Writing the word 'college'

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When writing the word 'college' from within an institution should it be capitalised? e.g. the College, our College, department in the College, students in the College.

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Rover_KE · Accepted Answer

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No - only when the name of the college is mentioned.

Rover

Regards · Answer

Hi,

AnonymousWhen writing the word 'college' from within an institution should it be capitalised?

I assume you could do that in order to make a distinction between your college and other colleges, e.g.

"The College invites suggestions from students for ways of reducing levels of environmental pollution".

That way it emphasizes what college you are speaking of. But then again, I would avoid writing our College

and use the definite article instead: the College, the College's policy, etc. Normally, the word college by itself

is not capitalized, though.

Perhaps this article may be of help, too: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/capitals.htm

Read through the section titled "Capitalizing People's Titles and the Names of Political Entities".

Regards

Anonymous · Answer

Many thanks for this. I noted the article during my quest for a resolute outcome! Your response confirms my thoughts.  Any thoughts on this particular usage -  ' the department  is the largest in the College', or ' from within the College' ? College is part of the institutions name. Cambridge University prefers the capitalisation, Oxford has an inconsistent approach, whilst most U.S universities adopt the lower-case.

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