Posted on 09/18/2019 5:36:50 AM PDT by karpov
Many Americans crow that our higher education system is “the envy of the world,” even though it’s nearly impossible to point to any proof of that. In truth, however, some Americans look down on our system, saying that it is clearly inferior to that of other nations, such as Japan and Finland.
A recent study published by the American Enterprise Institute, “International Higher Education Rankings” by Jason Delisle and Preston Cooper prompts my title. The authors have undertaken a comprehensive analysis of 35 advanced nations, examining their higher education systems along three metrics: attainment, resources, and subsidies.
In the study, a nation’s attainment score depends on the percentage of its population that has earned some kind of postsecondary education credential. Its resources score is a measurement of its per capital spending on higher education relative to its economic capacity (GDP). Finally, its subsidy score is based on government higher education spending relative to the nation’s entire higher education spending—i.e., how much of the cost is borne by government compared with costs borne by students, families, and other parties.
So, which countries score highest on those metrics?
Delisle and Cooper find that the top five on attainment are, in order, South Korea, Canada, Japan, Ireland, and Australia. They are most successful in getting people through some tertiary education program. (The United States ranks 11th.)
The top five on subsidies are Finland, Norway, Luxembourg, Denmark, and Austria. Those countries do the most to keep the cost of higher education low for students. (The United States ranks 31st.)
And on resources, the top five are the United Kingdom, Slovakia, the U.S., Sweden, and Japan. They’re spending the most on higher education relative to their economic capability.
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We’re quickly heading to the point where our top schools are so dumbed-down, in the name of ‘diversity’ that they won’t be able to compete against international schools that still are merit-based.
We need to have a screening test to determine who is capable of a college and/or professional degree - I know Belgium does this and I think France as well.
That would get rid of useless degrees rather quickly.
I don’t see Americans bragging about our education system as the envy of the world.
Most Americans I know accept the American education system is overpriced, over-regulated, and far too politically correct.
And dumbed-down.
There really is no way to compare the education systems (or any other aspect of life) between a homogeneous country (i.e. Japan) and a country that imports tons of the 3rd world without demanding they assimilate to the main culture (i.e. the United States). Nor does Finland have 13% of their population teaching their peers not to “act white”.
make the school co-sign the student loans ...
But we have the “best” Higher Indoctrination System in the world.
The “envy of the world” part probably refers to America’s university research, a measure of which is the disproportionate share of Nobel prizes won by American researchers.
350,000 Chinese students, paying full tuition, vote that America’s higher education is the best.
I know Belgium does this and I think France as well
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Yes, by all means we should emulate France, a shining example of higher education, innovation and industry.
Then we too can “evolve” to have a great cafe culture of entitlement and indolence. /sarc
If a thing is true can it also be “propaganda”? Seems we are so programmed to believe that if a thing is propaganda it must be false.
yes this discussion really needs to broken down into K12, post-K12 (job training) & “higher education”.
Who said the metrics used are indicative of anything meaningful? Does %of students going to college, amount of resources expended, and amount of govt subsidy (more money) mean success? I personally doubt it. How’s about employment, behavior and responsibility as metrics?
I kind of like the ancients approach to higher education where the students directly pay their teacher at the end of the course based how much they thought they had learned.
“Those countries do the most to keep the cost of higher education low for students.”
“Higher education” in the US is a RICO and does it’s best to keep the cost as high as possible.
In the past 30 or so years, our schools have gone out of their way to destroy the educational system. It’s into the second generation so no wonder the country is in such a sorry mess.
Somewhere in East Asia or Israel, where you actually have to study and do hard core research.
Envy of the world? Who claims that?
Our system is a joke. It’s far too ridiculously overpriced. It’s obsessed with political correctness. I mean some colleges were bringing in play-doh and puppies because Trump won the election! They’ve become indoctrination centers for the far-left. All these kids come out of there with a piece of paper called a diploma and have radical far-left ideas and no real knowledge about how to function in the real world. These colleges don’t even want the military to be on campus.
Envy of the world?
If I were in High School these days, I’d seriously consider studying abroad.
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