Abolishing tuition fees would be a middle class cash grab

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Abolishing tuition fees would be a middle class cash grab

After the announcement of a modest increase in tuition fees last November, calls for their abolition were once again heard. But scrapping tuition fees would imperil the quality of British universities, do little to make university more affordable, and be socially unjust. Economically, the British (excluding Scotland, given its different approach to tuition fees) student loan system is the best of both worlds. As the Financial Times journalist Ma…