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chrisBob on April 2, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: American students head to Germany for free college

This is an interesting contrast to the US. Germany educates foreigners for free because they want them to stay. In the US it is very hard for someone to stay after going through a publicly funded PhD program. Other than exporting our culture I am not sure what the goal could be.

eru on April 3, 2015 [–]

It's more than one goal. The visa regime is a complex (and foul) compromise between different political pressure groups.

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