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Ted1 Landphair 09 December 2009
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There's not exactly a rush of good news across economically stressed America - unless you work at one of our 1,200 community colleges. For most of them, everything's rosy3.
Once dismissed as lowly junior colleges and commuter4 schools in urban areas where students could walk or take public transit5 to class, these two-year colleges are attracting tens of thousands of students who would normally enroll6 in four-year private or state universities.
This community college shares a campus with a University of Washington branch. By attending two years at Cascadia and finishing with two years at UW, a student would save $21,000
By living at home, they will spend $4,500 a year in tuition, on average. That's half the typical cost at a four-year state school, and a fraction of a private university's $26,000-average annual tuition. Adding room and food charges and fees at renowned7 universities can boost the bill as high as $50,000 a year!
The Washington Post reports that even exceptional students are enrolling8 in community schools in record numbers. Community colleges' honors programs, usually half-empty, have, in the Post's words, exploded. There's often a waiting list.
Recently, too, President Obama directed more than $12 billion in federal stimulus9 money to community colleges for programs in which older workers train students in practical job skills. And just last week, the foundation backed by Microsoft founder10 Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, pledged another $13 million to upgrade technology at selected community schools.
What college library can match Yale University's? Of course, Yale's tuition, food, and room fees top $46,000 a year. Staying home in New Haven11, Connecticut, and attending Gateway12 Community College, you'd pay 94 percent less: $2,600
The New York Times reports that the clamor to get into community colleges has grown so strong that many have had to plow13 new, auxiliary14 parking lots; rent extra classroom space; and offer night classes running as late as 2:30 in the morning, just to fit everyone in.
They aren't Harvard, but again, $4,500 tuition is less than one-tenth of the total cost of an Ivy15 League school.
1 ted | |
vt.翻晒,撒,撒开 | |
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鹰( hawk的名词复数 ); 鹰派人物,主战派人物 | |
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adj.美好的,乐观的,玫瑰色的 | |
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n.经过,运输;vt.穿越,旋转;vi.越过 | |
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v.招收;登记;入学;参军;成为会员(英)enrol | |
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adj.著名的,有名望的,声誉鹊起的 | |
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v.招收( enrol的现在分词 );吸收;入学;加入;[亦作enrol]( enroll的现在分词 );登记,招收,使入伍(或入会、入学等),参加,成为成员;记入名册;卷起,包起 | |
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n.犁,耕地,犁过的地;v.犁,费力地前进[英]plough | |
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