"When it comes to student development, it is not necessarily only about self-development. It is always part of a broader communal or collective development alongside the individual's own development." This is presented as the Chinese perspective in this interview with Lili Yang of the University of Hong Kong. "There has been a huge mistake in the policy pathways of recent decades in places like the UK when it comes to tuition fees. The mistake lies in overlooking - or deliberately ignoring - the fact that higher education and student development contribute not only to private returns for individuals." Back in my days as a student activist we used data showing students gain 23% of the benefit of a university education; society gained the rest. Despite this, students paid a much greater percentage of the cost - in effect, subsidizing the broader economy. I have no idea what the statistic would look like today, but I'm sure it exists, and is continuing to be ignored.
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