Posted by Jim McDowell on July 09, 2005 at 13:21:28 from 65.136.152.219 user mrjaymac.
In Reply to: Re: New TARS Library area on site posted by Dan Lind on July 09, 2005 at 04:46:11:
Dan,
Each state sets up its own post-secondary education structure. California was an innovator in creating the University of California system, headed by its Berkeley campus, for the top-level high school graduates. California established a state college, now university, system for the next tier of graduates, and a junior college (two-year) system for all others. At one time, California post-secondary education was tuition free. Other states, such as Illinois where I'm from, took a similar approach, though not to the same extent. The flagship state institution is the University of Illinois. A second level was a geographically-oriented state teachers college system--Northern, Eastern, Western and Southern--most of which are now universities on their own. Finally, Illinois set up a junior college system in which every high school district is assigned to a campus and taxpayers pay for education for both high school and the first two years of college. Not all states are this well developed, however.