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The first five years project – a cohort study of students awarded NSFAS loans in the first five years 2000-2004

Villiers, Pierre de; Wyk, Chris van; Berg, Servaas van der - Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en … - 2013

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The financial distress of public sector entities. Evidence from Italian public universities

Bisogno, Marco; Citro, Francesca; Tommasetti, Aurelio - In: International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and … 10 (2014) 2, pp. 203-227

The paper investigates the financial condition of Italian universities, focusing on cash- and budget-level solvency as …), organisational factors (which refer to the performance evaluation of the strategic mission of universities, such as research and … evaluating the financial viability of Italian universities, characterised by high flexibility and feasibility. We found that …

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Twenty years later and the socialist heritage is still kicking: The case of Russia

Ofer, Gur - 2010

Only recently, 20 years after transition to a market system, has Russia regained a similar production level it had achieved on the eve of transition in 1991. This may sound surprising, given its low productivity under central planning which dropped even lower during the last decades, and the...

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Higher education corruption in Ukraine as reflected in the nation’s media

Osipian, Ararat - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

This paper considers corruption in higher education in Ukraine as reflected in the national media, including such aspects as corruption in admissions to higher education institutions and corruption in administering the newly introduced standardized test. The major focus is on the opinions of the...

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Corruption in Russia’s Doctoral Education

Osipian, Ararat - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

Doctorates have long attracted attention of those aspiring to scholarship and research, but also those seeking verbal distinctions and a documented knowledge. Doctoral degrees are considered as signs of a high level expertise and authority in a given filed. The growing number of dissertation...

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Transforming University Governance in Ukraine: Collegiums, Bureaucracies, and Political Institutions

Osipian, Ararat - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

universities. This paper states that there is no one right prescription for changing governance in Ukraine’s universities, because … and content. It proposes different approaches to the different types of the universities, considering universities as … reforming universities. …

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Corruption in Russian Higher Education as Reflected in the Media

Osipian, Ararat - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

This paper considers corruption in higher education in Russia as reflected in the national media, including such aspects as corruption in admissions to higher education institutions and corruption in administering the newly introduced standardized test. The major focus is on the opinions of the...

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Impact of educational financing on the social mobility of university graduates: An analysis using regression discontinuities

Hernández Medina, Patricia; Ramírez Torres, Gabriel; … - In: Revista de Métodos Cuantitativos para la Economía y … 37 (2024), pp. 1-27

The aim of this research was to evaluate the impact of the financial aid programme at a private university in Venezuela on the outcome variables of post-graduation or social mobility, such as remuneration at the time of graduation and at present, and the probability of entering the labour...

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Public Higher Education Costs and College Enrollment

Delaney, Taylor; Marcotte, Dave E. - 2022

How have changes in the costs of enrolling full-time at public two- and four-year colleges affected student decisions about whether and where to enroll in college? Using local differences in the growth of tuition at community colleges and public four-year colleges we study the impact of public...

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Determinants of Financial Literacy among German Students: An Empirical Analysis

Riebe, Katharina - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 89 (2020) 4, pp. 39-53

Financial literacy is very important for social participation. This paper presents an empirical evaluation of the determinants of financial literacy among students at a German university. An additional goal is the identification of gender differences in respect to financial literacy. The...

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