<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><html style="unicode-bidi:normal;clip:auto;font-weight:normal;counter-reset:none;list-style-type:disc;table-layout:auto;list-style-position:outside;margin:0.00px;direction:ltr;right:auto;line-height:normal;min-height:0.00px;list-style-image:none;height:auto;outline-color:invert;background-repeat:repeat;min-width:0.00px;display:inline;overflow:visible;letter-spacing:normal;outline-width:2.00px;word-spacing:normal;clear:none;quotes:none;z-index:auto;outline-style:none;top:auto;left:auto;border-color:rgb(0,0,0);background-attachment:scroll;max-height:none;counter-increment:none;border-spacing:0.00px 0.00px;border-width:2.00px;content:normal;text-transform:none;caption-side:top;white-space:normal;cursor:auto;padding:0.00px;empty-cells:show;page-break-inside:auto;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:none;float:none;border-collapse:separate;position:static;width:auto;bottom:auto;background-image:none;border-style:none;background-position:0.00% 0.00%;font-variant:normal;max-width:none;font-family:sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;visibility:visible;font-size:12.00pt;font-style:normal;text-indent:0.00px;page-break-after:auto;page-break-before:auto;"><head><style type="text/css">#outlook a { padding: 0; } .ReadMsgBody { width: 100%; } .ExternalClass { width: 100%; } .ExternalClass, .ExternalClass p, .ExternalClass span, .ExternalClass font, .ExternalClass td, .ExternalClass div { line-height: 100%; } div, p, a, li, td { -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; }</style><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"/><title>Infographic: US Dominates in Education Spending</title></head><body style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-size:12.00px;"><div>Hi guys, </div><div><br/></div><div>As we've pointed out before, <a href="http://muhammadsaleem.dmanalytics2.com/click?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinebusinessdegree.org%2F2012%2F10%2F12%2Fworld-economic-freedom%2F&i=1&d=X87V4Z7Y-W888-4YZZ-Y595-Z164V72Y3U01&e=imc%40ucimc.org&a=VZVWV764-V864-41X2-849U-V1YYZY2U40Z3" data-dm-link-id="1">US is lagging in economic freedom</a> and <a href="http://muhammadsaleem.dmanalytics2.com/click?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thebestcolleges.org%2Fmost-educated-nations-of-the-world%2F&i=2&d=X87V4Z7Y-W888-4YZZ-Y595-Z164V72Y3U01&e=imc%40ucimc.org&a=VZVWV764-V864-41X2-849U-V1YYZY2U40Z3" data-dm-link-id="2">ranks 5th in the most educated nations of the world</a>. However, according to the latest available OECD data, <a href="http://muhammadsaleem.dmanalytics2.com/click?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.braintrack.com%2Fblog%2F2012%2F11%2Fhow-much-do-nations-spend-on-students%2F&i=3&d=X87V4Z7Y-W888-4YZZ-Y595-Z164V72Y3U01&e=imc%40ucimc.org&a=VZVWV764-V864-41X2-849U-V1YYZY2U40Z3" data-dm-link-id="3">US leads in annual expenditure per student</a> with <b>almost twice the OECD average</b>. Please take a look at the global expenditures on educational institutions and expenditures per student and feel free to republish the infographic on Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center under a free-to-use <a href="http://muhammadsaleem.dmanalytics2.com/click?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Flicenses%2Fby-nc-nd%2F3.0%2Fdeed.en_US&i=4&d=X87V4Z7Y-W888-4YZZ-Y595-Z164V72Y3U01&e=imc%40ucimc.org&a=VZVWV764-V864-41X2-849U-V1YYZY2U40Z3" data-dm-link-id="4">Creative Commons license</a>.</div><div><br/></div><div><div>Mu. </div><div><br/></div><div>P.S. I'm available to answer any questions or provide additional commentary as needed.</div></div><div><br/></div><div><div>--</div><div><div apple-content-edited="true"><div>Muhammad Saleem<br/>http://muhammadsaleem.com<br/>(312) - 576 - 1575<br/>msaleem@gmail.com</div><div><br/></div><div><a href="http://muhammadsaleem.dmanalytics2.com/click?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmuhammadsaleem.dmanalytics2.com%2Fdelivery-unsubscribe%3Fd%3DX87V4Z7Y-W888-4YZZ-Y595-Z164V72Y3U01%26e%3Dimc%2540ucimc.org%26a%3DVZVWV764-V864-41X2-849U-V1YYZY2U40Z3%26f%3D&i=5&d=X87V4Z7Y-W888-4YZZ-Y595-Z164V72Y3U01&e=imc%40ucimc.org&a=VZVWV764-V864-41X2-849U-V1YYZY2U40Z3" data-dm-link-id="5">Unsubscribe</a> or <a href="http://muhammadsaleem.dmanalytics2.com/click?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmuhammadsaleem.dmanalytics2.com%2Fdelivery-update-email%3Fd%3DX87V4Z7Y-W888-4YZZ-Y595-Z164V72Y3U01%26e%3Dimc%2540ucimc.org%26a%3DVZVWV764-V864-41X2-849U-V1YYZY2U40Z3%26f%3D&i=6&d=X87V4Z7Y-W888-4YZZ-Y595-Z164V72Y3U01&e=imc%40ucimc.org&a=VZVWV764-V864-41X2-849U-V1YYZY2U40Z3" data-dm-link-id="6">Update Email Address
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