Financing Higher Education: Answers from the UK

by Iain Crawford and Nicholas Barr

Book Overview

This topical volume tells the story of the UK debate on financing higher education, illustrating a head-on collision between the economic imperatives of student loans and regulated market forces, and the political imperative of 'free' higher education. In telling the story of the partnership of an economist and a political professional, the book offers lessons about both policy design and the politics of reform: of particular relevance to countries...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415348579
• ISBN13: 9780415348577
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.6" x 9.3"