US Household Debt Surpasses 2008 High

Re:US Household Debt Surpasses 2008 High by ceejayoz on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @09:12PM (#14364171)

> Great university's for sure, but the large majority of universities (particularly those accessible to anybody) reside in the United States.

There are 4,140 in the US. https://www.infoplease.com/us/higher-education/number-us-col...

There are about 4,000 in Europe. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=URISERV:c...

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Re:US Household Debt Surpasses 2008 High by muninn_ on Thursday May 18, 2017 @09:06AM (#14366839)

Apologies, I meant to type "the large majority of great universities". Obviously there are more universities across the planet combined than there are in the United States.

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Re:US Household Debt Surpasses 2008 High by ceejayoz on Thursday May 18, 2017 @10:38AM (#14367554)

I remain dubious of that updated claim. The UK alone has several Ivy-level institutions.

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Re:US Household Debt Surpasses 2008 High by muninn_ on Thursday May 18, 2017 @11:49AM (#14368245)

Sure. There are good universities all over the planet. The US is by far the best.

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Re:US Household Debt Surpasses 2008 High by ceejayoz on Thursday May 18, 2017 @02:13PM (#14369626)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bald_assertion

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Re:US Household Debt Surpasses 2008 High by muninn_ on Thursday May 18, 2017 @07:30PM (#14371908)

Did you mean bold? It looks like you spelled it wrong in that link.

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Re:US Household Debt Surpasses 2008 High by selectodude on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @10:18PM (#14364407)

Europe has 750 million people and fewer universities.

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Re:US Household Debt Surpasses 2008 High by ceejayoz on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @10:37PM (#14364470)

I have no idea what point you're trying to make with that tidbit.

The US demonstrably does not have the "large majority" of universities as was claimed.

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