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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Foreign countries have far fewer colleges, they are all public and they are all either large or very large schools.

The US would have to nationalize and merge its colleges…perhaps adopt the model of some countries where you have top technical colleges, top humanities colleges, etc.

You can’t create this nirvana without fundamentally changing our system of higher ed.

Another note…Canadian colleges take the approach of easier to get in but harder to stay.  The acceptance rates of their top schools aren’t that low and a school like Toronto is 80,000 students.  Their approach is let lots of kids in and then see who makes it…I bet some with just OK stats end up doing well and high stats kids can’t handle it and drop out.[/quote]

Sorta what UC is doing.  One issue with that model is it works relatively well when the tuition is lower, like in-state tuition.

Most US top colleges are private institutions, their tuitions are already non-affordable.  If you adopt Canadian model, it results in huge waste for middle class, benefiting the rich.  [/quote]

Except the UC schools would be required to have like 20%+ acceptance rates…similar to at least Oxbridge.

The Canadian model is closer to the rest of the world…sounds like you think the US system is fine the way it is.[/quote]

The US system is fine as it is. It is your choice on how you approach college and I have zero sympathy for the tender feelings of those crying unfair but simultaneously considering a huge number of excellent schools beneath them.[/quote]

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