College Tuition in Canada - Essay Example

Beltrame, J. (2012, Sep 11). Tuition fees ballooning in Canada: report. Financial Post. Retrieved from http://business.financialpost.com/2012/09/11/tuition-fees-ballooning-in-canada/
According to Beltrame, the fact that there is an increase in the tuition cost for students in Canada is an indication that more of these students are likely to either drop out or end up taking heavy debt loads in order to fund their education. Since the increase in tuition fees would be of negative effect on the number of students who would be willing and able to get a higher education. In fact, it is stated that the contribution of the provincial government to higher education has been decreasing quite a while and this has led to an increase in the debt burden of the students. Because of this, there has developed a need to ensure that the government takes steps to ensure the subsidize of education to encourage Canadians to acquire higher education.

Eisen, B. & Wensveen, J. (2012, Jul 9). Arguments for cheap tuition are not supported by evidence. Troy Media. Retrieved from http://www.troymedia.com/2012/07/09/arguments-for-cheap-tuition-are-not-supported-by-evidence/
According to Eisen and Wensveen, the fact that there is an increase in the cost of tuition in higher education does not in any way significantly affect the number of people who go to university. On the contrary, they argue that despite the fact that in some provinces the governments have heavily subsidized higher education, there has been no significant increase in the number of students attending university. They argue that it is essential to understand that the cost of acquiring higher education is not relevant to the educators and that they are only focused on ensuring that students are benefiting from it by standing a chance to secure good employment. They go against the argument by other writers that with time, students will realize that problems resulting from increases in higher education cost and spending will surpass the benefits that they are likely to derive from acquiring the education and this will eventually discourage these students from going to university. They argue that while students will have increased debts due to loans, which they will be expected to settle after they have secured employment, they will also be able to ensure that they have a better life because of the high quality of education that they will receive. They state that society is absorbing increases in the cost of higher education within the universities so that the students are expected to pay direct tuition increases or taxpayers pay indirectly in order to cover for these increases, and all these is to ensure that the quality of higher education is enhanced.

Ryan, D. (2012, Jun 15). Sid Ryan: The case for zero tuition. The National Post. Retrieved from http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/06/01/sid-ryan-the-case-for-zero-tuition/
Ryan states that while many columnists have argued that those students in Quebec who are on strike should just accept higher tuition rates, he does not understand the argument of the abovementioned columnists. He makes the argument that in Ireland, which is his home country, education is free from the lowest level, kindergarten, to university with all the students not having to pay for anything through all educational levels. Ryan finds it unbelievable that students in universities have to be charged fees when it is a fact that it is the knowledge and skills that they will gain in these universities that will ensure the country’s economic growth in the future. He states that among developed countries, more than twenty of them charge either minimal or no fees at all for all their students and that it is these students who have enabled these countries to achieve the economic growth that they have at the current period. He states that the idea of free tuition in Canada is still considered to be too radical and this is the reason why the political establishment has shunned it to this day. The main argument made by politicians against the introduction of free education is that the students may end up having the feeling of entitlement and become completely independent of the government. They further state that the funding of free higher education is unaffordable, a statement which Ryan considers to be absolutely untrue.