Education and the Public Interest: School Reform, Public Finance, and Access to Higher Education

by Edward P. St. John

Economic globalization has been accompanied by implementation of education reforms linked to accountability and public finance schemes that emphasize student choice in schools and student loans in higher education. In the U.S. these reforms are rationalized based on intermediate variables, like the number of math credits completed in high school and net prices. However, the reforms rationalized based on this research are seldom evaluated in relation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402052472
• ISBN13: 9781402052477
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 273 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"