(04-27-2015 09:40 AM)Who You Crappin? Wrote: (04-27-2015 09:14 AM)HuskieJohn Wrote: http://csnbbs.com/thread-735009.html
For those of you who dont go outside of the NIU/MAC board.
That brings up a really good question. Does the state of Illinois have too many schools? Louisiana has more than I thought!
For being the 4th (now 5th?) largest state by population. I don't think so. Illinois only has three (four if you count UIC and UIUC separate) region serving public R1 institutions UofI (UIC and UIUC as very high research. RU/VH), NIU (RU/H) and SIU (RU/H). Then we have a doctoral research university, ISU. Regional/Master Level universities WIU, and EIU. Access colleges such NEIU, Chicago State, and Governor's state. I honestly don't think that's enough.
Ohio (7th largest state) has 11 R1 universities. Michigan (10th largest state) has 5, WMU, UM, MSU, Wayne, MTU.
The problem is getting Illinoisans to stay in Illinois for school. Illinois public schools are not attractive to out of state domestic students. UIUC, and NIU to an extent, has compensated decreased state enrollment by increasing foreign student enrollments mainly from India and China. While UIUC denies state applications for enrollment at a near 50%, it has increased enrollments in for Chinese students (these are undergrads) pursuing degrees in STEM fields, and pay full tuition with higher fees because they are foreign students. So yes our public universities are educating the wealthy Chinese families to become "rocket scientists," and because of our strict immigration policy we send them back to China or Europe to work. It's kind of sad when you think about why the Morrill Act that established Land grant universities was for, to educate all citizens of the state at low to free tuition rate, and serve the state in terms of labor and economic prosperity.
If you want to read more, this is long, but a good read:
University of China at Illinois