Paying for University Education in B.C.
This paper analyzes the widely held view that university students are heavily subsidized because tuition amounts to only 15% of the cost of their educations. I argue that students, in fact, pay the full costs of their education. They pay in two ways--with tuition fees while they are students and thr...
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University of British Columbia
1998
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| description | This paper analyzes the widely held view that university students are heavily subsidized because tuition amounts to only 15% of the cost of their educations. I argue that students, in fact, pay the full costs of their education. They pay in two ways--with tuition fees while they are students and through higher taxes after they graduate. The latter payments are ignored in conventional thinking. They are important and mean that Canada already has a contingent payment system for financing its universities. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:28d82e87-dc4e-491b-8ca0-61ee28ab4cbe2022-03-26T12:15:26ZPaying for University Education in B.C.Working paperhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_8042uuid:28d82e87-dc4e-491b-8ca0-61ee28ab4cbeEnglishDepartment of Economics - ePrintsUniversity of British Columbia1998Allen, RThis paper analyzes the widely held view that university students are heavily subsidized because tuition amounts to only 15% of the cost of their educations. I argue that students, in fact, pay the full costs of their education. They pay in two ways--with tuition fees while they are students and through higher taxes after they graduate. The latter payments are ignored in conventional thinking. They are important and mean that Canada already has a contingent payment system for financing its universities. |
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