ERIC Number: EJ783891
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Jan
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0161-956X
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Aspects of Fiscal Federalism in Higher Education Cost Sharing in Latvia
Kasa, Rita
Peabody Journal of Education, v83 n1 p86-100 Jan 2008
This case study explores devolution of low-income student subsidies, via the national student loans program, from the central to local governments in Latvia by means of decentralizing political and financial responsibility to provide public assistance to low-income students in obtaining funds for higher education. It describes municipal engagement in providing primary loan guarantees and in assuming full risk for low-income student loans. This article argues that although there are venues for local governments to support low-income students' access to higher education, the central government should sponsor this policy politically as well as financially. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Federal State Relationship, Foreign Countries, Student Financial Aid, Case Studies, Low Income Groups, Student Loan Programs, Federal Aid, Local Government, Educational Finance, Paying for College, Access to Education, Politics of Education, Student Costs, Tuition, Government Role
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Latvia
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