“The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.”
State colleges and universities must “make do” with the budget (finances) the state provides. Most of the private educational institutions have a much larger budget, and thus can have more qualified professors, programs, and grants/scholarships. They can be more “selective” and develop new programs to meet the requirements and the wishes of the administration, faculty, and students.
Some differences between state and private colleges could be related to the demographics of the student body. Private schools tend to have students who come from wealthier and better educated families, whereas public schools have more students who come from economically disadvantaged households and whose family members usually don’t have a college education. Because public schools have students of “lower caliber” in terms of cultural, disciplinary, and educational training, classroom instruction in those public universities is less productive in terms of the student-lecturer interaction. Class size also affects instructors’ teaching approach and evaluation methods. Intro classes at State colleges are often larger than 300 students and comprised mainly of lectures and 3 scantron exams.
Private schools have the incentive to graduate their students on-time. Students can then go out and land those top jobs so that parents and students continue to donate back to the schools.
Public schools tend not to have that incentive since students are from low-to-middle income households. Even upon graduation, when those students are able to find well paying jobs, they use it to pay down debt or they put it into savings. Charity is not a low-income hobby. For this reason, public schools might have an incentive to admit as many students as they can without making an effort to ensure that those students will graduate on time. Tuition is what will increase the bottom line, not endowments.
Is funding public like private education a worthwhile endeavor? How will we continue to propagate elitism if everyone gets the same deal nahimeans? an education created for everyone will be poor in the same way food in a general cafeteria is unpalatable. an illusion of choice and difference is needed, even though in the end – there truly is no spoon.
State colleges and universities must “make do” with the budget (finances) the state provides. Most of the private educational institutions have a much larger budget, and thus can have more qualified professors, programs, and grants/scholarships. They can be more “selective” and develop new programs to meet the requirements and the wishes of the administration, faculty, and students.
Some differences between state and private colleges could be related to the demographics of the student body. Private schools tend to have students who come from wealthier and better educated families, whereas public schools have more students who come from economically disadvantaged households and whose family members usually don’t have a college education. Because public schools have students of “lower caliber” in terms of cultural, disciplinary, and educational training, classroom instruction in those public universities is less productive in terms of the student-lecturer interaction. Class size also affects instructors’ teaching approach and evaluation methods. Intro classes at State colleges are often larger than 300 students and comprised mainly of lectures and 3 scantron exams.
Private schools have the incentive to graduate their students on-time. Students can then go out and land those top jobs so that parents and students continue to donate back to the schools.
Public schools tend not to have that incentive since students are from low-to-middle income households. Even upon graduation, when those students are able to find well paying jobs, they use it to pay down debt or they put it into savings. Charity is not a low-income hobby. For this reason, public schools might have an incentive to admit as many students as they can without making an effort to ensure that those students will graduate on time. Tuition is what will increase the bottom line, not endowments.
Is funding public like private education a worthwhile endeavor? How will we continue to propagate elitism if everyone gets the same deal nahimeans? an education created for everyone will be poor in the same way food in a general cafeteria is unpalatable. an illusion of choice and difference is needed, even though in the end – there truly is no spoon.