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Citation reference: Harvey, L., 2004-24, Analytic Quality Glossary, Quality Research International, http://www.qualityresearchinternational.com/glossary/
This is a dynamic glossary and the author would welcome any e-mail suggestions for additions or amendments.
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Fees
Fees are the financial contribution made by students to their post-compulsory education.
Fees, or tuition fees as they are often called, may be non-existent in some countries where higher education is free. In other settings fees may be set at national, controlled levels or may be open to market competition. Student contribution in controlled or market settings may be partial recovery (that is, account for part of the real cost and thus be partially subsidised), full cost (covering the real cost) or cost plus profit (in which fees are set so that the student pays more than the cost of the programme).
Fees are the charge that a student has to pay towards the costs of his or her study. A fee does not include living costs, but contributes towards the cost of teaching and providing related facilities.
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (2010) comments on fees as follows:
Tuition fees: Students have to pay tuition fees to a university or college to attend a course there.
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (undated) is more expansive:
Students have to pay tuition fees to a university or college to attend a course there. Universities and colleges are responsible for setting tuition fees for some categories of student (mostly undergraduates), although they are subject to certain limits set by the Government. Most EU students (including UK students) are eligible for tuition fee loans which will cover the cost of these fees, and which do not need to be repaid until after the student has graduated. Some charges made by institutions are not treated as tuition fees. These include charges for accommodation.
The Information Authority (2010, p. 50) states:
Tuition fees are defined as monies paid by learners or on their behalf to cover the tuition fees charged for the learning aim. They do not include fees charged for exams, materials or field trips
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The capitation fee is a fixed sum that all students must pay to become members of the student union and other student societies and clubs at their institution. (HEA, 2004)
Indiana College Network (2003) talks about fees as additional costs:
fees/costs: payment required for itemized services or materials involved with higher education classes.
The Northeast Texas Network Consortium (NTNC, 2002) defines fees as:
an amount of money charged by institutions (in addition to tuition) to cover costs of certain services (health services, athletic center, registration, parking, and for the use of lab equipment or computers etc.).
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Higher Education Authority (HEA) [of Ireland] 2004, Glossary http://www.hea.ie/index.cfm/page/sub/id/519
Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), 2010, About us: Glossary, available at http://www.hefce.ac.uk/aboutus/glossary/glossary.htm, updated 8 November 2010, accessed 14 February 2011, page not available 17 July 2012.
Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), undated, Glossary, available at http://www.hefce.ac.uk/glossary/, accessed 31 December 2016, not available 20 June 2019.
Indiana College Network (ICN), 2007, ‘Glossary'