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500. What Exactly Is College For?

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The Four Profit Sector Is Anabomination

Around 35% of college students these days attend midter publics. Another ten % attend four profit colleges. Community colleges have significantly less resources to devote to their students. Theyare spending about eight thousand dollars a year per student. The ivies, for example, they may be spending up to a hundred000 dollars per student. And i'm not so sure that the flagship publics and great privates need more government support.

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