quote:Originally posted by AndrewR: Can't you all just say UNIVERSITY!?!
Not all colleges are universities.
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Some colleges grow up to be universities.
Im my home-grown normal U.S. public university, we always had finals the last week of April and went back the week before Labor Day...which I think has changed this year to after Labor Day. So I'm not sure why everyone thinks Tophers schedule is so wacky.
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It really depends on where you are as to what the exact definition of college and university is. In Georgia, where I earned my degree, a university offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees. A college offers only undergraduate degrees. This is a very simplified explanation, though, and other university systems may be different. Also, the colleges that make up a university are not quite the same as the definition above.
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Around these parts, the university school year runs from September-December, a Christmas break, then January-April. A university is an educational institution that offers bachelor's, master's, and doctorate degrees, which all take at least 4 years. A college is generally defined as an institution wherein you get a degree in something in about 2 years or so. Usually more specialized.
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Thats is exactly here. There are of course exceptions to that as well. There is a christian college here in town that is moreless private (read: expensive as hell) and they have as many 4-year programs as the pubilic university I attended. Speaking of which, if a number of colleges merge or if just a small college in general grows to a large enough enrollment they will become a university. In michigan in the '60s a number of junior and community colleges were established. Some are still community colleges, others have blossumed into Division II Universities.
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Here, college is something you go to between the ages of 16 and 18, and is where you get "further education".
University is usually 18-21/22, gets you a degree, and is where you get "higher education".
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I could explain every layer of our immensely deep educational system, but I'd be here all night, and you'd just be jealous of it anyway.
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quote:Originally posted by PsyLiam: Here, college is something you go to between the ages of 16 and 18, and is where you get "further education".
University is usually 18-21/22, gets you a degree, and is where you get "higher education".
Over here, here is not there.
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Well, duh. It's not my fault that you have to "big up" your education system. I mean, a graduation ceremony just for finishing school? Wuses.
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