Alternative scenarios for tertiary funding in South Africa are set out in a completely separate report from the Davis Tax Committee drawing from work done by the higher education department.
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Earnings data suggest higher education remains financially attractive for most students, and the small proposed fee increases should not materially affect that.
Students on ‘enabling’ courses may now have to pay substantial fees under higher education reforms.
Higher education reform means more pain for students and universities with long lasting consequences.
The ministerial task team’s report presents a jaundiced view of an important organisation that’s opened the doors of higher education to many who would otherwise have been closed out.
It’s easy to understand why the government treats each student demand as distinct. But these are complex issues and they are intertwined.
South Africa must address the root factors contributing to nationwide protests in the higher education sector or face dire consequences
Pension fund managers must consider environmental, social and governance issues when making investment decisions. The student funding crisis is a perfect example of a social issue.
There has been a great deal of research, planning and talking to come up with solutions to South Africa’s higher education funding crisis. Some of these plans must now be put into action.
Student protesters have demonstrated good leadership in some spheres but come up short in other areas. This suggests that universities ought to focus more on how they teach leadership.
There is a very real risk that South Africa’s major research projects will stumble and the whole research machine will be shut down by ongoing student protests.
Protest movements become radicalised by two factors: escalating policing and competitive escalation between political adversaries and other protesting groups.
Higher education is a resource intensive enterprise. It cannot effectively function without a massive injection of resources in a sustained and escalated manner.
There is no such thing as ‘free higher education’. Someone has to pay. And the reality is that low, or no tuition fees benefit middle and high-income families.
South Africa’s higher education minister has dealt with fee increments for 2017 but sidestepped students’ fundamental issue: an ongoing call to make higher education free for all.
South Africa must examine how science funding is allocated to universities. It also needs to acknowledge that not all universities should be focusing on research and development.
After almost a decade of failed processes to reform the current funding system, the government must produce a revised system that improves the quality of outcomes for students in all courses.
Students currently pay higher fees for courses that lead to jobs with typically higher wages. But not all students find, or want, a job in their area of study. Should all students then pay the same amount for their university degree?
South African students’ demands for free university education are not going away. Nor are the country’s economic realities.
Free public higher education is possible and necessary. It’s also realistic, if it’s based on thorough research, consultation and students giving back through community service after graduation.
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Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
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Director of the Centre for Education Rights and Transformation and Associate Professor of Education, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Researcher in Labour Studies and Education, University of Johannesburg
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Researcher, Social Sciences, University of Fort Hare
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Research Associate in Higher Education Policy and Planning, Ali Mazrui Centre for Higher Education Studies, University of Johannesburg
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PhD Scholar, Wits School of Education, University of the Witwatersrand
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Chief Director: Tshwane University of Technology – Institute for Economic Research on Innovation; Node Head: DST/NRF SciSTIP CoE; and Professor Extraordinary: Stellenbosch University – Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology., Tshwane University of Technology
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Director of Centre for Postgraduate Studies, Rhodes University & Visiting Research Professor in Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, Rhodes University
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Researcher at the Centre for Integrated Post-School Education and Training, Nelson Mandela University
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Professor of Sociology of Education, The University of Edinburgh
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Executive Director, IRU, La Trobe University
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Professor of Education, University of Cambridge
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Pro-Vice Chancellor of Research, Kingston University
