Is Free Tuition the Panacea to Improve Equity in Higher Education? Policy Brief. Number 13

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Is Free Tuition the Panacea to Improve Equity in Higher Education? Policy Brief. Number 13
اللغة: English
المؤلفون: Botello, Rodrigo Guerra, Mohamedbhai, Goolam, Pijano, Concepcion, Salmi, Jamil, Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) International Quality Group (CIQG)
المصدر: Council for Higher Education Accreditation. 2019.
الإتاحة: Council for Higher Education Accreditation. One Dupont Circle Suite 510, Washington, DC 20016. Tel: 202-955-6126; Fax: 202-955-6129; e-mail: chea@chea.org; Web site: http://www.chea.orgTest
تمت مراجعته من قبل الزملاء: N
Page Count: 4
تاريخ النشر: 2019
نوع الوثيقة: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
الواصفات: Tuition, Equal Education, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Finance, Student Costs, Access to Education
مصطلحات جغرافية: Mauritius, Mexico, Philippines
مستخلص: In the past few years, growing concerns about the rising costs of university education and soaring levels of indebtedness among graduates have led to strong student protests in places as diverse as Berkeley, Bogota, Johannesburg, Juba, Khartoum, Lilongwe, London, Madrid, Montreal, Santiago and Seoul (Salmi, 2017). As a result, several governments have acceded to students' demands for free higher education, notably in Chile and South Africa, followed by initiatives to eliminate or reduce tuition fees in Italy, Japan, and South Korea. In this context, this short article looks at three nations, Mauritius, Mexico and the Philippines, that have recently joined the group of countries seeking to decrease the financial burden on students by eliminating fees for all or at least for those students coming from the lowest income groups. In each case, the article mentions the political economy conditions explaining the policy decision and attempts to assess the likely equity, quality and financial sustainability impact of the new tuition policy.
Abstractor: ERIC
Entry Date: 2019
رقم الانضمام: ED597935
قاعدة البيانات: ERIC