At the top end, Stanford, which is a private university, and Berkeley, which is not, continue to produce fine students, but enrolment in public universities and colleges has been declining in the past few years.
And the recovery plan has helped close state budget shortfalls -- which put enormous pressure on public universities and community colleges -- at the same time making historic investments in school libraries and classrooms and facilities all across America.
In consequence, the applause was muted when, in his second inaugural speech, Brown bragged that his administration was building an artificial river down the spine of the state and mightily expanding the greatest system of public colleges and universities in the world.
With the ever-growing cost of secondary education and state budget cuts pushing up the price tag for public colleges and universities, for many students it is a vital part of financing their education.
One big target is the dollars that states send to public colleges and universities each year.
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Utah is the only state that specifically forbids public colleges and universities from banning the carrying of concealed weapons.
Over two-thirds of students attend public colleges and universities where, traditionally, tuition has been affordable because of state investments.
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In 1950, there were about 1.14 million students in public colleges and universities and about the same number in private ones.
Less well known is that this year many state legislatures will consider whether to require public colleges and universities to allow guns on campus.
Meantime, at four-year public colleges and universities, tuition and fees for in-state students rose 4.8% in the 2012-13 academic year, the smallest increase since 2000-01, according to the College Board.
"You get a much bigger bang for the buck if you invest in trade schools, community colleges and public universities, " he says.
Private universities and colleges with lower credit ratings, as well as smaller public universities, reported the most enrollment pressure, according to Moody's.
Today the vast majority of U.S. colleges and universities, public and private, prohibit guns.
By 2005 he hopes to connect Jordan's 3, 000 public schools, 21 universities, 20 community colleges and 40 community access centers with a high-speed broadband network.
Construction Scotland is a partnership involving businesses, trade bodies, colleges, universities and the public sector, including Scottish government ministers and Scottish Enterprise.
The announcement comes about six years after anonymous donors gained national attention for creating Kalamazoo Promise, an organization that covers tuition costs at state colleges and universities for graduates of Kalamazoo public high schools.
Colleges and universities are far safer than most public spaces in the United States.
Already, universities and their medical schools, nursing colleges and schools of public health and pharmacy are expanding departments or creating new programs to address future health care needs.
Merit provides high-performance networking solutions to Michigan's public universities, colleges, K-12 organizations, libraries, state government, healthcare, and other non-profit organizations.
Many of my peers at my public high school were talented and had the grades and test scores to attend four-year universities and colleges, but lacked the guidance or resources to navigate the admissions process.
During the chat, he addressed a wide variety of topics, including the role Income Based Repayment (IBR) plans can play in helping former students manage their debt, the importance of higher education, from four-year universities to community colleges and technical and vocational training, and the vital role of public education.
For the past quarter century, The Posse Foundation has been identifying talented students from large urban public school systems and sending them in teams (Posses) to some of the top colleges and universities in the nation.
More than 1, 200 universities and colleges, and 1, 200 K-12 schools and districts host over 2, 500 public and thousands of private courses encompassing the arts, sciences, health and medicine, education, business and more.
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Udacity is simultaneously meeting the educational needs of the public and the vocational requirements of the labor force directly and efficiently, more so than we can say of many universities and colleges.
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