An ongoing debate in the literature on efficiency of higher education institutions concerns the indicator for research output in the empirical analysis. While several studies chose to use the number of publications, others rely on the overall amount of research grants. The present study...

In Australia, the so-called Group of Eight (Go8) universities have lower student-to-staff ratios, better qualified staff, superior research outcomes, and generally better placement in university rankings compared to non-Go8 universities. They are also typically the most competitive universities...

Das Paper skizziert Überlegungen, die zur Gründung der Cusanus Hochschule geführt haben. Kritisch wurde insbesondere der Verlust des Humboldtschen Bildungsideals durch die Universitätsreformen im Zuge des 1999 ausgerufenen Bologna-Prozesses gesehen. Die Gründung der Cusanus Hochschule...

Anhand von zwei führenden Lehrbüchern der Ökonomie wird erörtert, wie darin die Wahrnehmungs- und Erkenntnisweise von Studierenden einseitig geprägt, indem stillschweigend ein spezifisches Paradigma als einzig zulässige Sichtweise vermittelt wird. Damit wird auch die Theoriegeschichte der...

Zunehmend wird die ökonomische Standardbildung für ihre Weltfremdheit, Einseitigkeit und Unreflektiertheit kritisiert. Die Autorin fragt nach den möglichen Wirkungen und gesellschaftlichen Bedeutungen dieses kritisierten Zustandes: Vermag er einer blinden Marktgläubigkeit Vorschub zu...

The subject of this paper is e – learning, education process which is held with the use of some form of information and communication technologies to improve the quality of the process and the quality of educational outcomes. New information technologies allow a new attitude to information,...

The focus of the research study is to devise a new CLA methodology in teaching programming using flipped learning using a counterpart learner assistant -CLA from the learner side. Investigated the benefits of the flipped learning pedagogy focusing on assessment of learners on their attitudes,...

With an increased use of modern ICT methodologies in teaching econometrics, additional research is needed to evaluate their effects on students' learning of econometrics. The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate how the Internet-based computer laboratory at Ss. Cyril and Methodius...

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...

This research studies whether Executive MBA student's participation in a business strategy simulation course significantly impacts on self-perceptions of their strategic competencies and decision style, which involves crossing psychological and strategy fields, and aims to contribute to the...