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“ Harvard College is now thousands of dollars cheaper than Cal State East Bay for middle-income California students. So is Princeton. And Williams College. And Yale. Top private schools, with their generous aid, have been among the most affordable options for poor students for a few years, but rising tuition has only recently sent California State University and University of California prices shooting past the Harvards and Yales for middle-class students.”
California and the UC regents seem hellbent on mismanaging their once-crown-jewel into the ground. This bodes terribly for the state’s future.
Fog settling on Hamlet, CA
Spit Take of the Day: The NYT's 45 Places to Go in 2012
The top five:
- Panama
- Helsinki, Finland
- Myanmar
- London
- Oakland, CA
The only explanation for this is probably not a good sign for Oakland. They’ve reached the point where the NYT ceases to pity and has begun exoticizing. To the East Coast, Oakland is practically a banana republic now.
Climb off this road, follow the loose path to the edge, then look left.
I would not be surprised if this is seen by future generations as California’s undoing. (Via The Bay Citizen)
