Die Hochschulen stehen zunehmend unter Handlungsdruck hinsichtlich der Legitimation der Ressourcenverwendung, des Umgangs mit der Lebens- und Ausbildungszeit der Studierenden sowie der Erzeugung gesellschaftlich notwendiger Qualifikationen. Eine Verbesserung der Lehre und der Studienbedingungen...

This paper surveys the theoretical approaches used in the literature to study the phenomenon of delayed graduation and university dropout. The classical human capital model does not contemplate failure, which the amended human capital model does. Delayed graduation and university dropout are two...

This paper surveys the theoretical approaches used in the literature to study the phenomenon of delayed graduation and university dropout. The classical human capital model does not contemplate failure, which the amended human capital model does. Delayed graduation and university dropout are two...

Higher education is subsidized worldwide, although with pronounced differences in levels of subsidization. While public funds account for about 90% of universities' budgets in Scandinavian countries, the share of public funds in Great Britain and the US is less that 30%. Subsidization is...

This paper analyses forms of competition in the provision of tertiary education services that have arisen or could arise either because of liberalisations of the sector or because of reforms that introduce competition between public or private Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The analysis...

Although public appropriations to higher education and tuition rates are set under alternative arrangements, the optimal allocation is readily achievable. The decentralized linear-subsidy case produces an externality that reduces joint welfare below the centralized (first-best) case, but when...