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Originally Posted by cranks
This sounds like a very good system to me. It's hard to put this kind of sophisticated policy in place in a larger country like the US though.
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I agree. That sort of system sounds great.
I don`t think the size of the country is what would make it difficult to implement in the US though - it`s basically just a system to pay back a loan. The thing is, the price of university would need to be reasonable to make that sort of system work.
The universities I had looked into attending in the US were around US$10,000/year for in-state, US$25,000/yr for out of state students.
My complete 4 year degree in Japan ended up about US$10,000. I paid for it in cash (well, bank transfer) each month. About US$200 a month - nothing significant.
My son`s
kindergarten has cost more - when he finishes, we`ll have pumped almost US$12,000 into his 3 years of pre-elementary school education.
This makes me feel that university is
extremely affordable in Japan.