In the past several years a trend toward government funding of higher education through students has been emerging. This trend, which proposes to apply the market model to higher education, is largely the work of well-meaning economists, persons possessing only the high motives of equalizing opportunity and improving efficiency in higher…

This document discusses the various methods that might be used in funding higher education, with special emphasis on access to colleges and universities as related to educational finance. There are two major theories regarding the funding of higher education. The first is the individual benefits theory. Those who represent this theory claim that…

This paper deals with the increasing tendency of government to finance higher education through students, a trend having important policy implications for higher education. This trend and numerous related governmental decisions have been based almost exclusively upon economic rationale. (Author)

This article discusses the possible effects on community colleges of the increasing inclination of governments to channel aid to higher education through students, rather than to institutions directly, as exemplified by the Federal Basic Educational Opportunity Grant Program. A study of state grant recipients in five states indicates that student…

Data on various aspects of the revenues flowing into colleges and universities during the mid and late 1970s are provided. Attention is directed to the total amount of financial resources used for higher education, the way that the total has changed in recent years in absolute and relative terms, and who contributes what portion of the total. The…