By Fiona Govan. Spanish universities are looking for private donors in an "adopt a student" scheme aimed at bridging a shortfall in public funds amid rising tuition fees. Universities are considering a move to set up charitable funds so that private individuals can sponsor the studies of those from low income families.
"In the same way that one might sponsor-a-child (in the Third World) individuals could sponsor a student in Spain by contributing to their tuition fees," explained Adelaida de la Calle, the dean of Malaga University and chair of Association of Spanish University Deans. Read more...
8 septembre 2013
Spanish universities launch 'adopt a student' scheme
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