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George Washington University Graduate School of Education and Human Development was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 2 July 2023 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into George Washington University. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

WRGW (student radio) was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 28 October 2014 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into George Washington University. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

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George Washington University was a Social sciences and society good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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sentence about first federal university charter is inaccurate?[edit]

The second sentence: "it was chartered in 1821 as Washington, D.C.'s first university". But Georgetown University appears to have been first: "President James Madison signed into law Georgetown's congressional charter on March 1, 1815, creating the first federal university charter". (Both Georgetown University and George Washington University are in Washington, DC.) University_charter#Federal says: "Georgetown University was the first federally chartered institution of higher education in the United States when President James Madison signed the university's charter into law on March 1, 1815." neatnate (talk) 04:17, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Edit-warring to remove negative information[edit]

An unregistered editor is in the midst of an edit war with multiple editors to remove negative information from this article. Their most recent revert removed this image and paragraph:

On the first day of classes in August 2022, psychology professor Lara Sheehi allegedly made anti-Semitic comments to students.^[1] Students also found anti-Semitic comments on her Twitter account.^[1] In January 2023, Jewish students filed a complaint at the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR).^[2] As a result of the OCR complaint, school administrators initiated a third-party investigation, contracting independent law firm Crowell & Moring LLP.^[2] In May 2023, Crowell & Moring cleared Sheehi of antisemitism charges, having found a lack of supportive evidence to prove the claims.^[2] Crowell & Moring, George Washington University administrators, and Jewish students all agreed to pursue remediation.^[3] Although George Washington administrators closed their investigation, the OCR investigation remains open.

This has the effect of removing not only a mention of the ongoing protests but also an ongoing investigation of the university by the U.S. Department of Education. I am very sympathetic to arguments that encyclopedia articles should not focus excessively on current news. But a brief mention of these very noteworthy events is reasonable. And focusing solely on removing negative information from the article is, of course, not how Wikipedia works. ElKevbo (talk) 21:16, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There is a section on the page for "controversies" - this paragraph was there until it was moved. The picture was also added, which is meant to draw attention to its importance, so this is not just a brief mention. This paragraph needs to be moved to a controversies section, like other university pages, and this picture needs to be removed, as it does not have the function of showing GW generally- it shows a current event. 73.134.81.186 (talk) 17:14, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Controversies" sections are typically a bad practice and they're discouraged in general and specifically for articles about colleges and universities. Those events are part of the institution's history and should be placed into larger contexts for readers.

And the objection that the photo "does not have the function of showing GW generally" is ridiculous. Nearly all of the photos in the article show specific people, events, or buildings. Are you also going to begin removing them, too? Or are you only opposed to this one because it shows something negative about the university? ElKevbo (talk) 21:47, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing of that statement is encyclopedic and it's not standard to include this type of low-lying current affairs in the article. Harvard University doesn't even mention the 2012 Harvard cheating scandal - why? Because its a current affairs/news that is limited to the here and now - not relevant for an article covering the university and not the current set of students/teachers and their opinions or actions. Cristiano Tomás (talk) 17:38, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is standard, in many cases, to briefly mention when an institution is under investigation by the government or a similar body (e.g., an accreditor). And the additional text provides necessary context. I'm not opposed to trimming or otherwise editing the text, of course. ElKevbo (talk) 21:47, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ ^a ^b Quinn, Ryan. "Counterclaims of 'Antisemitic,' 'Anti-Arab' in a Diversity Course". Inside Higher Ed. Archived from the original on July 19, 2023. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Quinn, Ryan. "GW Review Exonerates Professor Accused of Antisemitism". Inside Higher Ed. Archived from the original on July 19, 2023. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ Kitson, Caitlin (March 28, 2023). "Investigation into alleged antisemitism finds 'no evidence' of discrimination in psychology course". The GW Hatchet. Archived from the original on September 7, 2023. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

[Quinn-1] Quinn, Ryan. "Counterclaims of 'Antisemitic,' 'Anti-Arab' in a Diversity Course". Inside Higher Ed. Archived from the original on July 19, 2023. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

[insidehighered.com-2] Quinn, Ryan. "GW Review Exonerates Professor Accused of Antisemitism". Inside Higher Ed. Archived from the original on July 19, 2023. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

[3] Kitson, Caitlin (March 28, 2023). "Investigation into alleged antisemitism finds 'no evidence' of discrimination in psychology course". The GW Hatchet. Archived from the original on September 7, 2023. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

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