Needs and opportunities in the Romanian higher education system described towards the end of Part II of the study, through the implementation of the Bologna Process, find their practical application through statistical analysis of their perception in this last part, which contains the...

Europe and the European Union are close in values, in culture and in attitudes. Yet the EU has made little attempt to jointly reinforce the emotional attachment to Europe. Member States stress their differences in national identity through education and language. When the EU made the borderlines...

In this paper we analyse the effects of changes in the institutional design of the educational system on school attainment. In particular, we test whether alternative reforms have increased the average educational attainment of the population and whether various deciles of the education...

This paper estimates the causal effect of parental education on children’s education in 13 European countries, using representative data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). A novel instrumental variable approach is used to solve the endogeneity issue. We combine...

This paper estimates the causal effect of parental education on children’s education in 13 European countries, using representative data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). A novel instrumental variable approach is used to solve the endogeneity issue. We combine...

The likelihood of working while in school for college students has been increasing particularly as the cost of education has also been rising. This paper estimates the effect of student work on academic performance. The study uses a statistical procedure to account for the possibility that the...

This paper discusses rising enrolment rates, access, governance, underperformance in research and teaching, lack of internationalisation, private returns to education and the funding problems of European universities. Our proposals for reform are based on more autonomy for universities, higher...

The research problem addressed in this study was the perceived reluctance of employers to hire business graduates from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The purpose of the study was informed by Lewin’s theoretical model of organizational change, and the research questions...

Higher education is the source by which transformation of advanced knowledge and learning takes place. This article comprehensively examines the study of dimensions of curricular aspects of criterion in accreditation of higher education institution. The objective behind this paper is how an...