In a followup, a Facebook correspondent reveals another place for Americans to get free college degrees:<\/p>\n
Germany has recently offered free college to American students. Too bad that most America high schools don’t have the funding for German language classes. <\/span>http:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/…\/german-colleges–free…\/16658027\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
An explanation from a German official, taken from the link:<\/p>\n
In explaining why Germany made this move, Dorothee Stapelfeldt, a Hamburg senator, called tuition fees “unjust” and added that “they discourage young people who do not have a traditional academic family background from taking up study. It is a core task of politics to ensure that young women and men can study with a high quality standard free of charge in Germany.”<\/p>\n
Actually, German universities were free up until 2006 when they started charging tuition. That triggered such a crush of criticism that German states began phasing out this policy. Lower Saxony was the last holdout.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It’s an interesting remark, since it implies that students require the motivation of an academic family to attend college; is the economic situation such that college, i.e., education, is not really a prerequisite for bettering one’s life in Germany?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In a followup, a Facebook correspondent reveals another place for Americans to get free college degrees: Germany has recently offered free college to American students. Too bad that most America high schools don’t have the funding for German language classes. http:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/…\/german-colleges–free…\/16658027\/ An explanation from a German official, taken from the \u2026 Continue reading