The schools of Athens

摘要

Greeks are not exactly short of bad ' news, but here is something to raise their spirits. For the first time in the country's two-year crisis, the governing socialists and opposition conservatives have agreed on a bill in parliament. A new law to reform universities was overwhelmingly approved on August 24th. "It's the best piece of legislation on education in 30 years," says a Greek academic.The state spends more per student than almost any other European Union member, but the quality of university and college education (with a handful of exceptions) is dismally low. Until the crisis hit, about 30,000 Greeks a year studied abroad. Many stayed on, depriving the country of talented professionals.