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		pdonis on April 22, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in compa... > University on the West gets its money directly from students Actually, many if not most of them get the majority of their funding from government research grants and investments of their endowment, not tuition.

roel_v on April 22, 2020 [–]

Doesn't matter from the pov of the university. The GP's point was that 'money source' and 'educational facility' are the same in USSR, but not in the West.

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