Financing higher education and economic development in East Asia

This volume addresses important issues to do with access to higher education and different models of its financing in the East Asia region. It is enriched by diverse perspectives from vastly different starting points and by the historical and institutional settings in the region. The issues are set...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Armstrong, Shiro (auth), Armstrong, Shiro, editor (editor), Chapman, Bruce, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Canberra ANU Press 2011
Canberra, Australia : [2011]
Edición:1st ed
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009428296706719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminary; Preface; 1. Issues and Overview; Part 1. Education and Development: The role of higher education; 2. Education and Development: The role of higher education; 3. Financing Higher Education:Lessons from economic theory and operational experience; 4. Finance, State Capacity,Privatisation and Transparency in South-East Asian Higher Education; Part 2. Experience in Developed Economies; 5. The Australian University Student Financing System: The rationale for, and experience with, income-contingent loans
  • 6. Higher Education Policies and Development: Approaches to funding higher education in JapanPart 3. Experience in East Asia; 7. Student Loan Reform in China:Problems and challenges; 8. Recent Developments in HigherEducation in Indonesia: Issues andchallenges; 9. Strategies for Financing HigherEducation: The case of Thailand; 10. Thailand's Student Loans Fund:An analysis of interest rate subsidiesand repayment hardships; 11. Income-Contingent Student Loansfor Thailand: Alternatives compared