Aid To Higher Education

Author : D. Bruce Johnstone,Pamela N. Marcucci
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780801894572

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Financing Higher Education Worldwide by D. Bruce Johnstone,Pamela N. Marcucci Pdf

Examines the universal phenomenon of cost-sharing in higher education -- where financial responsibility shifts from governments and taxpayers to students and families. Growing costs for education far outpace public revenue streams that once supported it. Even with financial aid and scholarships defraying some of these costs, students are responsible for a greater share of the cost of higher education. Shows how economically diverse countries all face similar cost-sharing challenges. While cost-sharing is both politically and ideologically debated, it is imperative to implement it for the financial health of colleges and universities From publisher description.

Author : Donald E. Heller,Claire Callender
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135069452

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Student Financing of Higher Education by Donald E. Heller,Claire Callender Pdf

The financing of higher education is undergoing great change in many countries around the world. In recent years many countries are moving from a system where the costs of funding higher education are shouldered primarily by taxpayers, through government subsidies, to one where students pay a larger share of the costs. There are a number of factors driving these trends, including: A push for massification of higher education, in the recognition that additional revenue streams are required above and beyond those funds available from governments in order to achieve higher participation rates Macroeconomic factors, which lead to constraints on overall government revenues Political factors, which manifest in demands for funding of over services, thus restricting the funding available for higher (tertiary) education A concern that the returns to higher education accrue primarily to the individual, rather than to society, and thus students should bear more of the burden of paying for it This volume will help to contribute to an understanding of how these trends occur in various countries and regions around the world, and the impact they have on higher education institutions, students, and society as a whole. With contributions for the UK, USA, South Africa and China this vital new book gives a truly global picture of the rapidly changing situation

Author : Donna Hardy Cox,C. Carney Strange
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780773575721

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Achieving Student Success by Donna Hardy Cox,C. Carney Strange Pdf

This incisive and luminescent story, scrupulously grounded in sixteenth-century sources, illuminates the power that "naming" has to create a world - in this case a world still haunted by being the accidental Indies. It is a book about how we perceive and represent the world around us, about the creative and destructive power of language. Through its elaboration of the rich and lively ironies of the Columbus story, The Accidental Indies looks at the nature of storytelling itself.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Education and Labor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 732 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Federal aid to education. [from old catalog]
ISBN : LOC:00159541332

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Aid to Higher Education by United States. Congress. House. Education and Labor Pdf

Author : Robert Kelchen
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781421424736

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Higher Education Accountability by Robert Kelchen Pdf

Beginning with the earliest efforts to regulate schools, the author reveals the rationale behind accountability and outlines the historical development of how US federal and state policies, accreditation practices, private-sector interests, and internal requirements have become so important to institutional success and survival

Author : Sara Goldrick-Rab
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780226404486

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Paying the Price by Sara Goldrick-Rab Pdf

A “bracing and well-argued” study of America’s college debt crisis—“necessary reading for anyone concerned about the fate of American higher education” (Kirkus). College is far too expensive for many people today, and the confusing mix of federal, state, institutional, and private financial aid leaves countless students without the resources they need to pay for it. In Paying the Price, education scholar Sara Goldrick-Rab reveals the devastating effect of these shortfalls. Goldrick-Rab examines a study of 3,000 students who used the support of federal aid and Pell Grants to enroll in public colleges and universities in Wisconsin in 2008. Half the students in the study left college without a degree, while less than 20 percent finished within five years. The cause of their problems, time and again, was lack of money. Unable to afford tuition, books, and living expenses, they worked too many hours at outside jobs, dropped classes, took time off to save money, and even went without adequate food or housing. In many heartbreaking cases, they simply left school—not with a degree, but with crippling debt. Goldrick-Rab combines that data with devastating stories of six individual students, whose struggles make clear the human and financial costs of our convoluted financial aid policies. In the final section of the book, Goldrick-Rab offers a range of possible solutions, from technical improvements to the financial aid application process, to a bold, public sector–focused “first degree free” program. "Honestly one of the most exciting books I've read, because [Goldrick-Rab has] solutions. It's a manual that I'd recommend to anyone out there, if you're a parent, if you're a teacher, if you're a student."—Trevor Noah, The Daily Show

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Special Subcommittee on Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Education, Higher
ISBN : LOC:00183842298

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Aid to Higher Education by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Special Subcommittee on Education Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Federal aid to higher education
ISBN : MINN:31951D01732135J

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Aid for Higher Education by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Education Pdf

Includes National Education Association Reports "Salaries Paid and Salary Practices in Universities, Colleges, and Junior Colleges, 1959-60," Research Report 1960-R3, Mar. 1960 (p. 321-372); and "Teacher Supply and Demand in Universities, Colleges, and Junior Colleges, 1959-60 and 1960-61," Research Report 1961-R12, May 1961 (p. 453-537).

Author : Derek Bok
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781400866120

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Higher Education in America by Derek Bok Pdf

A sweeping assessment of the state of higher education today from former Harvard president Derek Bok Higher Education in America is a landmark work--a comprehensive and authoritative analysis of the current condition of our colleges and universities from former Harvard president Derek Bok, one of the nation's most respected education experts. Sweepingly ambitious in scope, this is a deeply informed and balanced assessment of the many strengths as well as the weaknesses of American higher education today. At a time when colleges and universities have never been more important to the lives and opportunities of students or to the progress and prosperity of the nation, Bok provides a thorough examination of the entire system, public and private, from community colleges and small liberal arts colleges to great universities with their research programs and their medical, law, and business schools. Drawing on the most reliable studies and data, he determines which criticisms of higher education are unfounded or exaggerated, which are issues of genuine concern, and what can be done to improve matters. Some of the subjects considered are long-standing, such as debates over the undergraduate curriculum and concerns over rising college costs. Others are more recent, such as the rise of for-profit institutions and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Additional topics include the quality of undergraduate education, the stagnating levels of college graduation, the problems of university governance, the strengths and weaknesses of graduate and professional education, the environment for research, and the benefits and drawbacks of the pervasive competition among American colleges and universities. Offering a rare survey and evaluation of American higher education as a whole, this book provides a solid basis for a fresh public discussion about what the system is doing right, what it needs to do better, and how the next quarter century could be made a period of progress rather than decline.

Author : Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Engineering,National Academy of Sciences,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy,Committee on Underrepresented Groups and the Expansion of the Science and Engineering Workforce Pipeline
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780309159685

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Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation by Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Engineering,National Academy of Sciences,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy,Committee on Underrepresented Groups and the Expansion of the Science and Engineering Workforce Pipeline Pdf

In order for the United States to maintain the global leadership and competitiveness in science and technology that are critical to achieving national goals, we must invest in research, encourage innovation, and grow a strong and talented science and technology workforce. Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation explores the role of diversity in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce and its value in keeping America innovative and competitive. According to the book, the U.S. labor market is projected to grow faster in science and engineering than in any other sector in the coming years, making minority participation in STEM education at all levels a national priority. Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation analyzes the rate of change and the challenges the nation currently faces in developing a strong and diverse workforce. Although minorities are the fastest growing segment of the population, they are underrepresented in the fields of science and engineering. Historically, there has been a strong connection between increasing educational attainment in the United States and the growth in and global leadership of the economy. Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation suggests that the federal government, industry, and post-secondary institutions work collaboratively with K-12 schools and school systems to increase minority access to and demand for post-secondary STEM education and technical training. The book also identifies best practices and offers a comprehensive road map for increasing involvement of underrepresented minorities and improving the quality of their education. It offers recommendations that focus on academic and social support, institutional roles, teacher preparation, affordability and program development.

Author : Robert B. Archibald,David Henry Feldman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780190214104

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Why Does College Cost So Much? by Robert B. Archibald,David Henry Feldman Pdf

College tuition has risen more rapidly than the overall inflation rate for much of the past century. To explain rising college cost, the authors place the higher education industry firmly within the larger economic history of the United States.

Author : Michael S. McPherson,Morton Owen Schapiro
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1999-01-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 0691005362

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The Student Aid Game by Michael S. McPherson,Morton Owen Schapiro Pdf

Student aid in higher education has recently become a hot-button issue. Parents trying to pay for their children's education, college administrators competing for students, and even President Bill Clinton, whose recently proposed tax breaks for college would change sharply the federal government's financial commitment to higher education, have staked a claim in its resolution. In The Student Aid Game, Michael McPherson and Morton Owen Schapiro explain how both colleges and governments are struggling to cope with a rapidly changing marketplace, and show how sound policies can help preserve the strengths and remedy some emerging weaknesses of American higher education. McPherson and Schapiro offer a detailed look at how undergraduate education is financed in the United States, highlighting differences across sectors and for students of differing family backgrounds. They review the implications of recent financing trends for access to and choice of undergraduate college and gauge the implications of these national trends for the future of college opportunity. The authors examine how student aid fits into college budgets, how aid and pricing decisions are shaped by government higher education policies, and how competition has radically reshaped the way colleges think about the strategic role of student aid. Of particular interest is the issue of merit aid. McPherson and Schapiro consider the attractions and pitfalls of merit aid from the viewpoint of students, institutions, and society. The Student Aid Game concludes with an examination of policy options for both government and individual institutions. McPherson and Schapiro argue that the federal government needs to keep its attention focused on providing access to college for needy students, while colleges themselves need to constrain their search for strategic advantage by sticking to aid and admission policies they are willing to articulate and defend publicly.

Author : Donald Bruce Johnstone
Publisher : College Board
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : UOM:39015009960306

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Sharing the Costs of Higher Education by Donald Bruce Johnstone Pdf

The educational and living costs of undergraduate studies and the ways these costs are shared among parents, students, taxpayers, and philanthropists/donors are considered for five countries: the United States, the United Kingdom, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, and Sweden. Five policy issues that are linked to how costs are shared by parents, students, and the general taxpayer are identified, including the participation in higher education by low-income and other previously excluded groups. The five country profiles and comparative analysis consider: the out-of-pocket costs faced by students and parents; the expected parental contribution, if any, and how it is derived; the expected student contribution, from savings, work, or loans; the taxpayer-borne contribution (e.g., need-based grants, loan subsidies); trends and issues regarding the sharing of higher education costs within each country; problems or issues common to all five countries; and each country's structure and governance of higher education. Appended materials describe the concept of "purchasing power parity," as well as concepts for separating subsidized loans into a "true loan" and an "effective grant." (SW)

Author : U.S. Department of Education,Federal Student Aid
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9780160926235

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Funding Your Education by U.S. Department of Education,Federal Student Aid Pdf

This guide provides a description of Federal Student Aid programs and the application process. Readers will find information on federal student aid as a source for funding postsecondary education, and know where to go for more detailed information. Funding Your Education: The Guide to Federal Student Aid speaks to high school students, college students, adults, and parents interested in finding out about financial aid from the federal government to help pay for education expenses at an eligible college, technical school, vocational school, or graduate school.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Education, Higher
ISBN : PURD:32754063104701

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Financing Higher Education in the 21st Century by Anonim Pdf