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Higher Education : Does Public Expenditure Increase Enrollment?

Bergh, Andreas; Fink, Guenther - 2009

This paper evaluates the effects of public education expenditure on student enrollment in tertiary education. We use a cross-section of 132 countries to demonstrate that public expenditure on primary and secondary education positively affects tertiary enrollment rates, while the generosity of...

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Towards Improving the Quality of Tertiary Education in Nigeria

Arojojoye, Adebola Peter; Abolaji, Victor - 2022

This policy brief provides a conceptual and contextual analysis of tertiary education in Nigeria. It outlines the vital role of tertiary institutions in the development of Nigeria's economy, the challenges that plague tertiary institutions in the country and recommendations on how to move to...

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Challenges to higher education in Canada and Australia

Beach, Charles M.; Milne, Frank - 2018

This paper provides an overview of the higher education sector in Canada, so it can serve as a comparison to that in Australia. It seeks to identify stresses and challenges to this sector in Canada. The study also seeks to offer possible lessons for the direction of higher education policy in...

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The economics of university dropouts and delayed graduation : a survey

Aina, Carmen; Baici, Eliana; Casalone, Giorgia; … - 2018

This survey organizes and discusses the theoretical and empirical literature on the determinants of university student … education. Accordingly, they decide whether to continue university studies in order to get a degree or to withdraw. This … university decisional process is discussed by clustering the determinants of university outcomes into four main categories …

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Substitution effects in college admissions

Gandil, Mikkel Høst - 2021

I show how local supply changes create ripple effects in a national educational market. Admitting an applicant to a program will free up a slot to be filled at her next-best alternative. To investigate such substitution effects I re-engineer the centralized admission system of the Danish...

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The economics of university dropouts and delayed graduation : a survey

Aina, Carmen; Baici, Eliana; Casalone, Giorgia; … - 2018

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Stochastic frontier analysis in higher education : a systematic review

Gralka, Sabine - 2018

This paper provides a systematic review of the literature that employs stochastic frontier analysis to measure the efficiency of higher education institutions. The overview opens with a look at the general development of the literature, before emphasis is laid on the methodical aspects. Focus is...

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Income-based scholarships and access to higher education

Strifezzi Leal, Guilherme; Choi, Álvaro - 2022

Financial aid to college students has been widely implemented by governments indeveloped and emerging economies in an attempt to reduce the entry barriers to highereducation (HE). Understanding the extent to which these policies enable access to HE is crucialin order to unravel the effectiveness...

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Risky college enrollment, dropout, and student debt forgiveness

Kaganovič, Michail I.; Zilcha, Itzhak - 2025

The paper analyzes the effects of two kinds of college education subsidies: unconditional tuition discounts and targeted forgiveness of student loans on student college enrollment and completion or dropout decisions. We focus on students’ imperfect knowledge of their academic ability at the...

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University Funding Reform, Competition and Teaching Quality

Kemnitz, Alexander - 2007

This paper explores the impact of university funding reform on teaching quality competition. It shows that a graduate …

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