TITLE:
Emerging Trends and Old Habits in Higher Education Management: Focus on the Public vs. Private Funding Debate
AUTHORS:
Federico Barnabè
KEYWORDS:
Higher Education Institutions; Funding Sources; Accountability Mechanisms
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.3 No.6A,
October
26,
2012
ABSTRACT: This work takes into consideration the wide reform process that is impacting on Universities all over the world, especially focusing on the public versus private funding debate for Higher Education Institutions. In this regard, the paper provides some considerations on possible funding sources, discusses data related to the relevance of public funding and presents the features of the main models of public funding across many countries, particularly focusing on Europe.