Re:More than 1M fewer students are in college, the lowest nu...
by cgearhart on Thursday January 13, 2022 @11:33AM
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I guess my point was that the price of a school system that touts itself as a world-leading research university may not be the best baseline for the cost of college—even if it’s a public university system. The Cal State system has always been the “affordable” public option for college in California.
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Re:More than 1M fewer students are in college, the lowest nu...
by zdragnar on Thursday January 13, 2022 @02:02PM
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Yeah, that is fair. I guess my gripe is with the idea that research universities charge undergraduates more at all. If anything, most students get a much worse experience and learning environment as a result.
My own experience was that professors who were not currently research oriented tended to have a much more personal interest in actually teaching- not just the material, but in the practice of pedagogy overall.
Compare that to researching professors (or worse, their grad student substitutes) and it is often a night and day difference. All you're really paying more for is often the name on your diploma at the end of the day.