TY - JOUR AU - de Gayardon, Ariane PY - 2021/07/12 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Free Higher Education: On and Off the Agenda with the Political Tide JF - International Higher Education JA - IHE VL - 0 IS - 107 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ihe/article/view/14553 SP - 7-8 AB - <p>This article provides an update on the international free tuition movement as of 2020. Through the examples of the United States and New Zealand, it shows that free tuition is a highly politicized issue used by policy makers who need to gain power. The economic crisis stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic will, however, make such an expansive policy unviable in the short-term, but might be an opportunity for income-targeted free tuition to develop.</p> ER -