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Public expenditures in universities in
Argentina (also available in
Spanish)
Historically, the public university
system in Argentina has been
characterized by two salient features:
free of charge and free access. However,
despite public resources that supposedly
allow such free access, a systematic
equity in education has not been
achieved: only one student from the
lowest social quintile actually accesses
higher education vs. eight students from
the highest social quintile. This shows
that a significant percentage of the
poor population is practically excluded
from ascending the income scale. The
existence of " free access " does not
solve existing restrictions within the
selection process developed through
primary and secondary education.
Moreover, another factor aggravating
this inequity is explained by the
existence of private institutions,
geographically concentrated in mostly
developed areas, offering limited
disciplines, which address mainly the
needs of higher income populations.
However, in the last decade, public
expenditures for higher education
increased far more than that for
education in general, a fact that forced
decreasing per student investments, in
turn fostering lower quality of
education, and further hampering support
for educational reforms, demonstrated by
the high rates in student dropouts.
Despite a series of changes during the
1990s in educational accreditation, and
evaluation of institutions and
disciplines, as well as financing
mechanisms that would channel increased
resources, there has been no impact
diminishing inequities significantly.
Within this context, the study analyzes
higher education financing, and public
expenditures, describing in the first
chapter the higher education general
characteristics, and how these affect
access to, and equity of education. Also
reviewed is the budget at different
government levels, as well as
considerations on private universities.
Chapter three discusses alternative
methods for allocation of resources
among universities, while chapter four
analyzes the structure, and financial
aspects of each institution. |
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The
Financing and Management of Higher
Education: A Status Report on Worldwide Reforms |
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by D. Bruce Johnstone with the
collaboration of Alka Arora and William
Experton.
The decade of the 90 ' s has seen a
remarkably consistent worldwide reform
agenda for the finance and management of
universities and other institutions of
higher education. What is remarkable
about the consistency is that there are
very similar patterns in countries with
dissimilar political-economic systems
and higher educational traditions, and
at extremely dissimilar stages of
industrial and technological
development. This review is an attempt
to assess the status of this worldwide
reform agenda in the late 1990s, in
anticipation of the first years of the
next millennium. This financial and
management reform agenda can be viewed
in five themes: a) expansion and
diversification; b) fiscal pressure; c)
orientation to the market; d)
accountability; and e) quality and
efficiency. |
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Financing
Higher Education in Africa: Makerere,
the Quiet Revolution |
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by David Court. April 1999.
This report is one of a series that
examines the state of higher education
in a variety of countries in Africa at
the end of the twentieth century. This
one tells the dramatic story oh how
Makerere University in Uganda has
addressed the pervasive problem of how
to provide quality education at the
tertiary level without undue financial
dependence upon the state. It describes
the main reform measures adopted,
assesses their impact, considers some of
the reasons for the success of chosen
measures, identifies remaining issues
for attention and looks at the question
of sustainability. |
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EdInvest |
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EdInvest, the education investment
information facility, is a forum for
individuals, corporations and other
institutions interested in education in
developing countries. A service of the
World Bank Group, EdInvest provides
information for making private
investment possible on a global scale. |
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External
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IESALC - Instituto Internacional para la Educación Superior en
América Latina y el Caribe |
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- Financiamiento
de las Instituciones de Educación
Superior en Bolivia
/ José Santa Cruz
- Financiamiento
de las Instituciones de Educación
Superior en Brasil
/ Jacques Schwartzman
- Estudio
Regional sobre las Tendencias del
Financiamiento de la Educación
Superior en América Latina y el
Caribe: El caso de Colombia (.PDF)
/
Francisco Rodríguez Oróstegui
- Financiamiento
de la Educación Superior en
América Latina: El caso de Costa
Rica
(.PDF)
/ Carlos Conejo Fernández
- Estudio
sobre el Financiamiento de la
Educación
Superior en Cuba (.PDF)
/ Sinesio C. Santos Gutiérrez,
Miriam I. Alpízar Santana y Mario
León /
- Discurso
de clausura del Rector de la
Universidad de La Habana
/ Dr. Juan Vela
- Financiamiento
de las Instituciones de Educación
Superior en Guatemala
/ Oscar Guillermo Peláez Almengor
- Financiamiento
de las Instituciones de Educación
Superior en Honduras / Marlon Hernández Muñoz
- Financiamiento
de las Instituciones de Educación
Superior en México 1990-2002
/ Axel Didridksson Takayanagui,
Javier Fuentes Maya y Aurora Palma
Cárdenas
- Financiamiento
de las Instituciones de Educación
Superior en Nicaragua
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Emilio Porta Pallais
- Financiamiento
de las Instituciones de Educación
Superior en Panamá
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Universidad de Panamá
- Financiamiento
de las Instituciones de Educación
Superior en Paraguay
/ Julio Miguel Martín
- Financiamiento
de las Instituciones de Educación
Superior en el Perú /
José Raúl González de la Cuba
- Financiamiento
de las Instituciones de Educación
Superior en República Dominicana /
Susana Gámez Seoane
- Deserción
en la Educación Superior Pública
en República Dominicana / Mayra Brea de Cabral
- Educación
Superior en Uruguay:
Descripción y Financiamiento /
Gabriel Oddone y Marcelo Perera
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Higher or Basic Education? The Composition of Human Capital and Economic Development
(PDF, 298KB) |
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by Rodney Ramcharan, Economist in the Research Department at the International Monetary Fund,
2004 |
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National Council on Tertiary Education
(NCTE) |
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The NCTE seeks to promote a diversified, dynamic, high quality, cost effective teaching, research and skills development within a financially healthy tertiary education sector, having regard to national needs. It dedicates itself to the promotion of access, quality, relevance and equity in tertiary education delivery. |
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Innovation
Funds for Universities |
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Prepared by Carlos Marquis, Director of
the Fund for University Quality
Improvement Argentina, September 2000. |
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Credit
for the Poor But Meritorious in
Bangladesh: Grameen Bank's Innovative
Higher Education Loan Program |
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by Richard Hopper in International
Educator, Volume IX, Number 2, Spring
2000 |
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How
Should American Higher Education be
Financed in the Future? |
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Comments by Arthur Hauptman for the
Monan Symposium on Higher Education at
Boston College, March 31, 2000. |
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University
Business Magazine |
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University Business Magazine covers many
topic areas that relate to higher
education business. |
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The
International Comparative Higher
Education Finance and Accessibility
Project |
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The International Comparative
Higher Education Finance and
Accessibility Project is a three year,
Ford Foundation-financed project to
study the worldwide shift in the burden
of higher education costs from
governments and taxpayers to parents and
students. |
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Plan
Ahead Online magazine of the Society for
College and University Planning |
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The Society for College and University
Planning (SCUP), established in 1965, is
focused on the promotion, advancement,
and application of effective planning in
higher education. |
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FinAid |
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Provides extensive
annotated web links to student financial
aid sources, information on grants,
loans, tuition prepayment, aid for
special groups, study abroad, and
exchange programs, and a financial aid
calculator. |
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