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.
I see. I think. But when people talk about sending their son or
daughter to college, that covers both, yes?
Charlie
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