Heather du Plessis-Allan reflects on the end of the fees-free university policy, arguing it was a financial misstep that failed to increase enrolment among disadvantaged students and was overly costly, while suggesting future spending should be directed toward trade training.
Stacked weekly counts; colour by editorial lean. Stuff and The Spinoff lean centre-left, NZ Herald centre-right, others centre.
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budgetary concerns over scheme sustainability
Students question university affordability as government scraps fees-freeSocial-media signal on the same topic, drawn from the social lens. Engagement is likes + 2×shares + 3×replies, the same weighting used across the digest cards. View on /social →
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