M C Hamster wrote:
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> On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:16:57 -0700 (PDT), "Richard R. Hershberger"
> <rrhersh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> >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.
>
The Univ. of Nebr. at Omaha has many colleges in it.
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