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German universities scrap all tuition fees

 

“All German universities will be free of charge when term starts next week after fees were abandoned in Lower Saxony, the last of seven states to charge.

“Tuition fees are socially unjust,” said Dorothee Stapelfeldt, senator for science in Hamburg, which scrapped charges in 2012. “They particularly discourage young people who do not have a traditional academic family background from taking up studies. It is a core task of politics to ensure that young women and men can study with a high quality standard free of charge in Germany.”

 

Source: www.thetimes.co.uk

 

Not having access to equal education is a form of oppression.

 

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Germany’s Refugee Policy Tested By New Arrivals

Germany’s Refugee Policy Tested By New Arrivals : Parallels : NPR. As many as 5,000 Syrian refugees are after Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government agreed to a U.N. request to host them. But they a…

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

It’s easy for the U.S. to highlight how groups in other countries are not welcoming refugees – but have you heard the U.S. news speak about the U.S. welcoming refugees at all lately?

 

And the first comment on the NPR site is a good reminder to balance the message.

 

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