[3catsanadog]

Along the same lines, I work with a young lady who is going to University of Pittsburgh. She told me the other day that the foreign students attending the college don't pay tuition and get grants galore.

This same young lady (in her early 20's) already has a student loan debt of $22,000 and tuition costs for a local student have gone up from an average of $3000 per semester to $5000.

I guess that's to pay for the freeloaders tuition.

[KarlInOhio]

I work with a young lady who is going to University of Pittsburgh. She told me the other day that the foreign students attending the college don't pay tuition and get grants galore.

Are these illegals, or people legally here on student visas?

When I went to college here in Ohio in the late 80's, foreign students paid out of state rates + assorted extra fees. The only ones who got out of that were the teaching and research assistants who had part or all of their college paid for plus got a stipend, but I counted that as payment for their work.

[BohDaThone]

as to all the "freeloading foreign students" your anonymous friend reports. Some sourcing would be helpful. Students from abroad (usually from Asia and Middle East) are actually a big source of revenue at some schools -- they have the money, and their own systems suck.

Some states are giving "in-state tuition" to the children of illegals who have lived in state for some period. That's a separate issue.

As to "lots of grants" -- unless she is talking about graduate student grants, where it is true that many of the very strong students, especially in the sciences , are from abroad, I have no idea what she could be talking about.

Sources and data are our friends.