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. More...
30 janvier 2015
30 janvier 2015
Droits d'inscription : une hausse pour les étudiants étrangers ?
Par Fabien Gallet. Augmenter les droits d’inscription des étudiants étrangers afin de financer les dépenses des établissements d’enseignement supérieur français. C’est ce que propose l’organisme France Stratégie, chargé de conseiller le Premier ministre, dans un rapport publié le 27 janvier 2015.
Les étudiants étrangers devraient payer plus pour étudier en France. C’est ce que recommande le rapport publié le 27 janvier 2015 par France Stratégie, un organisme rattaché au Premier ministre. Avec une forte augmentation des droits d'inscription, les universités et les grandes écoles pourraient notamment investir davantage à l’international. Voir l'article...
25 janvier 2015
Labour to replace tuition fees with a graduate tax?
By Brendan O'Malley. Britain’s Labour Opposition believes the current system of charging higher education students tuition fees is unfair and unsustainable. If it wins the general elections in May, Labour could opt instead for a graduate tax. Read more...
25 janvier 2015
Middle-Class Economics for Tuition
By Michael Stratford. Addressing the nation on Tuesday evening, President Obama highlighted what he called his “bold” plan to make community college free for some students. He also called for an overhaul of the tax code that redirects benefits away from wealthy Americans in order to extend tax credits for college. Read more...
22 janvier 2015
Universities back compromise on fees
By Julie Hare and Sarah Martin. UNIVERSITY heads have urged crossbench senators to back a proposed government compromise on higher education reform, saying the new deal will moderate fee increases and appease students.But they say the potential backflip on up to $2 billion cuts to the sector — offered on the condition of deregulation — would not be enough to address chronic underfunding of universities, and have called for institutions to be free to set their own course fees from 2016. More...
19 janvier 2015
Free tuition isn’t a magic bullet
By Jeff Collins and Ben Eisen. Eliminating tuition fees for university students is a wasteful and inefficient policy idea. Students themselves share in the benefits of higher education through increased lifetime earnings and it is reasonable that they should also share some of the costs. More...
18 janvier 2015
Lawmakers seek control of college tuition hikes
Tuition at Texas universities has more than doubled in the 12 years since state lawmakers authorized colleges to set their own rates.
Now legislators are pushing to take back that control. It’s not a new idea, but it stands a chance for the first time since 2003, when the state deregulated tuition, largely because it enjoys rare bipartisan support. More...
18 janvier 2015
Tuition on the rise at Texas universities
By Benjamin Wermund. Students attending Texas public colleges now are paying a much higher price for their education than they would have a decade ago.
Tuition at universities in Texas has skyrocketed, and many blame a 2003 decision by the state Legislature to give schools free rein over what they charge for running up the costs. Before then, the state was able to regulate tuition, and though lawmakers allowed tuition to rise sharply and steadily in the decade leading up to deregulation, the cost of college has grown at a faster clip since. More...
18 janvier 2015
Sharp drop in part-time student enrolment since fee rises
By Brendan O’Malley. Part-time student enrolments in higher education fell by 22% in the two years since university tuition fees were allowed to triple, according to new figures released last Thursday by the Higher Education Statistics Agency, or HESA. Read more...18 janvier 2015
When Free Tuition Meets the Next Recession
By Matt Reed. Community college enrollments tend to be counter-cyclical to the economy. When the economy goes down, enrollments go up, and vice versa. That makes sense, if you think about it. For traditional-age students, parental income is a major factor in choosing a college. Read more.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)