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Regional Inequality of Higher Education in China and the Role of Unequal Economic Development

Bickenbach, Frank; LIU, Wan-Hsin - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011

Over the past decade the scale of higher education in China has expanded substantially. Regional development policies … inequality of higher education opportunities across provinces in China over the period of the scale expansion, taking different … with the policy orientation of reforming the higher education system and of promoting regional development in China over …

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Should you believe in the Shanghai ranking? An MCDM view

Billaut, Jean-Charles; Bouyssou, Denis; Vincke, Philippe - HAL - 2009

This paper proposes a critical analysis of the "Academic Ranking ofWorld Universities", published every year by the Institute of Higher Education of the Jiao Tong University in Shanghai and more commonly known as the Shanghai ranking. After having recalled how the ranking is built, we first...

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Competition in the quality of higher education: the impact of students' mobility

Demange, Gabrielle; Fenge, Robert - HAL - 2010

This paper analyzes in a two-country model the impact of students' mobility on the country-specific level of higher educational quality. Individuals decide whether and where to study based on their individual ability and the implemented quality of education. We show that the mobility of students...

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Should you believe in the Shanghai ranking?

Billaut, Jean-Charles; Bouyssou, Denis; Vincke, Philippe - HAL - 2010

This paper proposes a critical analysis of the "Academic Ranking of World Universities", published every year by the Institute of Higher Education of the Jiao Tong University in Shanghai and more commonly known as the Shanghai ranking. After having recalled how the ranking is built, we first...

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University funding systems: impact on research and teaching

Beath, John; Poyago-Theotoky, Joanna; Ulph, David - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011

We address the following question: how does a higher education funding system influence the trade-off that universities make between research and teaching? We do so by constructing a model that allows universities to choose actively the quality of their teaching and research when faced with...

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Distance learning education as substitute to student's motilities

Bailly, Pierre; Besson, Jean-Louis - HAL - 2009

Double diploma is a means for distance learning to set up international cooperation which 1) are economic (out of money and time) for students 2) respectful partner institution 3) without risk for partner institution. European higher education area constitutes the legal framework and helpful...

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