Nonetheless, I don't think there is anything inherently so wrong about the US college/university system. People outside of the US wouldn't be spending buckets' loads of money to send their kids here. And lately, Canada seems to be absorbing a lot of influence as a tech powerhouse.
Specific education systems in the US are on-par with the best in the world. People outside the US are not sending their kids to inner-city New Orleans, Detroit, etc. - they are sending kids to Boston suburbs and private schools. The problem is not "all our schools are terrible", the problem is the massive variance in outcomes.
Specific education systems in the US are on-par with the best in the world. People outside the US are not sending their kids to inner-city New Orleans, Detroit, etc. - they are sending kids to Boston suburbs and private schools. The problem is not "all our schools are terrible", the problem is the massive variance in outcomes.