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Who Should Pay? Tuition fees and tertiary education financing in New Zealand, Norman LaRocque, February 2003, $27.95 Click here for the Order FormBUY THE PUBLICATION or Download the PDF file freeDownload the free PDF

Since the Learning for Life reforms in the late 1980s, there has been considerable discussion about, and debate over, the appropriate level and form of government support for tertiary education in New Zealand. The 1990s witnessed a number of significant shifts in tertiary education policy in New Zealand, including decreasing public per-student subsidies to tertiary education, the introduction of tuition fees and the establishment of the student loan scheme. The introduction of ‘market-based’ reforms has engendered considerable controversy and some of these reforms have been scaled back since late 1999.

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