The Nasarawa Government on Monday warned proprietors of private higher institutions in the state against charging exorbitant school fees.
Alhaji Husseini Abubakar, the state overseeing Commissioner for Higher Education, gave the warning while addressing the management of Suleiman Memorial College of Education, Gadabuke, Toto local government area of the state.
Abubakar said that charging exorbitant fees was inimical to educational growth, peace and national development. More...

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“What is to stop institutions trading off lower international student numbers for higher domestic fees?”asked Gavin Moodie, an adjunct professor in education at RMIT. More...

By Jan Murphy. Bloomsburg University and Indiana University of Pennsylvania are going to be the latest state universities to test the idea of scrapping their flat full-time undergraduate tuition rate and move to a system that charges students on a per-credit basis, starting in the fall. More...