FACT/COMMENT: A rich education

Ah, Australia, Land of the Fair Go and Equal Opportunity for All... who are rich.

Student debt is set to soar, with a new forecast revealing that fee-paying university students will borrow $825 million a year by 2008 to pay for degrees costing up to $200,000. (...) More than 50 undergraduate degrees cost at least $100,000, while a few - such as medicine at the University of Melbourne - charge $210,000.

(from the Sydney Morning Herald)