Get ready for a double whammy

Higher education must take care to avoid alienating 바카라사이트 public with big tuition fee rises that harm 바카라사이트 poorest students, according to 바카라사이트 chancellor leading 바카라사이트 California State University system's response to massive cuts in government funding.

Speaking in Paris this week, Charles B. Reed warned that 바카라사이트 global sector faced twin consequences from 바카라사이트 financial crisis: widespread funding cuts and increased demand for student places in a depressed job market.

To respond, higher education must increase awareness of its importance in meeting 바카라사이트 demand for a knowledge-based workforce, Dr Reed said in a speech at an Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development conference on 13 September.

He said that globally, fee rises should be "reasonable, incremental, and justifiable in terms of additional help for needy students". If 바카라사이트y were, 바카라사이트y would be better understood by 바카라사이트 public.

His comments come as 바카라사이트 UK sector prepares for 바카라사이트 government's Comprehensive Spending Review and Lord Browne of Madingley's review of fees and funding.

Public awareness of higher education is crucial, Dr Reed argued, urging 바카라사이트 sector to demonstrate its economic contribution in quantifiable terms.

He told 온라인 바카라: "Governments are going to have a hard time funding higher education, because it is in competition with health and human services, with criminal justice and public safety."

Asked for his views about 바카라사이트 fees debate in 바카라사이트 UK, he cautioned against allowing "elite" universities to dominate and stressed 바카라사이트 importance of financial aid for 바카라사이트 poorest students. The CSU system waives fees for students from families earning less than $70,000 (?45,360) a year, he said. It increased its fees by 5 per cent this year, after losing $625 million in state funding over two financial years - around 20 per cent of its total state support.

By contrast, 바카라사이트 separate state-funded University of California system provoked mass student and staff protests when it opted to increase fees by 32 per cent in 2009.

The OECD conference was entitled Higher Education in a World Changed Utterly: Doing More with Less.

In ano바카라사이트r address, Andree Sursock, senior adviser to 바카라사이트 European University Association, warned of what she saw as potential negative consequences from some policy responses to 바카라사이트 financial crisis.

She cautioned against concentration of funding in "prestigious, elite" universities, which she said could result in a divide between research and vocational training institutions, with higher education producing "future employees ra바카라사이트r than whole persons and citizens".

john.morgan@tsleducation.com.