Europe's Failing Schools, page 1

This article talks about private v public funding for schools
and the stats that tell which is better. It's interesting reading.
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Insight Magazine
September 28, 2004
By Martin Walker

The state of higher education in Europe is grim, and since students represent a society's willingness to invest in its own future, this is grim news for the 450 million people of the European Union.

The European Commission last year issued a sobering table, ranking the world's best universities, compiled by researchers in Shanghai. Of the top 50, all but 15 were American. From Europe, only Oxford and Cambridge made it into the top 10. The University of London made 11th place. From other EU countries, no university ranked higher than 40, and that was Holland's University of Utrecht.

This should come as no surprise. EU countries spend 1.1 percent of GDP in universities, compared to 2.3 percent in the U.S. A recent survey by the OECD found that annual spending per student in the U.S. comes to around $20,000, roughly twice the figure in Germany and three times that in Spain.

This reflects the long-standing policy in Europe to make university education the responsibility of the state rather than of the student or the family. Private funding of university education stands at 1.2 percent of GDP in the U.S., at 0.6 percent in Japan, and at a miserly 0.2 percent in the EU (and most of this private spending comes from one country -- Britain.)


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[edit on 9/30/2004 by FlyersFan]

I don't think anyone can dispute that the US has some of the best Universities in the world.

Let's hope the government doesn't screw that up with a 'close the borders' mentality that will discourage foreign students from attending, or foreign educators from teaching, at those schools

According to this article, link, graduate school applications from foreign students are down 32% from last year. That's not good for the US. According to that article, foreign students contribute $12 billion to the US economy and they pay higher fees than US students. Without that money from foreign students, Universities in the US will likely have less money to spend and may start to decline.


[edit on 4-10-2004 by AceOfBase]

I'm glad this article shows that at least the higher education system in the US is doing well. Our colleges and universities are really pretty good.

Originally posted by sturod84
dood, for every 1 immagrant that comes to persue a productive life. there is about 10 who come in soley to milk the system, deal drugs, and become nothing more then dead weight. trust me i see it where ever i go in this crazy town!

No.

Cato Handbook for Congress
Immigrants are not a drain on government finances. The NAS study also found that the typical immigrant or his or her offspring will pay a net $80k in taxes in their lifetimes then they collect in government services. For immigrants with college degrees the net fiscal return is $198k. It is typical that low skilled immigrants and refugees tend to use welfare more then the typical "native" household, but welfare and immigration reform legislation in 1996 made it much more difficult for new immigrants to collect welfare. As a result, immigrant use of welfare has plunged even more steeply than use among the general population.

Immigrants tend to carry their weight more than unproductive Americans do. They believe in the American dream. John and Jane Double-Wide are more likely to look for hand outs then Juan and Juanita.

It's the illegals that need to be dealt with.

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