> MP>Interesting.  My niece is deciding where she'd like to go to grad school.
>   >Nearly all of her choices (maybe all?) are in Germany or Denmark.  Not sure
>   >about the latter but in Germany it is cheaper for her to attend than it
>   >would be here in the states.  If she were a German citizen, it would be
>   >"free" in the sense that her taxes would be paying for it instead of her
>   >paying tuition directly.

> My next door neighbours, they are Canadians but they work and
> live in the USA and the cost of the Universities down there for a
> non resident is amazingly high. Fortunately they make a Lot of
> money and don't seem too worried about it. I half expected them
> to ship the kids back to Canada in Residence to finish their
> education at about 20% the cost.

Unless the kids are qualifying to attend universities that the parents
believe are somehow better than what is available in Canada, I am very
surprised they didn't have them schooled there.  Some states and/or
individual state institutions do give discounts for non-residents who are
living and/or working in the state (and paying taxes there) but that is rare.

Mike

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