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Transformational effects of upgrading Nigerian colleges of education to universities in the globalization era : a perspective of staff psychological well-being

Lasun, Gbadamosi; Odufowokan, Benard Adesina - In: Advances in management & applied economics 2 (2012) 1, pp. 185-204

award Bachelor and other degrees to their teaming students' population. This may not be unconnected with the excesses of …

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Student evaluations, grade inflation and pluralistic teaching : moving from customer satisfaction to student learning and critical thinking

Schneider, Geoff - In: Forum for social economics 42 (2013) 1, pp. 122-135

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Teaching managerial economics : spreadsheet exercises integrate economics within the business curriculum

Heath, Will C.; Underwood, James H.; Watson, John K. - In: Advances in management & applied economics 3 (2013) 4, pp. 249-256

Business students often have difficulty integrating economics reasoning into other business disciplines because of … and other business courses use another. This paper shows how simple electronic spreadsheet exercises can help students …

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Development and imporvement of business higher education through implementation of Students Learning Outcomes Asessment Plan (SLOAP)

Ivanovski, Zoran; Milenkovski, Ace; Ivanovska, Nadica; … - In: UTMS journal of economics / University of Tourism and … 4 (2013) 1, pp. 1-16

introduce best practices and objective standards in order to offer high-quality business education for its students. UTMS has … where changes and improvements are necessary. UTMS has developed Students Learning Outcomes Assessment Plan (SLOAP) as a way … to reach this goal. Based on permanent analysis of students needs as well as business sector suggestions about desirable …

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What happens after enrollment? : an analysis of the time path of racial differences in GPA and major choice

Arcidiacono, Peter; Aucejo, Esteban M.; Spenner, Ken - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 1 (2012), pp. 1-24

students’ freshmen and senior year. This outcome could suggest that affirmative action policies are playing a key role to … standards; all of which translate into students with weaker academic backgrounds being less likely to choose these majors …

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Employment status and job-studies relevance of social science graduates : the experience from a Greek public university

Kalamatianou, Aglaia G.; Kougioumoutzaki, Foteini - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 5 (2012) 1, pp. 51-75

Research on social science graduates’ employment prospects reaches contradictor conclusions intensifying the scepticism on the value of these disciplines in the labour market. The paper examines two important labour market outcomes of these graduates, employment status and job-studies...

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Managing operating efficiencies of publicly owned universities : American university stochastic frontier estimates using panel data

Sav, G. Thomas - In: Advances in management & applied economics 2 (2012) 1, pp. 1-23

This paper investigates the extent of operating cost inefficiencies in the public provision of American higher education. The analysis employs panel data on American research and doctoral granting universities spanning four academic years, 2005-06 through 2008-09. Translog cost frontiers are...

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Productivity, efficiency, and managerial performance regress and gains in United States universities : a data envelopment analysis

Sav, G. Thomas - In: Advances in management & applied economics 2 (2012) 3, pp. 13-32

This paper uses data envelopment analys is to investigate the extent to which universities in the United States have undergone productivity and efficiency changes, partly due to managerial performance, during the 2005-09 academic years. Using panel data for 133 research a nd doctoral...

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The board structure and performance of private universities

Chiang, Hsiang-tsai; Lin, Mei-chih - In: Advances in management & applied economics 2 (2012) 4, pp. 185-208

This study applies the structure and operations of private universities' board to analyze the establishment of the structure and operating mechanism for the private universities boards as well as the relevance with school performance. The analysis of board forms shows that the numbers of...

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Positive and negative impact of increased tertiary attainment

Busikova, Alena - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 6 (2013) 1, pp. 41-57

The theory of human capital clearly states that the investments into the education bring many benefits and are worth the cost. The OECD Education at a Glance analysis provides support for both public and private investing in tertiary education as the net present value is positive for all...

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