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Today an article appeared interesting sea in the newspaper El Pais. Is not exactly on the fellows but about something that affects us all directly. The University, its funding, the grants system, its problems and what I fear is their immediate future. The Bologna Process is not yet in full swing, and question its viability. And what is worse, we question our own viability as individuals.

Go to the University is synonymous with a decent job in other countries, here is this country of ours, so far only serves to work the man who framed paintings for the hall.
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I leave the entire article, enjoy it with health.

University free possible: pay vague

Students take two years ma , s to finish the race than they should, but only pay 10% of each course is worth - Experts advise combat high prevalence, adjusting prices and give more grants - The government seeks a most efficient model

arriving every possible, but not go on forever there longer account. Because the haunt of thousands of students to university classrooms that the accounts do not add up. They are not to blame. Is the financial system which is based English University, which allows it. Neither is efficient or is intended to encourage the study and effort. Free higher education for those who pass the entire career at first registration, as government plans , serves as a starting point for a broader discussion on changesstructural and financial assistance English University to not only be more efficient but also more rational. The imminent launch of the European higher education, which starts officially in 2010, referred to in the Bologna Declaration is an opportunity to review the situation.

Experts speak of the various options available. While some are keener to pay the vague, more expensive second and third plates, others warn that this would have to be carefully studied and controlled. In what all agree isthey do not forget that, before any revision of prices or academic requirements, protect the poor effectively. It misses the start-up once and for all a powerful system of scholarships.

Upon entering the analysis of the situation is a relevant issue is how to influence the performance of students in teaching and teacher evaluation. There are races (the techniques, especially) and universities where even the best students suspended and lose their scholarship. The consequence is that there is a natural selection, whereby those who need a scholarship tostudy (students from families with less income) rule starting the race with more suspense index. The result: many professions do not move from social stratum.

change the funding model to give students who pass or others, such as those working or those from families with few resources, the possibility of free education is perfectly possible . A combined free-for-performance, aid to those who work and scholarship appropriate to the situation of each student (depending on the university, the race he is, and the average demand is having on the center).

One of the most obvious alternatives outlined in a report by the economist, an expert in university funding, Juan Hernández Armenteros, who is the author of several studies University English figures in Conference of Rectors. Hernández Armenteros has conducted a study on the financing of public schools face autonomous communities between 1996 and 2004, which concluded that the situation is very rational and "inefficient" and suggests as precisely one solution system of gratuity according to academic results.

The Economist calls his proposal "system of free university education in grade for a responsible academic behavior" and says that would reduce the medium term " ; high rates of inefficiency, unless the exception of a remarkable number of degrees in health sciences, have been taking place in English universities, which would improve the level of spending per student " ;.

Hernández Armenteros proposes to make the system more efficient to reward academic performance by returning the money to students who pass the first registration in the whole race (which is currently 10%) and get progressively more expensive along the various courses the second and third plates until the second represents 50% of actual costs of studies and the third to 100%. Currently, students pay on average about 10% of the actual cost of their studies, the second plate them out by 30% over the first and third and subsequent by approximately 50% more .

reference, if the systemHernández Armenteros free raised had been applied in the universities of Andalusia in 2005-2006, they had charged 66% more than what they got. The calculation in Andalusia (which includes 20% of English university system and offers all kinds of degrees) is extrapolated, as the author of this report, Spain.

Any reform of the financing system should be accompanied, according to experts, a strengthening of the scholarship policy in the medium term. With two objectives: promoting mobility (so that the site liesnce is not a deterrent to pursuing a career) and compensate for inequalities (which all students who have a low income family or staff have a scholarship "compensatory" to living a life similar to the minimum wage).

Spain intended to grant only one-third (0.08% of GDP) than they give half the countries of the European Union (0.24 % of GDP) of GDP, according to latest official data (2006). This percentage may have increased over the past two years to about 0.11%, which is still far away from the European reference.

The first step would be to increase the amount of compensatory scholarship calls that are real wages. This aid now accounts for about 2,200 euros per year, which prevents many students to stay with her. To avoid this problem would be similar to the minimum wage.

"The two measures of performance incentives and public price changes must be coupled with a major review of grants policies," notes another major English experts in university funding,Professor of Applied Economics University of Barcelona, Jorge Calero. "It's good that users know how much is subsidized its place, its actual cost, and this is already specified in the registration form of some universities, like Barcelona. As a general principle is well focused that you want to encourage efficiency, but we must also bear in mind that it is irrelevant how it's done, "says Calero. "In a perfect world, says that if you raise the tuition for which suspension will cover those who need it because they have few resources with grants, but we know that the momentum of & eacute; stas has been slow to arrive, and do not forget that the former is concerned about the situation of students without resources that they may lose opportunities to continue the race. "

Professor introduces more elements of care. "It is true that the more expensive system enrollment the following system would save a lot, but it would be a very studied, very cautiously. Should be studied thoroughly before implementing such a system, specific situations, what type of student may be affected por this measure. "

Regarding performance, José Antonio Pérez-economist, manager Polytechnic University of Valencia and economist who is familiar with these issues, "notes an interesting fact:" There is much talk the poor performance of college English, but when compared with the results of other OECD countries is debatable whether a differential problem of Spain for university systems overall. That is, it is true that we perform as well as United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway and Australia, which are among the best, but Germany, France and Italya, for example, are worse than us. "

this economist seems "good message" to encourage the best students with free tuition. "Social responsibility and the effort is for everyone, including students," he argues. "But virtually all over Europe, students pay little for their fees, except in the UK, since Tony Blair raised rates about 2,000 pounds [approximately 2,200 euros]. Another thing is the U.S. example, where they have a brutal system of support both to study at a university public and private, but clearly linked to performance. "

José Antonio Pérez is agreeable to that rates rise. "I totally agree that there are incentives for performance, but I lean towards a system in which both people know what really cost his career, in which rates rise, all but complemented by a system scholarship very powerful. People who work and study while fellows should have a salary and should have extensive programs of aid to students statewide, regional and local levels. "

A high price of tuition students not perjudicaríaa family and social environment of limited resources that do not have the same references and cultural and social supports that other young people? Perez is unequivocal. "Whoever comes to University is because he wants to go and the military has already passed." It is true that where more are lost on the way students of lower classes is just before, in high school and vocational training .

also agrees with performance incentives another expert on this issue, Professor of the DepartApplied Economics catkins University of Granada, José Sánchez Campillo. "To promote efficiency and make the real life racing to the theoretical approaches are important, but before any such reform should not lose sight of one thing: studies on access for students is that some studies are more expensive the most access are those of the middle and upper classes, and many of those races (like technology) are the most faces. That is, the state pays for them is much greater than in the less experimental degrees (the humanities, for example). Ayes, do not justify the extension of performance grants to those middle and upper classes. "

Campillo detailed analysis. "Whoever has a scholarship to study do not choose careers that know they are very demanding, but others where he thinks he can not lose the scholarship. The reality is that there is a self-selection process in the data is accessible to the races: the lower classes are choosing short-cycle races or closely linked to the productive sector who think they can stop scholarship ", ie to work out easier. "Where we must promote equalityIs getting more students without means complete posobligatorios studies (Bachelor and FP), "notes the expert. The conclusion is as already pointed out by others. "This just no way to compensate, with a very generous scholarship policy posobligatorios levels and access to the University and should be determined whether the academic requirements must remain global for the entire country. "

aid Besides, another issue that can improve the rate of assessment, ie the number of pupils presented for consideration. In most í a university runs were not call (the June and September, February or quarterly in some areas). Universities have autonomy to decide if it runs call but not to report for examination. They have six chances to pass each subject of the race, which would be two per year if they run automatically enrolled, whether or not presented.

Hernández Armenteros has a real example. In the introductory economics class career Tourism University of Jaén have enrolled 130 students this year have been submitted for consideration 61 of whichhave approved 47. These proportions are not exceptional, are common in many subjects and qualifications. Are they reasonable? For most experts, at all. Not only for economic reasons. The culture of effort also matters.

Many are enrolled but not examined, which increases the system

The user input is 6% of the funding

"Social responsibility is also for students," says a specialist

Fellows are 'self-select' and choose careers not as demanding

Only a very powerful aid offset increases

low-income students should receive

Someone told me not long ago, that the University was dead, instead of the Bologna Process, would notto best make the Burial of the Sardine?