The cost of tertiary education varies across the world. With many expenses to cover including room and board, basic utilities and salaries for professors, how should these operating costs be funded? This debate revolves around equity, socio-economic factors, and the role of tertiary education in society.
Tertiary education should be subsidized by the government
The government should help make tertiary education affordable to all, but not free.
The sustainability of affordable education
Subsidizing education would help alleviate economic barriers without exhausting government funds.
Splitting the responsibility of paying back student loans between institutions and students may help regulate the cost of public tertiary education, keeping it affordable to all.
