Suddenly, I feel like a frog at the bottom of a deep well...
I know private high schools in the U.S. can cost a lot. Punahou is a great school, and its annual tuition goes UP every year--it will be USD17,800 for the school year of 2010-2011. (If it were NOT for the poor economy, it could have been USD500 more.)
What I never heard of, until today, is that a private school in the U.S. can charge tuition differently, that is, charging an international student more than twice of its "normal tuition." I am talking about tuition alone, not including boarding, etc.
If someone knows a private school that does this, that is, charging international students much more, could you please leave me a link in the comment area?
Maybe this is the way the U.S. can try to get out of its recession (in addition to rejecting Chinese for their visa applications)?