(08-23-2022 07:01 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(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.

From what I can tell, Figure 4 shows that - with Germany near the top of the list. They're generally well known for the rather robust vocational approach to post-secondary education.

It's interesting to me how many 19 year old's in Europe are still enrolled in secondary education compared to the US. So far more 19 year olds in the US are off to college while many in Europe (often well above 10%) are still in the equivalent of high school.

Note that Figure 5 appears to be mislabeled and should be 20 to 29 year olds.