By Kevin Kiley. Mandatory tuition and fees at the University of California system have about doubled since 2007, but this year, if the state’s governor has his way, they will stay flat. And the University of California is far from alone. Purdue University is freezing tuition for the first time since 1976. Iowa’s three universities will also probably hold tuition prices constant for the first time in more than 30 years. Read more...
Cambridge and Bristol are the most expensive university cities while Liverpool costs £6,000 less
By Richard Adams. Study of state-school pupils not planning to enter higher education reveals 57% see finances as the greatest obstacle. The cost of going to university is more of an obstacle than lack of ability among state school pupils likely to skip higher education, a study of the next generation of students has found. An Ipsos Mori survey of 2,500 11-to-16 year-olds at state schools funded by the Sutton Trust found that among those who say they are unlikely to go to university 57% cite financial considerations as the reason – more than the 41% who say they aren't clever enough to go. Read more...By Richard Adams. Number of applications rises 2% to 428,000, but is still below the level seen before fees rose to £9,000, Ucas figures show. The number of students in England applying to go to university remains well below the level seen before tuition fees were raised to £9,000, according to new figures from the body administering university admissions. Read more...
By Shirley Zhao. Hong Kong's eight government-funded universities have raised tuition fees by as much as 20% for non-local students this year, attributing the hike to inflation and a stronger yuan. More than 10,000 students will be affected.
A single secure system for handling fee payments from international students via agents has been launched by leading global transactions firm Uni-Pay. The new service aims to cut costs and bureaucracy for universities and English language colleges, as well as students and agents themselves.
By Graeme Paton. The amount of lecture and tutorial time in universities has barely changed over the last six years despite a nine-fold hike in annual tuition fees, a major study has found. Students are receiving just 20 minutes more teaching each week in the current academic year compared with 2005/6 when courses cost just £1,000, it was revealed. The report found that the average student receives just 14 hours a week in “contact time” and has a total workload of 30 hours, including private study. Read more...It's good to hear that £9,000 tuition fees are purchasing 18 minutes extra teaching per week (Rise in university fees outpaces tuition time, 15 May), but it's difficult to find out where this is being delivered to arts students at one prestigious London university college. Students are offered eight hours of contact time per week (four of lectures, four of seminars) in the first term, seven per week in the second and no contact time at all in the third term. This amounts to 21 weeks of lectures and seminars during the year ie 165 hours at an average cost of £54.54 per hour per lecture or seminar. The quality of the lectures is reported to be mainly poor. Postgraduate students run the seminars and the quality of these is reported to be of better quality than the lectures. An explanation for this is that university reputations are based on the quality of their research and researchers are required to lecture undergraduates. But good researchers do not necessarily make good lecturers. Read more...By Jessica Shepherd. Survey shows university teaching hours have barely increased as fees rise by £8,000 and students do more independent work. University students in England are taught for just 18 minutes more each week than seven years ago, despite tuition fees spiralling from £1,000 to up to £9,000 a year in the same period, a survey has shown. While teaching hours have hardly increased, undergraduates are putting in 79 minutes more independent study every week than they did in 2006 and there is huge variation in the hours they have to work to get a degree at different universities, the study found. Read more...By Grace Karram. Any Canadian student with a modicum of activism in their veins has marched against tuition fee increases, holding a sign that reads ‘freeze tuition’. Last month, in a move that should have appeased the student masses, Alberta Premier Alison Redford announced a tuition fee freeze for the 2013-14 academic year. But responses to this move have been mixed at best. Freezing tuition fees may be the buzzwords of student activism, but student tuition fee policy is embedded in a complex network of institutions, advocacy groups and powerful individuals influencing the funding of Canadian higher education. Read more.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
