Direct taxpayer support and student-aid programs are in jeopardy as states struggle to close deficitsWhen governors and legislators scoured their budgets this year for programs
As one of nearly 7,000 St. John's students who receive TAP grants and one of about 190 in its HEOP program, she is not alone in her concerns. Although much attention has focused on how Mr. Pataki's budget would affect the state's public universities, private colleges and universities like St. John's would also be affected.
Japanese courts in major cities have issued rulings on prepaid tuition fees at private higher education institutions: to be returned or not. Referring to several elite and other private institutions, the Tokyo District Court sentenced them to return the prepaid tuition to students who did not enroll, though they had been admitted.
India's Supreme Court has ordered each state to review private institutions' tuition to forbid "profiteering." The Court's ruling mainly results from the for-profit orientation of many Indian private institutions-and their questionable quality. The fast private growth of Indian higher education due to the increasing demand for access has resulted in the sale of seats in many private institutions.
The present academic year in India has experienced chaos following fee hikes, public demonstrations and staying of admissions in private medical colleges. Following the Supreme Court judgment in October 2002, some private medical colleges in Mumbai had raised annual fees from about $2,500 to $7,500. In its judgement, the court had allowed financially independent private sector to run professional colleges, a right granted earlier only to minorities based upon religion or language.
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