Friday, July 14, 2006
New York State Top Choice For College Freshman
Sam Roberts of the New York Times reports that for those college freshman attending school out of state New York State is their top choice for where they want to go to be.
“New York has become very hot,” said Abraham H. Lackman, a veteran of city and state government and now the president of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities of New York.I guess since both of my kids will be NYU alumni then they are just following a trend.
Crime is less of an issue, he said. “A second factor is, you had a number of popular TV shows that glamorized New York City: ‘Seinfeld’ and ‘Sex and the City.’ ”