A university education should enable and improve students' cognitive abilities. An effective curriculum can help achieve this objective. Teaching that economics is more than just neoclassicism, for example, could aid the transition to higher stages of cognition. That said, even erstwhile...

Idea on National Knowledge Commission, what it is and what are they trying to accomplish, ask for the audience support, understanding and also talk about the need for major reforms in University education. [Convocation Address at University of Mumbai].

Recent efforts at poverty alleviation emphasize increasing government spending on education. However, even if spending were perfectly targeted, it is not evident that spending by itself will lead to higher educational attainment. Bolivian household data is used in this paper to ascertain the...

In diesem Beitrag wird untersucht, ob das Lebens-Einkommens-Profil von Hochschulabsolventen stärker von Berufserfahrung oder von betrieblichen Senioritätsregelungen beeinflußt wird. Datenbasis ist die "Konstanzer Absolventenbefragung von Verwaltungswissenschaftlern", die im Frühjahr 1992...

In diesem Beitrag wird untersucht, ob das Lebens-Einkommens-Profil von Hochschulabsolventen stärker von Berufserfahrung oder von betrieblichen Senioritätsregelungen beeinflußt wird. Datenbasis ist die "Konstanzer Absolventenbefragung von Verwaltungswissenschaftlern", die im Frühjahr 1992...

"The study reports comprehensively about further vocational training activities in the context of regular employment relationships in western and eastern Germany. In a comparative analysis of the participants in and the structure of further vocational training special emphasis is placed on a...