(08-23-2022 06:21 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(08-22-2022 09:41 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(08-22-2022 07:50 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  I say that because in Europe, I’m fairly certain it is a lot more common to go to university and be helped by the family following high school than it is in America.

Not sure where you are getting that. Roughly 42% over 25 in the USA have a university degree, and only European country with a higher percentage is Ireland, barely, at 42.8 %. Most of Europe is around 30%. So the opposite is true.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1084...ttainment/
https://www.bestcolleges.com/news/analys...e-degrees/

I was making an off the cuff comment - based primarily on personal experience and exposure to the European post-secondary education system. To me, it seems like nearly everyone enters the system but may take longer to finish (or not finish at all).
This is the best enrollment data I could find, which shows that the US often lags in enrollment, but not significantly.
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicat...by-country

I think a lot of those European 19-year-olds are enrolled in vocational education programs rather than universities. And that is something we should emulate.