Public colleges with luxurious dorms

A microwave and a refrigerator??? In the same room?? Please to meet you, your majesty.

What's wrong with you people.  These rooms are like living in a cheap Motel 6.  You think that's luxury?  Just how low-class are you anyway.  I wouldn't want to live in one of those rooms.  Get real... neither would you!

i lived in the residence halls at the university of nevada for two years and seriously have no complains. yes, it adds to the tuition but the experiences ive had were priceless and life changing. they have living communities that allow students to live with those who have the same major as them to allow better networking and easier adjustment. some "dorms" do NOT like to be referred to as that becauise they have plenty of staff that work very hard on making it a community and not just a place to sleep in.

 

i do not come from money but i was able to afford it thanks to student grants and scholarships. it's best to take a campus tour and ask allt he questions you can, even the uncomfortable ones, to make sure you understand what you are paying for.

 

 

Has to do with Romney 's elite class of Americans who are better than everyone else. Time for the guillotine.

I can't help but think that all these amenities and luxuries come at the expense of the current and future student tuition dollars.  A nice place to live is attractive, but I would hope a school's ability to teach, motivate, and inspire a learner to achieve would be most important to students.  Secondly, I would also assume that all these luxuries raise the standards of consumerism, which spurs the economy due to spending, but ultimately destroys the individual by creating a bad ratio of conspicuous consumption to savings rate...this is why so many high income folks will never be rich.

During the ealy 60's, the selective service system gave 2-S classification to those who could afford to attend an accredited college fulltime. In those days, if one couldn't afford college, then it was out of reach; there were no federal grants or loans.

 

So, a healthy man (only drafted men) had no money, he was classified 1-A and ready for military service.

 

Part of the logic to defer college men stemmed from the economics of the colleges. If a person could not afford college, then they would not contribute to the college anyway. So, tthe hought that the person who had no money for college would more than likely not contributemuch, if anything to society anyway so, he goes into the military and likely placed in a most dangerous situation, that of infantry.

 

Lovely country some of grew up in. Find the members names of the local draft boards, then thank their sons, grandsons for the fine work and logical decisions.

The dorms look great but there is a big down side.  At many universities the dorms cost more per semester than the education.   To make matters worse, many universities require (with good reason) freshmen to live on campus during their freshman year.

If things keep going the way they have been over the last 20 years, not only with the students whose families aren't wealthy not be able to send them to the elite schools, their won't be able to send them to the state universities either.  The only middle class students that will be attending universities will be those of full ride scholarships and those whose families live in the area.

Dorms need to be well maintained and safe but, do they really need suites and private baths?

My daughter is a Penn State student and believe me the apartment complex where she lives is extremely expensive for what it is and it is no luxury suite.  There are 4 girls in an apartment built for 3 students. One bedroom is good size for 2 students while the other bedroom is very small even for 1 student and there are 2 girls sharing it. Rent?  As much as the mortgage on my house plus they charge an outrageous fee for parking. Do I think my daughter is safe? Hell no! Three buildings 15 stories high, long hallways, and parking poorly designed with lots of corners for hiding for anyone who wanted to do harm to a student.  Is my daughter used to luxurious living? No, she isn't but when I think how much rent this apartment complex is collecting each month I would expect her to have some bennies that just aren't there.  I would LOVE for my daughter to be in the PSU dorm that's listed as being a luxury dorm ..... at least I might think she was safe.

As far as the other luxury dorms/apartments in this article. Let's remember that many college students today are used to living in luxury and being pampered by their parents. Most of my daughter's friends live in homes that are very large new homes with new furnishings and top of the line appliances. My daughter and I live in a modest home with older appliances but we are lucky enough to have a 2 car garage and a very small above ground pool. There have been times in the past where my daughter was embarassed to bring friends home with her because she was embarassed by our home! Luckily, she outgrew that stage and learned her friends really didn't care as long as they felt comfortable.  Point is - why would "Mommy and Daddy" send their pampered child off to school unless they had all the comforts of home except for maybe the maid service? Parents today will pay for luxurious dorms and apartments for their poor, little children because they wouldn't want them "slumming it" .... would they?

What happened to the Rendezvous Complex at Idaho State University?  This facility gives students a quick and tangible experience of the life-style they could afford with a university education.