The American school system

IP: *.bronet.pl / 62.233.218.* 16.05.04, 16:12
The American school system. "A University is a four year school and College
can be a four or two year school. So a College can be a University but a
University sometimes cannot be a college. Is this confusing? Most of the time
when someone says "University" or "College" it means the samething. People
usually enter College at age 18 or 19 and spend four years to receive a
Bachelors Degree. Usually you can spend an additional two years to get your
masters and then anything higher varies a bit."
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College a University?
    • Gość: Norel Re: The American school system IP: *.mad.east.verizon.net 17.05.04, 15:37
      The only difference between universities and colleges is “quality of
      education” – at least in theory. Any collage can become a University by
      fulfilling certain requirements. For example Universities need larger
      percentage of faculty with a master’s degree than regular collages. There are
      many more requirements which are evaluated periodically, (I think once per
      year) in order for a collage to maintain its University status.

      You can obtain however, same degree from a collage as you can from university.
      Usually there is no difference in duration of study. The only difference is
      the prestige of getting your diploma from a University which in theory offers
      better education.

      Two year degree, an Associates Degree, is obtainable from community colleges.
      Most people, after graduating from Community Colleges transfer to a four year
      college and in two years obtain four year degree called Bachelor’s Degree.(
      Same Bachelor’s degree you get from any four year college or university)
      Community Colleges are much cheaper than regular four year colleges and for
      many this is just the way of saving some money. If you can find a four year
      college which will transfer all you credits from a two year college, you can
      save a great deal of money.

      I hope this helps
      • Gość: Ania18.. Re: The American school system IP: *.bronet.pl / 62.233.218.* 17.05.04, 19:42
        Thanks
        • Gość: Norel Re: The American school system IP: *.mad.east.verizon.net 17.05.04, 20:01
          You’re very welcome
          • erwas Re: The American school system 17.05.04, 23:53
            you are correct, Norel. up to a point.
            the terms College and University are often interchangeable, and do not
            necessarily imply any kind of status. some of the lowliest institutions are
            called universities (Macdonald’s University springs to mind – learn to flip
            some BSE) whereas Connecticut College is an Ivy League school. It is common for
            all state schools to be universities while many private ones are colleges.
            community colleges are another category and enjoy similar status to Institutes
            (as in Technical-Vocational Institute) or Polytechnics.


            • Gość: Norel Re: The American school system IP: *.pyramidmg.com 18.05.04, 01:26
              It isn’t just a name. To have the university status a collage must be
              accredited us such. There are strict guidelines and grueling periodical
              evaluations to maintain the university status. I will take your McDonalds
              example as a joke because their university accreditation does not exist and its
              just a name. I agree with you however, there are many colleges which have much
              higher educational standards than many universities. The point however is
              this: A college which applies for and becomes a university will have higher
              educational standards than it did before it became a university.

              Peace!
      • Gość: Tamtejszy Re: The American school system IP: *.proxy.aol.com 18.05.04, 03:26
        Another name for two year collage is Junior Collage. I'm not sure whether they
        are different from Community Colleges or not - perhaps when it comes to the way
        they are financed?
    • jadefish Harvard sez: 18.05.04, 02:24
      "What's the difference between Harvard College and Harvard University?

      "Harvard College is the undergraduate program at Harvard. It is part of the
      Faculty of Arts and Sciences and offers programs in the liberal arts.
      Harvard University refers to the entire educational institution, including the
      undergraduate college, the graduate and professional schools, research centers,
      administration, and affiliates."

      www.harvard.edu/help/faqs/faq22.html
      As for accreditation standards, there are many "colleges" which are much better
      schools than many "universities", so that has nothing to do with anything.

      A "Community College" is ususally a 2-year inistitution resulting in an
      Associates Degree. These can be technical in nature, cos a la polsie studium
      policealne. Many of them also offer transfer degrees where you do your first 2
      years at the CC and then transfer to the local university to get a Bachelors
      Degree. The classes are often taught by the same instructors as at the Uni, but
      class size if often smaller and tuition is lower.
      • erwas Re: Harvard sez: 18.05.04, 03:44
        and then there are liberal arts colleges/universities and "normal"
        colleges/universities.
        The basic differences: a university is usually large although some are fairly
        small, offering bachelor degrees in several different departments such as Arts
        & Sciences, Engineering, Architecture, Business, some others, and has graduate
        schools offering masters, Ph.D and professional degrees. A Liberal Arts college
        is generally small (in student population but not necessarily acreage), and
        most often offers bachelors degrees in Arts & Sciences (which covers a wide
        range of majors) and has no graduate degree programs.
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