Course closures have more to do with student demand than government regulation of employment outcomes.
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Many people dismiss the idea of free, quality public university education out of hand. But there are many ways to make it happen - and it all ties back to the idea of education as a public good.
Fee protests have shut down a number of South African university campuses. The question is, how should universities balance fee increases with their other obligations?
Currently law students pay about 80% of their degree cost, and nursing students only about 30%. Is it fairer if everyone pays the same?
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Director of the Centre for Education Rights and Transformation and Associate Professor of Education, University of Johannesburg
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Professor, Department of Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Executive Director, IRU, La Trobe University
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Senior Researcher in Labour Studies and Education, University of Johannesburg
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Chief Director: Tshwane University of Technology – Institute for Economic Research on Innovation; Node Head: DST/NRF SciSTIP CoE; and Professor Extraordinary: Stellenbosch University – Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology., Tshwane University of Technology
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PhD Scholar, Wits School of Education, University of the Witwatersrand
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