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Competitiveness of the BRICS Countries on the Field of International Higher Education
Veres, Anita - 2018
The aim of this study is to examine the higher education of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa … BRICS countries. The higher education of this group of countries could not be considered homogeneous. Brazil, China and … research is to give a brief summary of the position of the BRICS countries in the field of international student mobility …
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Does higher education cause political participation? : evidence from a regression discontinuity design
Solis, Alex - 2013
Education has been considered by political economy and political science literature one of the most important factors explaining political participation: voter turnout, civic engagement, political knowledge, and democratic attitudes. However, only few papers have explored the causal link with...
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Are higher education institutions responsive to changes in the labor market?
Orbeta, Aniceto C.; Gonzales, Kathrina G.; Cortes, Sol … - 2016
to propel the country into high, sustained, and equitable development. This can be achieved if its universities respond …
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The role of colleges within the higher education sector
Eckwert, Bernhard; Zilcha, Itzhak - 2018
Over the past decades the college sectors in the higher education systems of many Western countries have expanded their capacities massively. This happened even though colleges have been at a competitive disadvantage with universities which are publicly subsidized, while colleges must...
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Learning loss due to university closures during the COVID-19 pandemic : evidence from Thailand’s largest public university
Wannaphong Durongkaveroj - In: Thailand and the world economy 41 (2023) 2, pp. 103-122
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all segments of the population, including college students in higher education institutions. This paper examines the survey of 400 undergraduate students at the largest public university in Thailand between March and June 2021 to identify the causal impacts of...
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Can public rankings improve school performance? : evidence from a nationwide reform in Tanzania
Cilliers, Jacobus; Mbiti, Isaac M.; Zeitlin, Andrew - 2019
In 2013, Tanzania introduced "Big Results Now in Education", a low-stakes accountability program that published both nationwide and within-district school rankings. Using data from the universe of school performance from 2011-2016, we identify the impacts of the reform using a...
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STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION SURVEY ON UNIVERSITY EDUCATION QUALITY WITH THE PURPOSE OF UNIVERSITY EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT
Nikic-Katic, Adrijana - In: Interdisciplinary Management Research 9 (2013), pp. 639-647
One of the most important issues when it comes to university education institutions is the issue of quality assurance. Quality assurance of teaching procedure, study programs and all other procedures that are under way in university education are commitments taken by Bosnia and Herzegovina at...
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Historical Inequality and Intergenerational Educational Mobility: The Dynamics of Change in Rural Punjab
Cheema, Ali; Naseer, Muhammad Farooq - In: Lahore Journal of Economics 18 (2013) Special Edition, pp. 211-231
-independence development have translated into comparable rates of educational and social opportunities for all strata in the village economy …
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Chapter 3. Field Experiments in Education in Developing Countries
Muralidharan, K. - 2017
The study of education in developing countries has been transformed by the rapid increase in the feasibility and prevalence of field experiments over the past 15 years. This paper comprises three main sections. First, it illustrates the very broad range of research questions regarding education...
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Role of Education and Skill Development for Sustainable Development
Chakrabarty, Aritra - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
a determinant of sustained growth with special focus on skill development. …
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