Private Colleges & Community

For a long time I have been wondering who sends their kids to small private colleges? I mean there are literally thousands of these small colleges in the U.S., and tuition runs pert near $20,000 a year. Small colleges generally don't have the same breadth of opportunity, nor are they near as rigorous as the big state schools. Why would anyone go there?

Then there is the migration myth: Americans, on the average, move ever few years. Sometimes it's because they are tired of the same old place, sometimes it because they need new hunting grounds for their scams, but I suspect that it is mostly for economic opportunity. And this makes the news for some reason.

I suspect that most of the real wealth in this country is accumulated by those who stay in one place and build on what they have. They become part of the community, and when their kids are old enough they send them to the local college, where they associate with other members of their society and form friendships that serve them well in their future in their community. I suspect this is the backbone of wealth in America.

Denison got picked for the picture because Dennison is in Granville, Ohio, and I used to live near there. I did not even think about attending there. Why pay $2 when you can get a perfectly serviceable degree at the state school for $1?