Not much comment here, but Slate has a good article explaining how it is that Germany manages to provide university education free of charge, which spending, in per-capita government outlays, no more than the U.S. (OK, I can’t source the latter statement — it was in an Economist quite a while back.) The bottom line: no frills. I mean, really no frills. But I’d still love it if one of my kids wants to go this route!