Student financing of higher education : a comparative perspective / / edited by Donald E. Heller and Claire Callender

• Pubblicazione: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (538 p.)
• Disciplina: 378.30973
• Soggetto topico: Student aid - United States; College costs - United States; Student loans - United States; Students - United States - Finance, Personal
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: HellerDonald E
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Contributors; Series Editors' Introduction; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Note; References; Part I: Cross-National Issues in Student Financing of Higher Education; 2. The Politics of Student Funding Policies from a Comparative Perspective; Introduction; Common trends leading to higher education austerity; Undergraduate tuition fee and student financial assistance policy alternatives; Financial aid policies; Impact of political ideologies on student funding policies ; Impact of political ideologies on financial assistancePolitical process as negotiation; Conclusions; Notes; References; 3. Student Loan Schemes in Practice: A Global Perspective; Loan scheme objectives; Cost-sharing model; Social targeting model; Student independence model; Loan scheme objectives and expectations; Loan scheme initial funding; Financial viability; Repayment ratio: the individual loan account; Loans recovery: the overall perspective; Repayment and recovery ratios: international comparisons; Justifying student loan scheme subsidies; Repayment collection ; Mortgage loans or income-contingent repayment?Repayment burden; Self-collection versus agency collection; Lessons from international case studies; Adopting the "Australian model"?; England: from grants to cost-sharing; Social targeting in Thailand; Concluding caveat: Dangers of international institutional borrowing; Notes; References; 4. The Teachings of Student Debt; Higher indebtedness and higher education; Public benefit to private concession; The teachings of student debt; Society's debt to the future; References; 5. Information Constraints and Financial Aid Policy; Introduction ; Students' underlying information constraintsInformation about the benefits and costs of post-secondary education; Information about particular institutions; Information about academic preparation and expectations; The role of information in financial aid policy; Information and the effectiveness of grant aid; Information and the effectiveness of loan aid; Implications for financial aid policy design; The basics: simplicity, transparency, and predictability; What else can be done via financial aid policy?; Can purely informational interventions achieve the same goals? ; Concluding caveats: Limitations on the role of information constraintsNotes; References; 6. Paying for For-Profit Higher Education: Implications of the United States Case; Global overview of for-profit higher education; Availability of financial aid for for-profit higher education; Financial aid availability: the United States case; United States for-profit growth; Changes in aid; Aid revenue comparisons; Gainful employment; Conclusion; Notes; References; 7. The Funding of Part-time Undergraduate Students; Introduction; Defining part-time undergraduate higher education study ; Part-time undergraduate study, tuition fees, and student funding
• Sommario/riassunto: The financing of higher education is undergoing great change in many countries around the world. In recent years many countries are moving from a system where the costs of funding higher education are shouldered primarily by taxpayers, through government subsidies, to one where students pay a larger share of the costs. There are a number of factors driving these trends, including: A push for massification of higher education, in the recognition that additional revenue streams are required above and beyond those funds available from governments in order to achieve
• Titolo autorizzato: Student financing of higher education
• ISBN: 1-135-06946-8; 0-203-58995-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465626403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: International Studies in Higher Education