I wish the government was more active in helping students get through school. It's so darn expensive...and there are plenty of us who have loans that we do need to pay off--not all of us can afford to pay for our education up front. The UK seem to be a lot more in tune with the students' financial shortcomings and consequential needs.
The Government is reversing years of under-investment with an increase in funding for higher education averaging more than 6 per cent – over and above inflation – for the next three years. Funding for student support will rise sharply – including new grants for students from lower income families – and the science settlement is the most generous for a decade. This extra investment will boost access and enable universities to tackle many of their immediate problems.
It'd be great if the U.S. government was the same way.
Then again, maybe they are. Maybe I just haven't researched it enough...hm.
