[00:07.95]On College Towns
[00:11.00]College town,
[00:12.69]a relatively new concept in university development,
[00:17.05]has now been a hot topic on and off campus.
[00:20.53]Featured by their youthful and diverse populations,
[00:24.52]college towns have received much public attention.
[00:27.88]There are many reasons for the emergence of college towns in China.
[00:33.41]First, with the admission expansion of universities,
[00:37.89]more classrooms and dorms
[00:40.01]are needed for students whose number is snowballing.
[00:43.37]Therefore, college towns,
[00:45.54]which are usually located in suburbs with large and open space,
[00:50.40]become ideal place to enlarge campuses.
[00:53.83]Second, as the communication between universities is becoming frequent,
[01:00.18]it is easier for universities to share academic resources
[01:04.72]or establish joint programs
[01:06.96]when they are built in the same college town.
[01:10.07]Third, students are able to improve
[01:13.74]their academic performance
[01:15.66]through added academic interaction
[01:18.27]with other universities within the same college town.
[01:22.00]As I see it,
[01:24.43]college town is helpful for educational development in our country
[01:29.16]and should be further developed on a stable and continuous basis.
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