Talk:Columbia University School of General Studies

message: Major school of columbia university, page needs expansion. --Ctrl_buildtalk 15px| 05:35, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other 

message: The page was recently updated, and the two major changes are:
* A new picture of the School’s logo.
* a Notable Alumni and Attendees section.
I think that the picture that was added is outdated. If anything, we should add the current seal, not the sketch that was the basis for the current seal. 
Also, I object to the addition of Notable Alumni and Attendees. This is going to make the article unecissaraly long (as future editors add who they consider to be famous). In additiona, we will also have editing wars over who is and who is not important enough to be included. Instead, I recommend manking this list into a category, so that the information is acceable, but not part of the main article. Before I make these changes, I wanted to see if there are objections or better suggerstions.
Best. Matan 14:42, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I changed the shield image. As for the Notable Alumni and Attendees, since no one else seems to mind, lets keep it for now. If it gets too much, we can re-open the issue. Best, Matan 04:01, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  recent updates 

message: I wonder about the advisability of listing current students. If these students were listed without their knowledge, it's creepy (even if the information does come from items published on the GS or Columbia websites or in school newspapers such as the Spectator or the Record). If they listed themselves, it's a little sad. In either case, I wonder what the encyclopedic value of this section is. 160.39.247.200 19:57, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I would remove the current students section. The alumni section can also use some trimming... Matan 15:51, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Current Students 

message: To the anonymous user who is adding links to the “cu wiki,” please read this section to understand why I removed it: 
Wikipedia:External links#Links normally to be avoided
Best, Matan 20:06, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Dear user 207.237.223.150. Usually, I would agree with you and ask to remove the "GS Lounge" link from this article. However, the GSSC made the "GS Lounge" into its official website (at least for the 2006-7 year). Feel free to visit www.columbia.edu/cu/gssc/, which redirects to the "GS Lounge." When www.columbia.edu/about_columbia/index.html will redirect to WikiCU, I will be the first person to include WikiCU in this article. Until then, good luck with your exams & papers, and have a nice day. Matan 01:13, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

text: Well, you make a good point. So I am removing the direct link to the GS Lounge, and keeping only the link to the GSSC website (hosted on the CU server), which currently redirects to the GS Lounge page. I am also removing the link to WikiCU. Please try to comply with this policy. Thank you, Matan 14:26, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  links to "cu-wiki" 

message: It seems like a user pasted a lot of information from the GS handbook about requirements, policies, etc. This is problematic for two reasons: 1) It is plagiarism. 2) It is not encyclopedia-style info. We have a link to the GS homepage, and people can find out if they can fulfill the language requirement with an SAT II score by going to the source. I am planning on removing all this new information within the next two days, unless someone can show me that this 1) does not violate the school's copyright info, and 2) should be part of Wikipedia. Best, Matan 18:45, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed the plagiarized info that was copied from GS’s Viewbook. We can’t have plagiarism on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Copyright problems. In addition, if someone wants to read about which classes fulfill the literature requirement, or about the need to consulate with a GS advisor before declaring a major, she or he can read the most updated info on the GS website. This should not be part of an encyclopedia. Matan 01:50, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The GS handbook? 

message: I am unfamiliar with this group, and I doubt that it is a "GS Group." Before removing it, I wanted to know if anyone can point to it qualifying as a "GS Group" and that it indeed exists. Matan 01:11, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, no response, so I will remove it. Matan 23:13, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Columbia Students for International Service 

message: Although Edward Klein did attend Colgate, he graduated from the School of General Studies. See his New York Times wedding announcement (10/25/87, "Dolores Barrett Wed to Edward Klein"). http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE3DA1338F936A15753C1A961948260 
128.59.207.9 19:55, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edward Klein 

message: Ok this article is a little bias. Columbia GS is nothing at all like Yale's Eli Whitney Program or Brown's Resumed Undergraduate Edcuation Program. Both of those programs are reserved for non-traditional students over 21 (Brown has it at over 25) with exceptional work or life experience that are returning to school. Those programs only allow about 5-10 people a year, they're not really non-traditional programs lile Columbia GS. At any rate, the comparison is flimsy because Yale and Brown's program fully integrate their students into the DAY program. 
Columbia GS's real counterparts, it's "peer" schools, are Penn College of General Studies, Harvard's Extension School, and Washington University's University College. There is also Georgetown's School of Liberal Studies that rightly mirror both Columbia and Harvard's program.
This is in no way shape or form dismissing Columbia GS, in fact getting into any of these non-traditional programs at an ivy league caliber school is tough and costly. But it is disheartening to see that this article is trying to make Columbia GS look like its shares a different mission than that of Penn or Harvard.
: GS also fully integrates its students into the day program. The school has largely done away with GS-only night classes. In fact, I think it is 2-3 classes tops at this point. Aatombomb (talk) 18:30, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: GS is similar to Penn and Harvard's program. Atleast more so than Brown or Yale's. Doesn't make the program any less prestigious.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.7.101.84 (talk) 01:12, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This Talk Page is a mess, and it is clearly made by inexperienced WP editors (who keep doing things against the spirit of WP, such as deleting other editors' comments without permission or notification. This contributes to my strong feeling that the GS page is full of misleading self-promotion (written by GS students), which is against the rules of WP. Aroundthewayboy (talk) 03:46, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is the GS compared to Yale and Brown?

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replies: text: FUR has been added. Aatombomb (talk) 18:27, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
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