American Higher Education

CollegeXC1993
Sat, 07 Apr 2012 22:56:02 +0000

OK so while the top 100 universities only educate a small percentage of the population, don’t they also have the greatest influence? That is, they generate the most valuable research, educate the future leaders and innovators, etc. And premier higher education is not just an asset for Americans, but an international one, is it not?
[No Better Export: Higher Education - Commentary - The Chronicle of Higher Education](No Better Export: Higher Education)

I hear alot of students wishing the US had a system like Canada or Great Britain, where they weren’t forced into going into ridiculous amounts of loans to get a top education and that premier universities (ie McGill, Oxbridge) were within reach. Should this seriously be an ideal?