Posted on 02/22/2016 12:44:31 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
Tuition to U.S. universities has surged 500 percent since 1985 and continues to rise. But German universities offer free education to everyone -- including Americans.
The number of American students enrolled in German universities has risen steadily in recent years. Currently, an estimated 10,000 U.S. citizens are studying at German colleges -- nearly all of them for free, according to NBC News.
German universities in most federal states have traditionally been free for German citizens as well as many foreigners, including many American, Chinese and British students. One reason German taxpayers foot the bill is to help attract more skilled workers to the country.
In recent years, German companies have been unable to fill thousands of jobs because of a lack of qualified applicants. Although Germany has one of the world's most generous welfare systems, its resources are increasingly strained as more workers retire. The central European economic powerhouse also has one of the world's lowest fertility rates -- making the problem even worse.
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Can we send Sanders’ supporters there?
Nothing is for free.
Cleanest country I’ve ever been to, I will say that.
try being Jewish (or a practicing Christian) there with all the Islams going to school there, if you think SJP and their communist friends who also “Feel the Bern” are annoying.
The cost of being raped by a “refugee” isn’t worth it. Danke, ich verzichte.
Cleanest country Ive ever been to, I will say that.
Are the muslim refugees entitled to this educational schwag too? Not that they'd accept such a great offer, but still, free is free.
Coming soon to USA, humans can marry animals (why stop at same sex marriage?).
You know... I will try. I have a German residency visa. I never even tought to take college courses for free. I live in Dresden part time and work between here and Berlin (KW at the end of the s46 line for “berlin freepers”)
Cost of living in Germany is pricey. So who’s gonna finance the housing?
Seems like a back end contract.
What do we get?
UN dissolved yet?
Can we get Kofi Annan on the phone?
A sign of their mental rigidity. I lived there as a child, and the impression I got was that they had no objection to dirt at all, so long as the dirt was neatly and carefully arranged.
It was, especially after coming from Turkey. What a difference.
I was in Germany briefly in the 90’s and it was so beautiful and the people very kind. I have to wonder about how clean it is today with the hordes invading.
Berlin is not that expensive to live in, but kind of grim looking if you ask me. Still hard to believe it is really free. Do they separate tuition and fees like they do in the US?
A neighbor’s son is now taking advantage of this program...according to her “they” are even giving him cash payments too.
I lived in Germany for three years. Before I arrived there, I expected everything to be clean and the people to be blonde, with blue eyes, and well organized. None of these expectations turned out to be true.
I like Germany very much. I am horrified at what's happening there.
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