Tuition freeze

Tuition freeze

Tuition freeze is a government policy restricting the ability of administrators of post-secondary educational facilities (i.e. colleges and universities) to increase tuition fees for students. Although governments have various reasons for implementing such a policy, the main reason cited is improving accessibility for working- and middle-class students. A tuition fee freeze is a common political goal of the Canadian student movement, especially the Canadian Federation of Students.

A tuition freeze is largely a Canadian political construct, and would not accurately be applied to other countries that offer free post-secondary education. It is applied (currently) at the provincial level, as education (including post-secondary education) is a provincial responsibility under the division of powers between provincial and federal governments. Currently, the provinces of Manitoba, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and Newfoundland have tuition fee freezes in place. The provinces of British Columbia and Ontario have previously had tuition fee freezes.

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* [http://media.www.brockpress.com/media/storage/paper384/news/2004/09/28/News/Tuition.Freeze.What.Happens.After.The.Thaw-734413.shtml Tuition freeze; What happens after the thaw?]


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