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From: elg@killer.UUCP (Eric Green)
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Re: Where to find classroom space
Message-ID: <2971@killer.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jan 88 04:16:29 GMT
References: <10225@ufcsv.cis.ufl.EDU>
Organization: Bayou Telecommunications
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in article <10225@ufcsv.cis.ufl.EDU>, ddl@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Don Lewis) says:
> The local community college here has tried the same thing, leasing space
> from a local mall which has been pretty much abandoned.  

Leasing external space seems really good for dealing with a temporary influx
of students (e.g. into a "faddish" major, such as CS 5 years ago, or Business
Administration today). It's interesting to note that the ancestors of our
college and universities started out as students renting out rooms and hiring
professors to teach them en masse.  But still, I wonder... how many larger
colleges and universities are built anywhere near office towers or malls?
Running a bus system between a main campus and an auxiliary campus is
expensive, cumbersome, and results in scheduling nightmares (visions of
students riding buses an hour a day to take 3 hours of classes per day, and
spending another 2 hours waiting for the bus).

Considering that many colleges and universities were originally built in the
suburbs (although the city has probably grown about them since), such leasing
doesn't seem like it'd be viable (because of the transportation and scheduling
difficulties).  The probable exception would be for community colleges, many
of which are located near downtown areas anyhow in order to be close to their
students' workplaces. 

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