Policy Papers : University charges in historic perspective

Policy Papers : University charges in historic perspective

Executive Summary

  • Since 2010 the state’s teaching grant to universities happens to be changed into income-contingent loans made to drive the college system through option and competition. This paper shows exactly exactly exactly how it has occur, and places it in a longer-term viewpoint.
  • State support for universities has an extended history than is frequently expected, and allowed student fees become held low. Also before 1914, outside Oxford and Cambridge, costs frequently only comprised well below 1 / 2 of university earnings. Making pupils spend the full price of their training is just a radical innovation.
  • totally Free greater training times from 1962, and was an element of the expansion from the Robbins report. Continue reading “Policy Papers : University charges in historic perspective”