Talk:Avans University

Avans Hogeschool is not a university!!!
Although the Avans Hogeschool is a school of higher professional education, it isn't a university!!! So, the title is utterly wrong! In the Netherlands it is a Hogeschool, somewhat comparable with the former polytechnics in the UK. Please, change the title to Avans Hogeschool! Thank you.


 * I moved it, as you are undoubtedly correct from a Dutch point of view; the problem is possibly that Avans calls itself a university in English. The "former polytechnics in the UK" are as far as I know also all universities in name by now, and there are many US institutions calling themselves universities which would not normally be considered as such. It seems the English language, for whatever reason, has become more generous with what may be defined as a university. which also affects the translation of continental European institutions. Uppland 20:11, 24 August 2005 (UTC)