Amberton University:The Next Big Thing?

[Saharapost]

Anyone can slap university on their name. Universities are supposed to have a well-developed graduate school. Amberton University doesn't even have doctoral programs.

"Anyone can slap university in their name" giggled me. You are right. Reason why I prefer a university to a college is because of the difference in our systems of education. It often confuses people (even those in Ministry of Education) in Nigeria and Slovakia when I tell them I attend a college for my degree. In my country and Slovakia, we are used to universities as places where people go to get degree after "college" education. "Colleges" in my country usually refer to secondary schools or a part of a university. In Slovakia, it seems they refer to a special kind of post secondary schools not really equal to university... If I am could get the same degree I'd get from a US college at a US university, why would I want to explain to everyone who asks me whether colleges offer degrees- I thought