Student financing of higher education : a comparative perspective
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Student financing of higher education : a comparative perspective
(International studies in higher education / series editors, David Palfreyman, Ted Tapper, Scott Thomas)
Routledge, 2013
- : hbk
Available at 4 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The financing of higher education is undergoing great change in many countries around the world. In recent years many countries are moving from a system where the costs of funding higher education are shouldered primarily by taxpayers, through government subsidies, to one where students pay a larger share of the costs. There are a number of factors driving these trends, including:
A push for massification of higher education, in the recognition that additional revenue streams are required above and beyond those funds available from governments in order to achieve higher participation rates
Macroeconomic factors, which lead to constraints on overall government revenues
Political factors, which manifest in demands for funding of over services, thus restricting the funding available for higher (tertiary) education
A concern that the returns to higher education accrue primarily to the individual, rather than to society, and thus students should bear more of the burden of paying for it
This volume will help to contribute to an understanding of how these trends occur in various countries and regions around the world, and the impact they have on higher education institutions, students, and society as a whole. With contributions for the UK, USA, South Africa and China this vital new book gives a truly global picture of the rapidly changing situation
Table of Contents
Introduction Donald E. Heller
Section I: Cross-National Issues in Student Financing of Higher Education
The Politics of Student Funding Policies from a Comparative Perspective Pamela Marcucci
Student Loan Schemes in Practice: A Global Perspective Adrian Ziderman
The Teachings of Student Debt Jeffrey J. Williams
Information Constraints and Financial Aid Policy Judith Scott-Clayton
Paying for For-Profit Higher Education: Implications of the United States Case
Kevin Kinser
The Funding of Part-time Undergraduates Students Claire Callender
"Global Graduates," Student Mobility and the Funding of Higher Education
Rachel Brooks and Johanna Waters
Section II: Country and Regional Studies
Student Financing in the Developing World: Sub-Saharan Africa Pundy Pillay
Student Finance in Asia: Privatization Amid Decisive Inter-sectoral Difference
Daniel C. Levy and Prachayani Praphamontripong Kanwar
Student Financing in Chinese Higher Education Po Yang and Baoyan Cheng
Institutional Contributions to Financing Students: Trends in General Subsidies, 1987-2007
Barrett J. Taylor and Christopher C. Morphew
Conclusion Claire Callender and Donald E. Heller
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