- Will continue the tuition freeze for undergraduate students at Memorial University and College of the North Atlantic (1, 2)
- Shifted provincial student aid from a loan to a non-repayable grant program, completing the transition on August 1st, 2015; these grants cover around 40% of student financial assistance, the remainder comes from the federal government (5, 6)
- Pledge to make it easier for international students who attend school in Newfoundland and Labrador to get achieve permanent resident status (1)
- Will work to align private and public post-secondary institutions with the needs of industry in the province (1)
| - Supports maintaining a tuition freeze for students from the province but would consider raising tuition for out-of-province students (7, 8)
- More details on the Liberals education plan expected soon (9)
| - Will reinstate a tuition and residence fee freeze for all students at university and college, including graduate students (10, 11)
- Pledges to roll back recent tuition and residence fee increases at post-secondary institutions (10, 11)
- Supports the grant system in place of a system of loans for students’ financial aid (10)
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