Higher education funding reforms in England

Ghazala Azmat and Stefania Simion

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Abstract: Reforms in higher education funding, which have taken England from offering free-of-charge, full-time undergraduate studies to being one of the most expensive systems in the OECD, have led to a reduction in the participation gap among those entering university from higher and lower socio-economic groups. Returning to free higher education would not enhance equity: students are still disproportionately from high-income households.

Keywords: Higher education; tuition fees; means-tested support; career choices; career outcomes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I22 I23 I29 J30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-07
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