安仁中小学乱收费标本兼治

新学期开学，笔者在安仁县军山乡中心小学看到：学生缴学费时。手中除拿到相应的财政收费收据外，还持有一张与收据一样大的学校收费明细单，学生或家长凭单清清楚楚缴钱，学校则明明白白收费。全县270余所中小学校，没有发生一起乱收费现象。     

高等教育收费制度改革探讨

现行的高校收费制度存在许多弊端,即高校没有收费自主权,影响了办学的积极性;削弱了高校对学费收入的支配权;学生缺乏学费负担轻重的选择权,学生欠费数额越来越大,制约了高校经费自筹能力;等等。为此,有必要建立高等教育成本核算制度,建立新的收费机制,建立与新的收费机制相适应的一系列配套机制。在政府及主管部门的主导下,学校可以根据所提供服务的资源稀缺性、层次、水平以及学校的运营成本,考虑市场中的竞争性、学生的负担能力的可能性,合理确定学费标准,建立适应市场经济体制的新的收费制度。     

公办高校收费核算研究

随着我国公办高校的规模不断发展壮大,学生收费管理和核算工作成为学校财务管理的一个重要组成部分,本文基于公办高校学生收费核算的现状及存在的问题的分析,提出了加强收费会计核算工作,完善内部控制制度的策略。     

公办高校收费核算研究

随着我国公办高校的规模不断发展壮大,学生收费管理和核算工作成为学校财务管理的一个重要组成部分,本文基于公办高校学生收费核算的现状及存在的问题的分析,提出了加强收费会计核算工作,完善内部控制制度的策略。     

学费"困局"解读

近年来,人们普遍高度关注我国高中段以上各级学校学费收取(以下简称"学费")的情况.①通过各种媒体和方式反映出的主要理论观点与舆论倾向是:学费较高甚至过高,学费问题已经影响到教育公平乃至社会公平,现行学校收费政策须调整.各级党委和政府也始终高度关注学费问题.     

刊首要闻

★　规范教育收费行为 ,完善监督管理措施 ,减轻学生及家长的负担——我国将实行教育收费公示制度　　国家计委、财政部、教育部日前联合发出通知 ,决定在全国各级各类学校实行教育收费公示制度。通知规定 ,凡按国家规定的审批权限和程序制定的教育收费 ,包括义务教育学校的杂费、借读费、有寄宿制学校的住宿费和非义务教育学校的学费、住宿费等学校所有的收费 ,均应实行公示制度。公示的主要内容包括收费项目、标准、批准机关及文号、范围、计费单位、投诉电话等。对家庭经济困难学生实行收费减免的政策也应进行公示。通知要求 ,学校要在校…     

Excel在学生交费统计工作中的应用

高校学生不能按时足额交纳学费不是个别现象,学校要掌握学生交费的详细信息也就不是一项简单工作。虽然学校电子注册收费系统为交费统计工作提供了极大的方便,但受财力等诸多因素的影响,电子注册收费系统还不能够得到普及应用。现在,我们运用Excel统计学生的交费数据,以达到较理想的效果。     

学费“困局”解读

近年来,人们普遍高度关注我国高中段以上各级学校学费收取(以下简称“学费”)的情况。①通过各种媒体和方式反映出的主要理论观点与舆论倾向是:学费较高甚至过高,学费问题已经影响到教育公平乃至社会公平,现行学校收费政策须调整。各级党委和政府也始终高度关注学费问题。学校作为主要的当事方之一,自然也非常关注学费问题。然而,迄今来自学校的声音却很少,也很微弱,学校似乎成了沉默的靶的甚至像“犯了错误而默不吭声接受批评的孩子”。全面、准确、客观地反映全国范围内各级学校收费情况,需要从我国的国情出发,站在落实“科学发展观”和实…     

哈尔滨工程大学:校园E缴费点亮智慧校园

正数据更新不及时、信息共享程度低、流程不规范等都使学费收缴工作效率大打折扣,我校自主开发的"教育收费信息化协同管理平台"很好地实现了学生数据信息的互联互通,有效提升工作效率。学生专业的调配、学籍的变化、学费的减免、住宿的变动及申请入学贷款等都与教育收费息息相关,这些信息一旦发生了变动,学生的收费项目和额度也要随之进行相应的调整。因此,收费工作不仅仅只关系到财务处一个部门,还涉及到招就处、学工处、后     

谈高等学校大学生的收费管理

如何规范高校学生的收费行为,顺利地完成学生收费工作,进行科学的收费管理是高校财务管理的一项重要内容.本文针对高校收费管理中普通存在的思想认识上存在的误区,学生收费项目多、标准复杂、任务量大、大学生拖欠学费现象严重、银行代扣学费的缴纳方式存在不足和相关的辅助措施不健全等问题,提出了一系列完善高校收费管理工作的措施.     

University Strategy in an Age of Uncertainty: The Effect of Higher Education Funding on Old and New Universities

This paper explores the effects of changes in funding arrangements, and particularly in tuition fees, on universities and their strategic responses to these changes. Using data from interviews with senior managers in four universities, it finds the most prestigious, pre‐1992, university largely unaffected by tuition fees and the others responding to changes in application patterns and intake. However, the effects of tuition fees on university strategy are not easily separated from other changes in the funding of Higher Education, and universities’ strategies were strongly influenced by the need to reduce costs and to generate income. A second major concern of all four universities was quality, both of inputs such as students and staff and of outputs, in degree results and ratings in employability, research, teaching and other activities. Marketing was assuming a position of increasing importance, with universities striving to develop a ‘brand’ to attract students, staff and funding.     

Do tuition fees affect the mobility of university applicants? Evidence from a natural experiment

Several German states recently introduced tuition fees for university education. We investigate whether these tuition fees influence the mobility of university applicants. Based on administrative data of applicants for medical schools in Germany, we estimate the effect of tuition fees on the probability of applying for a university in the home state. We find a small but significant reaction: The probability of applying for a university in the home state falls by 2 percentage points (baseline: 69%) for high-school graduates who come from a state with tuition fees. Moreover, we find that students with better high-school grades react more strongly to tuition fees. This might have important effects on the composition of students across states.     

The crowd in mind and crowded minds: an experimental investigation of crowding effects on students’ views regarding tuition fees in Germany

In higher education, just amounts of tuition fees are often a topic of heated debate among different groups such as students, university teachers, administrative staff, and policymakers. We investigated whether unpleasant situations that students often experience at university due to social crowding can affect students’ views on the justified amount of tuition fees at universities. We report two experiments on whether conditions that lead to experienced crowding in higher education can affect how students cognitively deal with a given topic. Experiment 1 (N = 80) showed that the mere cognitive activation of crowdedness in text stories about situations related to student activities influenced prospective students’ estimates of what are justified university tuition fees. In Experiment 2 (N = 72), student participants wrote an essay on tuition fees in a small versus large room in groups of three versus six persons. Here, results showed that students together with relatively many others in a small room estimated higher tuition fees to be justified than participants in all other experimental conditions. We discuss the implications of the present findings for the configuration of classes in higher education.     

The end of free college in England: Implications for enrolments,equity, and quality

Despite increasing financial pressures on higher education systems throughout the world, many governments remain resolutely opposed to the introduction of tuition fees, and some countries and states where tuition fees have been long established are now reconsidering free higher education. This paper examines the consequences of charging tuition fees on university enrolments, equity, and proxies for institutional quality. To do so, we study the English higher education system which has, in just two decades, moved from a free college system to one in which tuition fees are among the highest in the world. Our findings suggest that England's shift has resulted in increased funding per head and rising enrolments, with no apparent widening of the participation gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students. The role of fees is moderated by other key features of higher education finance which may differ across countries: in contrast to other systems with high tuition fees, the English system is distinct in that its income-contingent loan system ensures that no tuition fees are paid upfront, and provides students with comparatively generous assistance for living expenses. Still, the English experience provides an instructive case for other countries considering implementing or abolishing tuition fees.     

How Important is Study Mode in Student University Choice?

Conjoint analysis was used to model the importance of study mode in students' choice of university. Study mode was proposed as a key choice attribute as universities have diversified their means of delivering education and increased the use of online delivery. Results are reported for two conjoint experiments. The first investigated how undergraduate students made trade‐offs between study mode, university and tuition fees. The second examined similar trade‐offs made by current and prospective postgraduates. Findings confirmed the importance of study mode to both groups and suggest two main reasons for its influence on university choice: it affects students' experiences of learning and socialising at university, and their time and place flexibility. The most preferred study modes for undergraduates and postgraduates were face‐to‐face study and print‐based study, respectively. Given the trend towards online delivery, the findings have relevance to universities across national systems and reputational markets.     

The international market for MBA qualifications: The relationship between tuition fees and applications

This paper explores the relationship between tuition fees charged by MBA programmes and the number of applications to these programmes, using a panel dataset comprising universities from countries across the world. Using Three-Stage-Least-Squares methods for simultaneous equations, we find a two-way relationship between tuition fees and applications: higher application numbers encourage universities to charge higher fees in the future, but higher fees in turn curtail application numbers. We find evidence that higher GMAT scores of existing students increase applications, as do higher post MBA salaries. Meanwhile, university and programme professional accreditations do not impact on student application choices, nor do alumni ratings of programme quality. Published MBA programme rankings appear to have little impact on applications, and where an effect can be identified, it appears that a better ranking discourages applications. Only US News rankings have a significant effect on applicants to US MBA programmes.     

Student expectations of the financial returns to higher education in the Czech Republic and England: Evidence from business schools

In this paper, the short-cut method is used to estimate expected rates of financial returns to higher education in the Czech Republic and a modified version of the method is used to suit the current English system of deferred tuition fees. First year university students were asked to estimate their expected earnings with and without a university degree at two points in time. The findings show that students perceive higher education to be a profitable investment and that rates of return vary by gender as well as by country and place of study. We conclude that the current level of tuition fees in England does not act as a disincentive for students to enter higher education.     

Family background, financial constraints and higher education attendance in China

Using data from the 2004 China College Student Survey, conducted by the author, this paper finds that long-term factors such as scholastic ability and parental education are significantly correlated with higher education attendance. By contrast, short-term financial constraints are also significantly associated with higher education access, but to a lesser degree. Furthermore, in recent years China's higher education expansion has provided broader access to students from lower income families. However, the tuition fees and “net prices” of elite universities are lower than those of medium quality universities, while the tuition fees and “net prices” of medium quality universities are lower than those of relatively low quality universities and colleges. This has led to a reverse relationship between family income and attendance costs, such that lower income families now shoulder a much higher burden for their childrens’ university education than higher income families.     

英国高校国际学生学费的变化及其对高等教育的影响

在全球化时代，高等院校学生的全球流动给国际学生输入国的政治、经济以及高等教育带来了重要影响。英国作为国际学生的主要接收国之一，其优质的高等教育吸引着来自世界各地的学生。在新自由主义意识形态、国际教育服务贸易理念与高等教育财政拨款投入制度的影响下，英国逐步向国际学生收取高额学费。英国高校国际学生学费的变化呈现出新的特点，影响着国际学生的来源结构、生源数量与质量，可能导致高校课程调整与师资流失。国际学生学费的变化引发了英国社会对高等教育市场化取向与国际学生公平教育权益的讨论，并实施了将国际学生学费与院校国际教育质量挂钩、以奖助学金形式平衡国际学生学费压力等具体改革举措。     

The impact of information technology on the efficacy of tuition fee collection: a case in Jamaica

Most governments in both developed and developing countries are reducing their financial support to universities. This condition is further compounded in Jamaica because the Jamaican government has shifted its focus and support from tertiary to early childhood education. As a result, both students and universities in Jamaica are experiencing financial difficulties. In an effort to overcome the challenges, one major university in the country has embarked upon a series of initiatives. These initiatives include, as a central element, the use of information technology (IT). Hence, this research seeks to answer the pivotal question, ‘How does the use of information technology enable a Jamaican university to manage tuition fee collection in a manner that is effective yet sensitive to students’ financial situation?’ The survey found a significant relationship between the IT system and students being financially cleared at the release of examination results. In addition, the majority of students paid their tuition fees each semester via multiple payment options, and 64% of the Billing and Receivables staff believed that the IT system was effective in collecting tuition fees. These insights should assist universities’ decision makers in identifying the best suite of financial strategies to enhance tuition fee collection.