Financing higher education: Comparing the options

This paper analyses three options for financing higher education:• Tax funding, as proposed by the Liberal Democrats and, more recently, the Tories.• Tax funding plus upfront charges, as at present.• Tax funding plus deferred charges, as proposed in the White Paper on highereducation (Department of Education and Skills, 2003).[...]

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Year of publication:	2003-06-10
Authors:	Barr, Nicholas A.
Institutions:	London School of Economics and Political Science
Published in:	London School of Economics and Political Science - Publications
Subject:	Finanzierung \| finance \| Wirtschaft \| Steuer \| Bildung \| education \| éducation \| Fertigkeit

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1 Objectives and their implications
2 Tax funding
2.1 General arguments
2.2 Liberal Democrat and Tory proposals
3 Upfront charges
4 Deferred charges
4.1 General arguments
4.2 The White Paper
4.3 Implications for funding
5 Conclusions

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