By Martin Hall. The country’s young are angry about more than just tuition costs, which is why solutions are difficult, says Martin Hall. More...

Le nombre d’étudiants connaît une hausse sans précédent : environ 50 000 étudiants de plus sur les bancs des universités, qui manquent de moyens pour accueillir convenablement cet afflux
Le contexte. Le nombre d'étudiants connaît, en cette rentrée 2015, une hausse sans précédent : environ 50 000 étudiants de plus, sur 2,5 millions en tout, dont 1,6 million sur les bancs des universités. Lesquelles manquent de moyens pour accueillir convenablement cet afflux. Voir l'article...

By Walter G. Bumphus - Evolllution. Today more than ever, a postsecondary education is critical to success in the labor market. However, costs for higher education are skyrocketing and the discussion around access and completion has dominated national discourse. Two-year colleges are providing some fascinating solutions to these challenges. Starting in Tennessee and spreading across the country, the tuition-free community college movement is driving home the idea that higher education should be accessible to anyone willing to work for it. More...

By Nqobile Dludla. South African students burnt tyres and threw up barricades at their Cape Town campus, leading to 23 arrests on Tuesday, as protests hit universities across the country over plans to hike tuition fees. 
Students barricaded the entrances at University of Cape Town (UCT) and refused to leave, while their peers at Johannesburg’s University of the Witwatersrand, where protests dubbed #FeesMustFall on Twitter began on Oct. 13, overturned vehicles driving into the campus, local media reported. More...