This paper examines the education premium for graduate students in Colombia, focusing on the screening hypothesis which is tested via sheepskin effects. A new dataset for higher education is constructed using administrative records of educational institutions and social security information. The...

The design of qualifications around professional profiles and steering teaching towards the acquisition of competences are 2 major challenges targeted by the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). This study analyses the importance given by teachers to knowledge of a second language in Business...

The paper explains, through a quantitative model, how dedications to teaching and research are fixed in universities governed by interest groups, such as Argentines' public universities. To that end, utility functions of professors and a political cost function assumed by the Academic Council...

Este trabajo aporta una perspectiva del fenómeno de la sobreeducación, entendida como un desajuste por exceso, entre el nivel educativo alcanzado por el individuo y el exigido por el puesto de trabajo en el cual se desempeña; esto se debe a que existe una demanda laboral estrecha de puestos de...

This paper analyzes policy changes introduced by a law in 2001 regarding selection and remuneration of university professors. The effects of the previous law, passed in 1983, are described, as well as the likely consequences of the new law. Economic analysis is combined with a comparison of the...

This paper analyzes policy changes introduced by a law in 2001 regarding selection and remuneration of university professors. The effects of the previous law, passed in 1983, are described, as well as the likely consequences of the new law. Economic analysis is combined with a comparison of the...

The design of qualifications around professional profiles and steering teaching towards the acquisition of competences are 2 major challenges targeted by the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). This study analyses the importance given by teachers to knowledge of a second language in Business...

Spanish Abstract: La presente investigación aborda el tema del comportamiento ético y las competencias tecnológicas que deben poseer los aprendices durante su formación académica en las instituciones de educación superior. El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar la relación entre la...

Spanish Abstract: A partir de los resultados de la aplicación autoadministrada, a tres generaciones de egresados de licenciatura del ”Instrumento para conocer la satisfacción de los estudiantes universitarios con su educación”, se identifican los niveles de satisfacción con los servicios...

Spanish Abstract: Sin olvidar que la evaluación de la calidad educativa es multidimensional, donde la satisfacción estudiantil con los servicios recibidos es un indicador (no exclusivo) que permite detectar áreas de oportunidad para planear acciones de mejora en las organizaciones educativas;...