Talk:University of King's College

message: This entry seems to raise doubts about the connection between King's College, New York and Columbia College.  But I don't think there really is any question about the continuity between King's and Columbia.  While it is true that loyalist members of the original King's College left New York in the Revolution to start a new institution in Canada, that does not really show any fundamental discontinuity between King's and Columbia.  The 1789 opening of Columbia involved a restructuring of the institution internally, most importantly with a new system of internal governance and a state-issued charter to replace the George II's royal charter, but the teaching staff and clientele of students from among New York families remained largely unchanged.  To this day, Columbia honors its royal roots, everything from the inclusion of the Crown of St. James in its official arms and other symbolic devices and the celebration of charter day.
:There's no connection to speak of - Columbia was founded as a "King's College" of George II and King's was founded by George III.  In both cases the colleges were founded to serve as the "mothers" (so to speak) of greater universities that would evolve around them.  The arrival of English Loyalists after the revolution probably did focus George III's attention on Nova Scotia, but the establishing of the college was entirely the work of the King, who wanted to rebuild the institutions that had been lost in the revolution. Geoff NoNick 04:41, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  King's College New York and Columbia College 

message: I wonder about that phrase. Sure, It's a one year course, and it's not the highest level of study for any of the materials covered, but the words "crash course" always invoked a hap-hazard, incomplete kind of study. I don't know, anyone else think we should change it?
:Seems to me "crash course" is an exageration at best.  It was a comprehensive course taught all at once without the benefit of practical training on-board ship (due to the exigencies of war), but the Long N was the regular force officer navigation course; reserve officers (of which a great many more were produced) received far less instruction.  If anything, the Long N was the "cadillac course".  To put it into context, modern Canadian Navy navigation officers are given the bulk of their training in three separate courses (MARS III, MARS IV, and the NAV course) that total about 14 months - not far off the Long N. Geoff NoNick 17:19, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Crash course?? 

message: I added a small line about the UKC bookstore as it is an important addition to the campus. It also is perhaps a show of independence from DAL, their bookstore, and their courses. Feel free to add, please don't delete.
: I think the article would benefit from a link to the Bookstore's page, http://kingsbookstore.ca/, but I have a potential conflict, so what do others think? Gmpm (talk) 21:36, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bookstore 

message: The article says that "for 2006, two of the five bays will be converted——for the first time ever in their long history——to co-ed living spaces while one becomes entirely female and two remain entirely male."
However, at least two of the bays were co-ed several years ago. So, are we referring to two specific bays (ie Chapel, Middle or Radical) which are newly co-ed, or is the statement saying its the first time any bay has been co-ed? If its the former we should clear that up, if the latter then its wrong. Peregrine981 04:25, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bays going co-ed 

message: The article looks really informal right now... if anyone has a lot of free time could they install the same template that all other Canadian universities seem to have? It would look a lot more professional.
As I've noted in my recent edit, the information in the article is, for the most part, correct, and the language is more or less correct. Still, the whole thing needs cleanup for consistency, preservation of neutral, encyclopaedic tone, and general mature treatment of the subject. Crane 16:53, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Formatting and Tone 

message: This section needs to be seriously edited.  The vast majority of the faculty on this list are very popular at King's but are virtually unknown outside of the college.  Notable academics should at least have one notable publication, or a background outside of teaching/research (i.e. notable media personality) which makes them notable.  They can't just be well liked teaching fellows.  I will edit when I have more time.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.7.169.68 (talk) 20:26, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notabable academics 

message: Has anyone ever heard of this person?  The only real reference I can find on the internet to him (beyond his name cropping up a few times in relation to music festivals) is a German wikipedia page, which looks to be self created, and this wiki entry which he edited his own name into.  I don't doubt that he exists and is a composer or musician of some sort, but unless we can get some legit sources to back up his notabality I am deleting the reference to him.  I think it would be useful to trim the notable alumni list more thoroughly, anyway.Chris902 (talk) 17:31, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  John Henry 

message: Enrollment	Enrollment
1984      	517
1994      	691
2004      	1105
2005      	1141
2006      	1114
2012      	1190
2014      	1070
The article currently has a table listing different enrollment numbers between random years between 1984 and 2006. I have been unable to find a source for these numbers or from years prior to 2014. I have added the 2014 figures, as well as the previously updated 2012 figures. If anyone is able to contribute to this table and make it proper, then we can move to reintegrate the table into the article. Thanks, Tradereddy (talk) 17:51, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Enrollment table 

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message: This section doesn't seem at home on this page:
"One problem for King's, as for all of Nova Scotia's universities, has been the relative decline in government funding. In 1990, 78% of the University's operating costs were government funded; in 2004, only 31% were. Part of the reason has been a large expansion of the University, with only modest increases in government funding. Another reason is that the government of Nova Scotia funds its universities on a "per Nova Scotia student" basis, resulting in under-funding to universities with large numbers of out-of-province students. Large increases in tuition fees have been used to cover the University's costs. As of 2005, more than 50% of costs were covered by student fees.
In 2005, the Nova Scotia government reached a Memorandum of Understanding with the province's universities. It limited tuition increases to 3.9% for 3 years. In exchange, the government guaranteed a 5.8% increase in funding the first year, and slightly smaller increases for the remaining 2 years. Since King's relies more heavily on tuition than government funding, the University's financial situation will suffer as a result."
A cursory glance of other Nova Scotia University's articles shows that they don't discuss the structure of their tuition, never mind the financial situation of post-secondary altogether. Furthermore, it's at least 14 years out of date. Finally, "will suffer as a result" is speculative. Is there a person who said this? 
I believe the entire section should be removed. 
Ukchalifax (talk) 13:14, 27 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Financial structure of Nova Scotia Universities 

message: it's past time to tighten up this list.
uncited persons who also are without extant wiki pages will be removed.  please source correctly before re-adding.
thank you, That'sHedley (talk) 05:57, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  notable alumni