Los Angeles had good weather, the school had a high ranking and most students I met voiced a commitment to the community. I thought I was coming to an institution that had all of the great resources of a private college without the elitism. For four years I have been proven wrong, and in a more drastic way each year. Public, unlike private universities, have the goal of providing higher education to the public . In California, the promise of UC schools is to provide opportunities to all potential students.
Public institutions have an obligation to ensure equal access.
It is an obligation that encompasses those who would be denied an education because they cannot afford it, cannot relocate, or cannot access information that would prepare them for college. The government's promise to educate the public includes providing a space for academic development in the form of campuses that are not overcrowded or distributed only in certain regions, as well as providing students with the tools they need to prepare for college. The promise to the public is not only that the university will educate but that it will reach out. The partnership with the public does not begin at the entrance to this campus but at the doors of every primary and secondary school in the state. It is a partnership whose goals are the educational development and progress of each state.