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Originally Posted by wburg
Less than that...I think it's around $1000 a semester for undergrads. That's why the public schools fill up first: they are profoundly more affordable than private colleges. Private schools get the overflow.
I note that most of the colleges mentioned in the article are vocational colleges--auto mechanics, medical training, etcetera, and specialty postgraduate schools (law school, counseling, etc) rather than full-fledged universities. Those are certainly needed, but I'm still hoping for more traditional colleges in the region.
While I'm sure someone will comment about those kinds of schools as hotbeds of liberal humanism and useless underwater basket weaving majors, they're important for other reasons. A respected university gives a city prestige, and the "college town" atmosphere that comes with a university simply doesn't happen at vocational colleges.
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I agree with everything you have said, except one: That Private Schools get the overflow. Private schools are usually the first choice of most college bound students because of their "prestige". Here is a quote from one of the following articles:
Demand for private universities has surged even as student interest in public institutions has fallen, and is expected to jump higher this year as private fee-paying students become eligible for government loans.
And here is some articles backing up my statement:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/...832243859.html
http://cshe.berkeley.edu/publication...rt.Nov2007.pdf
http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/vi...9&context=cshe
IMHO: Bring more and more public and private higher education institutions to the area. Sacramento needs this. Yes, I am talking about the liberal Education Wburg is talking about (which has nothing to do with liberal politics...).