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Exploring the Difference between English Placement Instruments and Academic Performance of First-Time, Two-Year College Students
Zentner, Aeron; Homestead, Steven; Covit, Raissa; … - 2017
findings of the study showed that multiple measures assessments placed the majority of students higher in comparison with the … traditional placement exams. Student academic history in the courses that students were placed into shows no difference in course … success between students using multiple measures assessments and traditional placement exams …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014034119
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The Return to a University Education in Great Britain
Sloane, Peter J.; O'Leary, Nigel C. - 2021
charging students for the costs of their education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319176
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Money or fun? : why students want to pursue further education
Belfield, Chris; Boneva, Teodora; Rauh, Christopher; … - 2016
We study students' motives for educational attainment in a unique survey of 885 secondary school students in the UK. As … expected, students who perceive the monetary returns to education to be higher are more likely to intend to continue in full …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011521174
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Money or fun? : why students want to pursue further education
Belfield, Chris; Boneva, Teodora; Rauh, Christopher; … - 2016
We study students' motives for educational attainment in a unique survey of 885 secondary school students in the UK. As … expected, students who perceive the monetary returns to education to be higher are more likely to intend to continue in full …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011534003
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Does the higher education expansion in the UK reduce the returns to education? : a comparison of returning-from-work versus fresh out-of-school graduates
Huang, Bin; Xu, Lei; Zhu, Yu - In: Economic modelling 79 (2019), pp. 276-285
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012199141
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Charging for higher education : estimating the impact on inequality and student outcomes
Azmat, Ghazala; Simion, Ştefania - In: The B.E. journal of economic analysis & policy 21 (2021) 1, pp. 175-239
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012437745
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Earnings of university dropouts across Europe
Berlingieri, Francesco; Bolz, Theresa - 2020
This paper investigates relative earnings of individuals leaving tertiary education without a degree across 18 European countries employing survey data on adult workers. We find that, on average, university dropouts earn 8% more than those never enrolling into tertiary education, but 25% less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389510
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Matching in the dark? : inequalities in student to degree match
Campbell, Stuart; Macmillan, Lindsey; Murphy, Richard; … - In: Journal of labor economics : JOLE 40 (2022) 4, pp. 807-850
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013400181
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Just another level? : comparing quantitative patterns of global school and higher education expansion
Barakat, Bilal; Shields, Robin - 2016
The expansion of enrolment and attainment is a key theme in higher education research. In particular, research has examined cross-national determinants of higher education expansion while understanding expansion through the relationship between higher education and the labour market. Early work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011542330
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The college wage premium, overeducation, and the expansion of higher education in the UK
Walker, Ian; Zhu, Yu - 2007
This paper provides findings from the UK Labour Force Surveys from 1993 to 2003 on the financial private returns to a degree – the “college premium”. The data covers a decade when the university participation rate doubled – yet we find no significant evidence that the mean return to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008806866