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According to Maryland State Annotated Code, Title 12, 12-101(b)7, the University System of Maryland is defined as "University, University of Maryland", and "Uni

According to Maryland State Annotated Code, Title 12, 12-101(b)7, the University System of Maryland is defined as "University, University of Maryland", and "University Maryland System". Then there is all the consolidated universities in the University of Maryland including College Park and UMUC. People ought to check their facts before they spread untruths. If you doubt what I'm saying, look up that code in Lexis/Nexis or some other legal database and you will see it for yourself. UMUC is not a distance or correspondence school. It is located in College Park, MD and both UMD-CP and UMUC share the SAME campus. It is apparent that people in this forum are truly uninformed and do not have the sense to fact check their information. This in and of itself ought to cause doubt on any other postings that dispute these obvious facts.

Jeffery_XD 17y ago
In the UK, we understand that University College at Oxford is part of the Oxford system. Same holds true for both Jesus and Trinity Colleges. The university system, founded well before you Yanks got your footing in the world of academia, was designed to incorporate several colleges under a university system (thus the term "university" and not just "college"). Same holds true for our friends at Cambridge, consisting of several university colleges within the university system of Cambridge (check for yourself). By indicting the U of M University College as sub-par, one would assume you are assailing the reputation of the entire University of Maryland as a whole. At least that's the way we view it from our perspective on academics here in the UK. Does the quality of education in the American collegiate system really degrade so dramatically from one school to the next? I thought Americans pride themselves in the quality of college-level academics... Thoughts?

Jeffery_XD 17y ago

In the UK, we understand that University College at Oxford is part of the Oxford system. Same holds true for both Jesus and Trinity Colleges. The university system, founded well before you Yanks got your footing in the world of academia, was designed to incorporate several colleges under a university system (thus the term "university" and not just "college"). Same holds true for our friends at Cambridge, consisting of several university colleges within the university system of Cambridge (check for yourself). By indicting the U of M University College as sub-par, one would assume you are assailing the reputation of the entire University of Maryland as a whole. At least that's the way we view it from our perspective on academics here in the UK. Does the quality of education in the American collegiate system really degrade so dramatically from one school to the next? I thought Americans pride themselves in the quality of college-level academics... Thoughts?