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Higher education pages by quality
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Total
FA 45
FL 58
FM 17
A 1
GA 224
B 1,204
C 4,171
Start 17,011
Stub 15,886
List 1,725
Category 28,225
Disambig 130
File 5,246
Project 48
Template 1,953
NA 2,042
Assessed 77,986
Unassessed 2,146
Total 80,132
WikiWork factors (?) ω = 201,116 Ω = 5.22
Things To Do
  1. Work on articles that need cleanup.
  2. Create a page for every university and college and add {{infobox University}} for it. See the missing list for those institutions still awaiting articles.
  3. Place {{WikiProject Higher education}} on every related talk page.
  4. Combat boosterism wherever it appears
  5. Ensure all articles, including Featured articles, are consistent with the article guidelines.


Request for Expert Contributions

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Dear Authors,

I hope this message finds you well. I am reaching out to invite your expertise and collaboration in improving the quality and accuracy of the Wikipedia article draft on Don Bosco College, Panjim. As experts and contributors in this field, your insights and contributions would be invaluable in ensuring that the information presented is comprehensive, accurate, and up-to-date.

The current draft can be found here: Draft:Don Bosco College, Panjim

We are particularly looking for improvements in the following areas:

  1. History: Detailed historical background and significant milestones.
  2. Academic Programs: Comprehensive list and descriptions of academic programs offered.
  3. Notable Alumni: Information on notable alumni and their achievements.
  4. References: Addition of reliable sources to improve the article's credibility.
  5. Notability: Information and sources that demonstrate the college's significance and impact.

Improving the notability of the draft is crucial for its acceptance as a full Wikipedia article. Notability can be established through reliable secondary sources such as news articles, academic papers, and books that discuss the college in detail.

Contributing to Wikipedia is a collaborative and transparent process. You can make edits directly to the draft, or if you prefer, share your suggestions and sources here, and we can incorporate them accordingly. Your contributions will be properly cited, ensuring that your work is recognized.

Thank you for considering this request. Your participation would greatly enrich the Wikipedia community and help disseminate reliable information to a global audience.

Best regards,

Xcus

If you have any questions or need assistance with editing, please do not hesitate to reach out.

Note: This request has been made in good faith to improve the quality of Wikipedia articles and is in accordance with Wikipedia's guidelines for sourcing and citation. Please ensure that all contributions adhere to Wikipedia's content policies, including verifiability and no original research.


Daniel Diermeier updates

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Hi editors, I made a request on the Daniel Diermeier article Talk page that might be of interest to the folks here to add some content related to his time as chancellor of Vanderbilt University. I would greatly appreciate any feedback or assistance you can offer. I have a COI so I can't make these changes myself. Thank you in advance for any help you can offer. Cheers VandyBE (talk) 15:20, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

List of fictional British and Irish universities

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Members of this WikiProject may be interested in the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of fictional British and Irish universities. PamD 22:51, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That list survived AfD though is now renamed as List of fictional universities. Will editors with knowledge of non-UK&Ireland fictional institutions (in literature, film, TV, internet, videogames, examples in teaching materials, etc) please contribute to globalising the list? Thanks.
Members of this project may be interested in three more AfD discussions: List of fictional Cambridge colleges, List of fictional Oxford colleges and List of fictional Oxbridge colleges. PamD 20:44, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merge of inactive higher education wikiprojects

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There are a large number of inactive or semi-active wikiprojects related to higher education, mostly on individual universities:

Added to proposal 19/07/2024:

Removed from proposal 19/07/2024 (already operating under another project):

Removed from proposal 20/07/2024:

I propose merging these projects into WikiProject Higher education in order to redirect interested editors to a more active group, stimulate collaboration on the broader topic, and reduce duplicate work in maintaining talk page banners etc. The process is quite straightforward and is outlined at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide/Merging WikiProjects. – Joe (talk) 18:00, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support Great idea! Go for it. -- Melchior2006 (talk) 19:00, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support all. Not sure if there was ever sufficient activity to warrant wikiprojects on topics as niche as an individual institution, but in 2024 there certainly is not. Sdkb talk 19:15, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support This seems like the best place for them. Robminchin (talk) 19:26, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Seems like the right place to address. Comment that the list above is a bunch of individual US universities, and a broader (though still fairly narrow) project for Bangladeshi universities. The latter is of a slightly different nature. I think it's probably still reasonably well served by merging here. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 19:37, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

TSventon (talk) 12:29, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Thanks Ejgreen77, TSventon. I've removed the sixteen projects that are already operating as task force of another one, and added the sixteen additional inactive ones that aren't. @Melchior2006, Sdkb, Robminchin, and Russ Woodroofe: Could you please check to see if this affects your !vote? – Joe (talk) 12:42, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm fine with the new list. Sdkb talk 12:53, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm fine with the new list. There seemed some doubt over whether the Cambridge project was active or not so I checked it out – while there had been recent activity on the talk page, this has all been posting of notices or questions and the last time a post received a reply was 2016, so I'd call this inactive. In contrast, the Oxford project has had replies in 2024. Robminchin (talk) 14:21, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    The new list looks fine, at least at a glance. I'll expand: For me, I think the essential thing is that we deprecate long-time moribund university-specific Wikiprojects, as possibly misleading without balancing upside. I think that Wikiproject Higher Education is probably a better target than the state/region projects in general, although it is a more complicated project to get buy-in from region projects in cases where the university is already a subproject. I also think that articles on universities should generally list both the higher ed wikiproject and also the state/region wikiproject. Thus, it may be mostly moot what we redirect to, so long as both wikiprojects are listed on such articles (as I think they generally are). Russ Woodroofe (talk) 15:17, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:RADA#Requested move 20 July 2024

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There is a requested move discussion at Talk:RADA#Requested move 20 July 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Векочел (talk) 18:29, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Assistance requested for University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University

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There have been two related edit wars at University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University for the past few months. Both articles have recently been semi-protected for one month to give us some space to figure out consensus in Talk. Your input is greatly desired to help us do that. Thanks! ElKevbo (talk) 03:29, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Opinions wanted

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Your input is appreciated on the talk page section I just opened, Talk:Bachelor's_degree_or_higher#Merge_into_a_different_page?. Mathwriter2718 (talk) 21:56, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Definition of affluence

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Most college pages on Wikipedia that I have seen, at least the ones in the US, define affluence in a note at the bottom of the page as "The percentage of students who are a part of the American middle class or wealthier." Can we get a more detailed definition? Specifically, what income number defines the American middle class? This number is always changing so it may not be viable, so in that case can we can replace Affluence with "Middle class or higher". Any input would be appreciated. Thanks, Alexysun (talk) 22:40, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I believe the numbers are taken from the DoE's College Scorecard entry for Economic Diversity, which is based on the income level for Pell Grant eligibility. Robminchin (talk) 00:41, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"DOE" is typically used to refer to the Department of Energy. "ED" is the more common abbreviation for the Department of Education. ElKevbo (talk) 00:45, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Argh. You're right; that one always gets me. Robminchin (talk) 01:31, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Okay thank you. So anything above that is "Affluent"? Alexysun (talk) 17:24, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It looks like it, yes. Robminchin (talk) 01:38, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion at Talk:Bachelor of Arts § Infobox image

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 You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Bachelor of Arts § Infobox image. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:26, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Caritas Institute of Higher Education#Requested move 12 August 2024

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There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Caritas Institute of Higher Education#Requested move 12 August 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Safari ScribeEdits! Talk! 05:57, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:St. Aloysius College (Mangalore)#Requested move 19 August 2024

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There is a requested move discussion at Talk:St. Aloysius College (Mangalore)#Requested move 19 August 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Aprilajune (talk) 02:22, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:De La Salle Green Spikers volleyball#Requested move 25 June 2024

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There is a requested move discussion at Talk:De La Salle Green Spikers volleyball#Requested move 25 June 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Reading Beans 12:35, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Economic demographics at U.S. colleges

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I'd like to update the data for economic demographics at U.S. colleges. It seems that the only data regularly reported by all schools is the percentage of Pell Grant-eligible students, which is a pretty rudimentary metric, so in the past I've used the 2013 data from Opportunity Insights (as reported by the NYT), which includes estimates of median family income, percentage of students from families in top 10% income, and percentage of students from families in bottom 60% income. It seems that they came out with an updated report in 2023 (NYT report), which breaks it down by income quintile but doesn't report the median and only updates the data to 2015. Is it possible to do any better, or is this information just not accessible? Courtesy pinging ElKevbo as I feel like this is your area of expertise. It'd be nice to provide some more granular data than the charts e.g. here without having to resort to old data. Sdkb talk 19:49, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate the vote of confidence but this isn't my area of expertise. To the best of knowledge, you're correct that much of this work relies on number or percentage of Pell-grant recipients as that is the only relevant data that is consistently collected by the federal government and made accessible to scholars and researchers (and reporters and partisan think tanks and hacks with an axe to grind and...). As far as I know, more detailed work has to pull from other data sources. For example, I think that the Equality of Opportunity project has done their own analysis of tax data and I imagine that many studies have relied on survey information. But I don't know if there is a good national database for every institution that is regularly updated. ElKevbo (talk) 22:36, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, the Equality of Opportunity project is now Opportunity Insights. Thanks for the reply; hopefully some better data comes along at some point. Sdkb talk 06:24, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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