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

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Teixeira, Pedro N. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Johnstone, D. Bruce (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Rosa, Maria J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Vossensteyn, Hans (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Σειρά: Higher Education Dynamics, 14
• Θέματα: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Higher education.; Public finance.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Higher Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; International and Comparative Education.; Public Economics.

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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• 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.