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posted on 29/10/2008 21:16:36 pm Recommended (0) Report abuse Nitin M.V. wrote: Dear Madam,
I would strongly agree with Professor Anders Flodström. If I go by Prof. Wolf's proposition, its ok for impoverished children of Sudan or Somalia to remain as such - destitute and ignorant souls- with no chance of decent education or economic mobility.
Cost of education is can be translated to world progress. Sweden enjoys a very high literacy, social tolerance and individual progress and much of it has to be credited to their unique affordable education system. And its no-bars approach in inviting student from around the world for quality education which really helps more than World Bank could do at a personal level. Many of my colleagues have remarked that most of the universities in London and US are nothing but shops eyeing the rich-elite kids from Asia and Pacific. It is not surprising to see education fairs organised by universities from London in major cities across China or India every year soliciting students.
A point I would like to ask Prof. Wolf is what is the percentage of students studying at Kings College London who are given full scholarship - I mean from developing African Nations and not sons and daughters of diplomats or rich middle class? It would reflect the fair progress of the social mobility. posted on 29/10/2008 21:14:46 pm Recommended (0) Report abuse Piyush Joshi wrote: Dear Madam,
A state cannot ignore the strategic interests served by promoting higher education. A state that ignores developing and promoting higher education within its boundaries, attracting talent and providing avenues for such talent to develop and hopefully take root within its soil is as shortsighted as not having a defense budget or armed forces.In the present day no one questions the extent of tax payers money being spent on denfense, arms and armed forces. Strategic purposes and interests are a served just as much, if not more, by investing and pormoting higher education.
warm regards
Piyush Joshi posted on 29/10/2008 21:09:31 pm Recommended (0) Report abuse Pointman2 wrote: Dear Madam, I could not afford to pay for a college education. However, My Uncle Sam paid most of the costs, and I served two years in military service for every year I spent in college. It was a fair trade from me and for Uncle Sam. Pointman posted on 29/10/2008 21:05:47 pm Recommended (0) Report abuse Systems Thinker wrote: Dear Madam,
As a product of a system that requires one to pay their own way and as a University Professor, I find that this is a preferred system.When students do not have to pay they do not take the opportunity as seriously as those who must pay their own way.The goal is a quality education not just a piece of paper. A nation benifits from a well educated population but when students do not take their studies seriously, I question the quality of the product produced. posted on 29/10/2008 21:05:45 pm Recommended (0) Report abuse JolonerAmerican wrote: Dear Madam,
As a product of those "great universities," Brown and Harvard, three thoughts:
1. Students only value their education if they pay for it. Contrast the American who graduates at age 22 with the German who graduates at, on average, age 28. The latter uses the university not for learning, but for extending his/her youth.
2. Universities which are primarily government-subsidized tend to lose touch with real-world costs and exigencies, and become true "ivory towers," serving neither their students nor society at large.
3. This is a 20th-century debate. The nature of learning in the future is changing in significant ways, such that spending 4-6 years in a university setting will be replaced by virtual universities (at much lower cost). posted on 29/10/2008 20:56:44 pm Recommended (0) Report abuse lkhan wrote: Dear Madam,
I agree with those who feel higher education be given especially to those who due to poverty can not afford to pay for it. Whether they be government loans with grant elements, or outright grants for higher education, the country too will benefit through education of more individuals. Graduates tend to do better in business, the state too benefits from their tax contributions additionally to exports, commerce, new technologies, innovation etc. Therefore no harm if as another stated, rather than spend trillions on illegal wars, educate your future generations, improving the intellect of your nations rather than considering it an embarrassment... posted on 29/10/2008 20:56:08 pm [url=http://www.economist.com/de | 
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