Mr. Schaffer said he concluded, however, that at this point the university had no choice but to change its tuition policy.
Only a minority of university applicants seek out the data that universities already publish on graduate employment rates, according to research by Staffordshire University (though that may change as tuition fees rise).
The study, Widening Participation in Higher Education, does not indicate whether the fees are a definitive barrier to attending higher education, but notes that the 2013-14 univentrantsntrants were the "first cohort where all students were affected by the change in tuition fees in 2012-13".
The changes in tuition at public institutions closely track changes in financing they receive from state governments and other public sources, the report found.
So, although the recent changes to tuition fees look socially sustainable, they are in fact not.
She said it was "much too early to predict any effects from changes in tuition fees".
University students have been striking for weeks over a shortage of teachers, botched curriculum changes and tuition fees.
Under the government's changes to tuition fees, any university wanting to charge more than £6,000 a year must draw up an "access agreement" saying how it intends not to put off poorer students.
Two U.S. Department of Education studies have shown that there are no associations between federal grants, state grants, student loans and changes in tuition, and that there is "little evidence" to show that federal student aid increases have contributed to tuition inflation.
Two U.S. Department of Education studies have shown that there are "no associations between federal grants, state grants, and student loans and changes in tuition," and "there is little evidence that federal student aid increases have contributed to tuition inflation".
