By Fraser Nelson. If you’re gifted, poor and set on a degree, then England is the best place to be. The trebling of university tuition fees is regarded as one of the great cruelties of this Coalition, one of the harshest blows dealt by the austerity era. Read more...
Tout Français nouvellement inscrit en premier cycle universitaire paiera comme un autre Canadien non-résident du Québec, soit 6 550 dollars par an (4 600 euros). En revanche, les étudiants en maîtrise et en doctorat continueront à bénéficier des mêmes tarifs que les Québécois, « pour promouvoir la recherche de haut niveau », a déclaré Christine St-Pierre, la ministre des relations internationales du Québec. Voir l'article...
By Geoffrey Vendeville. Quebec is tripling the tuition fee for university students from France, the province’s international relations minister announced on Thursday.
As of September, French students enrolling in a bachelor’s program in Quebec will have to pay the same tuition as Canadians from other provinces — $6,650 a year — instead of the average Quebec fee, roughly $2,200.
“The francophone student who comes here from Moncton pays $6,650 while a French student paid the same as a Québécois. So what we’re doing is we are giving them the same advantages that we’re offering Canadian students who are non-residents of Quebec,” said minister Christine St-Pierre at the National Assembly.
She expects the number of French students in Quebec — 12,500 last year — to stay the same despite the tuition hike. “Compared to what (other) international students pay, it’s still a very, very privileged rate for French students,” she said. Tuition for international students is between $12,000 and $16,000. More...
By Geoff Sharrock. In recent media reports, higher education policy experts Peter Noonan and Gavin Moodie dismiss the use of international student fees as an indirect “market cap” for domestic fees. Independent senator Nick Xenophon is also unconvinced:
Vice-chancellors say that international student fees are an effective cap, but if disingenuity was a subject, then vice-chancellors would get an A+ […] It would mean a spike in fees – in some courses of between 200-300%. It would make $100,000 degrees look cheap.
Implicitly, these are arguments for direct caps on fees or loans to prevent sector-wide overpricing – if federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne’s deregulation plan ever happens. More...
By Andrew Trounson. SUPPORT for full deregulation of university fees among vice-chancellors is fracturing, with the head of Victoria University calling on the Abbott government to impose some price constraints on fees if it hopes to win Senate approval for its higher education bill.
“The federal government’s initial package represents a radical move toward deregulation with minimal safeguards against associated risks,” Peter Dawkins said yesterday.
A prominent economist, Professor Dawkins said “there is significant interest among vice-chancellors in a more moderate way forward (on deregulation)”. More...
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By Issie Lapowsky. One of the boldest proposals of President Obama’s recent State of the Union address was his $60 billion plan to make community college free. And, yes, it’s also one of the most controversial.
By Andrew Denholm. Fee-paying students at a Scottish university will be the first to have their costs waived if they fail to graduate under radical proposals.
The university says it has broken ranks with other institutions to ensure it remains attractive in an increasingly competitive global market. More...
By Brendan O'Malley. Leading university vice-chancellors have warned the Labour Party against proposing to cut tuition fees in England from £9,000 to £6,000 (US$13,500 to US$9,000). More...
By Olivia Goldhill. After Tory minister Greg Clark says tuition fees cost little more than a daily Costa coffee, what other big-ticket items could you buy instead?/https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
