First, private schools offer more rewarding and invaluable education. This is based on the reason that private schools always have better grades and test scores with an above standard curriculum. They offer more honors and advanced classes as compared to public schools. For example, private school enroll fewer students which mean that student’s will receive more one-on-one and individualized teacher student interaction leading to better education as implied by Lombardi. On the other public schools, there are fewer graduating from public colleges however; public colleges tend to offer a wide spectrum of courses or classes to choose due to the larger more diverse student population.
Secondly, private colleges have greater resources available to students as compared to public schools. Gwartney et al. argue that public and private do not have any significant difference but only in terms of funding. That is, private colleges do not receive funds from state legislatures as it is in the case of the public colleges, which receive funding from the government. It is imperative though, to understand that private colleges give students an opportunity to access what they need whenever they want. For example, due to small number of students, professors and generally tutors, usually make sure that their students succeed. They do everything possible to ensure students have everything they need before graduating that will enable them find jobs as well as have requisite skills for job markets. Thus, many feel that smaller classes and individualized learning is a key factor to a better education.
Thirdly, private schools provide closer relationships with teachers and counselors. This gives students stronger and personalized recommendations in college applications. Ideally, in private schools classroom dynamic are quite different from the public colleges. Many students in private schools entirely committed to their studies. That is, they actively engage in discussions, complete their course work and are fully part of the classroom culture. On the contrary, students in public colleges usually do not get enough time with their teachers and hence, there high chances to leave classes without have one-on-one discussions with their professors.
Nonetheless, there is no shortage of good reasons to attend public colleges, either, according to Easter. Public colleges offer a broad range of majors as compared to private colleges. Thus, students in public colleges can enroll in programs ranging from traditional liberal arts to highly sophisticated technical programs. Moreover, public colleges offer flexible schedules as compared demanding schedule in the private colleges. Thus, this implies that workload in private colleges makes it challenging to balance extracurricular activities, a social life and a job at a private college. Thus, public colleges offer ideal choices in terms of attending school.
In conclusion, private colleges have outstanding mark in having more graduates, individualized and self-determined students as well as offering competitive teaching for the students. Thus, private colleges push students to pursue their dreams without giving up. Imperatively, students in private colleges are given more personal attention that builds them to focus on their studies. Therefore, from the discussions, it is clear that performance is better at private colleges than at public colleges.
Work Cited
Easter, Anthony J. A Comparative Analysis of Factors Influencing Students' College Choice Between Attending Public Colleges, Private Colleges, or Religiously Affiliated Colleges. Union University, 2012.
Gwartney, James, et al. Economics: Private and public choice. Cengage Learning, 2014.
Lombardi, John V. "Public and private: What's the difference." Inside Higher Ed 6 (2006).
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