[MD] Galileo and the church

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Hi Guys,

I sent my daughter off to Duke University in the US last year.  Hate
to tell you how much that is costing.  Quite a bit more than 11K
Euros.  We are receiving some private funding, since the college has
lots of tobacco money.  Didn't want federal funding because then we
would be indentured to the Gov, and I already work for the government
about 5 months out of the year.  Still, It is costing us more than 11K
per year.  This is the American way.  Consider yourselves lucky over
there.  Spoiled maybe?

Mark

On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 8:36 AM, Horse <horse at darkstar.uk.net> wrote:
> Hi Adrie
>
> The 11K Euros (9K Sterling) is the highest figure that can or will be
> charged by the 'top' Universities and yes this is an annual fee. It is also
> in addition to housing, food etc. So if you're at one of the Cambridge or
> Oxford colleges, maybe Imperial College London or one of a number of other
> Universities, you're yearly education is like y to be around 15-20K
> Sterling.
> So very few working class students (younger or mature) or even middle class
> students will be able to afford this unless they get a bursary - which is
> still unlikely to cover all their fees.
>
> The stupidity of this is that there used to be other institutions
> (Polytechnics etc.) that provided degrees and higher education but have now
> all been turned into Universities. The reason Polytechnics and the rest were
> turned into Universities is because they were funded at a lower level - some
> of the funding coming from industry. Once the Polytechnics became
> Universities the government cut the funding to the original Universities (to
> the same level as the Polytechnics) and then insisted that they charged fees
> where no fees had existed before! Either at Polytechnics or Universities.
>
> Additionally, because of political interference in pre-University education
> - i.e. schools - and the dumbing down of the education process, including
> that at many Universities , kids now need to go to University in order to
> achieve the same educational standard as they previously got at school.
>
> No wonder then, that they and many others are severely pissed off!
>
> Horse
>
>
>
> On 12/12/2010 16:06, ADRIE KINTZIGER wrote:
>>
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Been watching these events,what surprised me the most is the amount
>> of money they are speaking about, for students.
>> They spoke of about 11.000 euro admissionfee, ...dunno, is this annual?
>>
>> I think this is totally out of correct proportion.
>> How on earth are working class children going to pay for this?
>>
>> Greetzz, Adrie
>>
>
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