Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Petr Mulač Author-Name: Věra Mulačová Title: Recent Higher Education Institutions Funding Attitudes within EU Countries Abstract: The main goal of this paper is to compare nowadays higher education institutions funding attitudes within EU countries. The recent economic downturn has furthermore contributed to the decision in many European countries to decrease the levels of investment into higher education. Across Europe strong HEI’s dependence on public funding continues but an increasing number of EU countries introduced different types of fees to be paid by tertiary education students. Targeted financial support to particular students mitigated the effects of study fees. Grants and loans for students at tertiary level are a major strand of public expenditure. For future sustainability funding sources have been diversified, containing a mixture of public and private funding sources. Současné přístupy k financování vysokých škol v zemích EU Keywords: financování vysokých škol, veřejné financování, školné a poplatky, podpora studentů, higher education institutions funding, public funding, study fees, support for students Journal: Littera Scripta Volume: 6 Issue: 1 Year: 2013 Month: May DOI: 10.36708/LS.2013.I01.009 File-URL: https://littera-scripta.com/articles/recent-higher-education-institutions-funding-attitudes-within-eu-countries-b932eff3 File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:rsg:littra:2013-009