Can Low Tuition Fee Policy Improve Higher Education Equity and Social Welfare?

Autor/inn/en	Zha, Xianyou; Ding, Shouhai
Titel	Can Low Tuition Fee Policy Improve Higher Education Equity and Social Welfare?
Quelle	In: Frontiers of Education in China, 2 (2007) 2, S.181-190 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1673-341X
DOI	10.1007/s11516-007-0015-x
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Income; Foreign Countries; Statistical Analysis; Probability; Tuition; Fees; Educational Policy; Equal Education; Social Justice; Dropouts; At Risk Persons; Socioeconomic Status; Socioeconomic Influences; Poverty; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Einkommen; Ausland; Statistische Analyse; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Unterweisung; Unterricht; Gebühren; Studiengebühren; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Risikogruppe; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Armut
Abstract	Traditionally there has been a theoretical view that raising tuition fees will undermine education equity and social welfare. This study examines the effects of different tuition policies on both these factors. A statistical analysis is made on the theoretical relationship between higher education tuition fees and dropout probability, which leads to the conclusion that the effects of both policies on education equity vary with circumstances. Further, under severe polarization between the rich and the poor in China, low tuition fee policy fails to effectively improve access to higher education and social welfare for low-income groups. On the contrary, high tuition fee policy may have better effectiveness. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10