Editing Collegiate university (section)

===United States===
{{See also|State university system}}
[[File:Branford Court spring 2.JPG|thumb|[[Branford College]] at [[Yale University]]]]
[[File:Avery House, California Institute of Technology (September 10, 2011).jpg|thumb|[[House system at the California Institute of Technology#List of the houses|Avery House]] at the [[California Institute of Technology]].]]
The US has a wide variety of systems. There are a number of universities with [[residential college]]s, most of which are owned by the central university, which may be referred to as residential colleges or as houses. These do not normally participate in formal teaching, although there are exceptions to this. Most collegiate universities in the US were previously non-collegiate but have established residential colleges in the 20th or 21st century. There were around 30 universities with residential colleges in the US in 2010,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.houstonpress.com/news/rice-university-residential-college-guarantee-not-all-students-get-what-they-pay-for-6714167|title=Rice University Residential College Guarantee: Not All Students Get What They Pay For|date= 22 July 2010|author=Chasen Marshall|work=Houston Press|access-date=4 September 2017}}</ref> examples include:
* [[Harvard University]] &ndash; Established in the 1930s, [[Harvard College#House system|Harvard's house system]] has 12 residential houses for "upperclass" (second year and above) students, with a 13th non-residential house for students living off campus and postgraduate students. Students are assigned to colleges at the end of their first year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://college.harvard.edu/student-residential-life/residential-life/upperclass|title=Upperclassmen|publisher=Harvard University|access-date=3 September 2017}}</ref>
* [[Yale University]] &ndash; Also established in the 1930s, [[Residential colleges of Yale University|Yale's residential college system]] has 14 colleges which follow the traditional British system of students joining a college when they join the university and remaining a member of that college.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://yalecollege.yale.edu/campus-life/residential-colleges|title=Residential Colleges|publisher=Yale University|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref>
* [[California Institute of Technology]] &ndash; Established in 1931, the [[house system at the California Institute of Technology]] has 8 houses for undergraduates, which students are selected into upon completion of a two-week "rotation" process when they first join the university. Students remain members of this house for the duration of their undergraduate education at Caltech, but may seek additional membership in other houses upon a public vote in the target house.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Interhouse Committee |url=https://ihc.caltech.edu/ |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=Interhouse Committee |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Rice University]] &ndash; Established in 1957 with four colleges, [[Residential colleges of Rice University|Rice's residential college system]] now has 11 colleges. Students join a college when they enter the university and retain their membership throughout their time as an undergraduate, with around 75% living in college.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://students.rice.edu/students/Colleges.asp|title=Colleges|publisher=Rice University|access-date=3 September 2017}}</ref>
* [[University of California, Santa Cruz]] &ndash; Beginning in 1965 with the founding of [[Cowell College]], the [[University of California, Santa Cruz#Residential colleges|UC Santa Cruz residential college system]] has the most established collegiate system on the West Coast. All undergraduate students, whether they live on campus or not, are affiliated with one of 10 residential colleges.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Undergraduate Colleges |url=https://www.ucsc.edu/campus/colleges.html |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=www.ucsc.edu}}</ref>  
* [[University of Notre Dame]] &ndash; Established in the 1960s, the [[University of Notre Dame residence halls|Notre Dame residential college system]] features 32 halls in which all students are placed freshman year and remain for a minimum of 6 semesters. Students rarely switch halls, each of has its own spirit, coat of arms and colors, traditions, mascot, sport teams, events, dances and reputation.<ref>{{cite book |last=Glanzer |first=Perry L. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/969439621 |title=Restoring the soul of the university : unifying Christian higher education in a fragmented age |date=2017 |others=Nathan F. Alleman, Todd C. Ream |isbn=978-0-8308-9163-4 |location=Downers Grove, Illinois |pages=159 |oclc=969439621}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=How Being Part of a 'House' Within a School Helps Students Gain A Sense of Belonging |url=https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/50960/how-being-part-of-a-house-within-a-school-helps-students-gain-a-sense-of-belonging |access-date=2021-08-31 |website=KQED |date=15 May 2018 |language=en-us}}</ref><ref name=":14">{{Cite web |date=2018-04-26 |title=How housing alienates Columbia students from each other {{!}} Columbia Spectator |work=Columbia Spectator |url=http://features.columbiaspectator.com/eye/2015/02/18/a-house-is-not-a-home/ |access-date=2022-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426232726/http://features.columbiaspectator.com/eye/2015/02/18/a-house-is-not-a-home/ |archive-date=2018-04-26 }}</ref>  
* [[Princeton University]] &ndash; Established in the 1980s, [[Princeton University#Residential colleges|Princeton's residential college system]] has six colleges, three of which house students from all years and the other three only first and second year students. Most students in the third year and above do not live in college accommodation, but retain their links to a college.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.princeton.edu/one-community/housing-dining|title=Housing & Dining|publisher=Princeton University|access-date=3 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://odoc.princeton.edu/about/residential-colleges|title=Residential Colleges| publisher=Princeton University|access-date=3 September 2017}}</ref>
* [[Dartmouth College]] &ndash; Established in 2016, Dartmouth's house system has six houses that undergraduates are members of throughout their time at the university.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.dartmouth.edu/news/2015/11/college-unveils-six-house-communities-open-next-fall|title=College Unveils Six House Communities to Open Next Fall|date=November 2015|publisher=Dartmouth College|access-date=3 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://students.dartmouth.edu/residential-life/house-communities/about-house-system|title=About the House System|date=23 August 2016 |publisher=Dartmouth College|access-date=3 September 2017}}</ref>

Many [[State University systems of the USA|state university systems]] consist of campuses that are legally part of a single corporation (e.g., the [[Regents of the University of California]] is the corporation that owns and operates the entire University of California system), but are operationally independent. Examples of such institutions include the [[University of California]], the [[State University of New York]], the [[University of Michigan]], the [[University of Texas System]]. Like [[University of California, Santa Cruz|UC Santa Cruz]], [[University of California, San Diego|UC San Diego]] also has a residential college system inspired by the British model.<ref name="ClarkKerr_Page_273">{{cite book|last1=Kerr|first1=Clark|title=The Gold and the Blue: A Personal Memoir of the University of California, 1949–1967, Volume 1|date=2001|publisher=University of California Press|location=Berkeley|isbn=9780520223677|pages=273–280|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jMEZ_47vXkAC&pg=PA273}}</ref>  At both campuses, the academic resources are provided primarily by the university, but each residential college follows its own educational philosophy and sets out its own degree requirements.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://catalog.ucsd.edu/undergraduate/colleges/index.html#:~:text=Each%20faculty%20member%20on%20the,%2C%20and%20Seventh%E2%80%94were%20established | title=Colleges }}</ref>

[[File:Smith Clock Tower view.jpg|thumb|The [[Claremont Colleges]]]]
The [[Claremont Colleges]] in California operate a hybrid federal-constituent system.  All 7 colleges are independently governed: [[Pomona College]], [[Scripps College]], [[Claremont McKenna College]], [[Harvey Mudd College]], [[Pitzer College]] as undergraduate colleges as well as [[Claremont Graduate University]] and [[Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences]] as graduate universities. Their founding model was based on that of the University of Oxford and they are linked through the [[Claremont University Consortium]], though, unlike other constituent college systems, degrees are conferred separately by the seven constituent institutions and they exist as [[universities]] and [[liberal arts colleges]] in their own right. The colleges are spread over a square mile site and share certain departmental, library and research facilities. In addition, the five undergraduate colleges operate [[Claremont Colleges#Athletics|two intercollegiate athletic programs]], with Claremont, Harvey Mudd, and Scripps forming one program and Pomona and Pitzer the other.