Higher education could be funded in three ways. All costs paid bygovernment, all costs paid by students or students paying all costs through agovernment loan. What are the advantages of these choices?

Since

university

funding benefits

both

university

students and

society

as

awhole

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a whole

,

both

parties should bear some of the

cost

of

university

educations.

University

students gain

both

personal and economic benefits

by

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of

attendinguniversity

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attending university

;

however

,

society

also

benefits by having a more

educatedpopulation

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educated population

.

In addition

, it is important that all members of

society

have

theopportunity

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the opportunity

to attend

university

regardless of wealth. In

this

essay the

variousmodels

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various models

of funding for

university

places will be discussed.There is little doubt that people who attend

university

usually benefit

throughhigher

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through higher

salaries and greater opportunities. It is

therefore

reasonable that

societyexpects

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society expects

students to make some contribution to the

cost

of their

education

.

However

, expecting students to fully fund their own

education

may

causestudents

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cause students

to avoid courses that lead to less well-paying jobs

such

as the sciences

,

Accept space

,

nursing and teaching.

Society

as a whole

also

benefits from having a more educated community

andshould

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and should

support people who make an effort to become educated. It is

thereforereasonable

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therefore reasonable

that governments

also

provide money for

university

places

,

Accept space

,

particularly when the

cost

of doing a course or the return for

studentsdiscourages

them from completing a course

that is

needed by

society

.The funding model

that is

used for

university

placements is

also

very

importantas

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important as

governments have a responsibility to provide an opportunity for

allmembers

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all members

of

society

to attend

university

. Deferred repayment of fees

throughlow

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through low

cost

loans and the partial subsidising of

university

courses by

governmentare

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the government are

government are

effective methods of ensuring fairer access to

university

education

sincethey

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since they

allow people to pay for their

education

when they are

best

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better

able to

affordto

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afford to

.In summary,

university

education

benefits

both

individuals and

society

andboth

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and both

governments and individuals who receive a

university

education

shouldmake

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should make

a contribution to the costs of tertiary

education

.

In addition

, it

isimportant

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is important

that appropriate loan schemes are in place to ensure that access

touniversity

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to university

is available to all members of

society

.