On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:14:07 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> Warp wrote:
>> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>>> Then there's college, often at a university. A "university" here is a
>>> college with campuses in more than one city. So you have "University
>>> of California San Diego" and "University of California in Berkeley",
>>> etc.
>> 
>>   I have never really understood the difference between a college and a
>> university in the US
> 
> Generally speaking, it's whether you have multiple campuses, or just
> one. At least, that's what it was when I went to college.
> 
> It has nothing to do with what they teach or how long you attend or
> anything like that. Just, basically, size.

That sounds right to me as well - though it isn't even "size" so much; I 
went to Embry-Riddle, and as schools go it's fairly small, but they have 
multiple campuses, so it's classified as a university.

Jim

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