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Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education in the Philippines

Author(s) -

Miguel Antonio Lim,

Sylvie Lomer,

Chris Millora

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

international higher education

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2372-4501

pISSN - 1084-0613

DOI - 10.6017/ihe.2018.0.10563

Subject(s) - subsidy , equity (law) , universal design , higher education , sustainability , investment (military) , economic growth , quality (philosophy) , business , development economics , access to higher education , public economics , economics , political science , market economy , ecology , philosophy , epistemology , politics , world wide web , computer science , law , biology

The Philippines has recently introduced a subsidy for tuition fees to enable universal access to higher education. There has been a heated debate about the Act’s sustainability and its implications for equity. We examine these issues and argue that, despite concerns, this move is a strategic long-term investment for the country.

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