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Group of Eight (NJ1), 2008
This Go8 Backgrounder explores the possible uses of compacts in government financing of university activities, examines their potential costs and benefits, and outlines principles for their design and implementation. The Government has committed to compacts as an element of its future funding arrangements with public universities but has not yet…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Colleges, Financial Support, Educational Finance
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Wright, Caroline M.; Sumar, Bashir H. – Higher Education Research and Development, 1996
A study compared characteristics of New South Wales (Australia) nursing students in 1986 (n=447) and 1995 (n=512). Results show no significant socioeconomic differences overall, only for females. Certain family characteristics also differed, including number of siblings and mother's income. It was also found that new public policy does not…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Trends, Enrollment Trends, Family Characteristics