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Unequal uptake of higher education mobility in the UK : the importance of social segregation in universities and subject areas
Schnepf, Sylke V. - 2018
Student mobility is the most recognised element of Erasmus+, a major EU policy which celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2017. It is clearly popular with an increase in student uptake from 3.2 to 272.5 thousands from 1987 to 2014. Recent studies show that studying abroad provides benefits like...
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Efficiency in public higher education on Argentina 2004-2013 : institutional decisions and university-specific effects
Quiroga-Martínez, Facundo; Fernández Vázquez, Esteban; … - In: Latin American economic review : LAER ; official … 27 (2018), pp. 1-18
This paper studies the link between trade reforms and labor informality in Argentina using a long time series spanning the 1980–2001 period. We explore cross-section mechanisms, that operate at the industry level, and time-series mechanisms, that operate at a general equilibrium level. We...
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Career expectations of undergraduate and graduate students at agricultural universities in Uzbekistan
Ganiev, Ibragim; Sanaev, Golib; Pardaev, Khusniddin - 2018
teaching students. Also, college and university staff members should cooperate with industries and farmers to develop …
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Delayed graduation and university dropout : a review of theoretical approaches
Aina, Carmen; Baici, Eliana; Casalone, Giorgia; … - 2019
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 stages of the same decision repeated over the years to step aside or leave … bargaining approach, the decision to delay graduation or dropout from university is related to bargaining within the family …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012110312
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Dual-credit courses and the road to college : experimental evidence from Tennessee
Hemelt, Steven W.; Schwartz, Nathaniel L.; Dynarski, … - 2019
Dual-credit courses expose high school students to college-level content and provide the opportunity to earn college credits, in part to smooth the transition to college. With the Tennessee Department of Education, we conduct the first randomized controlled trial of the effects of dual-credit...
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University quotas and peers' achievement
Giardili, Soledad - 2018
university programs. However, I find no evidence that quota-students affect the dropout of non-quota students. …
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The returns to college choice : loans, scholarships and labor outcomes
Montoya, Ana Maria; Noton Norambuena, Carlos; Solis, Alex - 2018
To estimate causal effects of college choice, we exploit eligibility rules for student loans in a regression discontinuity design. Loan programs induce students to pursue college degrees that are more expensive and prolonged relative to technical education. Although higher education is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011913668
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Delayed graduation and university dropout : a review of theoretical approaches
Aina, Carmen; Baici, Eliana; Casalone, Giorgia; … - 2019
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 stages of the same decision repeated over the years to step aside or leave … bargaining approach, the decision to delay graduation or dropout from university is related to bargaining within the family …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012149211
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Uzbekistan's higher education and research system : main actors and recent reforms of doctoral graduation
Wegmarshaus, Gert-Rüdiger - 2017
The objective of this study is to examine the conditions of higher education and the reform of doctoral graduation in …-responsible university education. The teaching obligations of university staff fill the entire working day. This situation makes it almost … impossible for university teachers to pursue an individual research agenda. The university system is chronically underfinanced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011706053
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Quality gaps in higher education from the perspective of students
Grudowski, Piotr; Szczepańska, Katarzyna - In: Foundations of Management : the journal of Warsaw … 13 (2021) 1, pp. 35-48
education identified by internal stakeholders of a given university in the internal quality of education assurance system. …
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