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Economics of corruption in doctoral education: The dissertations market

Osipian, Ararat L. - In: Economics of Education Review 31 (2012) 1, pp. 76-83

This paper addresses the issue of “dissertations for sale” in Russia. The tasks of this anthropological study include establishing the problem of corruption in doctoral education, identification of the dissertations suppliers, study of the specific services they offer, analysis of their...

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University rankings in action? The importance of rankings and an excellence competition for university choice of high-ability students

Horstschräer, Julia - In: Economics of Education Review 31 (2012) 6, pp. 1162-1176

This paper analyzes how high-ability students respond to different indicators of university quality when applying for a … university. Are prospective students influenced by quality indicators of a university ranking or by an excellence status awarded … common knowledge regarding university attractiveness. Results show that the ranking provides more relevant information in the …

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Promoting scientific faculties: Does it work? Evidence from Italy

Maestri, Virginia - In: Economics of Education Review 32 (2013) C, pp. 168-180

2005 to promote the study of science at the university. The policy promoted extra-curricular activities for secondary …

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Valuing the benefits of the education provided by public universities: A case study of Minnesota

Damon, Amy; Glewwe, Paul - In: Economics of Education Review 30 (2011) 6, pp. 1242-1261

government subsidies to higher education. In 2005, the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities …

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The impact of online learning on students’ course outcomes: Evidence from a large community and technical college system

Xu, Di; Jaggars, Shanna Smith - In: Economics of Education Review 37 (2013) C, pp. 46-57

Using a large administrative dataset from a statewide system including 34 community and technical colleges, the authors employed an instrumental variable technique to estimate the impact of online versus face-to-face course delivery on student course performance. The travel distance between each...

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Does working during higher education affect students’ academic progression?

Triventi, Moris - In: Economics of Education Review 41 (2014) C, pp. 1-13

credits acquired by first-year university students in Italy. We discuss different contrasting hypotheses on the role of … employment during university on academic outcomes: the zero-sum perspective, the reconciliation thesis, the positive and the … on a representative sample of university students who were enrolled in the academic year 2002/03, after the …

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The impact of parental layoff on higher education investment

Pan, Weixiang; Ost, Ben - In: Economics of Education Review 42 (2014) C, pp. 53-63

This paper uses variation in the timing of parental layoff to identify the effect of parental job loss on higher education enrollment. Unlike research that compares laid-off workers to workers who do not lose their jobs, all families in our analysis experience a layoff at some point. The...

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Pomp and circumstance: University presidents and the role of human capital in determining who leads U.S. research institutions

Singell, Larry D.; Tang, Hui-Hsuan - In: Economics of Education Review 32 (2013) C, pp. 219-233

ability affect the placement of university presidents within the research hierarchy of U.S. institutions. The analysis uses … university presidents places at Carnegie-classified research institutions. The findings suggest the rise to the presidency of a …

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Money, mentoring and making friends: The impact of a multidimensional access program on student performance

Denny, Kevin; Doyle, Orla; McMullin, Patricia; … - In: Economics of Education Review 40 (2014) C, pp. 167-182

This study evaluates a comprehensive university access program that provides financial, academic and social support to …

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Expenditures and postsecondary graduation: An investigation using individual-level data from the state of Ohio

Webber, Douglas A. - In: Economics of Education Review 31 (2012) 5, pp. 615-618

Using detailed individual-level data from public universities in the state of Ohio, I estimate the effect of various institutional expenditures on the probability of graduating from college. Using a competing risks regression framework, I find differential impacts of expenditure categories...

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