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Student Support and Tuition Fee Systems in Comparative Perspective
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Czarnecki, Krzysztof; Korpi, Tomas; Nelson, Kenneth – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
The purpose of this study is to outline a new approach to the comparative analysis of student finance systems based on social rights, an approach widely applied in other areas of social policy. It focuses on rights codified in national legislation and financed by central governments, and the collection of indicators measuring formal eligibility…
Descriptors: Tuition, Comparative Analysis, Low Income Students, Paying for College
The Financial Circumstances Associated with High and Low Wellbeing in Undergraduate Students: A Case Study of an English Russell Group Institution
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Benson-Egglenton, Jessica – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2019
This article examines the relationship between a student's mental wellbeing and their financial circumstances. In England, successive governments have adopted a strategy of shifting the cost of university from the state to the individual as a means of increasing participation in higher education. In recent years, some have attributed the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Welfare, Mental Health, Foreign Countries
National Student Fee and Support Systems in European Higher Education, 2016/17. Eurydice--Facts and Figures
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Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2016
This annual report shows how fee and support systems (including grants and loans) work in higher education in Europe. It provides both a comparative overview of fees and financial support available to full-time students in 2016/17, and also includes individual country sheets outlining the main elements of national systems. In particular, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Fees, Grants