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Record Nr.

UNINA9910141780503321

Titolo

Financing higher education and economic development in East Asia / / edited by Shiro Armstrong and Bruce Chapman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Canberra, Australia : , : ANU Press, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

1-921666-62-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Disciplina

379.1214

Soggetti

Education, Higher - Economic aspects - East Asia

Education, Higher - East Asia - Costs

Economic development - Effect of education on

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary; Preface; 1. Issues and Overview; Part 1. Education and Development: The role of higher education; 2. Education and Development: The role of higher education; 3. Financing Higher Education:Lessons from economic theory and operational experience; 4. Finance, State Capacity,Privatisation and Transparency in South-East Asian Higher Education; Part 2. Experience in Developed Economies; 5. The Australian University Student Financing System: The rationale for, and experience with, income-contingent loans

6. Higher Education Policies and Development: Approaches to funding higher education in JapanPart 3. Experience in East Asia; 7. Student Loan Reform in China:Problems and challenges; 8. Recent Developments in HigherEducation in Indonesia: Issues andchallenges; 9. Strategies for Financing HigherEducation: The case of Thailand; 10. Thailand's Student Loans Fund:An analysis of interest rate subsidiesand repayment hardships; 11. Income-Contingent Student Loansfor Thailand: Alternatives compared