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Article Abstract:

An analysis of the "human capital contracts" solution to the problem of finding funding for higher education. Under these contracts, a private investor provides a pool of students with funding for their higher education in exchange for a percentage of whatever they earn for a specified period after they graduate. It is argued that such contracts represent an innovative method of using private capital to fund the higher education of talented individuals.

Analysis, Educational finance

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UK must get with the systems to stay in front

Article Abstract:

A 2007 report published by Royal Academy of Engineering and the Academy of Medical Sciences reveals that the U.K. needs to invest money and undertake reforms in higher education to maintain its leading role in the biological sciences. The report also reveals that the promises of the Human Genome Project are not yet fully realized and a merger of engineering and biology could help do the same.

United Kingdom, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Biology, Study and teaching, Human genome

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Fee hike will limit pupils' options

Article Abstract:

Tuition fees at higher education insitutions in Japan are among the highest in the world. Academics fear that growing fees and a lack of scholarships and reliable government financial support will make university inaccessible to hard-up pupils.

Japan, Commodity & service prices, Prices and rates, Company pricing policy, Tuition

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