Overview
- Comprehensive discussion of the basic concepts of cost-sharing
- In-depth analysis of the major consequences of introducing some form of cost-sharing
- Timely international comparative approach based on several relevant Western national case-studies
- Articulated combination of theoretical issues and empirical analysis
- Rigorous but accessible approach bringing together research outcomes and policy analysis
Part of the book series: Higher Education Dynamics (HEDY, volume 14)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Higher education finances lie at the crossroads in many Western countries. Hence, worldwide, the most common approach to the need for increasing revenue was to use some form or forms of cost sharing, or the shift of some of the higher educational per-student costs from governments and taxpayers to parents and students. This raises several important challenges to higher education systems. First, there is the political and social controversy associated with most forms of cost-sharing, particularly with tuition fees. Secondly, there are important issues in terms of the broad context of social policy, such as the role of families and students and the relationship that the state establishes with each of them. Third, there is the comparison of alternative instruments of cost-sharing and the direct and indirect effects of each of them, notably in terms of educational equality. Overall, underlying cost-sharing debates are fundamental questions about social choice, individual opportunities, and the role of government in society.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cost-sharing and Accessibility in Higher Education: A Fairer Deal?
Editors: Pedro N. Teixeira, D. Bruce Johnstone, Maria J. Rosa, Hans Vossensteyn
Series Title: Higher Education Dynamics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4660-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-4659-9Published: 06 April 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6915-4Published: 19 November 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-4660-5Published: 23 November 2007
Series ISSN: 1571-0378
Series E-ISSN: 2215-1923
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 357
Topics: Administration, Organization and Leadership, Higher Education, Educational Policy and Politics, International and Comparative Education, Public Economics