Comments on: Home thoughts from abroad http://www.carleton.ca/fass/2013/home-thoughts-from-abroad/ Carleton University Wed, 02 Oct 2013 11:32:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 By: johnosborne http://www.carleton.ca/fass/2013/home-thoughts-from-abroad/#comment-1210 johnosborne Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:27:22 +0000 http://carleton.ca/fass/?p=8730#comment-1210 Thanks, Andy. You are of course correct. And no, I have not heard any Canadian politician advocating such a scheme.

]]> By: Andrew Brook http://www.carleton.ca/fass/2013/home-thoughts-from-abroad/#comment-1209 Andrew Brook Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:21:27 +0000 http://carleton.ca/fass/?p=8730#comment-1209 John, you did not mention one crucial aspect of the British, one that is, I am sure, responsible for number of applicants remaining what it was before the changes. Adequate student funding, including in the form of student loans, is being made available and — the crucial aspect I mentioned — repayment is income-based through the income tax system. So a student borrower does not have to worry about being forced into poverty or bankruptcy due to not being able to find a job after graduation with a high salary.

Make an education available like this to everyone who wants one, not just to everyone who can afford one, and the resistance to shifting more of the cost of getting an education onto those getting it would decline. Not all of it but a lot.

Have you heard any politicians or university presidents advocating such a loan scheme in Canada?

Andy Brook

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