Everything for Sale? The Marketisation of UK Higher Education

by Roger Brown

Book Overview

The marketisation of higher education is a growing worldwide trend. Increasingly, market steering is replacing or supplementing government steering. Tuition fees are being introduced or increased, usually at the expense of state grants to institutions. Grants for student support are being replaced or supplemented by loans. Commercial rankings and league tables to guide student choice are proliferating with institutions devoting increasing resources...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415809797
• ISBN13: 9780415809795
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"