> Alex writes:
>
"I didn't know that higher education was extended to more people in the U.S.
than anywhere else in the world. Is that actually true? I thought that the U.S. had
a higher poverty ratio than any other developed nation. I know that 3 of 5 children
in the state of Wisconsin live beneath the poverty level, according to December 19th's
national Mayor's reports findings. I wonder how far higher education extends here
compared to the EU."
>
> I'm sure somebody who knows will speak up, but I am prepared to believe this.
>
> One explanation is that higher education in the US is of such uneven quality. You
>can get a sheepskin literally without being fluent in your native tongue, let alone
>anybody else's or mathematics.
>
> It is my understand that Europe, besides offering a more consistent curriculum,
>engages in a lot more testing and tracking than we do.
>
> I, for example, literally did not finish grammar school, middle school, or high
>school (having finally given it up in the 9th grade) yet I have three degrees now and
>a senior professorship. That would be possible in Europe but highly unlikely. Once
>you get off the college track it is very difficult to get back on.
>
Neither system is clearly superior....but of course I am a bit biased by my
unexpected middle class lifestyle...
> Judge Steve Russell
> Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
> 302 Sycamore Hall
> Bloomington, IN 47405
> (812) 855-2601
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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