Top out-of-state colleges prowl San Diego looking for online students
“I’m not surprised that these out-of-state schools are blanketing California with ads,” said Scott Jaschik, editor of Inside Higher Ed, an online news site. “The state has had difficulty meeting all of the student demand it’s had at its public universities.There’s a market for this.” … The state’s population will hit 40 million this year and is expected to keep growing. The number of high school graduates also is on the rise, especially among Hispanics and Latinos… Things don’t always turn out well. The 2017 Online College Students survey says that many students fail to do a thorough job of examining their options, including when it comes to checking on tuition and financial aid packages.
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by Gary Robbins, The San Diego Union Tribune.