On Jun 18, 5:36=A0pm, "Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)"
<reunite.gondw...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:40:37 +0100, Charlie Pearce
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> <charlie.pea...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 10:27:50 -0700 (PDT), "Richard R. Hershberger"
> > <rrhe...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > >27 seems to me absurdly low. =A0I wouldn't be surprised to find that
> > >close to 27 institutions of higher learning in my state of Maryland
> > >have football teams. =A0That is including both colleges and
> > >universities.
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> > Colleges *and* universities? =A0I always assumed they were synonyms in
> > the USA. =A0What's the defining difference?
>
> The PhD, in brief. =A0Colleges offer undergraduate education, perhaps in
> a limited number of fields. =A0They don't have graduate schools and
> don't confer doctorates, although some offer masters. =A0Universities
> cover most, if not all, fields and have graduate schools. =A0
This is usually, but not always true. Boston College is the classic
example of an institution that would normally be classified as a
university. It even has a strong football program. In the other
direction, Arcadia University outside Philadelphia is a smallish
private school that until a few years ago called itself a college, but
upgraded itself when it started offering a few graduate programs.
Richard R. Hershberger
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