Ministry orders six schools to replace “university” with “college” in English-language documents

The Czech Education Ministry has ordered six private Czech higher-education facilities to drop the word “university” from their English versions of their names and use the term “college” instead. A ministry spokesperson said legal action would be taken of necessary. According to the ministry, only facilities accredited as universities under the Czech law can use the term “university” in their English names. Some of the education facilities, including the Prague-based Anglo-American University, protest the order; Canadian and US embassies in Prague confirmed their claims.