John Jay Article
Hey, I don't know how to leave a signature so sorry about that but saw your edit. Those were college majors (have provided a link to the correct source), I don't know if it's against WP policy to list the majors the college offers (if it does, please feel free to let me know or undo it and I apologize) but wanted to give you the heads up. Anyway, it is dedicated to Criminal Justice, hence the college's name (John Jay College of Criminal Justice). Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.41.108.33 (talk • contribs) 22:16, November 4, 2021 (UTC)
Brenau University article
Hello, ElKevbo. Firstly, I appreciate your dedication to keeping up with the vast number of Wikipedia pages for colleges and universities. I have a suggestion for the Brenau University page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenau_University), but because I am employed by Brenau University I did not want to personally make edits to one of the sections and instead am reaching out to you as you have made numerous thoughtful edits. Regarding the section on legal issues, the lawsuit mentioned is no longer ongoing and I would request that be updated with the new information and reference or simply removed since the plaintiff filed for dismissal: https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/education/brenau-expelled-student-settle-retaliation-lawsuit/. Thanks, and keep up the good work! --Erogers3 (talk) 21:18, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks. Without more information, I don't think this warrants inclusion in an article. ElKevbo (talk) 21:22, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
TKE Chapters and Colonies List
Hello ElKevbo,
I see you incorporated major edits into List of Tau Kappa Epsilon chapters and colonies in which substantial content was removed. I can get on board with the notion that charitable events and fundraising news could be removed, but I also saw that there was some content removed relating to the chapter houses while some content was kept. I wanted to touch base with you before any further edits, but I would prefer if content notes relating to chapter status (which you kept) and chapter houses (which some was removed) be both notable for inclusion.
Jmnbqb (talk) 10:51, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
- @Jmnbqb: I recommend opening a discussion in the article's Talk page so that other editors interested in the topic can more easily participate. ElKevbo (talk) 17:23, 11 June 2022 (UTC)
Boston College
Hi, appreciate the feedback on the Jesuit Ivy edit, but I do think the second part of the edit is warranted. The parallel that I drew was this line on Georgetown's page, "Georgetown is ranked among the top universities in the United States and admission is highly selective." Boston College appears on the same lists cited by the Georgetown article and has comparable admission rates (12% and 16% for the class of 2026). The two schools are also both categorized as "Most Selective" by US News rankings. Looking forward to hearing what you think, thanks. ps I do not work for the university — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bostonkiwi (talk • contribs) 16:47, 11 June 2022 (UTC)
- I am not a fan of including that information in the lede of article but you are correct that many other articles do that so it would not be out of place in that article. If you readd it, please be sure to specify that the information only pertains to undergraduate admissions. ElKevbo (talk) 17:25, 11 June 2022 (UTC)
- agreed and revised accordingly, thanks for the tips Bostonkiwi (talk) 17:50, 11 June 2022 (UTC)
Question regarding endowments:
Hi ElKevbo: Since you seem to have extensive knowledge around endowments, can you explain to me why managed endowment pools aren't counted as part of a university's endowment? It seems that colleges always seem to include those numbers when talking about their endowments but wikipedia favors IPEDS data which excludes that? Likewise why isn't Duke allowed to include its majority share of the Duke Endowment in its greater endowment numbers? Wozal (talk) 01:20, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
- Endowments can be really complicated and I think that is part of the reason why you see different editors handling them and writing about them differently. I think that List of colleges and universities in the United States by endowment is the article where this has been addressed most directly with several editors making efforts to limit that list to what is included in NACUBO's annual study/survey; I think the hope there is that the folks who run that study/survey are experts in this topic so we can trust their numbers to be accurate and comparable. Otherwise I don't think there is consensus across articles to include or exclude pools from specific articles. Personally, I don't have a strong opinion on this topic (I know just enough about endowments to know that I don't know very much!) but I would strongly recommend that whenever a particular article does include a pool that should be specifically and clearly noted for readers.
- Feel free to ask about this in the Duke Talk page or at WT:UNI; you may get better, more informed opinions and recommendations. ElKevbo (talk) 01:36, 20 June 2022 (UTC)