Student loans in international perspective: promises and failures, myths and partial truths
Johnstone, BruceAbstract:
This paper looks at student loans for higher education from an international comparative perspective, looking especially for the essential elements of lending and borrowing for higher education that lie beneath some of the more visible features of certain student loan programs. The paper examines the challenges of student lending in low-income, or less "industrialised" countries as well as countries “in transition” from predominantly state-owned means of production and governmentally-controlled economies to market-oriented economies with substantial private ownership. The author searches for possible explanations for the difficulties that many student loan programs in such countries have had, and suggest some principles for better accommodating the twin goals mentioned above.
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| Title of Paper: | Student loans in international perspective: promises and failures, myths and partial truths |
| Conference Name: | International conference on financing of higher education in Eastern and Southern Africa: Diversifying revenue and expanding accessibility |
| Conference Date: | 2002-03-24 |
| Conference Location: | The Royal Palm, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
| Published as Proceedings: | no |
| Date: | 2002 |
| Document Type: | Conference Paper (Not Peer Reviewed) |
| Subject Area: | Finance and Physical Resources |
| Country: | International |
| Keywords: | Student Loans, Higher Education, International Comparisons, Student Loan Schemes, Government, Models |
| File Size: | 103 KB |
| Rights: | Permission to reproduce this paper has been granted by the author. |
| Date Added: | 19 July 2007 |