Talk:College of DuPage

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Codlogo.gif

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[edit] This article has serious point-of-view problems

A quick read of the article shows that the article in general fails to adhere to a neutral point of view. The Semester Conversion section is a one-sided diatribe against the semester conversion, while the Benefits section presents COD in a unambiguously positive light.

If others could find sources to state the opposing viewpoints and work those into the article, that would be fantastic. Otherwise, I was planning to remove most of those sections and replace them with statements of the facts. Hopefully, whatever the conversion, the article will become better. RJaguar3 | u | t 07:04, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

This article needs to be gutted. All the 'facts' cited about COD (gains to the economy, gains from a college education, etc.) would extend to any higher education institution. Factor in that, well, COD is a community college, and those facts probably carry less meaning when compared to similar stats from other universities in the area. I am going to cut out a few peacock words, but I agree there are serious slant problems with this article. Tool2Die4 (talk) 18:08, 4 April 2008 (UTC)