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In 2018, UW Colleges was re-organized where each 2-year campus was moved under the administration of doctoral and comprehensive universities. UWM adopted Waukesha and Washington County, and they were organized under the College of General Studies. To acknowledge the existence, I added a (very) brief line mentioning it. Please refine and add information! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cddelgado ( talk • contribs) 23:06, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
Somebody took out my edit in the Rankings section where I mentioned that among its alumni UWM boasts one Nobel laureate, Jack Kilby (MS, Electrical Engineering, 1950; 2000 Nobel Prize for Physics). I feel this is worthwhile putting in the Rankings section - not just the alumni section - since many rankings do factor in heavily the # of current and former Nobel laureate faculty and students. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.29.137.41 ( talk) 21:25, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Some believe that Jack Kilby earned a degree from UW-Madison. He did NOT. He was awarded (again awarded) an honorary doctorate from UW-Madison but never attended it to earn a degree. The fact is that he earned (again earned) his Master's from UW-Milwaukee. Please do not remove his name from notable alumni. So, it is not appropriate to discredit Mr. Kilby for his effort as a UW-Milwaukee alum. The following resources support the above-mentioned claim and I see no reason for those to continue removing Mr. Kilby's name from this page. Resources:
1. http://www4.uwm.edu/ceas/ee/about_us/ee_history.cfm 2. http://www.amphilsoc.org/sites/default/files/1510413.pdf 3. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2000/kilby.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.230.148.54 ( talk) 19:06, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
No opposition so added. 72.141.213.228 ( talk) 16:08, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
As everyone who reads this stuff knows by now, the University puts all three dates on its seal because UWM is regarded as a successor to the University (Madison) which started in 1849, since one of the components that joined together to form UWM in 1956 was the University of Wisconsin's extension programs in Milwaukee. Since that is the position our articles take too (with separate articles for WSC-M, etc.), then we should be consistent. Use all three dates, as UWM does; or just one: then we get to argue about which one. -- Orange Mike 00:24, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
I think we need to consider the physical existence of UWM when we talk about the year it was established. I don't think it is right to say UWM was established in 1849 when UM-Madison openned for classes. Seal is the seal. It does not necessary indicate UWM's hisotry. The seal has 1849 probably because UWM's special status and role in Wisconsin's education. Miaers 21:55, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
There should be two numbers 1885 and 1956. I think the three numbers on the seal indicate the merger between the old University of Wisconsin (established in 1849) and the former Wisconsin State College of Milwaukee (established in 1885), which created the UW-Milwaukee in 1956. Most people consider UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee as two schools. It is not appropriate to use 1849 as one of UWM's establishment year. Miaers 16:37, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
The external link of the article on UWM's history provides a source. It starts UW-Milwaukee's history from the Milwaukee State Normal School not the University of Wisconsin in Madison. This is how most people think of UWM's history. Miaers 17:41, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
I've never said one number. I said two. UW-Milwaukee was created in 1956 and its predecossor dates back to 1885. Miaers 18:08, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
1956 was the year UWM was created. It definitely should be in the infobox. There is nothing wrong to have two numbers. UWM is now celebrating its 50th year. Does it qualify 1956 as a number that should be shown in the infobox? Miaers 18:28, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
You are not being consistent. You first want to put 3 numbers now just one number? Where does the "convention" come from. UWM was founded twice. There should be two numbers in the infobox. Miaers 19:49, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
Miaers has now changed the infobox to the two dates he favours, for reasons that he has still to explain as far as I can see.
What do similar universities do? I had a look at other universities in the UW System, and also at one category of which UWM is a member (selected by guess work from its categories, I didn't know what it meant but it looked promising to provide some parallels).
The first seven universities in Category:Urban 13 universities all list a single founding sate in their infoboxes. The eighth, University of Illinois at Chicago, lists three. None of these seem to do what Maiers is suggesting, although all have histories that bear some similarities to UWM. Further on, University of Massachusetts Boston does list two dates, but specifies in the infobox what each of these mean, so neither date is blandly claimed as a date the university was founded.
Of the other twelve universities granting masters and/or doctoral degrees in the University of Wisconsin System, three have no infoboxes as yet. The others all list a single founding date. Several of these were founded as Normal Schools, similar to UWM, and all of these seem to list the founding date of the Normal School as the founding date of the University (at a rather quick look admittedly).
Why does UWM want to hide its history? I guess it's suffered most from the ambiguity created in 1956, when it was (ridiculously in my hindsight) absorbed into the then University of Wisconsin. The problem was not the merger, but the names. UW continued to mean Madison campus, which must continue to anger both people associated with UWM and with Madison. The ambiguity was addressed but not resolved in 1971, when University of Wisconsin ceased to officially have any meaning at all, but in practice both UW and UWM and many of their associated terms remained highly ambiguous, especially to outsiders such as myself (is the M in UWM for Milwaukee or for Madison?). Not good. A referendum at UWM earlier this year on changing its name to something less problematical seems to have highlighted the problems rather than resolving any of them.
So I guess that's one reason it's a hot issue here.
My goal in all of this is simply to make the articles accurate and informative, and that implies neither boring nor inconsistent. The jumping-off point of my involvement in this discussion was Maiers' removal of most of the introduction to History of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, replaced by a bland sentence that summarised his view of this history, and excluding both the graphic of the seal (which motivated the original and current introduction) and the first of the dates shown on it. I suggested we hold off on that pending a decision here. That decision IMO is still to be made, despite his latest edits to the infobox.
Where to now, I wonder? Andrewa 17:01, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
Would it be possible for somebody who cares more about this topic to help trim this section back, or put it into a separate article? It seems to get longer every month, to an extent that is beginning to overshadow the educational and research aspects of this university.-- Orange Mike 15:51, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
What do you think, folks - "student life" or "campus"? -- Orange Mike 20:15, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
Curious [1]: how does the presence of an image of downtown Milwaukee illustrate a "close tie" between UW-M and the city. The text says such, but an image adds nothing. -- ZimZalaBim ( talk) 01:09, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
If you read the trivia section of UW-M, you can see it was one of the top 10 city univerisities in US and was also selected as one of the gems of Milwaukee. It is not just the name. The image was used to help accentuate this information. UW-Milwaukee has its water institute near downtown lakefront and its school of continued education and a couple of student residence halls in downtown. It is also planning to open a research park near downtown. Miaers 03:12, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
It really doesn't matter from which angle the photo is taken as long as the image is Milwaukee. Miaers 03:26, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
It may not be a 100% perfect illustration, but it is relevant. It shouldn't be removed. Miaers 03:35, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
I don't see how this photo is inappropriate. Milwaukee is one of the subject discussed in the Trivia section. Adding a photo of Milwaukee City is more than appropriate. Miaers 18:02, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
This fantastic aerial shot of the campus AND downtown skyline AND lakefront has been floating around different parts of cyberspace for a few years now. Unfortunately I am not familiar with the rules on imagery copyrights, etc. for use on Wikipedia, so I don't know if it could be resized and used for the article or not. I do know that UWM has used this shot in some of its various publications, promotional materials, and so forth. 172.134.64.166 21:53, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
The result of the discussion was keep separate. -- Auroranorth 13:36, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
After reading the article, I have decided that the history section of this article has just a little less information than History of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and I am surprised this hasn't yet been spotted out. Auroranorth 12:45, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
The result was keep separate. -- Auroranorth 13:36, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Not to be confused with Wikipedia administrators.
Auroranorth 12:51, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
This is an encyclopedia. There is not need to mention that a particular building "can be accessed from the main campus through a 24-hour University Housing shuttle, MCTS Bus Route 21 that goes directly from RiverView to campus, and BOSS (the university shuttle service)." This content should not be re-added, but I do not want to violate WP:3RR by constantly reverting this IP. -- ZimZalaBim talk 03:25, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
One of the defining characteristics of UWM (I'm an allum)is the neighborhood it sits in. It is surrounded by beautiful old housing stock (especially on the east and north). The community benifits from the housing values the university generates, but also suffers from the problems (traffic, parking, noise) that the university creates. The university, therefore, has to negotiate virtually every expansion with hostile aldermen. The university has decided to pursue expansion off campus (miles away).
Another characteristic of the university is the radical mix of architecture. Some of the old Downer College and Milwaukee State Teachers College buildings are beautiful red brick structures. In the 60's and 70's, however, many mammoth, gray, horribly ugly behemoths were plopped down to accommodate the baby boomers. The student union, for instance, is build like a modified parking garage. The dorms look like soviet housing projects. The Mathematics building looks like the "Evil Corporate Headquarters" in some episode of the twilight zone and the classrooms feel like the basement of a hydroelectric plant. Ditto Chemistry and most of Physics.
If anyone can find an article with architectural criticism or neighborhood relations information, I'd like to see it published here. These may not seem like important topics, but to the students who may be looking to attend UWM, they are very important things to know. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.97.113.34 ( talk) 20:29, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
Some of the History is not clear. The merger between the Wisconsin State Colleges (of which Milwaukee was the flagship of the state college system) and the University of Wisconsin (the land grant institution in Madison) did not happen until 1971. As the main article reads, this happened in the 1950's - which is most certainly not true. The school probably became a part of the state college system at that time. For more information consult the first paragraph of this link: http://archives.library.wisc.edu/chancellors/UWSA%20Presidents.htm 24.183.38.132 ( talk) 05:01, 19 December 2008 (UTC)njbubb
This section contains excessive amount of intricate detail that is duplicated at each of the school pages and should be removed. It is currently promotional. Codf1977 ( talk) 14:46, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
Infomation are not supposed to stay only in one article. School and program rankings are key information for University articles. They shouldn't be removed. Revws ( talk) 15:28, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
- Per WP:BOOSTER, the rankings should be presented neutrally and without undue weight — do not exclude or re-factor rankings because they are inconveniently low, attempt to include every ranking or all historical rankings, or emphasize rankings of sub-disciplines over rankings of the college or university as a whole. (emphasis mine)
Why are you so interested in plastering UW-M's rankings everywhere? They simply demonstrate what a mediocre school it is. 75.2.209.226 ( talk) 16:06, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
The NRC Rankings are presented with dates. It is a widely used ranking. I think it is ok for you to move some of the not very top-ranked rankings to other aticles. As for your SPA accusation, it was not justified. [2]. 04:19, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
The following world leading universities use NRC Ranking in their Wikipedia articles. There is no reason for you to remove it. The ranking itself only include US top research universities only. So the numbers included in the list is not as large as others.
As I said the NRC ranking only include top research universities. For those that are not top research universities, there is no way for them to use it. I think you don't know how to make calculations. Revws ( talk) 09:52, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
The National Research Council rankings are without a doubt the most comprehensive, highly regarded, and reliable university rankings in the United States. They typically occur about every 10 years. The most recent NRC rankings have been awaited for several years now, but have been delayed. As a result, the 1995 rankings are quite dated, however they're the only ones that exist at this point. The problem with their inclusion here is that the source is someone who re-analyzed the rankings, and as the United States National Research Council rankings article shows, there are several ways to analyze the NRC data. It's also doubtful if such a re-factoring adheres to the College and university article guidelines. 75.2.209.226 ( talk) 17:23, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less." "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things. "The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master -- that's all." -- Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass. 1871.
Why do none of the Schools/Colleges have a Wikipedia Page? An encyclopaedia also take into account that there are individual academic units that make us a campus, each with it's own unique history and background. {{subst:unsigned 129.89.43.208}} 15:55, 20 October 2010
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I've adjusted the historical names in the main info box based on what the university was referred to in its own yearbooks for each year, which can be seen in digital form in the [ Collections] section of the UWM library's website. The lone exception is the Normal School era, which evidently did not have yearbooks, but was usually referred to as Milwaukee Normal School, Milwaukee Normal, or simply M.N.S. according to other material available from that time. I also included Milwaukee State as an unofficial name since it continued to be referred to as such in the local media even after it became Wisconsin State College, Milwaukee according to articles from the Milwaukee Sentinel from that time on Google News. User:illwauk — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.26.217.121 ( talk) 08:14, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
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In 2018, UW Colleges was re-organized where each 2-year campus was moved under the administration of doctoral and comprehensive universities. UWM adopted Waukesha and Washington County, and they were organized under the College of General Studies. To acknowledge the existence, I added a (very) brief line mentioning it. Please refine and add information! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cddelgado ( talk • contribs) 23:06, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
Somebody took out my edit in the Rankings section where I mentioned that among its alumni UWM boasts one Nobel laureate, Jack Kilby (MS, Electrical Engineering, 1950; 2000 Nobel Prize for Physics). I feel this is worthwhile putting in the Rankings section - not just the alumni section - since many rankings do factor in heavily the # of current and former Nobel laureate faculty and students. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.29.137.41 ( talk) 21:25, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Some believe that Jack Kilby earned a degree from UW-Madison. He did NOT. He was awarded (again awarded) an honorary doctorate from UW-Madison but never attended it to earn a degree. The fact is that he earned (again earned) his Master's from UW-Milwaukee. Please do not remove his name from notable alumni. So, it is not appropriate to discredit Mr. Kilby for his effort as a UW-Milwaukee alum. The following resources support the above-mentioned claim and I see no reason for those to continue removing Mr. Kilby's name from this page. Resources:
1. http://www4.uwm.edu/ceas/ee/about_us/ee_history.cfm 2. http://www.amphilsoc.org/sites/default/files/1510413.pdf 3. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2000/kilby.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.230.148.54 ( talk) 19:06, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
No opposition so added. 72.141.213.228 ( talk) 16:08, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
As everyone who reads this stuff knows by now, the University puts all three dates on its seal because UWM is regarded as a successor to the University (Madison) which started in 1849, since one of the components that joined together to form UWM in 1956 was the University of Wisconsin's extension programs in Milwaukee. Since that is the position our articles take too (with separate articles for WSC-M, etc.), then we should be consistent. Use all three dates, as UWM does; or just one: then we get to argue about which one. -- Orange Mike 00:24, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
I think we need to consider the physical existence of UWM when we talk about the year it was established. I don't think it is right to say UWM was established in 1849 when UM-Madison openned for classes. Seal is the seal. It does not necessary indicate UWM's hisotry. The seal has 1849 probably because UWM's special status and role in Wisconsin's education. Miaers 21:55, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
There should be two numbers 1885 and 1956. I think the three numbers on the seal indicate the merger between the old University of Wisconsin (established in 1849) and the former Wisconsin State College of Milwaukee (established in 1885), which created the UW-Milwaukee in 1956. Most people consider UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee as two schools. It is not appropriate to use 1849 as one of UWM's establishment year. Miaers 16:37, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
The external link of the article on UWM's history provides a source. It starts UW-Milwaukee's history from the Milwaukee State Normal School not the University of Wisconsin in Madison. This is how most people think of UWM's history. Miaers 17:41, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
I've never said one number. I said two. UW-Milwaukee was created in 1956 and its predecossor dates back to 1885. Miaers 18:08, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
1956 was the year UWM was created. It definitely should be in the infobox. There is nothing wrong to have two numbers. UWM is now celebrating its 50th year. Does it qualify 1956 as a number that should be shown in the infobox? Miaers 18:28, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
You are not being consistent. You first want to put 3 numbers now just one number? Where does the "convention" come from. UWM was founded twice. There should be two numbers in the infobox. Miaers 19:49, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
Miaers has now changed the infobox to the two dates he favours, for reasons that he has still to explain as far as I can see.
What do similar universities do? I had a look at other universities in the UW System, and also at one category of which UWM is a member (selected by guess work from its categories, I didn't know what it meant but it looked promising to provide some parallels).
The first seven universities in Category:Urban 13 universities all list a single founding sate in their infoboxes. The eighth, University of Illinois at Chicago, lists three. None of these seem to do what Maiers is suggesting, although all have histories that bear some similarities to UWM. Further on, University of Massachusetts Boston does list two dates, but specifies in the infobox what each of these mean, so neither date is blandly claimed as a date the university was founded.
Of the other twelve universities granting masters and/or doctoral degrees in the University of Wisconsin System, three have no infoboxes as yet. The others all list a single founding date. Several of these were founded as Normal Schools, similar to UWM, and all of these seem to list the founding date of the Normal School as the founding date of the University (at a rather quick look admittedly).
Why does UWM want to hide its history? I guess it's suffered most from the ambiguity created in 1956, when it was (ridiculously in my hindsight) absorbed into the then University of Wisconsin. The problem was not the merger, but the names. UW continued to mean Madison campus, which must continue to anger both people associated with UWM and with Madison. The ambiguity was addressed but not resolved in 1971, when University of Wisconsin ceased to officially have any meaning at all, but in practice both UW and UWM and many of their associated terms remained highly ambiguous, especially to outsiders such as myself (is the M in UWM for Milwaukee or for Madison?). Not good. A referendum at UWM earlier this year on changing its name to something less problematical seems to have highlighted the problems rather than resolving any of them.
So I guess that's one reason it's a hot issue here.
My goal in all of this is simply to make the articles accurate and informative, and that implies neither boring nor inconsistent. The jumping-off point of my involvement in this discussion was Maiers' removal of most of the introduction to History of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, replaced by a bland sentence that summarised his view of this history, and excluding both the graphic of the seal (which motivated the original and current introduction) and the first of the dates shown on it. I suggested we hold off on that pending a decision here. That decision IMO is still to be made, despite his latest edits to the infobox.
Where to now, I wonder? Andrewa 17:01, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
Would it be possible for somebody who cares more about this topic to help trim this section back, or put it into a separate article? It seems to get longer every month, to an extent that is beginning to overshadow the educational and research aspects of this university.-- Orange Mike 15:51, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
What do you think, folks - "student life" or "campus"? -- Orange Mike 20:15, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
Curious [1]: how does the presence of an image of downtown Milwaukee illustrate a "close tie" between UW-M and the city. The text says such, but an image adds nothing. -- ZimZalaBim ( talk) 01:09, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
If you read the trivia section of UW-M, you can see it was one of the top 10 city univerisities in US and was also selected as one of the gems of Milwaukee. It is not just the name. The image was used to help accentuate this information. UW-Milwaukee has its water institute near downtown lakefront and its school of continued education and a couple of student residence halls in downtown. It is also planning to open a research park near downtown. Miaers 03:12, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
It really doesn't matter from which angle the photo is taken as long as the image is Milwaukee. Miaers 03:26, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
It may not be a 100% perfect illustration, but it is relevant. It shouldn't be removed. Miaers 03:35, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
I don't see how this photo is inappropriate. Milwaukee is one of the subject discussed in the Trivia section. Adding a photo of Milwaukee City is more than appropriate. Miaers 18:02, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
This fantastic aerial shot of the campus AND downtown skyline AND lakefront has been floating around different parts of cyberspace for a few years now. Unfortunately I am not familiar with the rules on imagery copyrights, etc. for use on Wikipedia, so I don't know if it could be resized and used for the article or not. I do know that UWM has used this shot in some of its various publications, promotional materials, and so forth. 172.134.64.166 21:53, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
The result of the discussion was keep separate. -- Auroranorth 13:36, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
After reading the article, I have decided that the history section of this article has just a little less information than History of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and I am surprised this hasn't yet been spotted out. Auroranorth 12:45, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
The result was keep separate. -- Auroranorth 13:36, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Not to be confused with Wikipedia administrators.
Auroranorth 12:51, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
This is an encyclopedia. There is not need to mention that a particular building "can be accessed from the main campus through a 24-hour University Housing shuttle, MCTS Bus Route 21 that goes directly from RiverView to campus, and BOSS (the university shuttle service)." This content should not be re-added, but I do not want to violate WP:3RR by constantly reverting this IP. -- ZimZalaBim talk 03:25, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
One of the defining characteristics of UWM (I'm an allum)is the neighborhood it sits in. It is surrounded by beautiful old housing stock (especially on the east and north). The community benifits from the housing values the university generates, but also suffers from the problems (traffic, parking, noise) that the university creates. The university, therefore, has to negotiate virtually every expansion with hostile aldermen. The university has decided to pursue expansion off campus (miles away).
Another characteristic of the university is the radical mix of architecture. Some of the old Downer College and Milwaukee State Teachers College buildings are beautiful red brick structures. In the 60's and 70's, however, many mammoth, gray, horribly ugly behemoths were plopped down to accommodate the baby boomers. The student union, for instance, is build like a modified parking garage. The dorms look like soviet housing projects. The Mathematics building looks like the "Evil Corporate Headquarters" in some episode of the twilight zone and the classrooms feel like the basement of a hydroelectric plant. Ditto Chemistry and most of Physics.
If anyone can find an article with architectural criticism or neighborhood relations information, I'd like to see it published here. These may not seem like important topics, but to the students who may be looking to attend UWM, they are very important things to know. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.97.113.34 ( talk) 20:29, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
Some of the History is not clear. The merger between the Wisconsin State Colleges (of which Milwaukee was the flagship of the state college system) and the University of Wisconsin (the land grant institution in Madison) did not happen until 1971. As the main article reads, this happened in the 1950's - which is most certainly not true. The school probably became a part of the state college system at that time. For more information consult the first paragraph of this link: http://archives.library.wisc.edu/chancellors/UWSA%20Presidents.htm 24.183.38.132 ( talk) 05:01, 19 December 2008 (UTC)njbubb
This section contains excessive amount of intricate detail that is duplicated at each of the school pages and should be removed. It is currently promotional. Codf1977 ( talk) 14:46, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
Infomation are not supposed to stay only in one article. School and program rankings are key information for University articles. They shouldn't be removed. Revws ( talk) 15:28, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
- Per WP:BOOSTER, the rankings should be presented neutrally and without undue weight — do not exclude or re-factor rankings because they are inconveniently low, attempt to include every ranking or all historical rankings, or emphasize rankings of sub-disciplines over rankings of the college or university as a whole. (emphasis mine)
Why are you so interested in plastering UW-M's rankings everywhere? They simply demonstrate what a mediocre school it is. 75.2.209.226 ( talk) 16:06, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
The NRC Rankings are presented with dates. It is a widely used ranking. I think it is ok for you to move some of the not very top-ranked rankings to other aticles. As for your SPA accusation, it was not justified. [2]. 04:19, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
The following world leading universities use NRC Ranking in their Wikipedia articles. There is no reason for you to remove it. The ranking itself only include US top research universities only. So the numbers included in the list is not as large as others.
As I said the NRC ranking only include top research universities. For those that are not top research universities, there is no way for them to use it. I think you don't know how to make calculations. Revws ( talk) 09:52, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
The National Research Council rankings are without a doubt the most comprehensive, highly regarded, and reliable university rankings in the United States. They typically occur about every 10 years. The most recent NRC rankings have been awaited for several years now, but have been delayed. As a result, the 1995 rankings are quite dated, however they're the only ones that exist at this point. The problem with their inclusion here is that the source is someone who re-analyzed the rankings, and as the United States National Research Council rankings article shows, there are several ways to analyze the NRC data. It's also doubtful if such a re-factoring adheres to the College and university article guidelines. 75.2.209.226 ( talk) 17:23, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less." "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things. "The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master -- that's all." -- Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass. 1871.
Why do none of the Schools/Colleges have a Wikipedia Page? An encyclopaedia also take into account that there are individual academic units that make us a campus, each with it's own unique history and background. {{subst:unsigned 129.89.43.208}} 15:55, 20 October 2010
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I've adjusted the historical names in the main info box based on what the university was referred to in its own yearbooks for each year, which can be seen in digital form in the [ Collections] section of the UWM library's website. The lone exception is the Normal School era, which evidently did not have yearbooks, but was usually referred to as Milwaukee Normal School, Milwaukee Normal, or simply M.N.S. according to other material available from that time. I also included Milwaukee State as an unofficial name since it continued to be referred to as such in the local media even after it became Wisconsin State College, Milwaukee according to articles from the Milwaukee Sentinel from that time on Google News. User:illwauk — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.26.217.121 ( talk) 08:14, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee#Football Is the club football mentioned here really association football? Peter Horn User talk 23:45, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
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