Historic Names
During the growth and restructuring of the state systems, names such as University of California have changed their meanings over time.
- In some cases, the unqualified name has become the official name of the university system that includes the institution which is the original bearer of the name. Examples include:
- University of California
- University of North Carolina
- In other cases, the unqualified name remains the official name of an individual institution which is now part of a larger university system. Examples include:
- University of Alabama
- University of Houston
- In some cases, the unqualified name now has no official status, but is used informally for either an individual university (particularly in sporting and similar contexts) or for the university system of which it is now part (particularly in administrative and academic contexts). Examples include:
- University of Texas
- University of Wisconsin
Read more about this topic: State University System (United States)
Famous quotes containing the words historic and/or names:
“The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and use of land.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
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—Sarah Louise Delany (b. 1889)