Show the private college The private colleges in this country most of them small have been struggling in recent years to keep their heads above water There are isolated examples of course where private colleges are richly endowed and where money is no problem On the other hand for the majority of them the economic battle is their most difficult one One thing many people do not understand understand understand under under- stand is the fact that private colleges s save ve vethem them tax money For example if all college college college col col- col- col lege students went to state universities would be far greater than it is tod today y It is a known fact that it costs so much per student at state universities and if jf the student load were increased tremendously tremendously tremendously as it would be if students in private private private vate colleges were to go to state universities universities universities ties en masse then the taxpayer would have to finance the added cost As it is various private groups churches etc finance finance finance fin fin- ance the salaries of the staff and all aU other expenses of the private college which does not receive any tax money from that state whatsoever And when one realizes that most of the country's coi Presidents and most of the top leaders of industry are graduates of small liberal arts colleges despite the fact that a greater number of students are graduated from state universities one can appreciate the contribution of these small colleges in our scheme of education in the United States |