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As he pulled his luggage through downtown New Haven, Conn., a woman handed him a flier describing his new city as crime-ridden and dangerous. It listed alarming local crime statistics and instructed students to “remain on campus,” “avoid public transportation” and “stay off the streets after 8 p.m.” Illustrated with a picture of the Grim Reaper, the flier wished students an ominous “Good luck.”
But perhaps most jarring was the source of the flier, listed plainly in its text: the union that represents Yale’s own campus police.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/nyregion/yale-police-fliers.html
In the US - everything about education - especially higher ed - is fucked. Not only do unis have legacy admissions - there are special legacy admissions. Like Harvard's Z-list. If mommy or daddy went to Harvard and have given the uni enough money - their kid gets guaranteed admittance. It's a totally vile situation.
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I'm American and I'm mystified why we don't use the abbreviation "uni".
I don't want to sound British. Also, using a slang abbreviation for "university" makes it seem like I must be talking about it all the time and I'm tired of saying the full word, which is definitely not the impression I want to give, especially around people that didn't go to a college or university.
Cuz we call everything college even if it's technically not. Either that or we say the university name directly.