Debates: The cost of higher education. Universités : quelles sont les plus chères dans le monde. Search. Economics Essays: Why University Education should be Free. With the expansion in university numbers, there has been a divisive debate about how much students (and their families) should actually pay.
There are several arguments to suggest the government should provide university education free at the point of use, and make it available to everyone. 1. Greater Equality. Free education enables everyone to have the opportunity of studying. It also avoids the complexity of means testing systems. Free Online Course Materials. Top universities to offer online courses. By Sevil Omer, NBC News Two professors from California want to teach the world for free.
Now, five of the nation’s top universities have backed the pair’s project, dubbed Coursera, and will next year offer dozens of online courses to students worldwide and at no cost. Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller, creators behind the online learning platform, announced on Wednesday their partnership with Stanford, Princeton, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan. "Our mission is to teach the world and make higher education available for everyone," Ng said in a statement. In the same announcement, Koller added: "By partnering with the world's leading universities, we're making college-level classes more accessible to anyone who wants to learn. "