Free tuition

This article provides an update on the international free tuition movement as of 2020. Through the examples of the United States and New Zealand, it shows that free tuition is a highly politicized issue used by policy makers who need to gain power.

This article gives an insight into the free-tuition movement observed globally. It analyses the forces that led to the adoption of free-tuition policies and questions their sustainability in light of recent events in countries that adopted such policies.