Grand Canyon University Gets Free Mass. Campus
And that's what GCU is banking on when it comes to establishing itself in the Northeast region, Mueller said. Because GCU cannot compete with other well-established schools such as Harvard University or Amherst College, it will seek to distinguish itself in other ways.
"We want this campus to be known as a private Christian university that is accessible to all socio-economic classes of Americans," Mueller said. "We want students who are good students and really want to experience a Christian university to consider this a place they can come regardless of whether or not their parents make a lot of money."
Green said has no plans to remain highly involved in the campus. Instead, he says he hopes to return to the campus one day and see it "vibrant with activity."
"I would hope … that kids [will come] here from all over the place and [get] a strong Christian education with a strong biblical worldview that will have an impact D.L. Moody would have envisioned," he said.
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J Thomas
The cost of higher education has risen steadily at nearly 3 times the rate of inflation. It has increased in price more than health care, food, and utilities.
Citizen Anon
"Why are no politicians speaking about making university level education free or affordable." Oh, they are: "President Obama once said he wants everybody in America to go to college," he said at the time. "What a snob.... We will never have the elite, smart people on our side, because they believe they should have the power to tell you what to do."
Red Well
I have to second Tim's comments: I don't know how exactly Grand Canyon has lowered costs, but I doubt it is from paying lower faculty salaries. Our higher ed model is bloated, and the fact that Christian schools implicitly exclude all but the relatively well-heeled is clearly problematic. However, if anything, for reasons Tim cites, faculty should be making more while institutions shrink. And Europe? The solution is easy: higher taxes and virtually no private institutions to break up the state's monopoly on higher ed. I don't see that happening in the US any time soon.