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

by Pedro N. Teixeira (Editor), D. Bruce Johnstone (Editor), Maria J. Rosa (Editor), Hans Vossensteyn (Editor)

Overview

The demand and the costs for higher education have risen steeply in recent years. The most common response worldwide has been some form of cost sharing: shifting per-student costs from governments and taxpayers to parents and students. This timely book provides a comprehensive discussion of the concepts and consequences of cost-sharing in higher education. It offers a comparative approach based on several national case-studies, and proposes alternatives to prevalent approaches.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781402069154
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	11/19/2007
Series:	Higher Education Dynamics , #14
Edition description:	2008
Pages:	357
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

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.