Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership (DCGEP) completed an independent evaluation of its Learning Center project in Romania. The purpose of the evaluation was to obtain objective data (enrollment, attendance, pass rates, retention rates) from DCGEP Learning Centers and control schools,...

This is a diagnostic research paper and aims to identify the extent to which Romanians perceive themselves to be optimistic or pessimistic, rich or poor, in the current socio-economic conditions. People register a significant decrease in optimism associated with generalized negative expectations...

The imposition of the neo-liberal agenda in the school system is a difficult entity. It requires new systems of control. These are particularly important in relation to the development of a more decentralised system of schools. This article examines how to exercise control over a more...

This article draws from UK experience where there have been changes in the balance of centralization and decentralization in efforts to enhance the quality of education. Particular attention is given to school autonomy (local management of schools), school choice and the private role in state...

Modern academic education in economics, and especially that in the field of business, frequently tries, and rather seldom manages to combine, interfere and unify, to varying degrees, distinct disciplines with practical interests usually similar or even seemingly adverse; its concrete action is an...

L’Université Paris-Dauphine intéresse, intrigue, dérange parfois. Comment cette université est-elle parvenue à se hisser au niveau des grandes écoles ? Par quel statut est-elle autorisée à sélectionner ses étudiants ? Comment concilie-t-elle sa position universitaire et son ouverture...

Due to the rising relevance of the economy and economic questions in the 20th century, Business Administration has become an important subject in higher education. Its fast growing student numbers during the last decades show its weight within the higher education institutions, even though it is...

Zunächst wird die empirisch Bedeutung der Fachhochschulen und ihrer Vorgängerinstitutionen im deutschen Hochschulwesen seit Ende der 1950er Jahre nachgezeichnet. Gemessen an der Zahl der Studierenden hat sich ihr Anteil auf zuletzt ein reichliches Drittel deutlich erhöht. Anschließend wird...

The purpose of this research is to determine how to effectively incorporate customer experience management frameworks within the marketing and management of Executive MBA Programs. To determine this information, two customer experience management frameworks were discussed in detail and then an...

In our days, the computer assisted instruction became a reality. The continuous perfecting of evaluation techniques and their adaptation to be used in training assisted by the computer is a recognized necessity. This paper work presents some theoretical and practical aspects of evaluation, an...