The British government unveiled a four-year budget this month that includes drastic cuts to higher education. The cuts accelerate a steady move away from a publicly supported system to one in which students and the private sector shoulder more of the costs: in other words, a system that looks more like the American model.
To see how the two systems actually compare, The Chronicle has compiled some data that illustrate how government financing, overall national support, and tuition rates differ between the United States and Britain.
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