Two posts caught my eye:
- James Fallows at Atlantic on a follow-up post on Chinese education--an excerpt from a reader's comments:
First, the US college system is now deeply
dependent on the sky-high tuition that international students pay; here
at Purdue, it's often said that the international students are
essentially subsidizing the in-state tuition for Indiana students. Many
schools are massively dependent on international student dollars, and
Chinese student dollars particularly -- which means we're massively
exposed to fluctuations in the Chinese economy.
- The NYTimes reports that because of cuts in the National Parks Service budget, they're doing an appeal for contributions to the Korean War Memorial on the Mall, an appeal so far answered only by Korean businesses.
Folks, this is pitiful. I blame our politicians and ourselves: we need higher taxes to fund education and parks.
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