S.F. ignores colleges

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San Francisco itself contains many colleges and institutes from the preeminentto workhorses. The 2000 census reportedx that 75,000 San Francisco residents were full-time which represents an extraordinargy 12 percent ofthe city’s aduly population, although some studentss may live out of The great majority of students are not but come from the the nation or the All of these students spenrd on tuition and room and board. The ones from outside the city imporf their fundsfrom afar. If we assumer that each student spendsaround $25,000 a the contribution to the city’s economy is nearlty $2 billion dollars.
Add to this sum, research capital projects and other grants and the total reaches $3 billion a year. Thesse funds support more than 20,000 permanenr employees. Thus, higher education should be counted amongSan Francisco’s top five industries. economic analyses of San Francisco never break out higher education as a discrete Rather they treat it as a supporty service similar to the school The city and its people treat higher educationh institutions thesame way, belo w the radar, except when a dispute with a neighborhoodc breaks out over an expansion issue.
Then they are treated as bad It is time to treat these institutions for whatthey are, tremendoud contributors to the city’s economic health and and assist them to prosper. Student housing is a constant problem sincwe few institutions have their ownstudent Thus, students are thrown into the residentiapl rental market often to their The San Francisco Redevelopment Agency has taken the positionm that it can’t assist with student housing sincre students by definition are poor by choice. Crimd and safety are also concerns. The Art Institute of Californias nearly left its facilities at UN Plazaw because of the badconditions there.
Therr are numerous other issues which need care and The city’s economic development effort should actively encompass higher education.