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Old 08-11-2011, 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by wavelandscott View Post
Put into perspective in grad school at my USA based university (a few years back now) I was given free tuition and a 1/2 time assistanceship which paid my $15,000 per year...and all the gear and computer time I needed. That was a lot of beer and pizza back then!

I understand US universities have a long standing tradition of "old boys" and the companies they own/work for providing huge funding for the unis they graduated from. This funding source is the difference between OZ and the US, not gov support. Is that right Scott?.
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