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The mental model many people seem to have is "foreigners will pay us exorbitant amounts of tuition for a prestigious diploma, and education isn't actually valua
by solveit 4y ago
The mental model many people seem to have is "foreigners will pay us exorbitant amounts of tuition for a prestigious diploma, and education isn't actually valuable so we might as well send them back home".
And it's only mildly surprising people think this way. The median American does seem to go through an educational system that takes all their money and gives them a diploma without actually providing valuable expertise in anything. But the experience is exactly the opposite for the best immigrants, who only sometimes pay much tuition (PhDs in STEM in particular very rarely pay with anything other than their labor as teaching/research assistants), and gain enormously valuable expertise. It's completely asinine, but perhaps not so surprising.
- yuppiepuppie 4y agoWhat’s funny is that my (foreign) wife got her masters at a state school in the US with a US scholarship and was sent back after she graduated.
- ipaddr 4y agoMany US scholarship comes from private money. So having a scholarship doesn't automatically grant citizenship or people would abuse the system and limits would need to be placed on students studying.
- cinntaile 4y agoI don't think there is any country in the world that gives citizenship based on a grant. These people just want a chance at finding a relevant job in the US using their newly earned skills.
- sokoloff 4y agoThe median American 25 or older has less than an associates (2-year) degree. https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2022/educational-attainment.html https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2022/educatio...
- bcrosby95 4y agoThis is a weird take considering most states offer tuition breaks for people that live in that state. If this is really how people felt about these schools you would think they would be boycotting their mere existence considering they cost a lot of state tax dollars to fund.
- jldugger 4y agoI mean, its a complicated and slow process. State funding of colleges has been on decline for ages -- every time a recession hits the university system gets another budget cut but its rare to see the cuts restored when the economy recovers. Meanwhile the median voter is probably more excited about college sports than college degrees.