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Higher education quality and student satisfaction : meta-analysis, subgroup analysis and meta-regression
Dhawan, Shivangi - In: Metamorphosis : a journal of management research 21 (2022) 1, pp. 48-66
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013384397
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on teaching outcomes in higher education
Hansen, Philipp; Struth, Lennart; Thon, Max; Umbach, Tim - 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic forced much of the world to adapt suddenly to severe restrictions. In this study, we attempt to quantify the impact of the pandemic on student performance in higher education. To collect data on important covariates, we conducted a survey among first-year students of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012499492
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Challenges to higher education in Canada and Australia
Beach, Charles M.; Milne, Frank - 2018
This paper provides an overview of the higher education sector in Canada, so it can serve as a comparison to that in Australia. It seeks to identify stresses and challenges to this sector in Canada. The study also seeks to offer possible lessons for the direction of higher education policy in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011894322
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Why academic quality in higher education declines
Meier, Volker; Schiopu, Ioana Cosmina - 2015
We investigate the choice of quality, or academic content, in higher education in a two-sector model. Individuals are … differentiated according to their cost of acquiring human capital. A higher academic quality increases productivity upon training … quality is tailored to the individual need, and a uniform quality system being politically determined. The former yields a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011309225
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Modelling the stakeholder environment and decision process in the U.S. higher education system
Saurbier, Ann - In: Business, mangagement and economics engineering : BMEE 19 (2021) 1, pp. 131-149
respond to these environmental forces. In the United States, accreditation plays an increasing role in the quality control and … extremely challenging decision-making conditions for higher education leaders. The ability to improve and balance the quality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012695404
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What makes a program good? : evidence from short-cycle higher education programs in five developing countries
Bassi, Marina; Dinarte-Diaz, Lelys; Ferreira, María M.; … - 2023
expansion, yet their quality varies greatly within and among countries. In this paper we explore the relationship between … programs' practices and inputs (quality determinants) and student academic and labor market outcomes. We design and conduct a … novel survey to collect program-level information on quality determinants and average outcomes for Brazil, Colombia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013536168
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The contribution of short-cycle programs to student outcomes : evidence from Colombia
Dinarte-Diaz, Lelys; Ferreira, María M.; Melguizo, Tatiana - 2023
contributions are strongly correlated with program outcomes but not with other commonly used quality measures. Programs contribute …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013540729
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Class size and class heterogeneity
De Giorgi, Giacomo; Pellizzari, Michele; Woolston, … - 2009
We study how class size and composition affect the academic and labor market performances of college students, two crucial policy questions given the secular increase in college enrollment. We rely on the random assignment of students to teaching classes. Our results suggest that a one standard...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003900584
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Does relative grading help male students? : evidence from a field experiment in the classroom
Czibor, Eszter; Onderstal, Sander; Sloof, Randolph; … - 2014
The provision of non-pecuniary incentives in education is a topic that has received much scholarly attention lately. Our paper contributes to this discussion by investigating the effectiveness of grade incentives in increasing student performance. We perform a direct comparison of the two most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010399683
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Does relative grading help male students? : evidence from a field experiment in the classroom
Czibor, Eszter; Onderstal, Sander; Sloof, Randolph; … - 2014
The provision of non-pecuniary incentives in education is a topic that has received much scholarly attention lately. Our paper contributes to this discussion by investigating the effectiveness of grade incentives in increasing student performance. We perform a direct comparison of the two most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010403509