In the past few years, growing concerns about the rising costs of university education and soaring levels of indebtedness among graduates have led to strong student protests in places as diverse as Berkeley, Bogota, Johannesburg, Juba, Khartoum, Lilongwe, London, Madrid, Montreal, Santiago and Seoul (Salmi, 2017). As a result, several governments have acceded to students' demands for free higher education, notably in Chile and South Africa, followed by initiatives to eliminate or reduce tuition fees in Italy, Japan, and South Korea. In this context, this short article looks at three nations, Mauritius, Mexico and the Philippines, that have recently joined the group of countries seeking to decrease the financial burden on students by eliminating fees for all or at least for those students coming from the lowest income groups. In each case, the article mentions the political economy conditions explaining the policy decision and attempts to assess the likely equity, quality and financial sustainability impact of the new tuition policy.