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THE FUNDING AND EFFICIENCY OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN CROATIA AND SLOVENIA: A NON-PARAMETRIC COMPARISON WITH EU AND OECD COUNTRIES
Aristovnik, Aleksander; Obadic, Alka - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2011
The paper applies a non-parametric approach, i.e. data envelopment analysis (DEA), to assess the relative technical … efficiency of higher education across countries, with a particular focus on Croatia and Slovenia. When estimating the efficiency … shown to have a much higher level of efficiency compared to both Croatia and many other comparable EU and OECD countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010545912
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The funding and efficiency of higher education in Croatia and Slovenia: a non-parametric comparison
Aristovnik, Aleksander; Obadić, Alka - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The paper applies a non-parametric approach, i.e. data envelopment analysis (DEA), to assess the relative technical … efficiency of higher education across countries, with a particular focus on Croatia and Slovenia. When estimating the efficiency … system in Slovenia is shown to have a much higher level of efficiency compared to both Croatia and many other comparable EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009644782
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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, but is also associated with higher cost of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011309225
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College curriculum, diverging selectivity, and enrollment expansion
Kaganovič, Michail I.; Su, Xuejuan - 2016
We analyze the impact of expansion of higher education on student outcomes in the context of competition among colleges which differentiate themselves horizontally by setting curricular standards. When public or economic pressures compel less selective colleges to lower their curricular demands,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011547733
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LATE for the meeting : gender, peer advising, and college success
Ellis, Jimmy R.; Gershenson, Seth - 2016
Many male and first-generation college-goers struggle in their first year of postsecondary education. Mentoring programs have been touted as a potential solution to help such students acclimate to college life, yet causal evidence on the impact of such programs, and the factors that influence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011538654
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LATE for the meeting : gender, peer advising, and college success
Ellis, Jimmy R.; Gershenson, Seth - 2016
Many male and first-generation college goers struggle in their first year of postsecondary education. Mentoring programs have been touted as a potential solution to help such students acclimate to college life, yet causal evidence on the impact of such programs, and the factors that influence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476579
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Examination rules and student effort
Michaelis, Jochen; Schwanebeck, Benjamin - 2016
This paper contributes to the economics of examination rules. We show how rational students reallocate their learning effort as a response to a charge for the second exam attempt, a cap on the maximum resit mark, an adjustment of the passing standard, a variation of the time span between two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410360
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The value of postgraduate students opinions in the quality management of academic e-learning
Rembielak, Grażyna; Marciniak, Renata - In: Foundations of Management : the journal of Warsaw … 13 (2021) 1, pp. 183-194
The quality of online education is of interest to universities around the world. Only high quality and cyclical evaluation are the conditions for obtaining students' satisfaction with this form of education. In the pandemic era, digital dissemination and open education have become a special...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012805559
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A simple nudge increases socioeconomic diversity in undergraduate Economics
Pugatch, Todd; Schroeder, Elizabeth - 2021
We assess whether a light-touch intervention can increase socioeconomic and racial diversity in undergraduate Economics. We randomly assigned over 2,200 students a message with basic information about the Economics major; the basic message combined with an emphasis on the rewarding careers or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012519369
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A simple nudge increases socioeconomic diversity in undergraduate economics
Pugatch, Todd; Schroeder, Elizabeth - 2021
We assess whether a light-touch intervention can increase socioeconomic and racial diversity in undergraduate Economics. We randomly assigned over 2,200 students a message with basic information about the Economics major; the basic message combined with an emphasis on the rewarding careers or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012520536