Talk:University of Houston–Downtown

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[edit] Diversity Claim

UH-Dowtown does not appear in any of the comprehensive diversity rankings. [1] I am removing the comparitive diversity claim. Dothivalla 05:42, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Dothivalla: UHD would not be on the chart you cite because UHD is not a "national university" (i.e., it does not offer any PhD programs). If you were to find the correct US News and World Report chart (which might not be available on-line), UHD would be near or at the top of it. Steve Casburn 08:10, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

I appreciate your comments Steve. Thanks for pointing out that UHD is not a Doctorate granting school. Unfortunately all comparitive claims must be cited by a verifiable source. Wiki policy is extremely clear and clearly says that truth is secondary to verifiability. The policy can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability. The line, as written, cannot stand because it meets the exact definition of an 'Academic Boosterism' comment. The guideline strongly discourages "one of the" language as an example of what we should not be posting. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_academic_boosterism

Long story short, I think we both know that UHD is diverse. As written now, the article states the simple fact. But to claim that UHD is relatively more diverse than other schools needs a cite. Dothivalla 12:49, 28 January 2006 (UTC)