By Scott Jaschik. Free tuition in New York State was supposed to make it impossible for places like Nazareth College to build a class. Yet the private college's yield is up and it will enroll a larger class this fall, without increasing the discount rate. More...
By Colleen Flaherty. Critics of proposed legislation to ensure First Amendment rights at Wisconsin public universities say it could backfire and limit expression. Requirement for political neutrality alarms professors and administrators alike. More...
Tensions on campuses are increasingly building around the creation of an inclusive, safe space for students and freedom of speech for all. How can we come together in productive civic dialogue where we can learn from our differences and these spaces for all students to share their perspectives, identities and backgrounds. More...Free speech is playing out in new ways on American campuses, which some argue is leading to the corrosion of higher education as a marketplace of ideas. More...A new report from the Education Commission of the States looks at how states are re-envisioning how they deliver financial aid to students.
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Report questions effectiveness of New Brunswick's tuition access bursary
Jordan Gill, CBC News, 2017/05/01
New Brunswick's free tuition program for low-income families was only launched last year, but the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) is already criticizing it for not improving completion rates. More...
The free college movement in the U.S. is typically associated with liberal and progressive politics and motivated by concerns about rising inequality and declining investments in public goods like education. Americans are thus sometimes surprised to hear the story of the end of free college in England, in which progressives built upon very similar motivations to move policy in the complete opposite direction. More...
Sur le blog de Michel Abhervé pour Alternatives économiques. Le 3 mai est la Journée mondiale de la liberté de la presse. Chaque année elle met l’accent sur l’importance d’une presse libre pour le développement et la préservation de la démocratie au sein d’un État, ainsi que pour le développement économique. Voir l'article...
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. When Le Moyne College President Linda LeMura first learned of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to provide free tuition at New York's public colleges and universities, she thought it would be an opportunity for the state to strengthen the partnership between public and private schools. More...
By Scott Jaschik. Gathering draws students from numerous campuses who endorse a statement of principles about the value of open expression in higher education. More...
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