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26 février 2018

'Grossly inequitable' fee-free warning from universities

Universities have warned that fee-free study could push some students to apply for courses they are unlikely to pass, as tension between the sector and the Labour-led government over the flagship scheme has been revealed in letters sent to Education Minister Chris Hipkins, writes Nicholas Jones for the NZ Herald. More...

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26 février 2018

Finally – How government plans to fund free education

A month after university registrations opened, Treasury has finally answered the big question regarding how government will fund free higher education – as expected it comes with significant cuts in government expenditure, writes Tebogo Tshwane for the Mail & Guardian. More...

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25 février 2018

Efforts to get South Africa’s economy moving are no more than a patch up job

Its obvious that the South African government approached the 2018 budget from an extremely tight spot and with limited options. The country has been staring at the perfect storm of low economic growth and widening fiscal deficits set against huge expectations and needs. These include fee-free higher education for poor students, troubled state-owned enterprises and a growing base of the unemployed. More...

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24 février 2018

Free College, With a Catch

By John Warner. West Virginia is moving towards to providing a “last dollar” benefit to make community college free for its residents, with a bipartisan bill moving through the state Senate and on to the House of Delegates. More...

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24 février 2018

Tuition-Free, With Strings

By Ashley A. Smith. Advocates for free college worry that residency, course-load and drug-testing requirements will keep the neediest students out of state programs. More...

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24 février 2018

The N-Word in the Classroom

By Colleen Flaherty. Two professors on different campuses used the N-word last week. One was suspended and one was backed by his institution, demonstrating academe's continually fraught relationship with the term. More...

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24 février 2018

Ending a Course Over the N-Word

By Colleen Flaherty. Princeton professor who was criticized for using the word in a class on hate speech cancels the course. More...

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24 février 2018

The Complications of Free Speech

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Stanford, while previously adamant in promoting campus free expression, has struggled after posters on immigration were posted in a dormitory, challenging the consistency of the university’s policies. More...

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24 février 2018

The Death of College Free-Speech Zones

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. State legislatures are banning spaces colleges have carved out for free expression and protest that many consider restrictive. More...

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23 février 2018

UW Madison Unveils Free Tuition Program

By Rick Seltzer. The University of Wisconsin Madison on Thursday announced a free tuition plan for many in-state students that will start in the fall, the latest development in the spread of free public college. More...

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