When home no longer holds promise: Why America’s students are looking overseas for higher education
American higher education, once the envy of the world, is losing its grip on its own students. Crippling tuition costs, mounting debt, and campuses mired in political unrest are driving young Americans overseas. With Europe and Asia offering affordable, globally attuned alternatives, the nation that once defined academic aspiration now faces an exodus that questions its intellectual supremacy.
American higher education, once the envy of the world, is losing its grip on its own students. Crippling tuition costs, mounting debt, and campuses mired in political unrest are driving young Americans overseas. With Europe and Asia offering affordable, globally attuned alternatives, the nation that once defined academic aspiration now faces an exodus that questions its intellectual supremacy.
