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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The number of low income students going to college dropped during covid and is now dropping again because of the FAFSA f**-up. This is going to lead to more income inequality. But on dcum, everyone is yelling about the unfair advantage first gen and poor students get and plotting how they can look like they are first gen.

The whole thing is sad and gross.[/quote]

[b]we are the only country in the world that pays for people that aren't citizens to be educated in higher institutions. It's laughable in other countries. [/b][/quote]

+1[/quote]

Are people really incapable of reading a post that is maybe three posts up?

I listed 10 universities in Germany that are free for anyone, including US students that want to attend (and they are taught in English).

There are examples in the Netherlands as well. [/quote]

Can we also institute tracking at an earlier age like Germany so that when kids get to university age we know they are prepared and ready?[/quote]

I, for one, am so glad we don’t do this.  My kid is dyslexic and has ADHD.  At 12, she was not a good student.  She has worked her tail off and her brain has matured.  Now she is in college, with a double major and a 4.0.  She wasn’t college material at 12 because the system failed to properly educate her.  With proper remediation and time, she has become an excellent college student.  It would be a shame to have tracked her into a career she would not have enjoyed and is below her intellectual capability because she was not ready at 12.[/quote]

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