Tertiary Education and Student Loans

I received a totally free university education both undergraduate and post graduate degrees (only had to pay student union fees )as a gift from the Australian labor party under the Prime Ministership of Gough Whitlam. Like DW says that system has long gone. While it was with us , it enabled students of poor backgrounds to educate themselves ...and , of course we had the pick of jobs when we graduated.


Our children have not been so lucky.
 

My university education was partially funded by what was known as National Defense loans and you only had to pay half of them back if you prepared to teach (Russia was ahead of us in the space race and our govt thought we needed better education to catch up). I also had 75% of tuition paid for courses I took while in the service in the Philippines and in Texas. And later on I received one graduate degree in counseling completely free during LBJ's Great Society. Whether these programs exist today I do not know. More likely they have been replaced with Pell grants, veterans benefits, etc....
 
Difference is , Ralphy everyone who got the marks qualified for a free university education over here...you didnt need to be a veteran.
 

No, I wasn't using veteran benefits as I was in service between them. The programs I used were govt programs that were available under certain conditions, especially graduate degrees in certain areas that would enhance your skills while working in govt sponsored programs...
 
yes, and we could get a free education for any degree of our chosing with no fees whatsoever...but it is all academic now as those days have now passed...just makes me feel that being a baby boomer born in Australia I won the lottery of life.
 
You sure did. I went to graduate school in history as an independent student and managed a year before my resources ran out and got a job for the govt that wasn't interested in people pursuing advanced degrees in history. They were interested in people who wanted to pursue counseling degrees, however and paid the way making my life much easier...
 

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