Introduction Donald E. Heller

Section I: Cross-National Issues in Student Financing of Higher Education

The Politics of Student Funding Policies from a Comparative Perspective Pamela Marcucci

Student Loan Schemes in Practice: A Global Perspective Adrian Ziderman

The Teachings of Student Debt Jeffrey J. Williams

Information Constraints and Financial Aid Policy Judith Scott-Clayton

Paying for For-Profit Higher Education: Implications of the United States Case
Kevin Kinser

The Funding of Part-time Undergraduates Students Claire Callender

"Global Graduates," Student Mobility and the Funding of Higher Education
Rachel Brooks and Johanna Waters

Section II: Country and Regional Studies

Student Financing in the Developing World: Sub-Saharan Africa Pundy Pillay

Student Finance in Asia: Privatization Amid Decisive Inter-sectoral Difference

Daniel C. Levy and Prachayani Praphamontripong Kanwar

Student Financing in Chinese Higher Education Po Yang and Baoyan Cheng

Institutional Contributions to Financing Students: Trends in General Subsidies, 1987-2007

Barrett J. Taylor and Christopher C. Morphew

Conclusion Claire Callender and Donald E. Heller

About the Author

Donald E. Heller is Dean of the College of Education and Professor in the Department of Educational Administration at Michigan State University.

Claire Callender is Professor of Higher Education Policy at Birkbeck College and Professor of Higher Education Studies at the Institute of Education, University of London.

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