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Smolentseva, Anna – Studies in Higher Education, 2023
Drawing on various disciplinary and scholarly approaches to the multiple roles of higher education in society, this paper offers a new conceptualisation of the non-economic contributions of higher education. The conceptual model identifies two basic dimensions in higher education's contributions to society. The first, axiological dimension…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Role of Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Sociology
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Shulruf, Boaz; Hattie, John; Tumen, Sarah – Studies in Higher Education, 2008
This study investigates the predictive correlations between results from the New Zealand National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA), a standards-based qualification, and university grade point averages achieved by first-year students in one large New Zealand University (and, for comparison purposes, also presents correlations from the…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Models, Qualifications, Academic Achievement