On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:16:57 -0700 (PDT), "Richard R. Hershberger"
<rrhersh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On Jun 18, 4:40 pm, Charlie Pearce <charlie.pea...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>PLEASE.co.uk> wrote:
>> On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 10:27:50 -0700 (PDT), "Richard R. Hershberger"
>>
>> <rrhe...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >27 seems to me absurdly low. I wouldn't be surprised to find that
>> >close to 27 institutions of higher learning in my state of Maryland
>> >have football teams. That is including both colleges and
>> >universities.
>>
>> Colleges *and* universities? I always assumed they were synonyms in
>> the USA. What's the defining difference?
>
>They're not quite synonyms, but they're not quite not synonyms
>either. A small private institution, often in a smallish town out in
>the country, is much more likely to be called a "college" while a
>large institution, either public or private, is more likely to be
>called a "university", but there are exceptions both ways. Then there
>are "community colleges" or "junior colleges" which are typically
>local public institutions that traditionally have two year programs,
>often serving as feeders to four-year universities. Another typical
>distinction is that "colleges" most likely don't offer post-graduate
>degrees, while "universities" most likely do: except when it is the
>other way around, of course.
>
>The reason I wrote so inclusively was Maryland, while a fine state in
>many ways, is not greatly endowed with football powerhouses. The
>University of Maryland, our main public university, is really the only
>school with a s****ts reputation, and it is more for basketball. But
>on the lower tiers we are well represented. Johns Hopkins University
>is known for its medical school, but it also has one of the finest
>Division III baseball programs in the country. As for "colleges," my
>local town has McDaniel College, a smallish private school with a very
>bad football program and a baseball team that routinely gets creamed
>by Johns Hopkins. McDaniel doesn't have a national reputation for
>anything, but it is among Maryland's many institutions of higher
>learning that field football teams.
>
"Harvard College" refers to the four year undergraduate school
contained within Harvard University, which in addition to the College
also includes the graduate schools, law school, medical school, etc.
--
M C Hamster "Big Wheel Keep on Turning" -- Creedence Clearwater Revival
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