The Emergence (and Perils) of Income-Targeted Free Tuition

By Alex Usher. Once upon a time, there were two broad streams of thought about tuition in public higher education.  The first was simple enough: make it free.  No charge at the point of service, no charge ever, just a universal benefit…for those lucky enough to get in (on the whole, “free” tuition countries tend to have fewer students because there is less money to accommodate them). More...