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		HarryHirsch on May 9, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Chile is introducing free higher education Americans take it for granted that the level of education at American colleges is extremely variable. Cornell is called "college" but Tumbleweed State Technical College is called college, too. The education one would get out of university in Germany is equivalent to a top-25 college in the US. On that front, the Germans are doing rather well. How many Americans have a degree from a top-25 institution?

roel_v on May 9, 2015 [–]

"The education one would get out of university in Germany is equivalent to a top-25 college in the US. "

Yeah well I have to call bullshit on this one. Fachhochschule is tertiary, too.

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