BEEF: Survey of practices at other universities

I visited the web pages of every other flagship state university, most of the private universities Berkeley tends to be compared to, and all the other UC campuses, to gather data on whether they list top-level "@U.EDU" addresses, what namespace they use for their accounts, and what typical practice is for directory listings.

The fields in the following table are:

University Size @U.EDU? Namespace Directory entries Comments
Alabama, Birmngham Mid @uab.edu Self-selected All @uab.edu
Arkansas Mid @uark.edu Self-selected All @uark.edu
Alaska, Anchorage Small @uaa.alaska.edu fsnxb (5 random letters) Some @uaa.alaska.edu, some @aurora.alaska.edu
Arizona Large @u.arizona.edu Self-selected Staff/Faculty @u.arizona.edu, students @email.arizona.edu u.arizona.edu is near-equivalent to a top-level address. arizona.edu does not work, however. (see u.washington.edu)
Colorado Large @colorado.edu thomas.holub All @colorado.edu
Connecticut Mid @uconn.edu thomas.holub All @uconn.edu
Delaware Large @udel.edu 58483 (5 random numbers) All @udel.edu
Florida Large @ufl.edu Self-selected Mixed @ufl, administrative and departmental addresses
Georgia Large @uga.edu Self-selected Mixed @uga.edu, @arches.uga.edu, and off-campus Large proportion of students use e.g. Hotmail
Hawaii Mid @hawaii.edu Self-selected Most @hawaii.edu, some departmental
Idaho Small @uidaho.edu Self-selected (staff), holu4853 (student) Most @uidaho.edu, many students hotmail
UIUC Large @uiuc.edu Self-selected All @uiuc.edu
Indiana-Bloomington Mid @indiana.edu tholub (modified) All @indiana.edu Scheme appears to be tholub, falling back to more first-name characters and middle name to resolve conflicts
Iowa Mid @uiowa.edu thomas-holub All @uiowa.edu
Kansas Large @ku.edu Self-selected Most @ku.edu, some @ukans.edu
Kentucky Large @uky.edu Self-selected Some @uky.edu, many @pop.uky.edu
Louisiana-Lafayette Mid @louisiana.edu tch4725 All @louisiana.edu
Maine Mid @maine.edu thomas_holub Most @maine.edu, some @umit.maine.edu Conflicts resolved by middle initials
Maryland Large @umd.edu Self-selected All @umd.edu, most also list department address
Massachusetts Large No Self-selected @student.umass.edu, and departmental addresses
Michigan Large @umich.edu Self-selected All @umich.edu
Minnesota Large @umn.edu holu4725 All @umn.edu (except secondary campuses)
Mississippi Large @olemiss.edu Self-selected All @olemiss.edu
Missouri Large @missouri.edu HolubT (faculty), tch37a (students) Staff/Faculty @missouri.edu, students @mizzou.edu Rather odd.
Montana Mid No Self-selected Some @selway.umt.edu, some @hct.umt.edu
Nebraska Large @unl.edu tholub1 All @unl.edu Everyone gets a serial number
Nevada-Reno Mid @unr.edu Self-selected Some @unr.edu, some @unr.nevada.edu
New Hampshire Mid @unh.edu thomas.holub Staff/Faculty @unh.edu; students @cisunix.unh.edu
Rutgers Large No Self-selected @eden.rutgers.edu, other campus/college addresses
New Mexico Large @unm.edu Self-selected Most @unm.edu, some departmental/college addresses
SUNY Buffalo Mid @buffalostate.edu holubt @buffalostate.edu
UNC Chapel Hill Mid @unc.edu Self-selected Some @unc.edu, students use @email.unc.edu
North Dakota Mid @und.nodak.edu Self-selected Most @und.nodak.edu, some departmental addresses
Ohio Large No th57489 All @oak.cats.ohiou.edu
Oklahoma Large @ou.edu Self-selected All @ou.edu
Oregon Mid No Self-selected Most @oregon.uoregon.edu, some @darkwing.uoregon.edu
Penn State Large @psu.edu tch243 All @psu.edu
Rhode Island Mid @uri.edu Self-selected Staff/Faculty @uri.edu, students @postoffice.uri.edu
South Carolina Large @sc.edu Self-selected Most @sc.edu, some departmental addresses
South Dakota Mid @usd.edu Self-selected All @usd.edu
Tennessee-Knoxville Large @tennessee.edu tholub1 All @utk.edu
Texas Large No Self-selected Most @mail.utexas.edu, some departmental addresses
Utah Large @utah.edu tch243 Most @utah.edu, some departmental addresses
Vermont Small @uvm.edu thomas.holub All @uvm.edu, with forwarding addresses
Virginia Mid @virginia.edu tch12a All @virginia.edu
Washington Large @u.washington.edu Self-selected All @u.washington.edu u.washington.edu is equivalent to washington.edu, unlike u.arizona.edu
West Virginia Mid @wvu.edu tholub1 All @wvu.edu
Wisconsin Large No Self-selected @facstaff.wisc.edu, @students.wisc.edu
Wyoming Small @uwyo.edu Self-selected All @uwyo.edu

Selected Private Universities
University Size @U.EDU Namespace Directory entries Comments
Stanford Small @stanford.edu Self-selected Most @stanford.edu, some departmental addresses
Harvard Mid No Self-selected Departmental addresses
Yale Mid @yale.edu thomas.holub All @yale.edu
NYU Large @nyu.edu tch472 Most @nyu.edu, some departmental addresses
Columbia Mid @columbia.edu th2483 Most @columbia.edu, some departmental
Cornell Mid @cornell.edu tch342 Most @cornell.edu, some departmental
University of Chicago Mid @uchicago.edu Self-selected Some @uchicago.edu, many departmental
Note: I checked a sizable number of private universities for @U.EDU addresses, and found their ratio was similar to public universities (about 4 out of 5 provide them). The full survey was done for only the above schools.
Other UC campuses
Campus @U.EDU Namespace Directory entries Comments
UCLA @ucla.edu Self-selected Some @ucla.edu, many departmental addresses
UC Davis @ucdavis.edu tcholub All @ucdavis.edu
UC Irvine @uci.edu Self-selected All @uci.edu
UC Riverside @ucr.edu thomas.holub All @ucr.edu
UC San Diego @ucsd.edu tc1holub All @ucsd.edu
UC San Francisco Sort of Self-selected Departmental addresses, except @ucsfmedcenter.org
UC Santa Barbara No Self-selected Mostly departmental addresses
UC Santa Cruz No Self-selected Most @cats.ucsc.edu

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Last updated 02/13/02