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12 mai 2013

Students add up the numbers on university fees, financial aid

By Karen Seidman. Changes mean more students will be entitled to loans and bursaries. While Quebec university students recently won a hard-fought gain in the government’s financial-aid program that should boost the number of students entitled to loans and bursaries, they will also feel the pinch of a sharply reduced tax credit for next year. There’s a lot of give and take, as students can now assess what the government has planned for next year in terms of fees and student aid. Very few gains come without a price, so students may claim victory in their tuition battle, but they will take some hits as well. By changing the parameters of the parental contribution to $45,000 of family income from $28,000 over the next couple of years — something for which students have lobbied hard — more students should be able to benefit from greater access to loans and bursaries. Read more...
11 mai 2013

University: was it worth it?

http://bathknightblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/telegraph-logo.jpgBy David Ellis. The £9,000 question The first cohort of students paying £9,000 university tuition fees are reaching the end of their first year. David Ellis asks them if it has been worth the hefty pricetag so far. Until recently, those undecided about university were often given a rather dubious piece of advice: “Any degree will do – you just need a qualification.” Universities found applicants for every, and any, course. Equine science was a hit, golf management an unmitigated success. The sceptics laughed (though, interestingly, not Boris) but it wasn’t until Clegg’s broken promise and the tripling of fees that debate about the value of university really kicked off. But here's a thought. Perhaps we should consider what the students themselves think? They are, after all, the ones who matter. Student Money Saver asked 500 for their thoughts. Read more...
9 mai 2013

Essay writing service's ad banned for implying 'guaranteed' grade

The Guardian homeBy . Oxbridge Essays, which charges from £95 to £10,000-plus, said its work was only an 'example' and should not be submitted. Oxbridge Essays, which claims to have produced 64,106,500 words for more than 16,000 "happy" customers since 2006, offers custom-made undergraduate and masters essays, and even PhD theses. The company, which charges from £95 to more than £10,000 for its services, said that its essays are only meant to provide an "example" of how an "experienced and accomplished academic would approach the question or project you have been set". Read more...
4 mai 2013

Tuition fees: a human rights issue

Times Higher EducationGeraldine Van Bueren says international law could help opponents of rising tuition costs in their battle. The argument that economic pressures do not oblige those in power to increase tuition fees fell on deaf ears when legislation was passing through Parliament several years ago. Opponents of £9,000 fees have an opportunity to revive it, however, using international law - and the government may find it more difficult to ignore their case if it is focused through this lens. What does international law tell us about setting tuition fees? First, that it is not true that British governments are free to set the level of university fees constrained only by the market. Read more...
4 mai 2013

University applications fail to recover from tuition fees rise

The Guardian homeBy . Number of students submitting applications this year stands at 2.5% more than in 2012 but lower than in 2010, says Ucas. The number of students applying to start university this autumn has not bounced back to the level seen before the rise in tuition fees, according to Ucas figures, which show a 7% drop in applications from English students when compared with 2010. Read more...
3 mai 2013

Germany scraps tuition fees

http://resources.theage.com.au/theage/media-common-1.0/images/feedback-button.gifBy Erica Cervini. Here's a tale of two countries: Australia and Germany.
Both came out relatively unscathed from the global financial crisis and, of course, Germans and Australians enjoy their beer. But there is a big difference between the countries when it comes to how they treat higher education. Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott are comfortable about ripping $2.3 billion from universities, a move many German politicians would never contemplate.
What evidence is there that higher education is untouchable in Germany?
Bavaria will phase out university tuition fees this year because of public pressure. In January, a petition by Bavarians successfully reached the 10 per cent threshold needed to force a referendum on the abolition of university tuition fees. The Bavarian parliament is expected to scrap the fees instead of going to a referendum. Read more...
30 avril 2013

Droits d’inscription « détonants »

http://blog.educpros.fr/pierredubois/wp-content/themes/longbeach_pdubois/longbeach/images/img01.jpgBlog Educpros de Pierre Dubois. Sénat, 24 avril 2013. Commission de la culture, de l’éducation et de la communication. Rapport de Madame Dominique Gillot et Monsieur Philippe Adnot sur le bilan consolidé des sources de financement des universités. Débat sur les droits d’inscription.
Dominique Gillot. « Mon collègue Philippe Adnot propose d’agir sur les droits de scolarité. En France, les droits de scolarité sont quatre fois plus faibles que dans les autres États européens. Porter les droits de scolarité à la moyenne européenne (soit 600 euros par étudiant) permettrait d’augmenter les ressources des universités de 900 millions d’euros. Je note que d’autres études montrent, pour leur part, que la différenciation des droits de scolarité permettrait de poursuivre une politique de bourses plus attractive et équilibrée »… « Nous avons intérêt à entrer dans ce débat dans une logique d’analyse rigoureuse et équilibrée, et sans dogmatisme, au risque de refermer rapidement un sujet potentiellement « détonant ».
Philippe Adnot. « Ma proposition sur les droits d’inscription est destinée à faire réagir. Si on n’entend pas remettre en cause ce qu’ont obtenu jusqu’ici les universités, c’est-à-dire en l’absence de redéploiement des dotations des universités mieux dotées vers les universités moins bien dotées, et compte tenu de la conjoncture actuelle qui ne permet pas au Gouvernement de disposer de marge de manœuvre budgétaire, combien de temps encore faudra-t-il attendre pour espérer améliorer la situation. » Suite de l'article...
http://blog.educpros.fr/pierredubois/wp-content/themes/longbeach_pdubois/longbeach/images/img01.jpgBlog Educpros Pierre Dubois. Senate, 24 April 2013. Committee on Culture, Education and Communication. ratio of Madame Dominique Gillot and Philippe Adnot on the consolidated balance sheet funding of universities. More...
30 avril 2013

Colleges keep eyes on tuition

http://cmsimg.indystar.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=BG&Date=20130415&Category=NEWS04&ArtNo=304150015&Ref=AR&MaxW=640&Border=0&Colleges-keep-eyes-tuitionBy Stephanie Wang. Purdue's 2-year freeze puts pressure on other state schools to hold the line on future increases. The announcement pleased lawmakers as they drafted budgets. It enthused state officials as they set lofty goals to better educate Hoosiers. It excited students and families as they mulled college costs and scholarship offers.
Across Indiana and the nation, many agree that Purdue University’s recent decision to freeze tuition for two years at its main campus can’t be ignored by other schools — even as other state universities, including Indiana University, hint that they won’t exactly follow that lead.
“Everybody seems to want to think, well, Purdue did something, so IU needs to respond,” IU spokesman Mark Land said. “We’re not going to feel like we’re pressured toward anything by anybody else’s actions.”
There are other approaches to college affordability already in place at IU and Ball State University, where on-time graduation is financially rewarded. Read more...
29 avril 2013

Where Tuition is Free

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. In Germany the great experiment with tuition fees is coming to an end. Seven of the 16 states introduced tuition fees after a federal court ruling in 2005 freed them to do so, but one by one they have undone them. The last two states to charge tuition fees, Bavaria and Lower Saxony, are expected to abolish them in the coming months, making Germany an outlier amid a global trend toward the introduction and increase of tuition fees.
Tuition fees in Germany are by an American standard modest --  €1,000, or about $1,300, per year -- but the imposition of them in a country with a tradition of “free” public higher education has proven politically divisive. The more conservative Christian Democratic Union and Free Democratic Party have championed tuition fees, while the leftist Social Democratic and Green Parties have brought about their revocation. The German Rectors’ Conference, the association of universities, supports modest tuition fees, while the student and faculty unions stand opposed. Read more...

28 avril 2013

University autonomy prompts concern over student fees

http://enews.ksu.edu.sa/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/UWN.jpgBy Suluck Lamubol. Thailand’s government is continuing to allow universities more autonomy, claiming that this will deliver administrative flexibility and freedom from state bureaucracy. But it faces opposition from students and academics concerned about fees and lack of accountability. Last month the Thai parliament approved the first readings of three bills that make the three main universities in Bangkok – Thammasat, Kasetsart and Suan Dusit Rajabhat – autonomous bodies, granting executive and administrative power to their councils instead of the universities being subject to the Ministry of Education, as they currently are.
The bills mean that the universities will no longer be guaranteed state funding subsidies per student, as financial responsibility will fall on the universities, but they will receive an annual block grant from the state budget. Among Thailand’s 172 universities, there are 15 universities that are already autonomous and 65 state universities. The rest are private institutions, community colleges or institutes. Read more...
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