This paper investigates whether changes in funding over the past decade (measured by total expenditure per student) have had an impact on the research output, impact or ranking position of world-class universities.

This review of available research on the consequences of student loan debt suggests that student loan debt, particularly in the United States, tends to have a negative impact on people’s lives after university. Specifically, it appears to have a negative impact on career choices, home ownership, health, finance, retirement, and, for women, getting married and...

Hiroshima University researchers have investigated perceptions of the public benefits of international students at Japanese universities.

This paper examines the process of making higher education choices in the United States – whether to enter higher education, attend a particular college, or follow a particular route through college. It draws on research findings in the sociology of education, behavioural economics, and cognitive and social psychology.

This paper casts a historical lens on the development of higher education and its wider socio-economic context during the last century in the UK, the USA and France.