The NZ labour market is among the most flexible in the OECD, and outcomes for its young people have been among the best. However, labour-market opportunities are heavily determined by initial education, where New Zealand’s system is also successful and innovative in many ways. Average PISA...

This paper proposes and estimates a model of demand for and supply of graduations in tertiary education, which is then used to construct forward-looking scenarios for graduation rates by country. Consistent with evidence that economic returns to education have remained high in spite of rising...

The tertiary education system in Canada performs well in fostering a skilled workforce with generally good labour-market outcomes and is internationally recognised for its research contributions. Tertiary educational attainment is high, but participation rates will need to continue expanding to...

Following the burst of the dot-com bubble in 2000, scepticism about e-learning replaced over-enthusiasm. Rhetoric aside, where do we stand? Why and how do different kinds of tertiary education institutions engage in e-learning? What do institutions perceive to be the pedagogic impact of...

This second OECD review of Irelands educational policies reveals the significant progress that has been achieved since the 1960s and highlights current issues and problems, including the consequences of rapid social and economic change. It underlines several constraints that have weighed on the...

Mit der zunehmenden Öffnung des Bildungsmarktes im Tertiärbereich und der fortschreitenden Reduzierung der öffentlichen Aufwendungen für tertiäre Bildungsinstitutionen wird das strategische Vermögensmanagement für Universitäten und andere Bildungseinrichtungen immer wichtiger. Welche...