Comparative Studies of Higher Education Financing Policies from Social Justice Perspective: the US, the UK, and Japan

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 353-377
Author(s):  
Miyung Hong ◽  
You-Kyung Han
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Comparative Studies ◽  
Financing Policies ◽  
Education Financing ◽  
The Us ◽  
Higher Education Financing ◽  
The Uk

scholarly journals Ten Principles to Guide the Public Financing of Higher Education

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur M. Hauptman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Quality Assurance System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Financing Policies ◽  
Assurance System ◽  
Education Financing ◽  
Higher Education Financing

Based on two decades of experience in dealing with more than two dozen countries, the author lays out ten principles that should help in strengthening higher education financing structures. These principles include defining the role of politicians and other officials in appropriating funds for higher education and in deciding on how they are allocated, and the importance of linking the key policies of funding institutions, setting fees and providing student financial support. The article also recognizes the importance of having a strong quality assurance system to ensure financing policies are effective in meeting national goals.

scholarly journals An economic analysis of higher education financing policies

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Juan Matías Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Financing Policies ◽  
Education Financing ◽  
Alternative Systems ◽  
Higher Education Financing ◽  
Uniform Taxation

This paper develops a model in which it is possible to evaluate alternatives of higher education financing. The alternative systems under discussion are: total fecing, graduates' taxes and uniform taxes (this can be associated to the scheme presently used in the Argentina to finance the universities). Assessment of the alternatives is performed over welfare, based on the indicators of poverty, equality, and the average levels of utility and wealth. Likewise, the functions of welfare presented by Bentham, Rawls, Atkinson, Sen and Kakwani are also considered. The most remarkable results are obtained through the simulation of an economy under two scenarios. In that way, the system of graduates' taxation is found to be better for welfare; whereas the system of uniform taxation only can be justified as it maximizes the number of students.

scholarly journals Higher Education Financing in East and Southern Africa

2012 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Private Higher Education ◽  
East African ◽  
Financing Policies ◽  
Education Financing ◽  
Island State ◽  
Higher Education Financing ◽  
Private Financing

This nine-country study of higher education financing in Africa includes three East African states (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda), five countries in southern Africa (Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa), and an Indian Ocean island state (Mauritius). Higher Education Financing in East and Southern Africa explores trends in financing policies, paying particular attention to the nature and extent of public sector funding of higher education, the growth of private financing (including both household financing and the growth of private higher education institutions) and the changing mix of financing instruments that these countries are developing in response to public sector financial constraints. This unique collection of African-country case studies draws attention to the remaining challenges around the financing of higher education in Africa, but also identifies good practices, lessons and common themes.

scholarly journals Higher education financing and the educational aspirations of teenagers and their parents

2021 ◽  
Vol 85 ◽  
pp. 102175
Author(s):  
Lena Hassani-Nezhad ◽  
Dan Anderberg ◽  
Arnaud Chevalier ◽  
Melanie Lührmann ◽  
Ronni Pavan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educational Aspirations ◽  
Education Financing ◽  
Higher Education Financing

scholarly journals Exploring the Reliability of Research Indicators Reported by Romanian Universities in 2019

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-122
Author(s):  
Vlad Ștefan Barbu ◽  
Florentina Furtunescu ◽  
Bogdan Murgescu ◽  
Carmen Pintilescu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Research Performance ◽  
National Council ◽  
Comparative Performance ◽  
Research Section ◽  
Education Financing ◽  
Public Data ◽  
Additional Funding ◽  
Higher Education Financing ◽  
Verification Process

"The paper focuses on the aggregate data published by the National Council for Higher Education Financing regarding the research section of the quality indicators reported by Romanian public universities in 2019 and used for the allocation of the performance-based additional funding. The research section includes 4 indicators, which amount to 46% of the additional funding, i.e. to an average of about 10% of the total institutional funding from the public budget. The data are reported by the Romanian universities each odd year since 2015, and for the first time in 2020 national rankings for most indicators and some national averages have been made public. The data is extremely valuable for a diagnosis of the Romanian higher education system and for highlighting the performance of various universities. Therefore, the accuracy of these data is crucial. The authors of this paper acknowledge the efforts of the National Council for Higher Education Financing and of its staff provided by the Executive Unit for Financing Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation to check the data reported by the universities, but also the limits of the current verification process. The paper uses statistical methods to identify outliers and investigates the rankings for a selection of fields of science, by using three among the four research indicators. Thus, it discusses some of the more blatant reporting anomalies which contradict the pre-existing conceptions regarding the comparative performance of universities. While the statistical findings do not support the suspicions of systematic attempts of over-reporting the research outcomes at university-level, they still outline several persisting errors. These errors highlight the need to strengthen the verification process, which will require additional resources; the authors suggest that enhanced transparency and organised cross-verification among universities can significantly improve the outcome, and help providing a significant set of reliable public data on the research performance of the Romanian universities."

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