Talk:Queens College, City University of New York

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Queens College was declared "World Class" by The Times and was selected by the New York Times "Selective Guide to Colleges" as the strongest college in the CUNY system.[1] The Princeton Review ranked Queens eighth in the United States, in its 2006 edition of "America's Best Value Colleges."[2] The college is ranked 50th among Northern Universities-Master's by U.S. News and World Report (tied with Baruch College, another CUNY college).[3] In 1996, the college's Freshman Year Initiative received a Certificate of Excellence in the nationwide Theodore M. Hesburgh Award Competition.

Two of the links provided come from Queens College (AND they themselves quote yet another source without substantiation). In fact, these self-supporting statements are directly copied from Queens College's web site. Are there direct references to Queens College's claims? This is akin to a student giving himself an A+ on a report card.

This whole paragraph paints an image of CUNY which really isn't true. Perhaps it would be acceptable on a recruiting brochure, but being a New Yorker, I find it misleading.

Tc61380 16:32, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

I removed the following text because I couldn't verify it (through non-QC sources):

Queens College was declared "World Class" by The Times and was selected by the New York Times "Selective Guide to Colleges" as the strongest college in the CUNY system. and In 1996, the college's Freshman Year Initiative received a Certificate of Excellence in the nationwide Theodore M. Hesburgh Award Competition.

I kept the references to the Princeton Review and U.S. News & World Report rankings because they are verifiable. I also removed the disputed template. Darkcore 04:47, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Another Queen's College

Rutgers University was originally Queen's college as well, back in 1766. 71.250.1.198 14:33, 10 May 2006 (UTC)