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Gilead, Tal – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2013
In recent decades education is increasingly perceived as an instrument for generating economic growth and enhancing production. Unexpectedly, however, many prominent economists, throughout history, have rejected this view of education. This article examines the grounds on which Tibor Scitovsky, who was one of the leading economists of twentieth…
Descriptors: Economics, Educational Philosophy, Educational Theories, Economic Development
Bartolucci, Francesco; Pennoni, Fulvia; Vittadini, Giorgio – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2016
We extend to the longitudinal setting a latent class approach that was recently introduced by Lanza, Coffman, and Xu to estimate the causal effect of a treatment. The proposed approach enables an evaluation of multiple treatment effects on subpopulations of individuals from a dynamic perspective, as it relies on a latent Markov (LM) model that is…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Markov Processes, Longitudinal Studies, Probability
Azman, Norzaini; Sirat, Morshidi; Pang, Vincent – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2016
The future of Malaysia as a high-income and competitive nation largely depends on its pool of highly skilled human capital. Hence, the issue of human capital development has taken centre stage in numerous reform agendas of Malaysia. This paper seeks to provide examples of policy initiatives aimed at facilitating the management of highly educated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Human Capital, Talent Development, Higher Education
Gambin, Lynn; Hogarth, Terence – Accounting Education, 2016
Lack of progression to higher education amongst those who complete an Advanced Apprenticeship in England and the country's need for higher level skills led to the introduction of Higher Apprenticeships in 2009. Whilst Higher Apprenticeships would be expected to facilitate learner progression, the volume of these has remained low. In this paper,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accounting, Apprenticeships, Cost Effectiveness
Oketch, Moses – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2016
The purpose of this article is to discuss how best to finance higher education in low-income countries of sub-Saharan Africa, drawing on benefits and drawbacks of the prevalent models of higher education finance, and lessons to be learned from countries which have seen greater expansion of their higher education systems in recent decades. Two main…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Finance, Sustainable Development, Low Income
Nel Páez, Pedro; Teelken, Christine – Policy Futures in Education, 2016
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the recent developments in the higher education system of Colombia in order to illustrate how these encourage stratification between (types of) universities and their students. We do so by discussing propositions generated by human capital theory and apply them to the experiences of students and graduates…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Private Education, Educational Quality, Fear
Cheong, Kee-Cheok; Hill, Christopher; Leong, Yin-Ching – Journal of International and Comparative Education, 2016
Since gaining independence in 1957, the Federation of Malaya and now Malaysia has implemented education policies to broaden access, to unify an ethnically diverse population through a common curriculum and language, to enable the disadvantaged to catch up through affirmative action, and to build human capital as the country seeks to become an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Program Implementation, Educational Objectives
Hamilton, Gayle; Michalopoulos, Charles – MDRC, 2016
There is a longstanding debate about whether helping welfare recipients quickly find work or helping them to first obtain some basic education and training better improves their economic well-being. This brief contributes to the debate by presenting long-term findings from three sites in the seven-site National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work…
Descriptors: Welfare Recipients, Welfare Services, Education Work Relationship, Vocational Education
Kuzhabekova, Aliya; Almukhambetova, Ainur – European Educational Research Journal, 2017
Using a qualitative interview approach, this study analyzes the experiences of women in academic leadership positions in post-Soviet Kazakhstan. An exploration of the extent of the relevance of Western research on female academic leadership is used to explain the experiences of female leaders in Kazakhstan. The results of the study are consistent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Females, Teacher Leadership
Lundkvist, Marina; Nyby, Josefine; Autto, Janne; Nygård, Mikael – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
Universal public childcare for children under seven has been central in Finland since the mid-1990s, capacitating both gender equality and children's human capital and wellbeing. In 2015, as a further step in the development of this system, early learning and childhood pedagogy was strengthened through the early childhood education and care (ECEC)…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Foreign Countries
Albekov, Adam; Romanova, Tatyana; Vovchenko, Natalya; Epifanova, Tatyana – International Journal of Educational Management, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to study the factors which facilitate the increase of effectiveness of university education and determination of perspectives of their management for provision of maximization of effectiveness of university education by the example of modern Russia. Design/methodology/approach: The authors define the notion…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Universities, Postsecondary Education as a Field of Study
Albaek, Karsten – Education Economics, 2017
This paper analyses admission decisions when students from different high school tracks apply for admission to university programmes. I derive a criterion that is optimal in the sense that it maximizes the graduation rates of the university programmes. The paper contains an empirical analysis that documents the relevance of theory and illustrates…
Descriptors: College Admission, Graduation Rate, Admission Criteria, Higher Education
Finn, Chester E., Jr.; Manno, Bruno V.; Wright, Brandon L. – Journal of School Choice, 2017
This article probes ways in which the school-choice marketplace as it developed via chartering has not worked as well in practice as many had hoped. It includes reflection on the profoundly different operating principles and theories of action that separate the district and charter sectors in their pure forms. It also offers market-strengthening…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, School Choice, School Districts, Educational Change
Shannon, Elizabeth Ann; Pearson, Sue; Quinn, Wendy; Macintyre, Kate – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2017
Part-time postgraduate students make up a significant proportion of the student population, yet their experience remains poorly understood. In this article, a multi-phase, explanatory mixed-method study conducted within Tasmanian health and human services provides some answers. Students reported improved job performance, self-esteem and increased…
Descriptors: Human Services, Health Services, Part Time Students, Graduate Study
Brunello, Giorgio; De Paola, Maria – European Commission, 2017
This report reviews the economic literature investigating the effects of the share of immigrants in classes and schools on the school performance of immigrants and natives. The review is organized in four sections. In the first section, we document the recent expansion in the presence of immigrants in European schools, introduce a measure of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Segregation, Immigrants, Outcomes of Education