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@clacke In California, publicly-owned colleges and universities cannot charge tuition by law, so instead they charge "enrollment fees".
The community college fees are pretty reasonable. In #sonTwo's case, the school district picked up his enrollment fees, so I just had to pay for books and lab fees.
California State University's fees are probably in the lower half of costs at state-owned institutions, but depending on a family's resources and financial aid eligibility, it may still be out of reach without student loans. https://www2.calstate.edu/attend/paying-for-college
The University of California's fees are higher (more prestige, I guess). https://admission.universityofcalfironia.edu/tuition-financial-aid/tuition-cost-fo-attendance/
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Wow. #sonTwo, who turned from the #Unix administration (local college course taught using #Linux and #FreeBSD) and C++ (local college course using Windows IDE) to theater and photography when he was in high school, suddenly finds himself needing to become acquainted with #JavaScript.
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Yes, I'm *that* dad. I took my middle school son and enrolled him in college classes.
I admit it was partly because I wasn't getting to see him much (2 hours after school, twice per week). Suddenly, I had him for five hours or even overnight twice per week. But it was also because the public school he attended offered nothing that held his interest.
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@clacke He had to pass an exam and get permission from the school district and the college. This is the local 'Community College'. I don't expect he'd have qualified for the state university before high school graduation.
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California Community College fees (per unit of credit) https://www.cccco.edu/About-Us/Key-Facts
The CCs issue “Associate of Arts” and “Associate of Science” degrees. But also, many graduates then transfer to CSU or UC campuses to complete higher levels of degrees. It’s actually pretty neat.
At the CC level, prices are low enough that people can earn multiple degrees, because they need not worry that they cannot earn enough to justify the costs.
In California, at least, CC campuses also provide vocational training (with their own certificates). Sometimes, they do this in partnership with the local school district (which sometimes have “adult schools” that offer high school completion and vocational programs). @clacke
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