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To: TobagoJack who wrote (59001)	12/16/2009 2:13:06 PM
From: energyplay	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218024

The free land for colleges already happened, once with the land grant colleges for most of the expansion beyond the original 13 states, and later in the 1960s until today when large numbers of military bases used for World War Two training were converted or used a college campuses. Also, many civic minded individuals and families have donated land for college campuses. There is still a deficit in the number of colleges in the Western and Mountain States, more colleges are being built, but it is happening much slower than it should. >>> The US has made huge investments in education since before independence. Education is a core value, same as free speech, firearms, and greed. ;-) Results - About 4.5% of the US population is in college. 14 million people, most of them loud, horny and drunk :-) About 27% of adults over the age of 25 have a bachelor's degree of higher. About 9.9 % have graduate or professional degrees. There are about 9 land grant colleges on this list - en.wikipedia.org