de Gayardon, A;
(2019)
There is No Such Thing as Free Higher Education: A Global Perspective on the (Many) Realities of Free Systems.
Higher Education Policy
, 32
(3)
pp. 485-505.
10.1057/s41307-018-0095-7.
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Abstract
In the past few years, many countries around the world have debated the financing of higher education. Increasingly, claims emerge that higher education should be free. This article analyses the rationales behind the establishment and sustaining of free tuition higher education systems to understand the current fervour. It then outlines the global contemporary landscape of free higher education, by taking a close look at those countries that currently have free higher education and what is meant by ‘free’ in different contexts. The many realities behind the term ‘free higher education’ show that it is a policy that is hard to sustain and hides many different scenarios, notably in terms of access and success in higher education.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | There is No Such Thing as Free Higher Education: A Global Perspective on the (Many) Realities of Free Systems |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1057/s41307-018-0095-7 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1057/s41307-018-0095-7 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Free tuition, free higher education, comparative education, student costs, student financial aid |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10049992 |
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