Around ten countries currently use a variant of a national income-contingent loans (ICL) scheme for higher education tuition. Increased international interest in ICL validates an examination of its costs and benefits relative to the traditional financing system, time-based repayment loans...

This study examines the impact of the charging of tuition fees between 2006 and 2014 in several German federal states on the number of first-year student enrollments. Since Germany is known for a tuition-free education policy at public institutions, the fundamental question arises of whether,...

Die Universitäten in Deutschland sind unterfinanziert. Ob die Studierenden jedoch selber zur Finanzierung ihrer Hochschulbildung beitragen sollen, ist nach wie vor stark umstritten. Dieser Bericht weist anhand amtlicher Daten zu allen Studierenden in Deutschland nach, dass die Einführung von...

Around nine countries currently use a national income contingent loan (ICL) scheme for higher education tuition using the income tax system. Increased international interest in ICL validates an examination of its costs and benefits relative to the traditional financing system,...

University autonomy and funding is an important aspect in university-level education due to its impact on graduates’ competencies, and on the quality and quantity of research produced. Political factors influence the amount of autonomy allotted to public universities in specific countries....

Gary Fethke and Andrew Policano's book "Public No More: A New Path to Excellence for America's Public Universities" paints a picture of a future for public research universities that is very different than what many people will want to see. Their message is that the financial and governance...

Este artículo explora el cambio del modelo interventor de Estado al modelo liberal, implementado en Colombia desde los años 90, buscando explicaciones sobre las posibles implicaciones de este cambio del modelo económico sobre la educación. Desde el punto de vista de la acción del Estado, la...

Cikkünkben fel szeretnénk hívni a figyelmet arra, hogy a felsőoktatás intézményi kereteire vonatkozó döntések nagyban befolyásolják a benne résztvevők cselekvési lehetőségeit, illetve motivációit. Bemutatjuk a Mas-Colell [2003] által definiált oktatá si és kutatási...

This study estimates the value of the private and public benefits that accrue to Minnesota residents from state government subsidies to higher education. In 2005, the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system received $832 million from Minnesota's state...

Este artículo es producto del proyecto de investigación: “Competencias Investigativas Para Empresas (Empresarios y Profesionales) desde la relación Universidad, Empresa y Estado (UEE) en el caso Colombiano”, financiado por la Dirección de Investigaciones de la Universidad CES (Medellín)...