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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The public stopped funding state schools and private schools made huge investments in everything. State schools got left behind and except for donut holes top students stopped going to state schools. Also the Ivy League and other elite colleges opened up admissions to non boarding/private school kids (which to this day is very sad for the graduates of private and boarding schools). DCUM posters seemed to have missed this and other factors that have made state schools less competitive and less prestigious. [/quote]

Another interpretation of what you say would be that colleges have overspent and under-delivered on their mission chasing rankings since the inception of USNWR.   The U.S. has gone from having the highest college graduation rate in the industrialized world to being in the middle of the pack despite spending more per capita than any other country and having higher education costs increase faster than any other area of the economy for about 40 years.   [/quote]

Yes but its important to note where the spending is coming from if you are linking attainment to spending.  The US, unlike most OECD countries, relies heavily on private/household expenditures for higher education (which just means families with money end up spending more to attend expensive schools with fancy dorms, new buildings and all the extras).  The countries that are seeing their attainment levels increase are making large, PUBLIC investment in higher education so more of their citizens can afford to go.

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Yes, they have increased public spending, but the U.S. has had a runaway cost problem.  Higher education spending per student (from all sources) and percent of GDP is much higher in the U.S. than other countries (South Korea is the only one close), yet graduation rates are average among OECD.  [/quote]

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