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Introducing Vouchers and Standardized Tests for Higher Education in Russia : Expectations and Measurements
Osipian, Ararat - 2008
The reform of higher education in Russia, based on standardized tests and educational vouchers, was intended to reduce … inequalities in access to higher education. The initiative with the vouchers has failed and by now is already forgotten while the … paper analyses the reform and suggests a methodology of measuring effects of the reform on access to higher education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014213941
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Proposes on Higher Education Government Reform in Russia
Pyshkin, Andrew - 2015
higher education in Russia. The first one is changing of the managerial model for higher education institutions moving …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014137931
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Higher Education in Transition to a Market Economy : A Case Study
Hare, Paul G.; Lugachyov, Mikhail - 1998
of the situation in Tomsk with reference to four important issues facing Russia?s incompletely reformed economy. These …; and (4) non-functioning of the market economy. The paper concludes by highlighting areas in which further reform progress …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014060204
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Why Some Sectors of Transition Economies are less Reformed than Others? The Case of Research and Education
Ciaian, Pavel; Pokrivcak, Jan - 2005
We analyze university research and education in transition countries. University system differs from industry in the nature of product that it produces. University system is engaged in production of public goods rather than private goods. The sector also suffers from measurement problem. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011496043
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Why some sectors of transition economies are less reformed than others? : the case of research and education
Ciaian, Pavel; Pokrivčák, Ján - 2005
We analyze university research and education in transition countries. University system differs from industry in the nature of product that it produces. University system is engaged in production of public goods rather than private goods. The sector also suffers from measurement problem. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011513084
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Why Some Sectors of Transition Economies are less Reformed than Others? The Case of Research and Education
Ciaian, Pavel; Pokrivcak, Jan - Economics and Econometrics Research Institute (EERI) - 2005
We analyze university research and education in transition countries. University system differs from industry in the nature of product that it produces. University system is engaged in production of public goods rather than private goods. The sector also suffers from measurement problem. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005622660
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Why Do Inefficient Innovative Institutions Have Place in Russia and Ukraine?
Shiyan (Shyian), Anatoliy A. (Anatolii); Nikiforova, … - 2011
Russia and Ukraine remain a high scientific potential in the comparison with a level of development of their economy … transition economies (e.g. China). Why do inefficient innovative institutions have place in Russia and Ukraine? We have shown … estimating the losses from the inefficient institutions of innovation in Russia and Ukraine (in comparison with the institutions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014183538
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Testing means-tested aid
Murphy, Richard; Wyness, Gill - 2016
Inequalities do not end once students enter higher education. Yet, the majority of papers on the effectiveness of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011541300
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Diversification of university income : Polish practice and international solutions
Rozmus, Andrzej; Cyran, Karolina - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 8 (2012) 4, pp. 64-75
In the face of global economic problems European (and not only European) universities are forced to diversify their income. The constant and stable stream of governmental funds for education is beginning to dry up.For the majority of Polish universities the main and noticeably dominant source of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010187994
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Tuition fees and educational attainment
Bietenbeck, Jan; Marcus, Jan; Weinhardt, Felix - 2020
Following a landmark ruling by the Constitutional Court in 2005, more than half of Germany's universities started charging tuition fees, which also applied to incumbent students. We exploit this unusual lack of grandfathering together with register data covering the universe of students to show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012285889