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.
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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