American Higher Education

GMTplus7
Sun, 08 Apr 2012 22:32:52 +0000

Yes, having more private universites than other countries is for the better. Having seen the situation in other countries where the public univerisities have an acute shortage of places and funding, the students who cannot get a spot have unattractive options: no university or study abroad. A good analogy is public healthcare in Canada-- you could die while waiting a VERY long time to get mid-urgency surgery which is rationed.

The large number of quality private universities in the U.S. provide competition among them and the public universities for attracting quality students, which results in higher academic standards.