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Posted: 6/3/2015 9:39:21 PM EST
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"Higher Education" South of the Mason-Dixon line is just an expensive excuse to play football. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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college =/= community college =/= university fucking words and their meanings  No one here refers to College=University. anyone talking about "college" means Community College. 2 year college. Anyone says "i'm going to the University" means something like "University of Florida". "Higher Education" South of the Mason-Dixon line is just an expensive excuse to play football. even doctors, engineers, lawyers, trades? |
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Posted: 6/3/2015 9:39:40 PM EST
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"Some College". Check.
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Posted: 6/3/2015 9:39:45 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: ...or Dartmouth College, or Cornell College, etc. I went to Rutgers College, which is part of Rutgers University. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: A college is not a big name school but you can still get a degree. ie Houston Community College ...or Dartmouth College, or Cornell College, etc. I went to Rutgers College, which is part of Rutgers University. Cornell University Rutgers college doesn't exist anymore. |
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Posted: 6/3/2015 9:41:39 PM EST
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I never said I go to a university. That sounds odd. College means any undergrad program where I'm from.
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Posted: 6/3/2015 9:46:51 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: In my usage, universities and 2yr schools are both colleges, but 2yr colleges are definitely not universities. In America we don't say "my son is going off to university" we always say college, even though we mean a 4 year university. However, in the UK they say university (or "uni"). Or a 4 year college... and some 4 year colleges have graduate degrees.  |
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Posted: 6/3/2015 9:51:03 PM EST
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It can mean either.
Roebuck thread. 
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Posted: 6/3/2015 9:54:39 PM EST
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It can mean either. Roebuck thread University
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Posted: 6/3/2015 9:58:44 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: In my usage, universities and 2yr schools are both colleges, but 2yr colleges are definitely not universities. In America we don't say "my son is going off to university" we always say college, even though we mean a 4 year university. However, in the UK they say university (or "uni"). I have noticed some 4yr schools over the last decade changing their name from" college" to "University" though, so I guess maybe there is some shift in connotation. |
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Posted: 6/3/2015 10:02:33 PM EST
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Here in Estados Unidos "college" generally denotes an institution of higher learning. I've noticed in my travels that "college" could mean the equivalent of our high-school (if you consider high-school education any sort of learning at all).
College here is generally applied to a four year school. Trade schools or preparatory schools for a four year university are generally called junior colleges. |
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Posted: 6/3/2015 10:10:10 PM EST
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My son is going to college, thats great, where at? UT.
We dont say so and so is going to university. |
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Posted: 6/3/2015 10:13:59 PM EST
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A 4 year school
Could be a single college, or a university. |
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Posted: 6/3/2015 10:18:21 PM EST
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In Canada it's a 2 year degree.
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Posted: 6/3/2015 10:34:49 PM EST
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In the past we have used the term loosely, often subscribing universities as colleges-plus reluctantly calling for
Profit institutions and 2 year institutions as colleges. Perhaps we should be more careful with it words. In much of TX, community colleges were also called Jr. colleges. They were usually partnered with universities. The jr college often issues associate degrees, where the university granted batchlor degrees at the remote campus and graduate degrees at Their main or specialty campus (med schools). Now it is more complicated |
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Posted: 6/3/2015 10:46:14 PM EST
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I thought a University was an institution that offered graduate degrees. They typically offer undergraduate four-year degrees as well, but not always (e.g., UC San Francisco only offers graduate degrees).
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Posted: 6/3/2015 10:52:08 PM EST
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Universities > colleges. A university is a collection of colleges. UCLA then has the College of Law.College of Medicine, College of Dentistry,e tc. This was always my understanding. If the school has college in its name, it is typically part of a university, a smaller 4 year institution, or a 2 year institution. ... or wiki College Career college Community college Junior college Liberal arts college Madrasah Residential college Sixth form college Technical college or Institute of Technology University college Institute of technology (Polytechnic) University Corporate university International university Local university Jamiah Medieval university Nizamiyya Private university Public university |
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Posted: 6/3/2015 10:53:54 PM EST
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A university is just a collection of colleges.
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Posted: 6/3/2015 10:56:25 PM EST
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Dartmouth and Harvey Mudd are Colleges. HM is part of the Claremont Colleges, (Pomona College, Scripps University, and several other Colleges, so is a little unique in higher education.
Community College 2 year is another deal. I think it's more common to call 2 year schools junior colleges or community colleges, IOW preface them. |
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Posted: 6/3/2015 11:00:44 PM EST
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Different words for the same thing.
Edit- whatever its called get a real degree, too many bullshit majors |
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Posted: 6/4/2015 6:12:40 AM EST
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Cornell University Rutgers college doesn't exist anymore. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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A college is not a big name school but you can still get a degree. ie Houston Community College ...or Dartmouth College, or Cornell College, etc. I went to Rutgers College, which is part of Rutgers University. Cornell University Rutgers college doesn't exist anymore. Cornell, correct. Rutgers used to also have "University College." |
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Posted: 6/4/2015 6:16:07 AM EST
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Universities > colleges. A university is a collection of colleges. UCLA then has the College of Law.College of Medicine, College of Dentistry,e tc. This. On my papers, I write "University of xxx College of Nursing". |
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Posted: 6/4/2015 10:24:51 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Cornell, correct. Rutgers used to also have "University College." Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: A college is not a big name school but you can still get a degree. ie Houston Community College ...or Dartmouth College, or Cornell College, etc. I went to Rutgers College, which is part of Rutgers University. Cornell University Rutgers college doesn't exist anymore. Cornell, correct. Rutgers used to also have "University College." |
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Posted: 6/4/2015 10:25:57 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This. On my papers, I write "University of xxx College of Nursing". Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Universities > colleges. A university is a collection of colleges. UCLA then has the College of Law.College of Medicine, College of Dentistry,e tc. This. On my papers, I write "University of xxx College of Nursing". Some Universities have both colleges and schools for degrees. |
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Posted: 6/4/2015 10:29:25 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I thought a University was an institution that offered graduate degrees. They typically offer undergraduate four-year degrees as well, but not always (e.g., UC San Francisco only offers graduate degrees). It's under the UC system and not a "stand alone" university. |
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Posted: 6/4/2015 10:36:24 AM EST
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BTW, junior colleges in Colorado have limited ability to offer a B.A. now. It will be in the trades and not in something that is granted by a regular four year university.
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Posted: 6/4/2015 10:40:04 AM EST
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Poll/thread fail...
Both. Certain trade schools can be colleges as well. There's probably a wider definition than that. |
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Posted: 6/4/2015 10:41:07 AM EST
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No idea
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Posted: 6/4/2015 10:45:55 AM EST
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College: A place where people who don't qualify intellectually to be there even in a janitorial capacity, walk away with a worthless degree and up to hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt while the school laughs all the way to the bank
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Posted: 6/4/2015 10:58:14 AM EST
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I use college for both.
Unless I'm referring to a specific school.
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Posted: 6/4/2015 11:12:32 AM EST
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What does "college" commonly refer to? Used to refer to, Getting drunk. Getting laid. Still managing to pull an A out of your ass. Not sure what the meaning of it is today. |
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Posted: 6/4/2015 11:25:54 AM EST
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The way I always understood it --
College = undergraduate and graduate level degrees offered University, the above AND doctorate level degrees offered We have had a local school change their name from ____________ College, to ______________ University, after they began offering doctorate degrees. |
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Posted: 6/4/2015 11:42:12 AM EST
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Used to refer to, Getting drunk. Getting laid. Still managing to pull an A out of your ass. Not sure what the meaning of it is today. Quote HistoryQuoted:
What does "college" commonly refer to? Used to refer to, Getting drunk. Getting laid. Still managing to pull an A out of your ass. Not sure what the meaning of it is today. Drinking and Sex on campus will get you expelled and or arrested most places. |
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Posted: 6/4/2015 11:48:47 AM EST
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In SW Fl. college means federal prison.
Don't you guys know anything? |
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Posted: 6/4/2015 11:59:40 AM EST
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No one here refers to College=University. anyone talking about "college" means Community College. 2 year college. Anyone says "i'm going to the University" means something like "University of Florida". Quote HistoryQuoted:
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college =/= community college =/= university fucking words and their meanings No one here refers to College=University. anyone talking about "college" means Community College. 2 year college. Anyone says "i'm going to the University" means something like "University of Florida". UNC Charlotte gave out 4 year degrees when it was a college, and not a University. Universities are made up of colleges, they may have a college of nursing, a college of teaching, ect. So, if you get a 4 year degree, you went to a college, but may not have gone to a university. |
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Posted: 6/4/2015 12:09:40 PM EST
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College: A place where people who don't qualify intellectually to be there even in a janitorial capacity, walk away with a worthless degree and up to hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt while the school laughs all the way to the bank lol The only thing better than tenure is butthurt |
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