Nontraditional Universities and U.S. News

There are supposed to be some drastic changes to the methodology for the 2024 rankings, but I noticed that a lot of regional and nontraditional universities crossed over into the National Universities category for the 2022-2023 year. Here are some notable ones I saw.

Keiser University - 219
Nova Southeastern University - 219
Pace University - 234
West Chester University of Pennsylvania - 250
Alliant International University - 331-440
Capitol Technology University - 331-440
Colorado Technical University - 331-440
Grand Canyon University - 331-440
Liberty University - 331-440
National Louis University - 331-440
Purdue University Global - 331-440
South College - 331-440
University of Phoenix - 331-440
University of the Cumberlands 331-440
University of Massachusetts Global - Unranked

 

Notable Schools in the West

University of Advancing Technology
Art Institute of Houston
South Texas College (this is a community college)

Notable Schools in the South

Herzing University (former for-profit)

 

Why is Pace “non-traditional”?

 

It started off as a for-profit accounting school with multiple locations around the country. It didn't really become traditional until the last part of the 20th century.

 

It surprise my Keiser University is moving up ranking properly the result after acquiring Northwood University to have it main campus in West Palm Beach, Florida.

 

Yes . . . It is nice to see them move up.

I am finishing my DBA with Keiser and from the very start until now, I am glad I chose them.

Very student centric organization, and excellent helpful Dissertation Committee.

They did leap into a higher category of a university when they acquired the Northwood campus and the sports teams.

 

I am surprise that Warden and Capella university are not on the list.

 

But I bet Hurfurd is.

 

I keep thinking there should be a "t" in "Keiser."

 

Rightly so.

 

I get it. I think there should be a R in Colonel.

Colonel Sanders. Colonel Klink…….all the greats.

I haven’t figured out the reasoning behind that spelling and pronunciation.

 

That's the reality of many English words. They derive from Greek, French, Latin, etc.

 

Here it is: We got it from 16th C. French and it had an "r" there, which they later changed to "l." We kept the "r"in the pronunciation when we changed the spelling to "l". The French didn't. See below.

Google: “Colonel” came to English from the mid-16th-century French word coronelle, meaning commander of a regiment, or column, of soldiers. By the mid-17th century, the spelling and French pronunciation had changed to colonnel. The English spelling also changed, and the pronunciation was shortened to two syllables.

 

Similar reasoning as to why the British and American pronunciations of Lieutenant are so different.

 

Pretty much. By Google, from the Guardian:

"Over time the word "locum" (place -J.) evolved into the French word "lieu", which is pronounced in French as it is spelled. It is possible that when the English heard the French pronounce the compound word lieutenant, they perceived a slurring which they heard as a "v" or "f" sound between the first and second syllables."

 

They salute funny, too.

 

Exactamente, señor. Google: "The word comes from the French lieu (place) and tenant (holder). The Lieutenant then is one who holds the place of another. Since he took the place of a senior officer the Lieutenant ranked next to that person and was his deputy."

It's exactly the same as when your doctor goes on holiday - or maternity leave, as mine did, recently. (Again, congratulations, K.)
A "locum" - another doctor, replaces them. That's for "locum tenens" - place holder in Latin -- from which phrase the French "lieu tenant" is derived.

Latin class was good for a WHOLE LOT of things... and I can still remember most of them. French class was great too -- and learning Latin along with it made it even better! It was kind of like "language engineering." You got to SEE how everything WORKED.

 

...and how the parts were made - and how they fit together. Like an IKEA assembly manual. Kan du läsa svenska?

 

Yes. He/she fills in for the captain. Been all three.