Comments on: Campus climate roundup

By: Bill Poser

Bill Poser — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 20:25:51 +0000

In reply to MattS. Yes and no. In the US in technical contexts academics may distinguish the two terms, but in casual usage they do not. I am an academic who grew up in an academic family, yet in the US (I now live in Canada) I describe someone as "going to college" even if the institution is a university, whereas here in Canada one would talk about someone "going to university" unless the institution actually is a "college".

By: MattS

MattS — Sat, 09 Dec 2017 20:27:02 +0000

In reply to Edward.

” Unlike the United States where the two terms are seemingly interchangeable, there is a difference between them in Canada.”

There’s a difference in the US too, in the academic community and government usage, but the general public tends to conflate the two terms.

By: Walter Olson

Walter Olson — Sat, 09 Dec 2017 16:50:59 +0000

In reply to Edward. Thanks for the correction, fixed in text now.

By: Edward

Edward — Sat, 09 Dec 2017 14:12:35 +0000

Wilfred Laurier is a University, not a College (this information is readily available in the first paragraph of the linked column from The National Post). Unlike the United States where the two terms are seemingly interchangeable, there is a difference between them in Canada.

By: Canvasback

Canvasback — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 17:46:59 +0000

Nicholas Wolfinger and Laura Kipnis, bless both of them: frigate-built intellects among an armada of scows filled with bureautrash.