User talk:BC1278/sandbox/Pace University

Hi, I am an experienced Wikipedia editor but I have a WP:COI as a paid consultant to Pace University. I am therefore seeking an independent review to the following proposed changes to this article. I remain available to respond to any requests. Should the requested placement of the proposed changes in the article be unclear, I have created a sandbox of a draft of the article with all proposed edits at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BC1278/sandbox/Pace_University

1. Lead

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Pace University is a private university with campuses in New York City and Westchester County, New York. It was established in 1906 by the brothers Homer St. Clair Pace and Charles A. Pace as a business school. Pace enrolls about 13,000 students in bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs. A 2017 study ranked Pace first in the nation among four-year private schools for upward economic mobility. It offers more than 100 majors at its six schools.

Its main schools are the College of Health Professions; the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences; the Elisabeth Haub School of Law; the Lubin School of Business, the School of Education, and Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems. The university also offers an MFA in Acting through The Actors Studio Drama School and is home to the Inside the Actors Studio television show. The school runs a women's justice center in Yonkers, a business incubator and is affiliated with the public school Pace High School.

Pace originally operated out of the New York Tribune Building in New York City, and spread as the Pace Institute, operating in several major U.S. cities. In the 1920s, the school divested facilities outside New York, maintaining its Lower Manhattan location. It purchased its first permanent home in Manhattan in 1951, and opened its first Westchester campus in 1963. Pace opened its largest building, 1 Pace Plaza, in 1969. Four years later, it became a university.

The school's motto is Opportunitas, meaning "opportunity" and reflects the university's emphasis on training students for professions.

Why? I have carefully reviewed several of the Featured Articles for Education. WP:Featured Articles. Policy is that these articles can serve as examples for writing articles on similar subject matter. WP: FA This newly proposed lead better reflects the FA article models for universities because it includes an overview of the contemporary school, with some of its history. The current version's lead is weighted more heavily toward history. The new version's lead is weighted toward the present-day school. All detailed history, none of which is controversial, is still available in the immediately following section. Featured Articles about universities with a similar approach include: Michigan State University, University of California, Riverside, Duke University and Texas Tech University.

Note: as is the case in all the Featured Articles I looked at about universities, the university website is sometimes used as a source for non-controversial facts, even though it is a WP: PSTS. An example is the full names of the six schools the university has or the existence of a "Pace High School." Primary sources can be used with care only for "straightforward, descriptive statements of facts", but not for anything that requires interpretation of the facts. This application of the primary source policy seems more commonly applied in the FAs about universities, perhaps because the level of detail deemed to be of encyclopedic value for these types of articles is sometimes available in secondary sources. My observation is that the non-controversial information offered directly by large universities seems to be considered more reliable than primary material from other types of organizations.

2. History

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The former president of Oberlin College, Marvin Krislov, was appointed president of Pace University in February 2017.

3. Other Properties

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International Disarmament Institute

The International Disarmament Institute is a center for teaching and studying worldwide disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation. Matthew Bolton, the director of the Institute, worked on The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017.

Why? This is a noteworthy program, evidenced by the director being part of the Nobel Peace Prize winning campaign. I have used one primary source to establish a basic description of the program, which contains .only basic facts, not analysis, as per WP: PSTS.

4. Campuses

New York City

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In January 2019, Pace completed a $45 million restoration of One Pace Plaza and the adjoining 41 Park Row.

5. Notable Alumni

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 * Asher Levine, fashion designer


 * Andrea Stewart-Cousins, New York State Senate Majority leader.

Why? Both have Wikipedia articles establishing they are notable

Many thanks for your consideration. BC1278