A Typology of “Free Tuition”

By Alex Usher. You would be forgiven, over the past 24 months or so, for growing ever more confused about when tuition is “free” and when it is not.  Can it be called “free tuition” if a student has to pay living expenses?  Is it only free tuition if only some students receive “free education”?   What about if we look at “net price” (i.e. tuition minus grants)?  It’s actually kind of tricky. Read more...