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College funding explainer: The three options to pay for third level

Among the options are increasd State-funding and a student loan scheme
Updated: Mon, Jul 11, 2016, 11:25

Carl O’Brien

The expert group report on the future of higher education funding studied approaches used in other countries – Norway, The Netherlands, Australia, England and the US – and identified three main funding options the Irish system.

These are:

  1. A State-funded system
  2. Increased State funding with continuing student fees
  3. Student loan scheme, along with increased State-funding

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