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See You Next Year, Patriotism

by Nina Shield | July 5, 2008 at 2:19 pm

Take off your novelty flag shirt and turn off that Toby Keith album -- it's time to take a moment to shed a tear for our destitute dollar. First Jay-Z flashes euros in a music video, and now the price of a college education in the U.S. is so low for everyone else in the world that enrollment by foreign students is expected to explode. At the same time, higher education is becoming prohibitively expensive for Americans. Sucks.

But it's not all bad! At least the influx of rich foreigners will bolster our suffering economy:

As the throngs of foreign tourists who flock to Harvard Yard and other local campuses attest, the Boston area has long been a beacon for international students...
The surge in foreign student enrollment could have a considerable positive economic effect on the region, education specialists said.

If you're wondering whether it's time to accept your fate and head to vocational school, The Atlantic just hosted a round-table discussion with a bunch of white dudes around the question, "Is higher education for everyone?" They use the phrase "stratification by education" a lot. Video after the jump.

Is Higher Education For Everyone? [The Atlantic]
Foreign students flock to the US [Boston Globe]
Jay-Z, the New Alan Greenspan [WSJ.com]

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