The Free-Tuition Movement

Authors

  • Ariane de Gayardon Centre for Global Higher Education, Institute of Education, University College London
  • Andrés Bernasconi Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Keywords:

Free tuition, targeted free tuition, financial aid, equity

Abstract

This article gives an insight into the free-tuition movement observed globally. It analyses the forces that led to the adoption of free-tuition policies and questions their sustainability in light of recent events in countries that adopted such policies.

Author Biographies

Ariane de Gayardon, Centre for Global Higher Education, Institute of Education, University College London

Ariane de Gayardon is senior research associate at the Centre for Global Higher Education, Institute of Education, University College London, UK. E-mail: a.gayardon@ucl.ac.uk.

Andrés Bernasconi, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Andrés Bernasconi is professor of education at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and director of the Center for Advanced Studies on Educational Justice (CJE). E-mail: abernasconi@uc.cl.

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Published

2020-01-13

How to Cite

de Gayardon, A. ., & Bernasconi, A. (2020). The Free-Tuition Movement. International Higher Education, (100), 23–24. Retrieved from https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ihe/article/view/14227

Issue

No. 100 (2020): Winter Issue

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Articles

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