Question: Which is the youngest university to become a member of the Association of American Universities in 1996, the University of California, Irvine or the University of Bridgeport?

 The University is fully accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC-CIHE).  The University is known for its diverse student population, currently ranking as the tenth most racially diverse national university in the country by "U.S. News & World Report".  The students of the University of Bridgeport are from 80 countries and 46 states. The University of Bridgeport, commonly referred to as UB, is a private, independent, non-sectarian, coeducational National university located on the Long Island Sound in the South End neighborhood of Bridgeport, Connecticut.  In 2010, the percentage of students graduating that had participated in an English as a foreign or second language (ESL) program was one of the nation's highest at 5%. <SEP> Irvine Valley College (also known as IVC or Irvine Valley) is a community college in Irvine, California, and is a part of the California Community Colleges System.  The college inherited its name from the Irvine family and the Irvine Company that were key in the development of the city of Irvine.  Opened in 1979 as Saddleback College North Campus, Irvine Valley College received its current name and independent status in July 1985.  In July 1988, the college received its first accreditation as a separate institution by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.  The school provides two-year associate of art and science degrees, certificates of achievement, and lower-division transferable courses to other colleges and universities.  It is a mid-size college campus having over 14,000 students.  It is situated northeast of the University of California, Irvine and adjacent to the Irvine Spectrum Business Sector.  It is less than 2 miles away from the 5 Freeway, the 405 Freeway, and the Irvine Spectrum Center.  The school is also about 10 miles from Corona del Mar State Beach, Balboa Island, and Laguna Beach. <SEP>  UC Irvine offers 80 undergraduate degrees and 98 graduate and professional degrees.  The university is designated as having very high research activity in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, and in fiscal year 2013 had $348 million in research and development expenditures according to the National Science Foundation. The University of California, Irvine (UCI, UC Irvine, or Irvine), is a public research university located in Irvine, California, United States, and one of the 10 campuses in the University of California (UC) system.  UC Irvine became a member of the Association of American Universities in 1996, and is the youngest university to hold membership. <SEP> The University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) is a leading nonprofit, research-oriented, institutional-only member organization dedicated to improving the profession of educational administration.  The organization was founded at Columbia University in the City of New York in 1954 by a group of fifteen universities concerned about the advancing the quality of educational leadership professionals and the state of the field.  Today, membership includes almost 100 member schools, mostly from the United States, but also universities in Australia and Hong Kong.  Many of the public universities in the Association of American Universities are also members of the UCEA.  The organization is also notable for publishing the "Educational Administrative Quarterly", one of the leading research journals dedicated to educational administration.