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The Great University Gamble : Money, Markets and the Future of Higher Education.

McGettigan, Andrew.

The Great University Gamble : Money, Markets and the Future of Higher Education. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (230 pages)

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Privatisation - The Plan and the Gamble -- Part 1: The Basics of HE Funding -- 1. The Mass Higher Education System and its Funding -- 2. Tuition Fees -- 3. Student Loans: The Basics -- Part 2: Marketisation -- 4. Why a Market? -- 5. Market-making: The Control of Student Numbers -- 6. Risk, Deregulation and Deprofessionalisation -- 7. 'New Providers', For-profits and Private Equity -- Part 3: Privatisation -- 8. University Finances and Overseas Income -- 9. Corporate Form, Joint Ventures and Outsourcing -- 10. University Bonds and Other Credit Products -- 11. Governance and Public Accountability -- Part 4: Financialisation -- 12. Loans: The Government's Perspective -- 13. Managing the Loan Book -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Index.

A critical and deeply informed survey of the brave new world of UK Higher Education emerging from government cuts and market-driven reforms.

9781849647656


Education, Higher-Great Britain.
Universities and colleges-Great Britain.
Education.-ukslc.
Hochschulbildung.-gnd.
Universität.-gnd.
Grossbritannien.-gnd.


Electronic books.

LB2342.2.G7M3 2013

378.1060941

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