Congratulations, you’ve been accepted to college. Now, how are you going to pay for it? How other countries around the world fund higher ed.

Higher education transformed the US into the country it is today. Its premier universities are why it’s the No. 1 choice among international students. But nowhere else is tuition as expensive or are so many in debt. GBH education reporter Kirk Carapezza looks at how the US got here, and how other countries fund higher education.