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

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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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Teixeira, Pedro N. (Editor ), Johnstone, D. Bruce (Editor ), Rosa, Maria J. (Editor ), Vossensteyn, Hans (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edición:1st ed. 2008.
Colección:Higher Education Dynamics, 14
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.