Author
Alex Usher
President, Higher Education Strategy Associates
Alex Usher is President of Higher Education Strategy Associates, a consultancy based in Toronto, Canada. He is the author or co-author of many works on access, student financial assistance, higher education finance and quality measurement.
7 pieces
Newest first, since September 2018
· Comment
Why the Canadian government is raising the graduate repayment threshold
Canadian HE expert Alex Usher shows that when it comes to student loan repayments and moonshot research, other political choices are available
· Comment
The thirteen admissions systems of Canada
Regionally-focused, teacher led, and league-table free – Alex Usher thinks the Canadian system offers a very different experience for university applicants.
· SUs
Something absolutely huge has happened in Canada for students
The Government of Canada has announced a package of supports to students worth C$9 billion (₤5.14 billion) to assist them through the coronavirus crisis. It’s a package which as far as one can tell seems to be the larges
· Analysis
The clock is ticking on a decision about September entry
Alex Usher spells out the options for universities around the world as they plan for a September start, or not given the pandemic crisis engulfing the world.
· SUs
SUs in Ontario have won a reprieve – for now
The Ontario Superior Court has struck down the Ford Government’s “Student Choice Initiative”. The SCI is a program of voluntary student-unionism (VSU) that the state government imposed last January (see here for a refres
· Analysis
The end of targeted free tuition, eh?
Canadian higher education expert Alex Usher takes a look at interesting changes to student funding and students’ unions in Ontario
· Analysis
A case for means-tested fees
Alex Usher looks at a way of funding HE that is catching on around the world- targeted free tuition