What happened to Barnett College?

Finn said:

Yeah, like since, 1989?

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Heh, yeah, that's the one. Incidentally, the film does include the name of the college - it shows up Indy's mail.

It's never mentioned in the movies that he moved from College to College. So...

Sankara said:

It's never mentioned in the movies that he moved from College to College. So...

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Name "Marshall College" never appears on screen in Raiders. "Barnett College" instead is mentioned in LC. So if one decides to (personally) disregard all other sources than the movies, it is possible to convey the idea that the colleges in both Raiders and LC are one and the same (this being Barnett). He has, however, changed school for the fourth installment since we know for fact that the school in IV is called Marshall College.

There are however enough reliable secondary sources (like novelizations of both movies) that name the colleges differently and place them at different locations (CT and NY), so that leaves us with two different scenarios:

It's the same school in I and IV, but another one in III (this one being the official version).

or

It's the same school in I and III, but another one in IV (if you consider silver screen only).

But, even regarding the movies only, there is no option that it's the same school from I to IV.

My head hurts.

I can't help but smirk in success.

I'm willing to bet money that both Spielberg and Ford don't know themselves.