Money recently published an article about public colleges. I'm not going to link to it here, because I don't feel that it offers too much new information. Instead, I will offer these two comments:
a) Public and private colleges often both suffer from the same weaknesses, and one is not necessarily better than the other. For example, both private and public colleges tend to offer large classes and part-time instructors.
b) What really matters is what your final price will be, at any school. Some private schools offer lots of scholarships, and some public schools are very expensive. Therefore, you can apply to a few of each, and see what kinds of deals you're offered.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
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I went to public colleges for both degrees. I have heard this argument before that public and private colleges are exactly the same.
The undergrad college I went to the roofs leaked so bad that many buildings had large plastic bladders to collect rain water, put together with duct-tap and hope. despite this, the instructors were good solid teachers, for the most part.
The grad college had a building with a hole in the wall that was not a window. The teachers were awful. I was left very often to teach myself. In the end it did make me stronger person.
I didn't mean that the buildings of public colleges are exactly the same as those of private colleges. I meant that the quality of the education was roughly the same.
Of course, each school must be examined independently. While mny public colleges provide an excellent education, it's possible that some do not, and the quality may vary by major.
In addition, for every public college with a leaky roof, I can show you a Georgia State University (with its relatively luxorious dormitories), or a Miami Dade College (with its realtively brand-new academic buildings).
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