Financing higher education worldwide : who pays? who should pay? /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Johnstone, D. Bruce (Donald Bruce), 1941-
Other Authors:	Marcucci, Pamela Nichols
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2010]
Subjects:	Education, Higher > Finance. Education, Higher > Costs. Education, Higher > Economic aspects. Universities and colleges > Finance. College costs. Higher education and state. Government aid to education.

Table of Contents:

Diverging trajectories of higher education's costs and public revenues worldwide
Financial austerity and solutions on the cost side
The perspective and policy of cost-sharing
Parental contributions, means-testing, and financial assistance
The spread of tuition fees
Student loan schemes in purpose, form, and consequences
Student loan schemes in practice
Cost-sharing, financial assistance, and student behavior
Cost-sharing in practice worldwide
Cost-sharing and the future of international higher educational finance.