tuition
(North American, Philippines) A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a private school, boarding school, university, or college).
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A re-elected SNP government will protect free prescriptions, free eye tests, free tuition, free bus travel, lower Council Tax, free school meals, the Baby Box and funded childcare, while going further to help families…
Australian university (and other) students have no choice but to give up the personal information, their intellectual property and other fruits of their labours, and, indirectly via their collected tuition fees, their…
Fanworks and fan cultures are, frankly, wondrous: engaged, constructive, tuition-free writing communities for writers at all levels!
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Well, perhaps, but paying people stipends to attend school carries with it moral hazards that abolishing tuition does not, and abolishing tuition is the first battle.
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(North American, Philippines) A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a private school, boarding school, university, or college).
Tuition in the past was like taking medicine and you sent children for it only if they were doing poorly in a subject.
“25k is a drop in the bucket. Try tuition forgiveness”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Canada Online Tuition Expert Indian tutors for CBSE, IGCSE & more! Online Tuition Classes in Canada – indiatutor.in/online-tutor... #Canada #OnlineTuition #IndianTutors #CBSE #IGCSE #OnlineLearning #Education #EdTech #StudentSuccess #StudyOnline”
— Bluesky· May 2026“vouchers are so poor people pay for rich kids private school tuition”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Some states have free tuition (mine) if you promise to live there for an allotted time period, try looking into that!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“And he has 100 children. That’s a lot of tuition.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(Ireland, United Kingdom, ) The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor.
“A re-elected SNP government will protect free prescriptions, free eye tests, free tuition, free bus travel, lower Council Tax, free school meals, the Baby Box and funded childcare, while going further to help families with the cost of living. Make it #BothVotesSNP tomorrow.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Australian university (and other) students have no choice but to give up the personal information, their intellectual property and other fruits of their labours, and, indirectly via their collected tuition fees, their money to multinational SaaS companies.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Fanworks and fan cultures are, frankly, wondrous: engaged, constructive, tuition-free writing communities for writers at all levels!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Saudi Arabia Online Tuition Affordable, expert-led learning for all grades! Online Tuition in Saudi Arabia – indiatutor.in/online-tutor... #SaudiArabia #OnlineTuition #IndianTutors #OnlineLearning #Education #EdTech #StudentSuccess #StudyOnline”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Well, perhaps, but paying people stipends to attend school carries with it moral hazards that abolishing tuition does not, and abolishing tuition is the first battle.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(India, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia) Paid private classes taken outside of formal education; tutoring. (also used attributively).
tuition classes
“Awful having the best performing staffed and paid NHS! Dreadful having 40% less crime and 21% more police than rUK Don’t start on the lowest child poverty that is reducing whilst increasing rUK! Highest educational outcomes, most teachers, free tuition! Disgraceful! #VoteSNP”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Universities should not be expecting alumni to hand over cash. We don’t need to import that broken model from the US. Funding should come from government and tuition fees, not philanthropy. Philanthropy should only fund bursaries and scholarships direct to students, not the uni.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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