Ait Si Mhamed, A: Finance of Higher education in Morocco

This project focuses on the public university education in Morocco after the shift in the burden of higher education costs from the government or the taxpayer to parents and students. This shift has led to an increase in cost sharing in higher education in Morocco. Hence, cost sharing in the context of Morocco has taken the form of reduction of need based cost of living stipends and room and board facilities, as well as freezing the amount of the stipends. Using a mixed methodology of quantitative and qualitative analysis, the project investigates the impact of the policy of shifting the burden of the shift of costs on students and parents. The study concludes with investigating a few problems inferred from data, and recommends a long term plan in reforming student financial aid and implementing student loans program and tuition fees in order to diversify the governmental revenue and improve the quality and equity of tertiary higher education in Morocco.