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

Denny, Kevin; Doyle, Orla; O'Reilly, Patricia; … - 2010

to low socioeconomic status (SES) students using a natural experiment which exploits the time variation in the expansion … treatment is based on SES rather than ethnicity. Evaluating the effectiveness of programs targeting disadvantaged students in … and final year graduation rates, with the impact often stronger for higher ability students. We find similar patterns of …

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Higher Education Financing in Australia

Chapman, Bruce - In: CESifo DICE Report 05 (2007) 2, pp. 55-61

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Der Ausbau der Hochschulen muss zügig kommen

Dose, Carsten; Wagner, Gert G. - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 86 (2006) 3, pp. 156-162

Die Bedeutung des Humankapitals für das künftige Wirtschaftswachstum ist allgemein anerkannt. Gleichzeitig stoßen steigende Studienanfängerzahlen auf knappe Bildungsbudgets in den Bundesländern. Wie wird sich die Zahl der Studienanfänger bis 2020 entwickeln? Wird es eine entsprechende...

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A National Systems View of University Development: Towards a Broadened Perspective on the Entrepreneurial University Based on the German and US Experience

Lehrer, Mark; Nell, Phillip; Gärber, Lisa - 2007

This paper postulates a life cycle model of university entrepreneurialism at the national level. Based on the analysis, this paper identifies two fundamental sources of such entrepreneurialism: 1) the institutional anchoring of the university of a public-private hybrid form in organization and...

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Lifecycle impact of alternative higher education finance systems in Ireland

Flannery, Darragh; O'Donoghue, Cathal - 2011

With increasing numbers of young people participating in higher education in Ireland and a heavy reliance of higher education institutions on state funding, the introduction of an alternative finance system for Ireland has been muted over the past number of years. However, no study has been...

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