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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is the numbee of first gen college studenta alarmung?[/quote]

Especially when selective SLACS also target first generation applicants who are in high percentages at these schools?[/quote]

I don't think it's alarming, to be clear!  But I spoke with a colleague of mine whose daughter was considering South Carolina who was dismayed that her daughter might be consorting with such a large number of people who had never left South Carolina.  "provincial" I think is the word she used.  I gather she felt that way about any public university fwiw, but especially those in the south.  SLACS, I think, recognize the barriers these kids face, and the likelihood that they are not otherwise going to get many (if any) first generation types, and that the SLACS tend towards provincialism in their own way.  They target these students because the first generation south Carolina kid who [b]wants an agricultural science degree to [/b]help bring his family hog farming operation into the 21st century is not otherwise going to apply to Bryn Mawr.  Probably isn't going to even with substantial outreach and financial aid - because it is still cheaper and better for her family to go to the reasonably well-regarded, closeby public university.  Point being, there are quite a lot of similarly situated students at a place like South Carolina.[/quote]

Well, this makes a lot of sense. The big public flagships, at least the majority of them, were established with land grants from the Federal Government under the Morrill Act for the purposes of engendering education in agricultural, eningineering and the industrial arts.  Today, these institutions are the backbone of our higher education system, educating the majority of American college students and conducting the majority of research.

I didn't think freshmen had direct entry to International Business? If she is indeed doing that, well done!

My daughter will be attending USC international business this Fall, and i can assure you there  is nothing "provincial"  about that program. She will be rooming with another student from Northern Virginia. In fact, most if the other students we met on our visit were OOS. Even saw Muslim students in hijabs and one in full veil. I guess they feel comfortable there as well.

I guess a  difference between USC and SLACS for first gen students is that they are likely to have peers with whom they stare similar experiences, and not only the offspring of the well heeled suburbs of Boston and Philly. Personally, I'm looking forward to four years of SEC football. Go Cocks![/quote][/quote]

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