After pensions and healthcare, higher education is the third great public service in serious trouble in many countries, notably in Europe. Proud Germany, the inventor of the modern university system as most of the world currently knows it, now sees its students ranked at the bottom in tests of knowledge and competence. The nature of the trouble in higher education is similar to that affecting all the public services: a massive growth in demand that can no longer be met from the public purse.
After pensions and healthcare, higher education is the third great public service in serious trouble in many countries, notably in Europe. Proud Germany, the inventor of the modern university system as most of the world currently knows it, now sees its students ranked at the bottom in tests of knowledge and competence. The nature of the trouble in higher education is similar to that affecting all the public services: a massive growth in demand that can no longer be met from the public purse.