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What's the difference private vs public schooling

by DvdBonan » Sat Feb 23, 2013 8:13 pm
Excuse my ignorance, but I come from Canada where all universities are public I believe. What is the difference between public and private universities?

I am looking at some schools in California and UCLA and USC are two of them - UCLA is public yet USC is private. Anyone care to elaborate on what that means?
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by brianlange77 » Sun Feb 24, 2013 7:00 pm
DvdBonan wrote:Excuse my ignorance, but I come from Canada where all universities are public I believe. What is the difference between public and private universities?

I am looking at some schools in California and UCLA and USC are two of them - UCLA is public yet USC is private. Anyone care to elaborate on what that means?
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Not a dumb question at all. At the business-school level, it doesn't make that much of a difference. The two biggest differences are where schools get their operating funds and whether or not they have certain requirements for letting in a certain percentage of the residents of their state (i.e. province for you.)

Hope that helps.

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