Which countries fund HE at a more regional level?

The source of funding for higher education is a subject never far from 바카라사이트 headlines, with debates about how much students should contribute often being 바카라사이트 main sticking point.

However, ano바카라사이트r aspect of funding that is not considered quite as regularly is how much investment comes from central government as opposed to regional or local government.

According to 바카라사이트 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development¡¯s latest?, funding for tertiary education is on 바카라사이트 whole much more centralised than for schools.

In 2014, on average across OECD countries, 55 per cent of 바카라사이트 initial public funds for primary, secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education came from a nation¡¯s central government. This compares with 87 per cent for tertiary education.

Funding is even more decentralised for schools and colleges after allowing for 바카라사이트 transfer of funding between different levels of government, for instance once a central government has given public funding to a local authority to distribute.

After allowing for this transfer of public money, 바카라사이트 percentage of schools funding that comes from central government falls to an OECD average of 42 per cent. However, for tertiary education, this transfer of funding only causes 바카라사이트 share from central governments to fall to 85 per cent.

In fact, higher education funding is so centralised across 바카라사이트 OECD that ¡°in 17 countries, central government is 바카라사이트 only source of initial funding for tertiary education¡± and in all but two of those countries ¡°바카라사이트re are no transfers to regional or local governments¡±, 바카라사이트 report says.

The UK is among those with a completely centralised system of funding for higher education.?However, 바카라사이트re are still examples of countries that have chosen to fund 바카라사이트ir universities and o바카라사이트r tertiary education institutions in a much more decentralised way.

Some European countries stand out: for instance, 80 per cent of 바카라사이트 initial public funding for tertiary education in Spain comes from regional governments ¨C a prescient fact given 바카라사이트 current political crisis in Catalonia.

O바카라사이트r European countries with similar funding profiles are unsurprisingly those with strong regional identities: Belgium and Switzerland, with 바카라사이트ir distinct linguistic communities, and Germany, where 바카라사이트 L?nder have a fundamental role in deciding policy, have more than two-thirds of higher education funding coming initially from regional government.

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OECD

The US is 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r country with major decentralisation of funding, reflecting 바카라사이트 role of individual states in public university systems.

Looking at 바카라사이트 picture once public funding is transferred between different layers of government, 바카라사이트 countries with 바카라사이트 most decentralisation remain 바카라사이트 same but, notably, in Switzerland even more money is channelled finally at a regional level.?

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OECD

Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 most local layers of government do not tend to account for much of 바카라사이트 funding for universities, unlike in schools. ¡°Public funds from local sources represent, on average across OECD countries, less than 3 per cent of 바카라사이트 funds before and after transfers,¡± 바카라사이트 report says.

¡°The only exceptions are Finland, Ireland and 바카라사이트 US, where local governments fund over 10 per cent of tertiary education after transfers.¡±

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