Talk:College of Charleston

Buildings

Listed on the Register of Historic Places

Randolph Hall is the college's main academic building

The William Blacklock House

The Avery Institute, which is now the home to the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture.
Avery Research Center Founded in 1865 as the Avery Normal Institute, this community hub provided education and advocacy for the growing Charleston African American community. Although it closed its doors in 1954, graduates preserved the legacy of their alma mater by establishing the Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture.

The modern rebirth of Avery began in 1985 with the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture at the College of Charleston. The Avery Research Center collects art and archival materials that document the history, traditions and legacies of African Americans and their influence on American society and culture as well as their place within the American narrative.

Other Notable Buildings

Harbor Walk East This 45,000-square-foot contemporary complex has the best view of Charleston Harbor, Patriots Point and the iconic Ravenel Bridge. Home to the Department of Computer Science, the facility includes high-tech classrooms, faculty offices, computer science laboratories and a game room.

• Why it should be changed:

To improve site by adding historical and contemporary buildings

• References supporting the possible change (format using the "cite" button):

markallenstaples (talk) 16:33, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

Some hints:

Please learn our manual of style, including, without limitation, MOS:SECTIONCAPS.

Please do not use inline external links.

These are not encyclopedically written, though. "[G]raduates preserved the legacy of their alma mater by establishing..." is pure PR-speak, as is "This... contemporary complex has the best view of place A, place B, and the iconic place C." Why in the world would an encyclopedia article about a university be waxing on about the purported "iconic" nature of an unrelated local landmark? "This building complex houses the Department of Computer Science" is the only even potentially encyclopedic text under Harbor Walk East. Tautologically a computer science department has "high-tech classrooms" (whatever that is supposed to mean) and faculty offices and computer science laboratories. The presence of a game room is not of encyclopedic import.

This is not an improvement; it is exactly what Wikipedia does not want to waste its space or readers' time with. That is what the university's website is for. Julietdeltalima (talk) 23:59, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

References

Edit request

The academic rankings box needs to be reformatting (eliminate the box) and content moved under the academics header.

• What I think should be changed (include citations):

 Not done for now: Not clear what you want changed. The quoted rankings are the same as those already present. PK650 (talk) 09:59, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

I want to eliminate the infobox and put the same content under the Academics section. markallenstaples (talk) 17:53, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Why would we do that? ElKevbo (talk) 21:54, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

REQUEST to edit Academic Rankings box

Change InfoBox

Academic rankings
Master's
Washington Monthly	302
Regional
U.S. News & World Report	8
National
Forbes	323
WSJ/College Pulse	501–600

to

Academics

US university rankings

• Forbes = 323
• The Wall Street Journal = 501-600
• The US News and World Report = 8
• Washington Monthly = 302

NOTE: I'll be adding references with direct links to the respective sites.

• Why it should be changed:

Improve readability and it should be under the Academics section of the page

markallenstaples (talk) 16:48, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

References

• I've fixed some formatting here and marked it as a formal edit request. Please see WP:ER for instructions. 331dot (talk) 16:54, 20 September 2022 (UTC)
  • Please read MOS:ITALICS and italicize periodical titles, even in edit requests. Do not make volunteers do this work that you are being paid to do, and which would have resulted in a downgrade if submitted to me as professor for failure to investigate and abide by relevant, easily accessible style manuals. - Julietdeltalima (talk) 00:05, 12 October 2022 (UTC)