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We analyze the characteristics of the social networks of students studying in the economics department in one Russian … individual characteristics of students and their peers. We find that the probability of a tie existing is explained by the gender … homophily, and initial student assignment to the same exogenously defined study group. Students ask for help and form …
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of 47 PhD students from UNU-MERIT institute. We conducted an independent email survey and relied on social networks … between network centrality and students' academic performance. We controlled our results by several node's characteristics …
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The international evolutions show that in unavoidable manner, in any country, Romania inclusively, the overcome of rare difficulties, will necessity and will makes possible simultaneous, the enrolling of tertiary sector on a trajectory by an extensive development. No country can not allows the...
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with the factors that influence a students success, ie grade, in studying business economics. As to students, universities …-Abbe-University of Applied Sciences Jena. These former students graduated between 1996 and 2011. The empirical findings suggest, that …: First, high school records are good predictors of university grades. Second, age and gender do not influence students grade …
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Over the last decade and a half, the Australian Universities have been subjected to a series of reforms introduced by the Australian Commonwealth Government. This paper discusses these reforms, subsequent policy changes, and their impact on the Australian university system. I will argue that the...
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We study the location-specific component in research productivity of economics and finance faculty who have ever been affiliated with the top 25 universities in the last three decades. We find that there was a positive effect of being affiliated with an elite university in the 1970s; this effect...
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Using an exhaustive database on academic publications in mathematics, we study the patterns of productivity by world mathematicians over the period 1984-2006. We uncover some surprising facts, such as the absence of age related decline in productivity and the relative symmetry of international...
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We investigate divisions within the citation network in economics using citation data between 1990 and 2010. We consider all partitions of top institutions into two equal-sized clusters, and pick the one that minimizes cross-cluster citations. The strongest division is much stronger than could...
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In this study an attempt has been made to answer the question “What is Action Research?” giving an overview of its processes and principles, stating when it is appropriate to use, and situating it within a praxis research paradigm. The definition and evolution of the approach is described,...
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