Rates of return and funding models in Europe : Final report to the Directorate-General for Education and Culture of the European Commission

The objective of this study is to present evidence of some relevant facts to support the process of improving the funding of European universities. In this sense, two set of studies are presented: 1. Summary. Chapter 1 is a summary of the three case studies and the rate of return chapter. This Summary provides an overlook on the whole study. 2. Rate of return analysis. In the 2nd chapter a throughout review of rates of returns to higher education is presented. 3. Funding models. In order to present the cases of some European countries where innovative funding higher education models have been implemented.