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This study investigates the impact of single-sex versus coeducational schooling on students' decisions to pursue STEM … Australian university, we compare students with similar Australian Tertiary Admissions Ranks (ATARs) who could have feasibly … and the academic quality of the high schools attended. Our primary outcomes are the proportion of students from each …
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The tracking of students in upper-secondary school is often criticised for narrowing the career prospects of student in … tackle this problem, Australia blurred the lines between the two tracks by introducing VET courses that count to both a …
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Do international students and/or students from non-English language speaking backgrounds (NESB students) perform worse … than other students in Australian undergraduate classrooms? What happens to other students' marks when these students are … the business faculties of two Australian Technology Network universities. Results show that both international students …
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The tracking of students in upper-secondary school is often criticised for narrowing the career prospects of student in … tackle this problem, Australia blurred the lines between the two tracks by introducing VET courses that count to both a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012999533
and the California Master Plan as well as the tuition fee systems in Australia, New Zealand and England have addressed …
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students from first-year courses (N = 6954) was offered large incentives (worth AUD 55,000) to attend PASS, which increased … was larger (0.89) for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Instrumental variable estimates suggest that one hour of … estimate is not statistically significant, reflecting limited statistical power. The estimated effect is largest for students …
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students from first-year courses (𝑁 = 6954) was offered large incentives (worth AUD 55,000) to attend PASS, which increased … was larger (0.89) for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Instrumental variable estimates suggest that one hour of … estimate is not statistically significant, reflecting limited statistical power. The estimated effect is largest for students …
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setting where students are randomly assigned to a university instructor's first, second, third or fourth lesson on the same … teachers' preparation time without negative effects on students. …
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Shareholder valuations are economically and statistically positively correlated with independent directors' power, gauged by social network power centrality. Powerful independent directors' sudden deaths reduce shareholder value significantly; other independent directors' deaths do not. More...
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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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