This edited volume proposes that the phenomenon of private sector, financialized higher education expansion in the United States benefits from a range of theoretical and methodological treatments. Social scientists, policy analysts, researches, and for-profit sector leaders discuss how and to...

This book assesses how efficient primary and upper primary education is across different states of India considering both output oriented and input oriented measures of technical efficiency. It identifies the most important factors that could produce differential efficiency among the states,...

Introduction -- Data Envelopment Analysis -- DEA in the Public Sector -- Input-Oriented Efficiency Measures in Australian Schools -- Output-Oriented Efficiency Measures in Australian School -- Productivity Measurement.

An informed discussion of the global education market, analysing the rankings system, and the determinants which help universities to advance. The authors examine possible improvements in the promotion and commercialization of university research, and the role of universities in the social and...

Öffentliche Forschungseinrichtungen stellen für viele technologieorientierte Unternehmen eine Quelle von Innovationsimpulsen dar. Relevante wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse zu identifizieren und für Unternehmen zur wirtschaftlichen Verwertung zu erschließen stellt sich in der Praxis häufig...

Weniger als ein Viertel der Hochschulabsolventen greifen auf Weiterbildungsangebote von Universitäten und Fachhochschulen zurück. Sandra Wolf geht der Frage nach, welche Faktoren die Teilnahmeentscheidung bestimmen. Sie entwickelt einen Modellansatz zur Erklärung von Teilnahmeentscheidungen...

Grundzüge einer entscheidungs- und produktionstheoretisch fundierten Performancemessung -- Grundzüge einer Performancemessung im Hochschulbereich -- Indikatoren zur Messung der Forschungsperformance -- Präsentation und Würdigung des CHE-Forschungsrankings BWL 2005 -- Empirische Analysen zur...

This book examines the ways in which universities can play a crucial role in inclusive development, social innovation and social entrepreneurship. It aims to prove the importance of inclusive development and inclusive innovation on economic growth and demonstrate the ways in which universities...

This book offers an insight into the complications higher education is currently facing in the Arab world. It discusses whether governance in international higher education is of particular importance in Arab countries when considering their difference in political systems, cultures, interests,...