43 research outputs found
Income-Contingent Loans: Not a Miracle Solution
Get PDFWith the rising costs of higher education, an increasing share of which is borne by students and their families, governments have had to design student loans schemes to open higher education to all. A popular option among economists is income-contingent loans, where repayment is calculated as a share of the borrower’s income to avoid high repayment burden. However, the three flagship countries forincome-contingent loans—Australia, England, and New Zealand—are all currently experiencing financing issues. This raises the question of defining the correct specification of income-contingent loans schemes, as well as finding the proper balance between different financial aid policies
Free Higher Education: Mistaking Equality and Equity
Get PDFFree higher education is seeing a revival of popularity globally at a time whenstudents and their families are asked to contribute ever more toward the cost of college.However, contrary to popular belief, free-tuition higher education is not necessarilyassociated with better access to, or equity within, tertiary education. This article takes acloser look at the realities behind “free” higher education, more specifically in itsrelationship with access.</jats:p
Communicating Higher Education: An Analysis of Journals in the Field of Higher Education
Get PDFThis article describes the publication landscapes in the field of higher education. Based on a global inventory of journals and publications focused on higher education research, it analyses trends in and draws conclusions on the languages, countries of publication, audience and focus.</jats:p
There is No Such Thing as Free Higher Education: A Global Perspective on the (Many) Realities of Free Systems
Get PDFIn the past few years, many countries around the world have debated the financing of higher education. Increasingly, claims emerge that higher education should be free. This article analyses the rationales behind the establishment and sustaining of free tuition higher education systems to understand the current fervour. It then outlines the global contemporary landscape of free higher education, by taking a close look at those countries that currently have free higher education and what is meant by ‘free’ in different contexts. The many realities behind the term ‘free higher education’ show that it is a policy that is hard to sustain and hides many different scenarios, notably in terms of access and success in higher education
Internationalization in Isolation: COVID-19 Implications
Get PDFWhen a global health crisis renders mobility impossible, making all universities de facto isolated and remote, researchers should look at ways to redefine and generalize internationalization while removing the exclusive focus on mobility. Learning from the “unusual suspects” of internationalization—i.e., institutions that were considered remote before the crisis—is a unique opportunity to move the focus away from student mobility and foster more sustainable and inclusive internationalization practices
Free Higher Education: On and Off the Agenda with the Political Tide
Get PDFThis article provides an update on the international free tuition movement as of 2020. Through the examples of the United States and New Zealand, it shows that free tuition is a highly politicized issue used by policy makers who need to gain power. The economic crisis stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic will, however, make such an expansive policy unviable in the short-term, but might be an opportunity for income-targeted free tuition to develop
Reimagining Internationalization for Society
Get PDFTo reimagine means, literally, to reassess, rethink, and recreate. It implies a need for radical change and innovation. In this special issue, authors explore the possibilities of connecting internationalization to society, for the benefit of society. Hitherto, much of the literature published on internationalization has been essentially inward looking, focused on how students and institutions experience internationalization and how they benefit, or not, from it. The papers in this issue explore a broader vision for internationalization, one focused also on the real and potential impact of internationalization activities on local and global communities. In different ways, each of the articles contributes to a new vision for internationalization, through the important process of reimagining internationalization for society
