Cost-sharing and Accessibility in Higher Education: A Fairer Deal?

Cost-sharing and Accessibility in Higher Education: A Fairer Deal? edited by Pedro N. Teixeira, D. Bruce Johnstone, Maria J. Rosa, Hans Vossensteyn.

Higher education finances lie at the crossroads in many Western countries. On the one hand, the surging demand of the past three or four decades, driven by a belief in higher education as a principal engine of social and economic advancement, has led to dramatic growth of the higher education system...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Teixeira, Pedro N. (Editor), Johnstone, D. Bruce (Editor), Rosa, Maria J. (Editor), Vossensteyn, Hans (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edition:1st ed. 2008.
Series:Higher Education Dynamics, 14
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
School management and organization.
School administration.
Higher education.
Educational policy.
Education and state.
International education .
Comparative education.
Public finance.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • Strengthening Consumer Choice in Higher Education
  • Cost-sharing and the Cost-effectiveness of Grants and Loan Subsidies to Higher Education
  • Income Related Student Loans: Concepts, International Reforms and Administrative Challenges
  • Access to Higher Education in Britain: The Impact of Tuition Fees and Financial Assistance
  • The Changing Nature of Public Support for Higher Education in the United States
  • The Canadian Experiment in Cost-sharing and its Effects on Access to Higher Education, 1990–2002
  • Student and University Funding in Devolved Governments in the United Kingdom
  • Student Financing in the Netherlands: A Behavioural Economic Perspective
  • A Broader Church? Expansion, Access and Cost-sharing in Portuguese Higher Education
  • The German Tuition Fee Debate: Goals, Models and Political Implications of Cost-sharing
  • Accessibility and Equity in a State-funded System of Higher Education: The French Case
  • Access to Higher Education Within a Welfare State System: Developments and Dilemmas
  • Conclusion.

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