Editors -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Financing Higher Education in a Global Market: A Contextual Background -- Introduction -- Importance of Higher Education -- General Trends -- Greater Participation -- Greater Institutional Diversification -- Greater Student Diversity -- Greater Diversification of Sources of Funding -- Greater Accountability and Control -- Greater Privatization -- Greater User-Pay -- A Growing Popularity of Performance Funding -- Greater Cost Consciousness -- Commercial Ranking of Institutions -- Concluding Principles of Higher Education -- The Principle of Diversified Higher Education System -- The Principle of Autonomy -- The Principle of Responsive Higher Education System -- Funding for Excellence -- Organization of this Book -- References -- Chapter 2. Financing Higher Education in the United States of America: Strategies for the 21st Century -- Introduction -- Higher Education Structure -- Historical Trends -- Higher Education Revenue Trends -- Government Appropriations -- Tuition and Fees -- Endowment Market -- Higher Education Cost Structure -- Higher Education Funding for Equity -- Access Conditions -- Addressing the Issue of Equity -- Challenges of the 21st Century -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3. Financing Higher Education In Canada -- Introduction -- Historical Development -- The Current Condition -- Access -- Tuition Fees, Accessibility, and Quality -- Sources of Revenue -- Tuition Fees -- Operating Grants -- Other Income -- Cost Structure -- Institutional Autonomy -- Changing Trends -- Faculty Roles and Rewards -- Infrastructure -- Financing for the 21st Century -- References -- Chapter 4. Great Expectations and Declining Resources: Financing Higher Education in Mexico -- Introduction -- Higher Education In Mexico -- Too Little, Too Much?.

The Logic of Funding in the 1970s through the 1990s -- The 1990s: Diversification of Funding -- Financial Policies and Their Impact -- Conclusions and recommendations -- References -- Chapter 5. Higher Education Policy and Finance in Spain -- Introduction -- Recent Historical Development of Spanish Higher Education -- General Structure and Current Situation of the System -- Access to Higher Education and Equity-Related Finance Policies -- General Traits of the Higher Education Finance Policy -- Sources of Revenue and Cost Structure -- Sources of Revenue -- Cost Structure -- Institutional Autonomy and Evaluation -- Academic Staff: Roles and Reward -- Financing for the 21st Century: The Challenges of Globalization -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- Chapter 6. Financing Higher Education in Austria and Future Challenges -- Introduction -- General Context -- Political and Demographic Context -- The Fabric of Higher Education -- Access -- Free Access -- Massification -- Social-Economic Status of Students -- Student Assistance -- Institutional Autonomy -- Sources of Revenues -- Universities -- Fachhochschulen -- Private Universities -- Tuition Fees -- Cost Structure -- Faculty Roles and Reward -- Higher Education Infrastructure -- Higher Education Buildings -- Libraries -- Other Infrastructure -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7. Financing Higher Education in South Africa and Future Challenges -- Introduction -- Historical Development -- Current Condition -- Earmarked funds for institutional redress -- Earmarked funds for student financial aid -- Earmarked funds for other specific purposes -- Access In General -- Sources of Revenue -- Cost Structure -- The Constant N -- C-Values -- Increase in subsidy students from the previous maximum -- K-Factors -- Institutional Autonomy -- Faculty Roles and Reward.

Higher Education Infrastructure -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- References -- Appendix A. Abbreviations Used -- Appendix B. A Simplified Breakdown of the Subsidy Formula -- Chapter 8. Financing Higher Education in India Under Structural Adjustment -- Global Economic Crisis and Adjustment -- India's Economy Under Adjustment -- Effects of Adjustment on Education -- How Does Higher Education in India Respond to Adjustment Measures? -- Decline in Budget Allocations -- Shifts in Higher Education Policy -- Student Fees -- Student Loans -- Privatization -- Neglect of Higher Education -- Concluding Observations -- References -- Chapter 9. Financing Higher Education in Thailand and Future Challenges -- Introduction -- Background -- Higher Education Finance in the Context of Economic Sustainability -- Importance of Higher Education to Sustainable Economic and Social Growth -- National Education Budget -- Government Expenditure -- New Financial Mechanisms -- Educational Loans -- Private Sector Support -- Autonomy -- Stimulation of Research and Development -- Issues of Equity -- Promising Projects and Programs -- Conclusion -- References.