Talk:Private university

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[edit] Bias

I feel like this page has some bias against Bob Jones University —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.86.59.139 (talk • contribs) (28 July 2005)

It's a valid example of the greater latitude private univerities have. --Kerowyn 23:02, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Condensed courses

In which way is the following significant in defining what a private university is?

Private universities sometimes run condensed courses with shorter vacations allowing students to complete a three year degree in two years for example. This reduces living costs and allows students to start full time work sooner, but some would argue that it does so at the expense of the overall student experience.

It may well be true, but appears irrelevant. A public university could do that too, it has absolutely nothing to do with ownership, and appears to be based on some personal experience. Uppland 08:26, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Who's who/Social register

I didn't cite sources for "graduates of some universities, though not necessarily overrepresented in Who's Who, were overrepresented in the Social Register," but this is verifiable and I do intend to cite sources when I get a bit more time. Dpbsmith (talk) 15:08, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Oops, Persistence and Change in the Protestant Establishment by Ralph E Pyle says that graduates of the "select 12" universities are overrepresented in Who's Who. I'm editing the sentence accordingly... Dpbsmith (talk) 18:22, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Other places in the world

It's started in Vietnam, see ISBN 080188036X at Google Books. Lincher 19:57, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sources

The comment about some new university in India sounds like boasting. Or, perhaps it is a joke...—Preceding unsigned comment added by Stumcgill (talk • contribs)

Yeah, I removed that, although I'm still unsure about that section. Is Vedanta University the first private university in India or something, or is it simply one of many? I suspect that it probably doesn't belong here at all... -Elmer Clark 08:09, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reply

SDas 05:12, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Please add relevant citations to the actual article itself. See Wikipedia:Citing sources. -Elmer Clark 10:58, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Will try and do it later after I see it. However, clicking on Vedanta University will take you to a wikipedia article which has all these links plus more. SDas 14:02, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Ok, but for now a citation is still needed, hence the tag. Feel free to remove it when you actually add a citation. -Elmer Clark 22:47, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Done! SDas 02:47, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion of all countries except AUS, China, UK and US???

Maybe user Scotteaux can explain, why he has deleted half of the text (all countries except UK, US, China and Australia) without comment? I am going to restore the deleted text if no plausible reason is given.--Wikiwatchers 18:44, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

I really don't see the need to put Australia in the introduction of this page - private universities are far from common in Australia, with only two in total compared to over a dozen public universities from the top of my head. Even the other private university that isn't listed, the University of Notre Dame in Australia, is partially supported by the Federal Government. -- Permafrost 11:19, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

As announced, I have restored the deletions made by user Scotteaux.--Wikiwatchers 18:30, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Further restored text deleted by Scotteaux. Discuss future edits here before making large deletions with little explanation, Scotteaux. -- Permafrost 09:30, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Hello all. I was just looking at my contributions today and I saw this one. I have no idea how this happened. I promise you that I did not do it, which means that someone else was able to use my account. Most likely I forgot to log out of my account and someone else was able to use it (although I have to admit, that it's a strange way to use my account -- why change the entry on private schools?). Once again, I'm very sorry.Scotteaux 12:30, 5 May 2007

[edit] visit

Mi chiamo Zanichelli Ferruccio abito a Torino Italia sono Buddista un seguece di Nichiren e ad agosto vengo a trovare un grande amico Bonetto a Laguna NIguel.

Mi piacerebbe moltissimo visitare la Vostra università e fare Gonghio insieme, è possibile? vi lascio l'indirizzo ferruccio.zanichelli@akice.it

un grande abbraccio a tutti voi.

[edit] Bangladesh

I have addded Private University System in Bangladesh at this article. It would be really nice if other Wikipedians from Bangladesh make necessary updates with appropriate references at this section of this article. Niaz bd 04:33, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] new article

I've just read this article, and i think that it can be done a lot better. The definition of a private university is more complex. e.g. Could we say that the universities in Britain are private? Besides that, the information about Chile is completely wrong (I live there). I propose to rewrite this article again, does anyone join?

[edit] Mexico

This article is wholly misleading with regards to Mexico, where the term "universidad autónoma" actually refers to the university being public, state-funded and free to study but exempt from unwelcome state intervention in its activities (this mostly refers to police being unable to enter the university campus without explicit prior invitation from the rector). I have a feeling it maybe the same in Spain and other parts of Latin America.

Just to clarify, the subarticle on Wiki Espanol explains this quite well and lists countries with autonomous universities: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reforma_universitaria#Autonom.C3.ADa_universitaria