Wage expectations are important determinants for individual schooling decisions. However, research on individual expectations of students is scarce. The paper presents the Swiss results of a survey that was conducted in 10 European countries. Its main findings are that point estimates of wages...

All the so-called “Bologna-process” is paying close attention to many important things regarding High School / University education, such as skills, competences, new research trends, TICs, accreditation and quality assurance, etc. However - to our understanding- is overlooking at least two...

Recent evidence suggests that students are increasingly choosing community colleges as their point-of-entry to post-secondary education. An important question, therefore, is how community college attendance impacts a student's economic future. This study is one of the first to examine early...

This report examines ICT ownership, usage, and skills of Irish gifted and talented students and investigates their experience with, and expectations of ICT use in the school environment. The key findings, based on the responses of 378 CTYI students who participated in this study by completing a...

We model the teacher-student relationship as an agency problem, where teachers are concerned with human capital formation and students --- ability signaling. The model's distinctive feature is that with grading rules unobservable for the job market the teacher finds grades costless incentives....

This article reports a study of first-year students at Chapman University School of Law in the spring of 1996. A survey investigated how minority and all women students fared at a new law school with a student-supportive environment and a faculty that was more diverse than average. Student...

PhD students have to take responsibility managing their own learning and getting a PhD. They are also responsible for determining what is required as well as for carrying it out, and must always keep in touch in regular meetings with the supervisor. The student is the main person responsible for...

The relationship between the supervisor and student plays important role in promoting the student's objectives. However, problem of compatibility usually occurs between them and therefore, they both need to know their roles in order to ensure good relationship. The purpose of this article is to...

Strains on the Federal budget have created worries that Federal funding of aid for higher education will fall in the future. If this happens, state governments will need to try to re-allocate their higher education spending more efficiently. One possible way to do this would be to shift funding...

The acquisition of skills by postgraduate students should be effected as professional learning conducted under their own management. Research students have to take responsibility for managing their own learning and getting a PhD. They are also responsible for determining what is required as well...