Financing Higher Education Worldwide: Who Pays? Who Should Pay?
Author:   D. Bruce Johnstone (State University of New York) ,  Pamela N. Marcucci
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
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9780801894572


Pages:   336
Publication Date:   02 August 2010
Recommended Age:   From 13
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   D. Bruce Johnstone (State University of New York) ,  Pamela N. Marcucci
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9780801894572


ISBN 10:   0801894573
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   02 August 2010
Recommended Age:   From 13
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction 1. Diverging Trajectories of Higher Education's Costs and Public Revenues Worldwide 2. Financial Austerity and Solutions on the Cost Side 3. The Perspective and Policy of Cost-Sharing 4. Parental Contributions, Means-Testing, andFinancial Assistance 5. The Spread of Tuition Fees 6. Student Loan Schemes in Purpose, Form, and Consequence 7. Student Loan Schemes in Practice 8. Cost-Sharing, Financial Assistance, and Student Behavior 9. Cost-Sharing in Practice Worldwide 10. Cost-Sharing and the Future of International Higher Educational Finance Appendix: Selected Country Examples of Cost-Sharing Selected Bibliography Index

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<p>This is a book full of detail and informed comment that should be read by all who want to understand and be informed about many of the major issues surrounding the financing of higher education in the 21st century.--Johns Mace HIGHER EDUCATION REVIEW (01/01/2011)


<p>Usefully describes various policies and different countries' approaches to dees, loans, and other financial aid.--Claire Callender Comparative Education Review (01/01/2011)


<p>A great overview of the financing challenges facing each country's higher education system.--John J. Cheslock Journal of Higher Education (01/01/0001)


Author Information

D. Bruce Johnstone is SUNY Distinguished Service Professor of Higher and Comparative Education Emeritus at the State University of New York at Buffalo, author of Financing Higher Education: Cost-Sharing in International Perspective, and coeditor of In Defense of American Higher Education, also published by Johns Hopkins. Pamela N. Marcucci is project manager of the State University of New York at Buffalo's International Comparative Higher Education Finance and Accessibility Project. The Project, directed by Professor Johnstone, is recognized worldwide as a source of descriptive and theoretical studies of tuition fees, financial aid, and student loans.

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