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To: koan who wrote (60832)	2/7/2010 2:57:18 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217713

I agree on the costs... my daughter has applied to 4 Canadian universities, two very highly regarded but all solid.. I estimate that sub 20K per year including some extra spending dough and residence.. Residence is a big chunk, more than tuition... staying at home would easily be less than half that.. and even cheaper as she can make decent dough as a skating instructor/life guard.. which may not be possible away from home.. It's even cheaper if she goes to Quebec where the tuition is even more heavily subsidized and I can qualify as a landowner ... Looks like for foreign students it is still cheaper than the US for a good university here even though the tuition for foreigners is substantially higher.. I have heard though the the US does have lower priced decent alternatives ?

To: koan who wrote (60832)	2/7/2010 4:22:38 PM
From: arun gera	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217713

>Still, the world is gaining on us edcation wise. Especially since we have let university costs rise so high> The main reason in numbers is pure demographics. The baby boomlet generation in US currently of college age is only as big as the baby boom generation was in the 1970s. That is about 16-18 million. The high school population is about the same size. In India there are only about 10 million in college currently, 35 million in high school, and 120 million in primary school. So the future growth rates in college population are guaranteed. In fact US, Canadian, and Australian universities are getting many indian students who are willing to pay the high education costs for university education, while they might not be able to get admitted to decent university in India. -Arun