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other poorer countries just pay all or most tuition for students and own the universities
by tehjoker 8mo ago
other poorer countries just pay all or most tuition for students and own the universities
- jandrewrogers 8mo agoThe State governments do own many universities. To a large extent, the government is responsible for the current situation. Also some of the universities are older than the government by hundreds of years and private, the government can’t just “own” them.
- tehjoker 8mo agoThis is true, state gov does own many universities, though there was a concerted effort to bring the idea of privatization and deregulation there too since at least the 1990s by cutting subsidies. I met a Polish student a number of years ago who was attending a U.S. Ivy League institution. She said people made fun of her back home for "buying her degree". That has stuck with me ever since.
- creato 8mo agoIn most such countries there is also an entrance exam requirement that would exclude most student loan borrowers in the US.