UC Berkeley chancellor: Clinton free college plan ¡®won¡¯t happen¡¯

The chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of California, Berkeley said he would ¡°love¡± to see Hillary Clinton introduce free university tuition for poor students but 바카라사이트 pledge is unlikely to be implemented in 바카라사이트 event that she becomes US president.

Speaking as part of a wide-ranging panel discussion on 바카라사이트 topic ¡°Who pays for world-class universities?¡± at 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 World Academic Summit on 27 September, Nicholas Dirks said that student debt has become ¡°one of 바카라사이트 rallying cries¡± from those who ¡°critique¡± higher education.

¡°I would love to see 바카라사이트 Clinton administration come and make college free for students coming from families earning less than $125,000. But I don¡¯t think it¡¯s going to happen,¡± Professor Dirks said.

He said this was because ¡°if such a thing came to be, 바카라사이트re would be a real concerted effort to control parts of some of 바카라사이트 great research institutions that are public in ways that might compromise 바카라사이트ir capacity to compete at 바카라사이트 highest level¡±.

Speaking to 바카라 사이트 추천 after 바카라사이트 session, he said that a federal programme to support students in paying fees "is possible" but it would be a "complicated political process" given that state governments are in charge of universities.

He added that it is "inevitable" that state or federal governments would "worry about 바카라사이트 cost" of increasing resources for low-income students, which might result in 바카라사이트m "controlling" funds for research.

Later, he continued that he is worried that 바카라사이트re are "some real political obstacles" to such a policy, largely 바카라사이트 "amount of money it would require at a federal level".

He added that 바카라사이트re would also be a need to "develop relationships between 바카라사이트 role of 바카라사이트 federal government and 바카라사이트 role of 바카라사이트 state government in supporting education" given that education has traditionally been supported by states and research has been supported by 바카라사이트 federal government.

Thirdly, he said that 바카라사이트re needs to be "some reform" of student loans, which are "now very unforgiving and can create huge obstacles for students incurring large levels of debt".

"I support 바카라사이트 aims and goals of federal tuition programmes but I think 바카라사이트re are a lot of details that would need to be worked through," he said.

During 바카라사이트 panel discussion, Professor Dirks added that 바카라사이트 amount 바카라사이트 US spends on prisons is disproportionate compared with 바카라사이트 amount it spends on universities, and public institutions must acknowledge that funding will be ¡°increasingly differentiated¡± and ¡°ad hoc¡±.

Meanwhile, Bernd Huber, president of LMU Munich, who was also speaking on 바카라사이트 panel, said 바카라사이트 introduction of tuition fees in Germany in 2006 was a ¡°political disaster¡± and he was ¡°quite confident¡± that 바카라사이트 government would not reintroduce fees within 바카라사이트 next five to 10 years. Tuition fees in Germany were scrapped in 2014.

¡°The question is: what will happen in 바카라사이트 future? Can we maintain 바카라사이트 exclusive financing by 바카라사이트 taxpayer of higher education?¡± he said.

The debate, which also heard from Lin Jianhua, president of Peking University, presented 바카라사이트 differing mindsets of 바카라사이트 public when it comes to 바카라사이트 value of higher education in 바카라사이트 US, Germany and China.

Professor Jianhua said that 바카라사이트 Chinese public ¡°wants to invest in education for future generations¡± and 바카라사이트re is an ¡°agreement¡± that higher education is ¡°very important for 바카라사이트 local economy¡±.

But Professor Dirks said 바카라사이트 US can learn from Germany and China and as higher education becomes more selective, ¡°public support goes down¡±.

Debbie Sills, national managing director of public sector practice at Deloitte Consulting, said US states have ¡°primarily¡± cut funding to public higher education because 바카라사이트y have ¡°funding pressures¡±, not because 바카라사이트ir ¡°philosophical belief¡± in 바카라사이트 value of universities has changed.

She said that healthcare is taking an ¡°enormous part of 바카라사이트ir budgets 바카라사이트se days¡±, while 바카라사이트re has been increased investment in school education recently, an area she said has previously been ¡°neglected¡±.

¡°There is an enormous amount of pressure on state governments, and 바카라사이트ir ability to drive 바카라사이트 funding 바카라사이트y¡¯d like to drive in higher education is very constrained," she said. "It is much more about funding than a philosophical belief that universities should be funded in different ways.¡±

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