As an international student at UBC who is paying quite the tuition fee, this blog post of Zi Hao (Leo) Li caught my eye. Frankly, international students pay way too much money for their tuition. Generally, it costs about two to three times as much as domestic student’s, and domestic student’s tuition is overpriced as it is.
It is understandable that universities, as one kind of business, need to make the most profit out of their business. However, if the business does not consider their customers, such as increasing the cost on their products or services, all the customers will become uninterested.
Back in high school, I had many friends who were international students and wanted to go to university in Canada. Unfortunately, due to the cost of overpriced tuition, it prevented them from attending. The cost of tuition alone is enough to prohibit eager students from applying to a specific university. The main purpose of a university should be to educate those who are willing to study and learn. These days, I strongly feel that universities are forgetting their initial role, and instead, attempt to make profit. It is about time that universities return to the origin of why they were made.
Zi Hao (Leo) Li’s post: https://blogs.ubc.ca/zihaoli/2014/10/05/rising-costs-of-education/
http://business.financialpost.com/2014/09/11/canada-tuition-fees/