The chapter evaluates the Slovak experience with impact of innovations in financing public higher education institutions. During the last decade, the government implemented an evolving funding formula for the higher education to steer universities towards outputs and outcomes desired by...

The debate around funding student loans has largely focused on what share of student loans will be repaid, and what share of the cost will need to be picked up by the taxpayer. Much less attention has been paid to the government cost of financing student loans that do get repaid. In this report,...