"A lot of language tuition takes place using audio conferencing, and the mathematicians teach classes using shared whiteboards which are visible on students' home computers, talking to students as they reveal one line of an equation at a time".
On the balance, it seems reasonable to conclude that some tuition took place, but that it lasted only two or three years, when Alexander was aged from thirteen to fifteen.
Or perhaps there's another cause: public universities that deal with budget cuts by seeking international students, who pay high out-of-state tuition, in place of lower-paying in-state Americans.
Through its team of social workers, SCOL engages children with the goal of reintroducing them to education with fully-paid tuition, and placing them back into family members' homes with a social worker as the mediator between child and family.
I read the congratulatory email and was overcome with a wave of elated relief: I'd not only been accepted to an Ivy League college, but there in a single email I'd been handed the financial means to meet the economic burden that the idea of college tuition had placed on my shoulders.
It also means offering the practical support some children cannot count on at home: one-to-one tuition, a warm place to go at the beginning and end of the day, food, the enrichment activities (sport, trips and cultural activities) that some families cannot afford.
His hair's-breadth victory in Tuesday's Commons vote on university tuition fees took place despite having watered down his (sensible) proposal, and despite his party having one of the biggest Commons majorities in history.
Admission to public universities, which are tuition free, takes place through national university entrance exams (known as 'Konkoor').
Even with all of these options in place, tuition will often drain your account, depending on your school.
By design, the Legislature's alternative legislation also omits two major proposals that Mr. Paterson included in his emergency bill: allowing the state's public universities to set their own tuition rates and placing a flat cap on local property taxes.
