CNN | 3 August 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Whatever the strengths of the US university system - obviously many, given the preponderance of US universities at the top of world rankings - its fundamental weakness is the funding of student tuition fees. As a CNN commentatorexplains: The first thing we need to do to get serious about student debt? Stop calling it "student debt." "College debt" or "education debt" might work. Anything but "student debt" -- because not just students but entire families are paying the cost of our broken system for funding higher education. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….......… Case in point: The other day, … [Read more...]