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| Topic | Ending free college in the UK made college better (with a caveat) |
| Balrog0 10/13/17 11:33:06 AM #2: | http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/cp503.pdf Until 1998, full-time students in England could attend public universities completely free of charge. Two decades later, most public universities in England now charge 9,250 equivalent to about $11,380, or 18% more than the average sticker price of a US public four-year institution. Advocates of these reforms argued that a free tuition system was regressive, since the main beneficiaries were the middle classes, and that without drawing on private resources from those who could afford to pay, the system would be unable to meet rising demand. Instead, universities would have to limit enrolment slots, reduce per student spending or both with low-income students and less prestigious institutions most likely to bear the consequences, potentially exacerbating educational inequality... First, public funding would bring in more money for cash-strapped universities, enabling them to take more students, including the disadvantaged. Second, requiring students to pay would make the system fairer since previously the main beneficiaries of free college were students from middle and upper class families. Third, increasing resources would enable the government to target assistance to the neediest, who were struggling with living expenses at college. Key to this was the introduction of the income-contingent loan for fees and maintenance, which ensures that no student pays upfront and enables large increases in liquidity at the point of enrolment. --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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