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...is the United Kingdom first on the list? Do UK (and US) colleges have some sort of preference? A good, objective article should be arranged in alphabetical order. Since this is the English Wikipedia, the article should be organized, "2.1 English-speaking countries, 2.1.1. Australia, ..., 2.1.n. United Kingdom, 2.1.n+1 United States..." and then "2.2 Non-English-speaking countries, etc.," and so on, obviously without the numbers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.229.214.176 ( talk) 01:55, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
the photos on this article portay it as more of an architectual review of colleges, rather than an encyclopedic article about colleges...can we not get a more diverse set of images? Jackass110 ( talk) 03:34, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
What do Americans call secondary education institutions (that we British call College), if they use "college" to refer to tertiary education institutions? 86.133.230.9 ( talk) 14:12, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
Its also worth noting that University of Chicago is primarily a graduate school, with about 5,000 enrollees in the undergraduate school, and over 9,000 in graduate programs. [1] 98.113.160.29 ( talk) 20:54, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
There has been a recent edit war on which should be the image of a college at the start of this article. Please list here images you believe should be added with the reason behind it. There after we may be able to come to an agreement on which should be used. Cossde ( talk) 04:32, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
This conversation seems obsessed with architecture, even though the different structures in which they are housed are merely ancillary to the institutions' main activities. Why not use an image of students taking in a lecture instead? I suggest File:Hogarth lecture 1736.jpg. --Dynaflow babble 08:20, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
I've moved the definitions of college to the dab college (disambiguation). A lot of this stuff belonged in "Education in X" or "Higher level education in X." This article should be about 2-4 year colleges according to the generally accepted use of the word in English, which is tertiary education. Yes, there were some English exceptions like Eton College. That got dabbed too. Not common.
That "college" means "mountaintop" in Swahili, should really go somewhere else. We don't really need nor want non-education definitions here that don't match the general English description. And putting oddball English exceptions in here is not helpful either IMO.
Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Student7 ( talk) 14:21, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
In the US, "college" often refers to community colleges or career colleges. This distinguishes from the more prestigious "university". AmericanLeMans ( talk) 02:06, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
In paragraph three of the United States section, it says "an example of a traditional liberal arts college is pictured to the right, Saint Anselm College." However, on mobile devices (Or at least my iPhone), the colleges are at the top and thus is not "To the right." Not super important, just thought I would point it out. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.8.206.6 ( talk) 20:30, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
At the start of the Ireland section, it currently says:
However, at the end of that section, it currently says:
This apparent slight contradiction should should be resolved by clarifying the actual pervasive usage of the term "college" in Ireland. 31.18.253.188 ( talk) 06:28, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
There have been some recent edit by PeterEastern, that have left me confused on this page. Both the "restructuring" and rearranging on the main page, and the moving around of dialogue on the talk page leave this page, in my opinion, suspect. The main page does not flow logically anymore, in my opinion. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by VanishedUser sdu9aya9fs785 ( talk • contribs) 04:34, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
At the beginning of the Australian section it refers to the use of the term College by private secondary schools is used to distinguish from state schools. In Victoria, my home state, state secondary schools use the term college in the majority. Please follow this link for further information: [1]
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The statement "In the Netherlands, "college" is equivalent to HBO (Higher professional education)." is not true. "College", in the Dutch language, refers to any kind of secondary education of a higher form (preparing for university or HBO), mostly used in names, though, or it refers to a specific kind of (Catholic) boarding school. Furthermore it can designate "class"/"course"in the context of university: "Ik moet nu naar college" = "I have to attend class, now." All the other uses are referrals to the Anglosaxon uses of "college" (either a university college "English" style, or and American "college"). Joekiedoe ( talk) 14:17, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
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...is the United Kingdom first on the list? Do UK (and US) colleges have some sort of preference? A good, objective article should be arranged in alphabetical order. Since this is the English Wikipedia, the article should be organized, "2.1 English-speaking countries, 2.1.1. Australia, ..., 2.1.n. United Kingdom, 2.1.n+1 United States..." and then "2.2 Non-English-speaking countries, etc.," and so on, obviously without the numbers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.229.214.176 ( talk) 01:55, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
the photos on this article portay it as more of an architectual review of colleges, rather than an encyclopedic article about colleges...can we not get a more diverse set of images? Jackass110 ( talk) 03:34, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
What do Americans call secondary education institutions (that we British call College), if they use "college" to refer to tertiary education institutions? 86.133.230.9 ( talk) 14:12, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
Its also worth noting that University of Chicago is primarily a graduate school, with about 5,000 enrollees in the undergraduate school, and over 9,000 in graduate programs. [1] 98.113.160.29 ( talk) 20:54, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
There has been a recent edit war on which should be the image of a college at the start of this article. Please list here images you believe should be added with the reason behind it. There after we may be able to come to an agreement on which should be used. Cossde ( talk) 04:32, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
This conversation seems obsessed with architecture, even though the different structures in which they are housed are merely ancillary to the institutions' main activities. Why not use an image of students taking in a lecture instead? I suggest File:Hogarth lecture 1736.jpg. --Dynaflow babble 08:20, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
I've moved the definitions of college to the dab college (disambiguation). A lot of this stuff belonged in "Education in X" or "Higher level education in X." This article should be about 2-4 year colleges according to the generally accepted use of the word in English, which is tertiary education. Yes, there were some English exceptions like Eton College. That got dabbed too. Not common.
That "college" means "mountaintop" in Swahili, should really go somewhere else. We don't really need nor want non-education definitions here that don't match the general English description. And putting oddball English exceptions in here is not helpful either IMO.
Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Student7 ( talk) 14:21, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
In the US, "college" often refers to community colleges or career colleges. This distinguishes from the more prestigious "university". AmericanLeMans ( talk) 02:06, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
In paragraph three of the United States section, it says "an example of a traditional liberal arts college is pictured to the right, Saint Anselm College." However, on mobile devices (Or at least my iPhone), the colleges are at the top and thus is not "To the right." Not super important, just thought I would point it out. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.8.206.6 ( talk) 20:30, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
At the start of the Ireland section, it currently says:
However, at the end of that section, it currently says:
This apparent slight contradiction should should be resolved by clarifying the actual pervasive usage of the term "college" in Ireland. 31.18.253.188 ( talk) 06:28, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
There have been some recent edit by PeterEastern, that have left me confused on this page. Both the "restructuring" and rearranging on the main page, and the moving around of dialogue on the talk page leave this page, in my opinion, suspect. The main page does not flow logically anymore, in my opinion. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by VanishedUser sdu9aya9fs785 ( talk • contribs) 04:34, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
At the beginning of the Australian section it refers to the use of the term College by private secondary schools is used to distinguish from state schools. In Victoria, my home state, state secondary schools use the term college in the majority. Please follow this link for further information: [1]
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The statement "In the Netherlands, "college" is equivalent to HBO (Higher professional education)." is not true. "College", in the Dutch language, refers to any kind of secondary education of a higher form (preparing for university or HBO), mostly used in names, though, or it refers to a specific kind of (Catholic) boarding school. Furthermore it can designate "class"/"course"in the context of university: "Ik moet nu naar college" = "I have to attend class, now." All the other uses are referrals to the Anglosaxon uses of "college" (either a university college "English" style, or and American "college"). Joekiedoe ( talk) 14:17, 28 May 2024 (UTC)