Germany Extends Free College Education To All Students In The U.S.

[Live and Learn]

Germany has just recently cancelled all forms of tuition fees within the country’s higher education system, basically providing all German students free college education. Today, good news comes from the European nation as Germany announces that it is extending its tuition-free college education to all students from the U.S. and around the world.

While the cost of American college education is on the rise — with undergraduate tuition ranging from $14,300 for state universities like UCLA to $37,800 for private non-profit schools like Harvard — Germany’s former college fees aren’t too expensive to begin with. Averaging at $630 per semester, universities in Germany offered one of the cheapest college educations in Europe. Not only was tuition inexpensive, discounts on food, dormitories, and other necessities are commonplace among university systems in Germany, with some institutions even providing free transportation to all its students.

While the country’s former management of its higher education was already the envy of many a nation, German legislators still believed they could do better. CBS News’ Moneywatch quoted Dorothee Stapelfeldt, a senator from Hamburg, who described tuition fees as “unjust”, adding that imposing fees on higher education discouraged people from particular sectors from undertaking the journey of knowledge.

And because the campaign for free education was strong, the ruling for its commencement was swift. Just recently, after a brief ruling by the senate, it was decided that from this year on, college education in the country will be free for all students. This week, as the last German state to abolish tuition fees makes its transition to free education, Germany announces that it is extending its gift of knowledge to students from the U.S. and around the world.

Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/1531316/germany-extends-free-college-education-to-all-students-in-the-u-s/#jzrSZMhjUkvC1SRW.99

[nilesobek]

1. America's fatal flaw

is that institutions have been forced to accept the cult of Capitalism and the free market. Now that its penetrated the colleges and prisons, there is nowhere to escape it, not even prison. Capital rules everywhere no matter the cost to society as a whole.

I'm rather surprised to see that this German development has been received with zero replies. Maybe that means that even teachers and administrators, from the top down are totally reliant upon their paychecks and working within this system.

We saw how money ruined politics, now its on to education. How can you even trust such an education? Wouldn't they just teach the young people lies as well in order to maintain the status quo and get another paycheck?

I'd much rather have the good books and read them myself than have to rely on the petty biases of professors. Education really isn't that great when they won't show you any secrets, like how things actually work. Instead it turns into an indoctrination session. My daughter just graduated with a degree in political science and foreign languages in California. She told me, "I just read what they tell me to read, Dad, and we learn what they tell us to learn." Now that she borrowed and spent while working a full time job to get this degree, she has a pedestrian job with the County.

[kelliekat44]

7. I thought we didn't want Murican speaking anything but Murican? nt

[nilesobek]

10. She started out in Spanish

but went on to other languages. There's a good amount of Latin people in her area of California so it only seems natural the County would hire her as a social worker or translator.

[Luminous Animal]

11. FYI, the Spanish speaking people in California are not Latin. Latin is an ancient language.

Not a human demographic.

[nilesobek]

12. Right. I stand corrected.

I hope I didn't offend anyone. Yes, Latin is the second language she learned after Spanish and she's working on a few others.

[Luminous Animal]

13. De nada.

[freshwest]

2. +1

[Electric Monk]

3. ...conversational fluency of German is a prerequisite...

I can count to seven in German. Does that count? Oh well...

[Live and Learn]

4. I know, that one would preclude me.

But many can learn languages fairly easily. Might be a great opportunity for some.

[kelliekat44]

6. Having my grands switch from French to German language classes. In 5 years they should be fluent.

They will always take Spanish.

[Live and Learn]

8. Good idea. nt

[LawDeeDah]

5. A civil and forward looking society.

*sigh
Investment for the future that is not 'derivatives'. Thanks, Bill!

[Live and Learn]

9. Yep, that one got to me too. nt