They are planning some tuition reforms in the Netherlands as well.
As of now, university is basically free. I get almost enough money to live and pay for my education (almost enough to live, not enough to go out. Basically the government pays everything I need except my beer.)
But now they want to change their policy, so that college money gets increased to in my case €5000 a year (€3700 more than it currently is). Furthermore, if their plans come through, you only get money for the minimum duration of your study + 1 year. Electrical engineering has a theoretical minimum duration of 5 years, but almost nobody makes that, with the average being 7,5 years. Which means the average student suddenly has to cough up an extra €30000 out of nowhere.
And in the meantime they keep complaining that we don't learn enough and we should study more and longer
