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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...
Droits d’inscription « détonants »
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...
Colleges keep eyes on tuition
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...
Where Tuition is Free
By 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...
University autonomy prompts concern over student fees
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...