Studying for an undergraduate degree in England has always been expensive.
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Rural students face extra challenges.
The system has allowed many students who would otherwise not access higher education to do so, but it is fraught with problems.
Students doing a “sandwich degree” can spend a year between their second and final years at university in employment.
The Pell Grant would have to be doubled in order for its purchasing power to be anywhere near what it used to be, a scholar observes.
For the first time since 1994, incarcerated individuals can get federal aid to pay for college. A prison education scholar explains how higher education helps those who have run afoul of the law.
Many of the new proposals would leave the wealthiest students and graduates better off.
New research reveals that poorer students are less likely to leave home for university – and that has serious impacts on their experience.
Theresa May is under pressure to tackle tuition fees after Labour’s pledge to scrap them was highlighted as a key issue for young voters.
As a minister in the coalition government, Willetts introduced £9,000 tuition fees. In an interview as he publishes a new book, he says the system is well-designed and fair.
The poorest students are leaving university with the most debt.
One in ten students drop out of uni in their first year.
As South Africa’s students call for free university tuition, it’s worth asking whether higher education would be free in a truly just society.
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