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Ratnaningsih, Dewi Juliah – Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning, 2023
Universitas Terbuka is a public university in Indonesia that implements an open-distance education system. The quality and success of higher education in Indonesia are indicated by the gross enrolment rate (GER). Modelling student retention is one indicator of the value of the GER. The chances of distance learners' retention in a certain period…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Electronic Learning, Public Colleges, Foreign Countries
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Guerrero, Alicia; Avilés, César; Ruano, Maria Alejandra – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2021
A free higher education policy was implemented in Ecuador in 2008. This article analyzes whether the effect of this policy has contributed to eliminating access barriers through the evaluation of a set of socioeconomic, demographic variables, and others related to educational policies concerning the admission process implemented in 2012. It is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Higher Education, Educational Policy
Joanne Heslop – Student Transitions Project, 2023
This report provides highlights of the latest research from the Student Transitions Project (STP), with a focus on the first transitions of B.C. grade 12 graduates into B.C. public post-secondary education. The study was conducted by the Student Transitions Project (STP), a collaborative research partnership involving B.C.'s education and advanced…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transitional Programs, High School Graduates, College Bound Students
Heslop, Joanne – Student Transitions Project, 2022
This newsletter provides highlights of the latest research from the Student Transitions Project (STP), with a focus on the first transitions of B.C. grade 12 graduates into B.C. public post-secondary education. The study was conducted by the Student Transitions Project (STP), a collaborative research partnership involving B.C.'s education and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transitional Programs, High School Graduates, College Bound Students
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Mendonça, Mariana – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2020
The expansion process of Latin American higher education systems experienced in recent decades has drawn the attention of many scholars. Its impact has been assessed in relation to the broadening of access to education for the low-income sectors and the reduction of social inequality; likewise, the market's capacity to absorb a greater number of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Equal Education, Higher Education
Heslop, Joanne – Student Transitions Project, 2021
This newsletter provides highlights of the latest research from the Student Transitions Project (STP), with a focus on the first transitions of B.C. grade 12 graduates into B.C. public post-secondary education. The study was conducted by the Student Transitions Project (STP), a collaborative research partnership involving B.C.'s education and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transitional Programs, High School Graduates, College Bound Students
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van Deuren, Rita; Kahsu, Tsegazeab; Mohammed, Seid; Woldie, Wondimu – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2016
Purpose: This paper aims to analyze and illustrate achievements and challenges of Ethiopian higher education, both at the system level and at the level of new public universities. Design/methodology/approach: Achievements and challenges at the system level are based on literature review and secondary data. Illustrative case studies are based on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Colleges, Case Studies, Interviews
Chen, Robin J. – Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University, 2015
Since the 1950s, Taiwan has made great strides in higher education. However, its developmental growth has not been stable. Different studies show different ways to distinguish the stages of higher education development: Chen (2008) stated the stages of development in Taiwan from 1949 to the present can be seen as the following eras: early…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Public Colleges, Private Colleges
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Espinoza, Oscar; González, Luis Eduardo – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2013
This study analyzes how access to public and private institutions of higher education in Chile has changed as the post-secondary system has become increasingly privatized. It analyses access by young people to higher education from four perspectives: funding type (public/private), gender, family income level, and ethnicity. The study uses…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Access to Education, Private Colleges, Public Colleges
Pedrosa, Renato H. L. – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2010
Until recently, Higher education (HE) in Brazil had been, identified with colleges and universities running traditional academic undergraduate programs, with expected graduation time of 4 years or more. The universities in the state of Sao Paulo are at the top of international rankings among Brazilian HEIs, accounting for about half of all indexed…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Colleges, Private Sector, Enrollment Rate
Heslop, Joanne – Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development, 2008
The Student Transitions Project (STP) is a collaborative effort of British Columbia's (BC's) Ministries of Education and Advanced Education and Labour Market Development and BC's public post-secondary institutions. STP research is helping school districts, post-secondary institutions and the Ministries of Education and Advanced Education and…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, High School Graduates, College Students, Educational Mobility
Joanne Heslop – Ministry of Advanced Education, 2006
The topic of this newsletter is Student Transitions Project Research Question #2: What is the nature and distribution of the transition of students from the kindergarten to Grade 12 (K-12) education system into B.C. public post-secondary institutions over a multi-year period? (For secondary school graduates of 2001/02 to 2003/04 and post-secondary…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Higher Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education
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Gertel, Hector R. – Higher Education, 1991
Financing issues associated with the evolution of Argentina's national universities, 1960-90, are examined. Major trends in student population, faculty, and government spending are outlined, the teaching and research market is discussed, and several proposals to ease constraints are presented and analyzed for feasibility. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Faculty, Economic Change, Educational Finance
Ministry of Advanced Education, 2005
In the spring of 2005, the Ministry of Advanced Education on behalf of the 22 Central Data Warehouse participating institutions, the Ministry of Education, and the BC Universities signed an agreement to establish a formal mechanism that protects individual privacy while enabling the exchange of personal information between the parties for the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Articulation (Education)
Council of Ontario Universities, Toronto. – 1996
The purpose of this compendium is to provide consistent and accurate statistical and graphical information on the Ontario (Canada) university system. The compendium consists of seven sections: (1) Ontario population data with population projections 1986-2021, median income by educational attainment 1985-1994, and unemployment rates by educational…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Demography, Educational Facilities, Educational Finance