Funding higher education : the contribution of economic thinking to debate and policy development (English)

A major challenge faced by governments everywhere is the reform of finance of higher education (HE) in response to pressures of rising private demand for HE and heavily constrained public budgets. Recent experience in industrialized, transition and developing economies shows a world-wide trend towards greater reliance on tuition fees and student loans to finance the expansion of HE. This paper examines the influence of economic thinking in the last...

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Woodhall,Maureen A.;
Document Date
2007/12/01
Document Type
Working Paper
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42672
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1
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1
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World,
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Other,
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2010/07/01
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Disclosed
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Funding higher education : the contribution of economic thinking to debate and policy development
Keywords
Higher Education

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Woodhall,Maureen A..

Funding higher education : the contribution of economic thinking to debate and policy development (English). Education working paper series ; no. 8 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/226931468135578915

Funding higher education : the contribution of economic thinking to debate and policy development (English)

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