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Abolishing school fees in Malawi: the impact on education access and equity

Al-Samarrai, Samer; Zaman, Hassan - 2000

In 1994, the newly elected Government in Malawi abolished primary school fees. Using household survey data from 1990/91 and 1997/98 this paper assesses the impact this major policy change, combined with increased Government spending on education, has had on access to schooling by the poor. This...

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The new Italian graduation system and the new institutions for raising university funds in Italy

Meacci, Ferdinando - 2008

The Italian university system has undergone two reforms in recent years. One has been introduced by the Ministerial … universities to establish university foundations (fondazioni universitarie) with the purpose to support their teaching and research … guidelines of the overarching Bologna Process, which encompasses 45 countries to date, the new university foundations were …

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Should for-profit schools be banned?

Chumacero, Romulo; Paredes, Ricardo - 2008

This paper uses different methods to evaluate the performance of students of public, subsidized, and private schools; distinguishing among for-profit and non-profit schools.

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Educating India’s poorest: A radical plan to attract private sector investment

Sreedharan, Ranjan - 2009

Despite its recent economic successes, India still has a vast underclass where children either do not go to school or, if they did, they are forced to drop out early. In this brief paper, I outline a new model to attract private sector investment into the education of India’s poorest and most...

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A Litmus Test of Academic Quality

Orkodashvili, Mariam - 2009

The paper discusses the major issues connected with the accreditation procedures in higher education system in the U.S. The questions raised are as follows: what are the reliable and credible indicators of quality instruction that could be measured in the process of accreditation of higher...

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Spellings Commission Report on Affordability and Access to Higher Education: changing demographics, economic crisis and investment in human capital

Orkodashvili, Mariam - 2009

The paper discusses report of The Spellings Commission for Future of Higher Education that was set up to look into the issues facing the higher education system in the U.S., outline the challenges and offer recommendations to tackle the problems. Most importantly, The Spellings Commission Report...

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Krise der Universitäten in Europa – was nun?

Tausch, Arno - 2010

Zukunft” (Vienna) in 1991, proposing full University democracy, implying free elections of the university governing bodies … "pillar" of a European university reform would imply stronger rewards for publications in peer-reviewed international journals …. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the continental European university has become the last bastion of the inefficient …

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Double – shift schooling and EFA goals: assessing economic, educational and social impacts

Orkodashvili, Mariam - 2009

The aim of the paper is to discuss the system of double-shift schooling and assess it from economic, social and educational angles referring to different cases from Sub-Saharan African countries. The paper makes an attempt to prove that despite certain challenges that it faces, the system of...

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Corruption in higher education: causes, consequences, reforms - the case of Georgia

Orkodashvili, Mariam - 2010

Certain cases from any single country might provide examples for consideration of corruption issues for other countries or regions. Corruption cases and the strategies of fighting them in Georgian flagship universities might be noteworthy and useful for other countries facing similar problems....

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IMPACT of Cash Transfer Programs on School Attendance and Child Poverty: An Ex-ante Simulation for Sri Lanka

KUMARA, Ajantha Sisira; PFAU, Wade Donald - 2010

For countries assessing whether to implement a cash transfer program, an ex-ante evaluation is vital to assess its potential impacts. This study simulates the impact of alternative cash transfer programs on school attendance and poverty among Sri Lankan children. We find that cash transfer...

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