Talk:Private university

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)

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)
 * It was a policy at the University of Buckingham in the United Kingdom. The university was free to adopt that model when the tother universities in the UK were constrained because of funding regulations. Itsmejudith (talk) 19:41, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

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)

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

Reply
*http://www.citybizlist.com/lstg/lstgDetail.aspx?id=8794
 * http://chronicle.com/errors.dir/noauthorization.php3?page=/weekly/v52/i47/47a03401.htm
 * http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2006/7/27/newIndianUniversityModeledAfterStanford
 * http://chronicle.com/stats/big_gifts.htm
 * http://baltimore.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2006/07/24/daily11.html
 * http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_6146.shtml
 * http://chronicle.com/daily/2006/07/2006072006n.htm

SDas 05:12, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Please add relevant citations to the actual article itself. See 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)

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

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)

I don't see a Bangladesh section. User 119.30.36.38 has deleted it with no comment/explanation. But considering the role private universities play in the higher education scenario of Bangladesh, it should be mentioned. I have added a short section titled Bangladesh. Sabih omar 11:17, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

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?

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

Inconsistent
This article is inconsistent in a number of ways but I shall raise a few points. Some countries have been included and some lefft. There seems to be no standard to universities on this list. For example Griffith College Dublin is on the list but Regents College which is in London and also a HE college is not the list for the UK. I would be grateful if we tried to have a consistent article. I look forward to people's views. --Abdulha (talk) 20:53, 10 July 2008 (UTC)Abdulha

Common?
The article states that: 'Private universities are common in [list of countries]'. I'm suspicious about this since the list includes Ireland, where no private institution has university status, and there are only small number of private colleges (one of which we don't even seem to have an article for, given the redlink). Is the claim as shaky for the other countries? Can this be cited, or else reworked? Alai (talk) 03:39, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Public universities in the U.S. can't "teach views unpopular with the Government?"
I'm removing this
 * Private universities are not limited by the restrictions on government action in the same way that public universities are, and can teach views unpopular with the Government.

in its present form, as unattributed and uncited. It gives the impression that the government controls the content taught at public universities, which is far from true. At best it exerts a weak degree of influence (just as it does over the content taught at private universities).

I find it hard to square that statement with the careers of e.g. Angela Davis or Herbert Marcuse.

It should be replaced by a quotation from some reliable source detailing the comparative degree of academic freedom that is actually enjoyed by professors at public and private universities. I did my undergraduate work at a private university and my graduate work at a public university and believe the differences to have been subtle, if there were differences at all. Dpbsmith (talk) 19:08, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Ireland
I was looking at the list and I am wondering why they are listed? They are not universities but university sector colleges. The UK has a lot of private university sector colleges. Shouldn't they be included? --Abdulha (talk) 16:52, 1 December 2008 (UTC)Abdulha

India
This section needs cleanup for broken and incoherent sentences. The last paragraph sounds more like a brochure. A detailed list of programs and departments is out of the scope of this article. So I am removing them. --Sabih Omar 11:48, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Content list
The content list is growing and will soon have 200 lines. I suggest to group the countries to continents to have a short content list. Any better ideas?--Wikiwatchers (talk) 21:05, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Bangladesh
I removed the incomplete list of private universities in Bangladesh section and added link to another maintained list. The rationale is, it is hard to maintain same list in many places. –  nafSadh did say 11:12, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Good plan. Jonathan A Jones (talk) 20:28, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

Two types of private university in Vietnam
Apparently the Vietnamese government makes a distinction between "tư thục" and "dân lập" private universities. Would anybody care to explain the difference? It's apparently a big thing over here, as, for example, Duy Tân University had trouble during its foundation as the founders wanted it to be dân lập and the government forced them to make it tư thục. MuDavid (talk) 02:39, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Turkey
The Turkey section doesn't make much sense. Can someone clarify what it's trying to say? Thank you. Jessicapierce (talk) 05:13, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

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Could the title be changed to "List of private universities" or something like that?
It has very little about the universities' methods and such themselves and appears to just be a list. Clarification might be helpful. As I can't change the title, could someone else please do so? 71.112.180.130 (talk) 16:34, 8 December 2023 (UTC)


 * The entries that were just lists have recently been removed. The better current entries do generally discuss what constitutes a private university in that country and what the rules are surrounding private universities (and, often, other degree-awarding private institutions). Robminchin (talk) 16:39, 8 December 2023 (UTC)