The starting terms of reference for the
Dearing Report were established through bipartisan political support.
And that was before the
Dearing Report recommendation that all but the poorest students and their parents will have to pay tuition fees.
Wilson was speaking after publication of the
Dearing Report which includes findings from a separate Scottish Committee.
Higher Education Minister Alan Johnson said that all the options were set out in the
Dearing Report -1997's major review of higher education funding.
DRWilliams was writing in the wake of the
Dearing report into Church schools, issued last year, which urged the expansion of such schools.
Since then there had been national developments, including the
Dearing Report, which sought to increase the number of CE schools and a White Paper advocating an increase in the number of faith schools.
The
Dearing Report, published in 1997, also recognises teaching, learning, scholarship and research.
The
Dearing Report in Britain has especial interest at this time of change in higher education.
The long-awaited
Dearing Report, due out this week, is expected to be a bombshell for students.
He highlighted the 1997
Dearing Report which concluded the only way to expand higher education beyond availability to a small elite was to get graduates to contribute.
The Government abolished grants and introduced fees in 1998 in response to the
Dearing Report on higher education funding, but rejected its recommendation of a 50-50 com-bination of non-repayable grants and subsidised loans.
The scheme will accelerate the distortions that picked up speed with the abolition of student maintenance grants in the hasty government reaction to the
Dearing Report and the introduction of the first round of fees.