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napi21

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Mon Feb 15, 2016, 11:02 AM Feb 2016

Just read a great article on how the German "free education" system worrks, [View all]

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/why-american-students-are-flocking-germany-staying-n515961

I'd love for all our voters to read it.

Natasha Turner, 25, from Rochester, New York, came to Germany on an exchange program three years ago but decided to stay when she realized how "cheap it was to study here."

Students in Germany pay a fee to cover university administrative costs and to support student unions. This "semester fee" rarely exceeds $250, and in many cases it also covers the cost of books and public transportation.

Minnesotan Sarah Johnson, also a University of Bonn master's student, has a total monthly expenditure of $600 in Germany — or $7,200 per year. That compares to $20-30,000 dollars in tuition fees alone she would have paid back home.

More than 1,100 all-English-language classes across numerous fields have been established in recent years.


Bernie should quote some of this on the campaign trail.
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