Topic: Tuition and student fees

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Funding, Students, Teaching and learning, Tuition and student fees, Universities and the academic mission

The Universities Accord will plan for the next 30 years: what big issues must it address?

By Melinda Hildebrandt, Victoria University and Peter Hurley, Victoria University

Equity and social justice, Students, Tuition and student fees, Universities and the academic mission

Canada identifies international students as ‘ideal immigrants’ but supports are lacking

By Isaac Garcia-Sitton, York University, Canada

The question is not whether international students are needed, but rather if they are valued. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan The number of […]

International issues, Participation and enrolment, Students, Tuition and student fees

The future of internationalization in the wake of COVID

By Elizabeth Buckner, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

International students have been a growing demographic at Canadian universities, which have become increasingly dependent on the fees they pay. Has the […]

Health and safety, Public policy, Students, Tuition and student fees

The pandemic exposed the vulnerability of international students in Canada

By Anil Varughese, Carleton University and Saul Schwartz, Carleton University

Universities and colleges need better, more easily accessible and culturally competent mental health services targeted to the needs of international students. (Shutterstock) […]

Equity and social justice, International issues, Students, Tuition and student fees

The shadowy business of international education

By Nicholas Hune-Brown

Foreign students are lied to and exploited on every front. They’re also propping up higher education as we know it. This story […]

Health and safety, Students, Tuition and student fees

‘You have to suffer for your PhD’: poor mental health among doctoral researchers – new research

By Cassie M Hazell, University of Westminster

Ms.Lotus Bua/Shutterstock PhD students are the future of research, innovation and teaching at universities and beyond – but this future is at […]

Equity and social justice, Intellectual property, Students, Tuition and student fees, Universities and the academic mission

Fair access to university depends on much more than making students ‘job-ready’

By Sally Patfield, University of Newcastle

Shutterstock Today is World Access to Higher Education Day, but Australia is still a long way off fair access for students from […]

Corporatization and commercialization, Funding, Governance, Participation and enrolment, Public policy, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization, Tuition and student fees

Laurentian University insolvency reflects a structural crisis in Ontario’s neoliberal university system

By David Leadbeater

On February 1 the Laurentian University president and board got what they wanted from Ontario Chief Justice Geoffrey Morawetz: “This Court orders and […]

Equity and social justice, Students, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization, Tuition and student fees

Youth who grew up in care have the right to post-secondary education — and tuition waivers open doors

By Jacqueline (Jacquie) Gahagan, Dalhousie University

Finances are a significant barrier to post-secondary education for people raised in care. (Shutterstock) There are more than 50,000 children living in […]

Corporatization and commercialization, Governance, Students, Tuition and student fees

With campus co-operatives, universities could model new ways of living after COVID-19

By Michelle Stack, University of British Columbia

Crises bring renewed interest in co-operatives. (BlackDaffodil/Flickr), CC BY-NC Even before COVID-19, things weren’t going all that well on post-secondary campuses across […]