University tuition fee rise has not deterred poorer students from applying
Cut fees for the poorest, public says
By . A majority of adults in England support reduced tuition fees for students from lower income families, according to a survey for the Sutton Trust.
The poll was carried out as part of the annual report of the Independent Commission on Fees, set up by the Sutton Trust to look at the impact of the introduction of up to £9,000 tuition fees on student demand. More...
The Free Tuition Model: Escapism that Ignores the Higher Ed Reality
By Barmak Nassirian - EvoLLLution. Public anxiety about college costs — a nearly constant theme in U.S. domestic politics for the past 25 years — is at an all-time high. This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone in this industry. More...
Australia's top eight universities push for higher fees, fewer students
Free college idea picks up momentum
By . This year, two national groups have devised plans to make paying for higher education a problem of the past. Both argue that it’s not only feasible, but that it won’t cost more than we already spend, as a nation, on higher education. More...
More universities to charge maximum tuition fees of £9,000
Retain university fee deregulation, but defer changes to loans
By Judith Sloan. I JUST loved maths at school. And I particularly loved learning about permutations and combinations — all those vast number of possibilities from a relatively small number of options. I was thinking of this the other day when I was reflecting on the uncertain outcome of the package of higher education measures announced in the budget. Recall that there are quite a few moving parts to the higher education package. More...
A response to Bloomberg article on UCLA student fees
Tuition and Fees Rise, but Cost of Living—by Colleges’ Estimate—Falls
By Jonah Newman. As usual, the U.S. Department of Education is a bit behind when it comes to data. Published tuition and fees increased by about 4 percent at public and private nonprofit four-year colleges and by nearly 5 percent at public two-year colleges from 2011-12 to 2013-14, when adjusted for inflation, according to a new release from the National Center for Education Statistics. More...