{"id":149197,"date":"2023-01-25T12:12:56","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T11:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=149197"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:37","slug":"flexible-learning-pilot-stops-abruptly-dijkgraaf-has-second-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2023\/01\/25\/flexible-learning-pilot-stops-abruptly-dijkgraaf-has-second-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"Flexible learning pilot stops abruptly; Dijkgraaf has second thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"

At certain higher education institutions students were able to opt for flexible learning. They paid tuition fees only for the courses they took that year. That was beneficial to people such as top-level athletes, informal carers, members of participation councils and students running their own business.<\/p>\n

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Education Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf<\/span><\/p>

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The House of Representatives was so pleased with this experiment that the previous Education Minister, Ingrid van Engelshoven, was already<\/a> given the green light to start work on a bill to enshrine \u2018payment per credit\u2019 in legislation. She was enthusiastic<\/a> about it.<\/p>\n

Her successor, Robbert Dijkgraaf, was too<\/a>, initially. He expected to be able to present a bill in the spring of 2023. He endeavoured to assuage concerns about the system.<\/p>\n\n\t

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