Below are topics of particular interest. The listing is not intended to be exhaustive and is not conceived as placing constraints on the substance or type of research that may be presented at the Symposium.

Government financing of universities

Cost and pricing of higher education

Financing global public goods

Legal systems affecting public universities

University financing in perspective

National fiscal capacity to fund education

Student loans and debt

Public choice and education

Brexit the UK and EU

European Union and fiscal mobility

International education finance

Inequality of wealth and income

Mixed economy and education funding

Economies of education

Investment in human capital

Comparative national tax structures

Consequences of government debt

Government austerity and education

Economic mobility and education

Politics of redistribution policy

Ideology of redistribution

Social effects of education

Race and redistribution

For-profit higher education

Education as public and private good

European Convention on Human Rights and Derogations from Financing

Taxation theory & practice

Measuring equity and adequacy of education financing