January 15, 2012
As Euro Crisis Heightens, Germans Resist Tapping Foreign Students for Revenue
Timothy Fadek
A display at the Free U. of Berlin celebrates foreign students. The university's Center for International Cooperation maintains offices around the world to promote academic exchanges and mobility.
As Europe has lurched from one economic crisis to another in recent months, one thing has become clear: Any long-term solution will depend on the willingness of Germany, Europe's largest economy, to shoulder much of the financial burden the debt crisis has created. German taxpayers, known for their thrift, have balked at underwriting what many see as the financial irresponsibility of their neighbors.
Yet they remain willing to generously subsidize others from much farther afield,
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