Education and the Public Interest School Reform, Public Finance, and Access to Higher Education /

• Main Author: St.John, Edward P. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Subjects: Education.; Political science.; Philosophy.; Political philosophy.; Higher education.; Higher Education.; Philosophy, general.; Political Science.; Political Philosophy.

Economic globalization has been accompanied by implementation of education reforms linked to accountability and public finance schemes that emphasize student choice in schools and student loans in higher education. In the U.S. these reforms are rationalized based on intermediate variables, like the...

Table of Contents:

• Public Policy and College Access
• Globalization
• The Public Interest
• State Indicators
• Academic Access
• Financial Access
• Pathways and Markets
• Student Outcomes: Reanalyses of the NELS
• Access To Advanced Math
• Enrollment
• Attainment
• The Public Interest
• Improving Access and College Success
• Redefining the Public Interest.