Talk:Everglades University

Edit Request

I was told not to edit this article directly due to a conflict of interest. I'd like to request that the article be updated to include the University's newest Miami campus.

• The first part is updating the infobox showing the campuses. It currently lists Maitland which most local people understand as part of Orlando, so Maitland can be removed, and Miami added:

| city =  [[Boca Raton]], [[Miami]], [[Orlando]], [[Sarasota]], and [[Tampa]]

• The second part is to change the summary under the Buildings and sites header, to add Miami to the summary:

Everglades University has five different campuses and an online division in Florida. They are located in Boca Raton, Miami, Orlando, Sarasota, and Tampa.

• The third part is adding a Miami Campus section right after Boca Raton. I'll display the code to make it easier to cut and paste:

=== Miami Campus === The university also operates an off-campus branch of the Boca Raton campus in Miami.<ref name="miami">{{cite web|url=https://www.everglades-edu.info/miami/|title=Miami campus|access-date=September 6, 2023}}</ref> The university lists 15 undergraduate programs and eight graduate programs.<ref name="miami"/> Thanks. Sunshinestate1234 (talk) 14:14, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Edit Request

I'd like to update the article, but was told that I can't edit it if I have a conflict of interest. Please consider the following request to update the article with more recent info:

• Please add these more recent rankings to the Everglades University#Rankings section:

In 2024, education review and ranking site Niche named Everglades University as the best online college in Florida, and the second safest in the state. 

References

Sunshinestate1234 (talk) 14:17, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Reply 7-SEP-2023

  Edit request partially implemented  

1. Y The |location= parameter of the infobox was updated.
2. N The Miami section was not added because the information in the proposal was only referenced by the university itself.
3. N The rankings were not added because these rankings were not independently notable in Wikipedia.
4.  Additional changes made: The accolades/rankings section itself was deleted because the information contained within it was not independently notable.

Regards,  Spintendo  22:42, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Edit request 9-21-23

Hi - I'm back with a couple of more requests. I'm associated with the university, so I'll just post the requests here.

1. Since all of the accolades and rankings were deleted after my last request, the DoE legal situation is out of place as the only information in a section called Reception. I'd like to request instead that it be moved into the history section, in the spirit of WP:UNDUE which discourages us from overly emphasizing negative information in a standalone section. That this information creates an unfairly negative picture is supported by looking more carefully at the lawsuit coverage, specifically the NPR source. The article suggests that the government denied the 153 schools due process in lumping them together, and no wrongdoing was proven. That NPR source states: "The settlement's critics also point out that the Education Department has investigated very few of these schools – let alone confirmed wrongdoing." The settlement was based on a large number of students who self-reported unhappiness with their education outcomes, while quite possibly being enticed with offers of debt forgiveness in exchange for filing a complaint. In the administration's rush to provide student loan relief, it bypassed Congressional approval and ruled in favor of the students. The schools that challenged the rulings were denied because the court felt they were not being harmed by the settlement, since after all, they weren't the ones refunding the money. However, the reputational damage wasn't addressed. We can do that here.
2. Thank you for adding Miami to the locations in the infobox. I'd also like to add Miami to the second sentence of "Buildings and sites", and also include a short Miami section to match the other campus locations. The independent source used to support this addition is the third party accreditation organization Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges' (SACS COC) accreditation page.

 Done Agreed. Content moved. STEMinfo (talk) 18:02, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

• Please change the summary under the Buildings and sites header, to add Miami to the summary:

Everglades University has five different campuses and an online division in Florida. They are located in Boca Raton, Miami, Orlando, Sarasota, and Tampa.

 Done STEMinfo (talk) 17:43, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

• Please add this section for the Miami Campus section right after Boca Raton:

Miami Campus

The university also operates an off-campus branch of the Boca Raton campus in Miami. The university lists 15 undergraduate programs and eight graduate programs.

In this case, it should be acceptable to use the school's web site as the source, because instead of saying simply "The university has 15 undergraduate programs and eight graduate programs" I worded it carefully to say "The university lists 15 undergraduate programs and eight graduate programs." and I'm linking to the actual list on the school's web site.

Thanks. Sunshinestate1234 (talk) 17:34, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

 Done @Sunshinestate1234: The source is a primary source, which doesn't show notability, but I'm going to make the change so the section isn't bare. Please find independent media coverage about the Miami campus and post it here, and ping me. STEMinfo (talk) 17:49, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

References

Sunshinestate1234 (talk) 17:34, 21 September 2023 (UTC)