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The wider social benefits of higher education: What do we know about them?

Authors :
Murray, Joy
Source :
Australian Journal of Education (ACER Press). Nov2009, Vol. 53 Issue 3, p230-244. 15p. 1 Chart.
Publication Year :
2009

Abstract

There has recently been a shift towards private expenditure in the tertiary education sector accompanied by a shift of public subsidies to students themselves. Implicit in this shift is the message that tertiary education is a private rather than public good, belonging to individual students rather than society. This paper explores the research on the wider social benefits of higher education and the data and methodologies that exist to underpin it. Its focus is on benefits to society but, since individual social benefits are entangled with wider benefits, both are discussed. The paper finds that little research has been undertaken in Australia even though understanding the wider social benefits of higher education is considered important to policy development. Longitudinal survey data do exist that could be extended and harnessed for such research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00049441
Volume :
53
Issue :
3
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Australian Journal of Education (ACER Press)
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
47111786
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1177/000494410905300303