports, representing the University in 7 MLB World Series, 5 NBA Finals, and 25 NFL Super Bowls. In baseball, BYU alumni include All-Stars Rick Aguilera '83, Wally Joyner '84, and Jack Morris '76. Professional basketball players include three-time NBA champion Danny Ainge '81, 1952 NBA Rookie of the Year and 4-time NBA All-Star Mel Hutchins '51,[citation needed] three-time Olympic medalist and Hall of Famer Krešimir Ćosić '73, and consensus 2011 national college player of the year Jimmer Fredette '11, currently with the New York Knicks organization. BYU also claims notable professional football players including two-time NFL MVP and Super Bowl MVP and Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young '84 & J.D. '96, Heisman Trophy winner Ty Detmer '90, and two-time Super Bowl winner Jim McMahon. In golf, BYU alumni include two major championship winners: Johnny Miller ('69) at the 1973 U.S. Open and 1976 British Open and Mike Weir ('92) at the 2003 Masters.
qas: answers: Krešimir Ćosić
question: Which three-time Olympic medalist and Hall of Famer graduated from BYU?

answers: Ty Detmer
question: Which Heisman Trophy winner graduated from BYU?

answers: Jim McMahon
question: Which two-time Super Bowl winner graduated from BYU?

answers: Mike Weir
question: Which winner of the 2003 Golf Masters graduated from BYU?

answers: Johnny Miller
question: Which BYU graduate has won both the 1976 British Open and the 1973 U.S. Open?