NEW ZEALAND: Take cap off fees, say universities

The heads of New Zealand's universities say the government is unfairly doling out money to students and forgetting universities themselves, reports the New Zealand Herald. They also want the cap on fees removed so universities can set the cost of courses.


The New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee last week called on the national government to view universities as national infrastructure that was in desperate need of investment. The committee's primary concern was that student financial support had been put ahead of university funding.

The committee said the OECD average was for 82% of government funding to be devoted to institutions and 18% to student financial support. But in New Zealand 58% went to institutions and 42% to students.
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