To Increase Retention Public Universities Borrow From Private College Experience

Faculty members from San Francisco State University and City College of San Francisco have found a way to mimic the private university experience at public campuses for little extra cost to the schools, and it appears to be working. Metro, offered at San Francisco State and City College, is supposed to patch the leaks by carefully orchestrating students' freshman and sophomore years to give them a firm foundation for the rest of college. Read more at:
http://www.sfgate.com/education/article/Public-campuses-mimic-private-university-3659575.php