Mastodawn

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/19/painful-starmerism-left-cautious-andy-burnham-greens-labour. "If [Burnham] wants #support from the #left, which he will need to win power at a general election, he will have to earn it. 6 years ago... #Starmer stood on a #leadership platform that included #public #ownership, hiking #taxes on the well-to-do, scrapping #tuition #fees & putting 'human #rights at the heart of #foreignpolicy'. It was a deceitful ruse to con the #Labour #membership into installing a faction dedicated to crushing the left."

After the painful ruse of Starmerism, the left should be cautious about Andy Burnham

With the Greens now a viable alternative, a Labour leader will not win power again without the progressive vote. But they will need to earn it, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian

Guerz May 18

week 1 of a self-administered 16-week web dev bootcamp: ✅

finished #html basics, semantic #html and forms/tables via #freecodecamp . deployed my first domain ( https://guerz.lol ). built a custom #pomodoro system — 48min work / 13min short break / 23min long break — calling it PomoGuerzo.

no #bootcamp ; no #tuition . i built the curriculum myself.

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Fast Company May 15

UChicago offers free tuition for some students as college costs skyrocket, especially for private institutions

https://www.fastcompany.com/91542574/uchicago-offers-free-tuition-for-some-students-as-college-costs-skyrocket-especially-for-private-institutions

#Education #Tuition #News

UChicago offers free tuition for some students as college costs skyrocket, especially for private institutions

The cost of attending a private nonprofit university rose faster last year than it did for public universities. Some schools are doing more to expand access.

Fast Company

Georg Weissenbacher May 13

The #NewYorkTimes asks: "Why can't colleges just tell you what the actual price of attending will be?"

Well, in most European countries, they can. In Austria, it's € 726.72 per semester for non-EU nationals. And free for Austrian and EU nationals.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/your-money/brandeis-college-cost-faye.html?unlocked_article_code=1.iFA.tdUJ.htI-MpIeE8cF&smid=url-share

#tuition #freeeducation

How Brandeis Is Trying to Change College Shopping

A new tool on the university’s website tells you what the first year “will” cost if you get in.

The New York Times

LilMikeSF May 8

#PostPoned #FinalExams and #Panic spread across thousands of schools after #Instructure #CANVAS portal hacked.

US students sad inability to access basic course materials and docs exposes laziness of #HigherEdu institutions sole reliance on single breached third party rental service to communicate with high #tuition paying students

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/what-we-know-about-the-canvas-hack-impacting-thousands-of-schools/ar-AA22Dyun

CBC Nova Scotia Apr 27

Layoffs, tuition hikes planned for Cape Breton University amid expected $77M loss
Cape Breton University is cutting jobs and plans to raise tuition as it grapples with "significant enrolment pressures" and the loss of tens of millions of dollars in revenue, the institution said Monday.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/layoffs-tuition-hikes-planned-cape-breton-university-9.7178460?cmp=rss

CBC Top Stories Apr 26

This Acadia student didn't like cooking. Now his Nepalese dumplings are in demand
Acadia University student Sujit Acharya owed thousands in tuition and had a few hundred dollars to his name when he decided to make some Nepalese dumplings for a festival in the hopes to earn some money. The business now sells its products at farmers' markets and in several stores. And that's j...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/sujit-acharya-momonepal-acadia-frank-h-sobey-scholarship-9.7176324?cmp=rss

CBC Canada Apr 26

This Acadia student didn't like cooking. Now his Nepalese dumplings are in demand
Acadia University student Sujit Acharya owed thousands in tuition and had a few hundred dollars to his name when he decided to make some Nepalese dumplings for a festival in the hopes to earn some money. The business now sells its products at farmers' markets and in several stores. And that's j...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/sujit-acharya-momonepal-acadia-frank-h-sobey-scholarship-9.7176324?cmp=rss

Poujol 𝖱𝗈𝗌𝗍 ✅Apr 25

The #University of #Strasbourg moves to expel international students over unpaid tuition.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260422-the-university-of-strasbourg-moves-to-expel-international-students-over-unpaid-tuition?mf_channel=atomanalysisfeed&action=forward

> The university is preparing to drop around 40 master’s #students who have been unable to pay the nearly €4000 increased #tuition fees required of non-EU students. Few universities have enforced …

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#uniStra

CBC Prince Edward Island Apr 22

Fall tuition increase brings added stress for UPEI students as cost of living also rises
The school year is winding down at the University of Prince Edward Island, but for students returning in the fall, it’s going to cost more. UPEI is increasing tuition for Canadian and international students by 6.5 per cent and 7.5 per cent, respectively.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-upei-fall-2026-tuition-increase-9.7173655?cmp=rss