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...

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...

This study is the first of a series of studies, collectively embodying a multiphase mixed methods design. The overall objective of these studies is to explore and address a variety of issues and features of the discipline of economics, particularly as they relate to and represent past present...

The Balanced Scorecard is a tool that has been imposed in degree teaching. But the requirements of 8 semesters long in the formation, makes several management tools are teaching at graduate level. This paper is a proposal for degree teaching, by the integration of Balanced Scorecard and...

The latest 2008 crisis has become a "proof" that the mainstream economics cannot avoid, or even predict, the economic meltdown. The teaching of conventional economics that tend to be homogenous and dominated by the new neoclassical synthesis is thought to be failed in predicting human behavior....

This article, deposited for archival purposes with Repec, contains the submission of the UK-based Association for Heterodox Economics (AHE) on the benchmarking of research assessment in economics in the UK, to a consultation organised by the Economics and Social Science Research Council (ESRC)...

The article describes the capabilities of the method of mathematical modeling for the implementation of professionally directed teaching mathematics. The author emphasizes the importance of the method of mathematical modeling to ensure the competency level of mathematical training of future...

The author examines the possibilities of the method of mathematical modeling in terms of preparing students for future careers. Stages of the method of mathematical modeling. The influence of the method for the formation of creative thinking in the process of teaching mathematics

The author investigates the problem of teaching students the modeling of economic processes in the course of mathematics. The methodological characteristics and examples of the use of different types of econometric models

The article discusses examples of balance models: a model of balance and diversified model of equilibrium prices. Describes the possibility of using mathematical models of the economy. Shows the use of the method of case studies in teaching students of economic high school