<p>UMD-CP is not a “suitcase school” by any stretch of the imagination. I’m always bemused by the pervasive notion on CC that there is only one right way to go to college, as if somehow the quality of the education is in direct relation to the number of hours it takes the student to get home. Maybe that’s what parents have to believe when their kids insist that they absolutely must attend a school on the opposite coast but I’ve never seen any evidence to support that it makes any real difference.</p>
<p>Don’t all schools, both large and small, private and public have students whose families happen to be local? What’s the big deal?</p>