The overhead has pushed tuition to $1,950 for 12 days, making scholarships essential, he said, adding, "any alliances or partnerships we can form to make this about writing and writers I am happy to have".
It is a symptom of a vicious cycle: State governments have reduced funding for higher education, which pushes tuition higher.
"...(T he failure of state funding to keep up with growing enrollments, a key factor in pushing tuition up," was noted recently by the College Board.
The US is unlikely to follow in Germany's footsteps for several reasons -- for one, it is highly unlikely that Bernie Sanders will be elected President, and even if he were, pushing tuition-free college through a hostile Congress is just not feasible.
No one wants to see a repeat of the massive student protests that rippled through the province in 2012, and reportedly cost taxpayers $90 million; but if the Liberals push the tuition issue, we just may witness history repeat itself.
The DREAMer movement began in the early 2000s with a push for tuition equality at state colleges, but it grew as deportations ramped up, first under George W. Bush and later under Obama.
In America, retrenchment in state budgets has pushed up tuition fees.
If the government succeeds in pushing higher tuition fees through Parliament, that could rise to £27,000.
(For that matter, Dr. Marie Bountrogianni, the Ontario liberal education critic, recently indicated publicly that she knows of four other Ontario universities that are pushing for tuition deregulation).
