By . English higher education regulation is “no longer fit for purpose” and there needs to be “a strong regulator to protect students” paying higher fees. More...
24 novembre 2014
24 novembre 2014
Current £9K fee system ‘fails sustainability test’, says report
By . The current £9,000 fee system is financially unsustainable and puts higher education at risk from a failed market, according to a report. More...
24 novembre 2014
NUS publishes ‘roadmap for free education’
By . The National Union of Students has outlined its proposals for reforming how higher education in England is funded. A Roadmap for Free Education argues that higher education could be funded by collective public investment through progressive taxation. Under the plans, the richest in society would see their tax increase to cost of the university system. More...
20 novembre 2014
Why Germany's Free College Education Is Actually Not That Great
By . College in Germany recently became free for everybody — even international students — after Lower Saxony became the last state in the country to do away with university tuition.
Tuition-free university has made education in Germany more accessible, and demand for a German college education has increased both domestically and internationally: foreign enrollment in German universities reached a record high this year. More...
16 novembre 2014
Young Australians will be even worse off if the government uncaps university fees
By Courtney Sloane. A report released today by the Foundation for Young Australians called Renewing Australia’s Promise shows that for the first time young Australians are unlikely to be better off than their parents. While the report shows that eeducational attainment has risen significantly over the last 30 years, with young people 1.6 times more likely to finish school and 1.4 times more likely to gain tertiary qualifications, it also shows that almost a third of all young people are unemployed or underemployed, and for those who have gone to university they have average debts of $24,000. More...
16 novembre 2014
First tuition-free virtual university is ‘illegal’
The Free University of Nigeria was being promoted by two websites – one referred to as an e-campus portal and the second on Facebook. On 14 November the Facebook website was operating but the FUN website had been suspended. Read more...
16 novembre 2014
Rectors oppose proposal for non-European student fees
12 novembre 2014
Managing the financial aid gap
By Jennifer Wick. Fewer and fewer institutions are meeting students’ financial need. Per The College Board’s “Trends in College Pricing 2013,” the average net tuition and fee price for students attending four-year public institutions increased by an estimated $1,180 (in 2013 dollars) between 2009-10 and 2013-14. More...
12 novembre 2014
All-you-can-learn tuition takes off
By Matt Zalaznick. Adult students are treating themselves to a higher ed buffet through a handful of programs where all-you-can-learn tuition lets them move as quickly as they can toward a degree and advancement in the workforce. More...
11 novembre 2014
Universities Oppose Norway's New Tuition Plan
University leaders in Norway are working against a government plan to force them to charge tuition to students from outside the European Union, News in English Norway reported. Tuition is free in Norway -- for Norwegians and others -- but the new government has adopted a budget that assumes charges of about $15,000 for those outside the European Union. Norwegian academics note that when Sweden started charging foreign students, its foreign enrollments fell. Read more...
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