Is America the greatest country in the world?

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  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    https://youtu.be/fKIwj1TQmFs
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,122
    https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2016-10-04/these-10-countries-have-the-best-colleges-and-universities-survey-says

    PURSUING HIGHER education opens a world of opportunities. Top quality higher education opens up even more.

    According to data from the 2016 Best Countries rankings, a characterization of 60 countries based on a survey of more than 16,000 people from four regions, the United States has the best colleges and universities in the world.

    The United States boasts top institutions such as Princeton University, Williams College, and Harvard University.

    Coming up second was the United Kingdom, which is known primarily for the storied universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

    Notably, the only country in the top 10 Overall Best Countries that did not make this list was Denmark. Instead, Italy, which ranks 13th overall, was considered to have superior higher education.

    http://www.webometrics.info/en/node/54

    Countries arranged by Number of Universities in Top Ranks 

    July 2018 edition

            Most of the papers analysing ranking results only use the data from the top 500 universities, a sample that is clearly not very representative for most of the countries. For example, although there are countries where the whole set of their universities are in the upper category, others as important as the USA, that has a lot of universities in the elite, also shows over 2000 of its HEIs beyond the 5000th mark.

            As we believe the experts should go beyond the Top 500 biased analysis, we provide here the tabla with the data by country that can be useful for economic-related analysis (July 2018 edition): Exactly 28077 universities from all over the world are included.

    COUNTRYTOP 100TOP 202TOP 500TOP 1000TOP 5001TOP 10006ALL
    United States of America5891159258104122783257
    United Kingdom7174280142193280
    Australia6822344269188
    Canada513243481158355
    China4113910549014032208
    Germany3133860134270465
    Netherlands3611133459133
    Switzerland357112449102
    Denmark235691976
    Belgium2268173582
    Hong Kong1466131521
    Japan131326268459980
    Norway1244233450
    Singapore1223112245
    Brazil117201772991394
    Taiwan1162091132160
    Finland11510193546
    Sweden 5911303846







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  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    Pretty sure America has over 1 million international students currently attending University here.

    #HellOnEarth
  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    I will say there is one thing i believe America is the greatest at... no chest thumping, this is just a fact hopefully we can all agree on?

    Music.

    Anybody want to debate that, or can we just concede this obvious point?
  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    I also believe the us has the greatest colleges/universities in the world. So comedy and higher education Del!!  
    Where do you get this information from?

    Do you even have free college/university studies?
    New York offers free tuition to state and community colleges. New Jersey is in the process of passing a bill to do the same for at least community colleges. I am not sure about other states, I could google, but I do know about these two since I live in NJ. There are also hardship scholarships if you fall below a certain income level. 


  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    oftenreading said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    I also believe the us has the greatest colleges/universities in the world. So comedy and higher education Del!!  
    Where do you get this information from?

    Do you even have free college/university studies?
    Free doesn’t mean quality. 
    No, but it does mean accessible. And it doesn’t mean it isn’t quality. 
    Access is key.

    The cure to cancer might be limited financially.
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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    my2hands said:
    I will say there is one thing i believe America is the greatest at... no chest thumping, this is just a fact hopefully we can all agree on?

    Music.

    Anybody want to debate that, or can we just concede this obvious point?
    I'd concede this for sure!
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,122
    my2hands said:
    I will say there is one thing i believe America is the greatest at... no chest thumping, this is just a fact hopefully we can all agree on?

    Music.

    Anybody want to debate that, or can we just concede this obvious point?
    The british invasion was absolutely amazing but I do think overall it isn't even close: the us definitely has the best music in the world.  
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    mcgruff10 said:
    my2hands said:
    I will say there is one thing i believe America is the greatest at... no chest thumping, this is just a fact hopefully we can all agree on?

    Music.

    Anybody want to debate that, or can we just concede this obvious point?
    The british invasion was absolutely amazing but I do think overall it isn't even close: the us definitely has the best music in the world.  
    But to be fair, Scruffy... you haven't spun Led Zeppelin. I've conceded music to the US, but they are the gods of rock in my mind. F**king awesome. 
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,122
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    my2hands said:
    I will say there is one thing i believe America is the greatest at... no chest thumping, this is just a fact hopefully we can all agree on?

    Music.

    Anybody want to debate that, or can we just concede this obvious point?
    The british invasion was absolutely amazing but I do think overall it isn't even close: the us definitely has the best music in the world.  
    But to be fair, Scruffy... you haven't spun Led Zeppelin. I've conceded music to the US, but they are the gods of rock in my mind. F**king awesome. 
    Hey I have been stuck on the hip!
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    mcgruff10 said:
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    my2hands said:
    I will say there is one thing i believe America is the greatest at... no chest thumping, this is just a fact hopefully we can all agree on?

    Music.

    Anybody want to debate that, or can we just concede this obvious point?
    The british invasion was absolutely amazing but I do think overall it isn't even close: the us definitely has the best music in the world.  
    But to be fair, Scruffy... you haven't spun Led Zeppelin. I've conceded music to the US, but they are the gods of rock in my mind. F**king awesome. 
    Hey I have been stuck on the hip!
    Okay fair enough lol!

    Would love to hear how that journey is going for you.
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,122
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    oftenreading said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    I also believe the us has the greatest colleges/universities in the world. So comedy and higher education Del!!  
    Where do you get this information from?

    Do you even have free college/university studies?
    Free doesn’t mean quality. 
    No, but it does mean accessible. And it doesn’t mean it isn’t quality. 
    Access is key.

    The cure to cancer might be limited financially.
    https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/30/the-10-most-educated-countries-in-the-world.html

    The OECD defined a country's adult education level as the percentage of people between the ages of 25 and 64 who have completed some kind of tertiary education in the form of a two-year degree, four-year degree or vocational program.

    Most Educated county in the world:  Oh Canada!  56.27%  Nice work Del!  I know it took you 7 years to complete  a four year school but you did it!
    The u.s. is 6 with 45.67%.

    Sweden (just for spiritual and all those accessible free colleges): You guys don't crack the top 10.  :(  you guys come in at lucky #13 according to the graph.

    I cross referenced with another article and it was the same:  https://finance.yahoo.com/news/10-most-educated-countries-world-131200021.html

    and then for the hell of it I went to a third site:  http://www.usfunds.com/slideshows/here-are-the-10-most-educated-countries-in-the-world/#.W-eLqi--KqA
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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Hey by the way... as for the latest theme about 'best music'... Led Zeppelin, The Who, Pink Floyd, The Beatles and the Rolling Stones are heavy weight contenders for the belt.

    Where the US gets the nod (in my mind) is the depth they boast.
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,122
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    Hey by the way... as for the latest theme about 'best music'... Led Zeppelin, The Who, Pink Floyd, The Beatles and the Rolling Stones are heavy weight contenders for the belt.

    Where the US gets the nod (in my mind) is the depth they boast.
    All amazing bands. Each could definitely be considered the GOAT.  
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    edited November 2018
    And they were playing rock & roll, a music genre born and created in the USA... coming out of another musical genre born and created in the USA, the blues... 

    Pretty much all of those bands were inspired and motivated by American music and American musicians, especially the blues... admired them, emulated them, covered them, and sometimes blatantly ripped them off, and they certainly have no issue admitting it.

    USA! USA! USA! USA!

    :)
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  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,903
    mcgruff10 said:
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    I also believe the us has the greatest colleges/universities in the world. So comedy and higher education Del!!  

    Debatable.

    You also have some universities and colleges that are not very credible as well, Scruffy. I'm not trying to rain on your parade because schools like MIT or Stanford are definitely awesome; however, there are many other schools that hardly qualify as 'higher learning' on the global scale.
    There s good schools and bad schools in every country. I still believe we have the best. 
    Oxford....cambridge


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  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,903
    edited November 2018
    I seem to like my country more than I  thought. 
    Beatles
    The who
    Stones 
    Zep
    Clash
    Pink Floyd 
    And then the more modern popular stuff. 
    Jam
    Oasis
    Many more 
    Post edited by lastexitlondon on


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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,122
    lastexitlondon said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    I also believe the us has the greatest colleges/universities in the world. So comedy and higher education Del!!  

    Debatable.

    You also have some universities and colleges that are not very credible as well, Scruffy. I'm not trying to rain on your parade because schools like MIT or Stanford are definitely awesome; however, there are many other schools that hardly qualify as 'higher learning' on the global scale.
    There s good schools and bad schools in every country. I still believe we have the best. 
    Oxford....cambridge
    Both great schools, always in the top five. 
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,903
    edited November 2018
    I think great can mean lots of things.lots of areas compete against eachother. 
    At the moment the world is NOT great. 
    I avoid most news or t.v because  I have issues but I'm saddened when I do catch a glimpse  because critique and judging every moment and action of what others do has completely taken over . 
    I've 4 children from 1 year old to 20 years old ,I do not like the world they live in. Terrible attitude to eachother at schools 
     Nasty bullying where it's ok to shame someone on their looks but any mention of retaliation is punished more that the original act of nastiness. 
    I think the ship has sailed with this next few generations coming up and I for one am glad I won't be around to see it! 
    There that s what I see


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  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 42,255
    brianlux said:
    Smellyman said:
    Over exposure.  He is in every crappy comedy made, every time turn on tv he is on it with his same ol over the top loud shtick.  Every talk show, every special.  Give it a rest man
    An excellent example of why, other than maybe the World Series and during critical news events, I do not watch television.  A complete waste of time in my opinion.  Nothing but crap.
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