Compare and contrast a public university

Take-Home Essay #2 Contrastive ArgumentFirst outline and draft for peer review is due on Friday, 05/08/20Revised draft is due on Monday, 5/11/20Just like a comparison and contrast paper, contrastive argument allows the writer to show similarities in otherwise unlike subjects and differences in otherwise similar subjects. For example, we may compare the attitudes of the North and the South immediately prior to the Civil War. Or, we may compare the poetry of Walt Whitman with that of Carl Sandburg. We may contrast two methods of accounting to indicate which one is the better method for specific purposes. We may contrast the economic principles of socialism with that of capitalism; or, compare and contrast two Shakespearian sonnets that describe or seem to refer to the Dark Lady.PromptFor this assignment, write a contrastive argument in which you compare and contrast any public university, such as CSUDH, with an Ivy League university, such as Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Columbia, or any other private universities in the United States. The four points of contrast for this assignment are: Rate of Graduation, Costs (tuition, etc.), Programs, and Faculty as well as Status of Students. Historically, United States was formed under pioneer ideals. So, the system of education was also based on such ideals. President Pritchett of Carnegie Foundation recently described that in no other form does a nation or state so clearly reveal its ideals or the quality of its civilization as in its system of education; and he finds, especially in the state university, “a conception of education from the standpoint of the whole people.” “If our American democracy were today called to give proof of its constructive ability,” he says, “the state university and the public school system which it crowns would be the strongest evidence of its fitness which it could offer.”In your essay, you may focus on the role state universities play in democratization of higher education in the United States and empowerment of the masses by making education accessible to all regardless of social or economical status and by redefining “education as a right, not as a privilege.” The state university has thus both a peculiar power in the directness of its influence upon the whole people and a peculiar limitation in its dependence upon the people. In the transitional condition of American democracy and social justice and equality, the mission of the public university is most important. The provision in the Constitution of Indiana of 1816 for a “general system of education ascending in regular gradations from township schools to a state university, wherein tuition shall be gratis and equally open to all,” expresses the Middle Western conception born in the days of pioneer society and doubtless deeply influenced by Jeffersonian democracy. Nothing in our educational history is more striking than the steady pressure of democracy upon its universities to adapt them to the requirements of all people. Public schools play an important social role in democratizing and universalizing education for all, regardless of the social and economic status.We may also look at private universities as business corporations that operate for profit where education becomes the “product” and “students” become “customers.” No doubt such institutions offer high quality education available for any one who can afford it. The so-called prestige that is often conferred on the Ivy Leagues is more a reflection of the size of their endowment fund and the buying power of their patrons than the quality of the education they offer. But make no mistake; virtually all politicians, who govern us right from the local government level to the federal government level, are predominantly products of these so-called prestigious private universities. Unlike a public university student, moreover, the failure of a private university student is often seen as a disgrace to his or her entire family. Thus, Bill Gate, for instance, will stop at nothing to make sure his son graduates with honors from Harvard University. For this reason, the private universities and patrons or parents work together to ensure smooth success of students. The situation is sometimes the opposite in public universities. Your major task in this assignment, therefore, is to make a contrastive argument in which you persuade your reader as to which of the two systems of universities (public or private) contributes to the democratization of higher education in the United States. Moreover, you will be expected to show which of the two systems also makes higher education in the United States very meaningful. Prepare to provide something of evidential value to back up your argument.Essay requirements1. In your essay you will compare and contrast any public university, such as CSUDH, with a private university, such as USC. Look at the similarities and differences between the two schools.2. Four-five full pages, typed double space in MLA format.3. After peer review, revise your draft and submit it as is described in your syllabus.4. This is a 150-point research paper, so remember to provide in-text citations and works cited (out-text citation) to acknowledge your secondary sources.5. You need to cite at least three journal articles and two recognized websites.