Higher education finances lie at the crossroads in many Western
countries. On the one hand, the surging demand of the past three or
four decades, driven by a belief in higher education as a principal
engine of social and economic advancement, has led to dramatic
growth of the higher education systems in these countries. On the
other hand, this growth in demand was accompanied by rapidly
increasing per-student cost pressures at a time when governments
seemed increasingly unable to keep pace with these cost pressures
through public revenues. 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.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
