The Cost-Cutting Reforms of Higher Education in England

Authors

  • Claire Callender

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2011.63.8547

Keywords:

Economics of Higher Education, Financing and Funding, Public Policy, Reform and Change, Tuition, Student Fees, and Aid, United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

Abstract

The British government is introducing dramatic changes to the funding of higher education in England, including the withdrawal of most of its funding for teaching and a threefold increase in undergraduate tuition fees. These reforms herald the retreat of the federal state from financial responsibility for HE, boosting HE's private-good functions at the expense of the public-good function. Will this marketisation of British HE be at the expense of social equity and universities as public, civic, and cultural institutions?

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Published

2011-03-25

How to Cite

Callender, C. (2011). The Cost-Cutting Reforms of Higher Education in England. International Higher Education, (63). https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2011.63.8547

Issue

No. 63: Spring 2011

Section

Economic Trends and Crises

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