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> The US has unquestionably the best university system in the world A bold assertion. Well-educated Europeans with near-zero debt on graduation might argue oth
by robotresearcher 11y ago
> The US has unquestionably the best university system in the world
A bold assertion. Well-educated Europeans with near-zero debt on graduation might argue otherwise.
Every developed country has long lines of overseas students competing for college places, including very mediocre colleges. It's a route to immigration and not necessarily an endorsement of the university system.
- jyliu 11y agoThe system may have problems, but the universities themselves are the best in the world in both education and research.
- robotresearcher 11y agoSome of them are, yes indeed. The US dominates the world top-20. The US has lots of the world's best hospitals too, and few would claim it has the world's best health care system. I'm very happy the extremely good places exist, but I'm sad about crazy student debt and crappy for-profit universities.