"Richard R. Hershberger" <rrhersh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>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.
There's a bit of a controversy about the distinction here in Calgary.
Mount Royal College offers university degrees "in association with"
universities, as well as two year college degrees. There's been a lot
of lobbying to get MRC to be redesignated as a true university, that
seems to be going nowhere.
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Tomorrow is today already.
Greg Goss, 1989-01-27
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