are beating their rivals Private Urban Universities Beat Rivals in Enrollment and Revenue Growth, Moody
Where did the rest of the article go? I'm just curious as to what they consider an "urban university".
I think it was Bill Maher who once commented that "real" universities have leafy quads. I get the spirit of what he was saying. And considering he went to Cornell (which has plenty of such quads) I can understand why he makes that association. I don't think he intended to say that Baruch College and Yeshiva University aren't "real" universities. Baruch is housed in a skyscraper. That's a different student experience than a student at Cornell. I have a cousin who attended Baruch whose most frequent college memory was sprinting up the stairs to get to class on time because the elevators were completely jammed. But even the "urban" universities that do have the benefit of a green quadrangle offer a pretty solid set of benefits to a student: 1. Easier access to internships 2. Access to off-campus entertainment, housing, etc 3. Access to mass transit Harry Chapin wrote at least two songs about places he had to drive through in between New York City and Ithaca, NY. 30,000 Pounds of Bananas takes place in Scranton, PA. The Mayor of Candor Lied takes place in Candor, NY. The university is situated in the middle of nowhere. An hour drive gets you to Binghamton to the South or Syracuse to the Northeast. If you don't have that kind of time you can be in scenic Cortland or Elmira in 30 - 45 minutes. Ithaca is a great town. But it took me only a year of occasional travel there to be able to say I ate at every restaurant there. The idea of spending four years there, full time, as a 20-something away from home seems unappealing to me. Especially when you consider that you need to drive a full hour to get to an airport with more than 3 daily flights. Internships? New York. Rochester if you're so inclined. That means getting another place to live for the summer and no way are you getting a few hours of intern work in during the school year. I get why people "go away" for school. But there is something to be said about being near people and things.
