[Magdalen] Tightrope?

[Roger Stokes]

On 18/11/2015 21:11, Charles Wohlers wrote:
> In Massachusetts, the Commonwealth "upgraded" the State Colleges 
> (formerly State Teachers Colleges) to Universities just a few years 
> ago, long after most other states had done the same. They're not part 
> of the U. Mass. system, which has four campuses (main one in Amherst, 
> plus Lowell, Boston & Dartmouth). I was working at Bridgewater State 
> when it went from a college to a university. Only thing which actually 
> changed was the name - everything else was exactly the same as before, 
> but "University" does sound oh so much more impressive, doesn't it?

Does it also mean the same in the USA as it does here - that a 
university can award its own degrees rather than having tham accredited 
by some other organization?

Roger