This paper studies how college major choices shape earnings and fertility outcomes. Using administrative data that link students' preferences, random assignment to majors, and post-college outcomes, we estimate the causal pecuniary and nonpecuniary returns to different fields of study. We...

Kenya has one of the fastest electrification rates in Sub-Saharan Africa. Despite the increase in electrification rates, rural and underserved regions remain a critical challenge requiring a cost-effective strategy that maximises the use of stand-alone and off-grid solutions. This paper uses the...

This paper estimates the causal effects of the Bologna Process reform in Italy, analyzing the impact of the introduction of the “3+2” degree structure at different stages of the educational system. We implement multiple Difference-in-Differences designs on a nationally representative dataset...

Do second chances at a high-stakes admission exam yield long-term gains? Leveraging fifteen years of Chilean administrative data and an RDD, we examine the causal effects of retaking on educational and labor market trajectories. Narrowly missing a preferred program cutoff triggers a 44% increase...

Research laboratories in universities face a complex challenge: they must manage multiple projects, diverse teams, and tight deadlines, often with limited resources. While the business world has long used agile and quality management tools to navigate such complexity, these methods are...

The growth of generative artificial intelligence (GAI), remarkably, Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, converts the educational environment by empowering intelligent, data-driven education and curriculum design innovation. This study aimed to assess the integration of LLMs into higher...

We study how faculty promotion decisions shape women's careers and the academic pipeline, using data from 4,000 Spanish university departments across all disciplines. We identify exogenous variation in promotions using the random assignment of evaluators to promotion committees between 2002 and...

This study examines how psychological safety (PS) relates to employees' innovation commitment (IC) in private higher education institutions (HEIs) in Egypt by specifying a learning-based mechanism and two enabling boundary conditions. Drawing on organizational learning theory and commitment...

In this paper, we show that gender gaps in performance observed in high-stakes exams, relative to low-stakes exams, are partially shaped by the context of exam preparation. We examine the role of exam preparation using data from French elite STEM higher education programs. First, we document a...

We provide the first national descriptive analysis of the economic value of Community College Baccalaureate (CCB) degrees by examining graduates' early-career earnings, the costs of completing these programs, and the alignment between field of study and subsequent employment. Using...

We investigate the effects of 4-year public historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) on social mobility of nearby Black and White children. To identify a causal effect, we use the historical fact that many HBCUs began as normal schools to train Black teachers, and we argue that the...

This study explores how digital and traditional marketing tools influence higher education students' career decision-making, satisfaction, and career commitment during students' educational trajectories in Iraq's rapidly expanding university sector. Using an explanatory sequential mixed-methods...

This study examines outcomes associated with a short-term intensive pedagogical experience aimed at developing social entrepreneurship competencies among university students at an Ashoka U-affiliated institution in Mexico. The program, Semana Tec de Agencia de Cambio, is a five-day experiential...

In this epoch of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), digital advancement, technological initiatives, and advancements, as well as their imperative role, have improved universities' performance and transformed business models, practices, and processes. This study aimed to systematically...

Students' university experience includes both academic and non-academic outcomes, which are shaped by the educational environment in which students interact. We refer to this environment as university climate and measure it along three dimensions: conformity to masculinity-related attitudes and...

The literature applying effectual logic to entrepreneurial activity is extensive. However, more effective research needs to be conducted to analyze international entrepreneurship in the specific context of academic spin-offs (ASOs). Prior research has mainly analyzed the effect of human capital...

This paper explores the post-grant phase of the Business Acceceleration for Youth (BA4Y) programme implemented at the Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST), highlighting the transition from grant-supported initiatives to institutionalised innovation education and business growth for...

This paper examines the impact of a reform aimed at expediting graduation times in Italian universities by reducing the number of exams students must pass in order to graduate. Using eventstudy estimates that leverage the reform's staggered implementation, we find that this policy led to an...

This paper examines how proposed U.S. restrictions on international students would affect the nation's STEM workforce and long-run economic growth. Focusing on the most common pipeline from U.S. universities to the labor market, we show that international education is the principal mechanism by...

The pursuit of disabled students' inclusion in higher education remains a significant global concern, particularly in developing nations where systemic and institutional barriers persist. Despite progressive legislative and policy frameworks promoting inclusive education, Kenyan and Pakistani...

Academic spin-offs (ASOs) are one of the main means of relationship between universities and the market. ASOs transform scientific research results into products, services, or processes that can be commercialized, promoting the transfer of technology between the academic and industrial sectors....

This article explores how Third Space Professionals in Mode 3 universities help bridge academic research and real-world application, fostering innovation, entrepreneurship, and social progress. They play a key role in mentoring early-career researchers, particularly by involving them in research...

This study examines administrative employees' perceptions of integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the administration of Greek public universities. Using a cross-sectional online questionnaire administered across three universities (N = 127), we map perceptions across five domains: (i)...

Despite several policies and legislation enactments to address gender inequality in the post-apartheid South African employment landscape, a significant proportion of female academics still face marginalization and underrepresentation in senior executive positions. This paper aims to investigate...

Increased competition in the higher education market is a key reason for higher education institutions (HEIs) to adopt marketing strategies to remain competitive. Branding is one of the strategies frequently used in this context. This study examines changes in university brand value perception...

Universities play a critical role in knowledge creation and technological innovation, serving as key drivers of regional development. However, existing research has paid limited attention to the mechanisms through which university innovation inputs translate into firm-level performance,...

The migration activity of students as one of the important factors of changes in the intellectual potential and economic development of countries requires a constant search for the causes and pull factors. To this end, our study analyses the impact of higher education quality factors. For this...

Introduction: Ethical climate theory traditionally conceptualizes organizational ethics as a set of distinct normative dimensions. However, recent evidence suggests that ethical perceptions may converge into a unified climate in culturally cohesive and institutionally regulated contexts. This...

This study critically explored the interconnected themes of entrepreneurial potential, sustainable entrepreneurship, and the evolving role of higher education. It highlighted the intellectual responsibility of universities in confronting two pressing entrepreneurial challenges: the insufficient...

Frauen sind auf Professuren nach wie vor unterrepräsentiert. In der Diskussion werden dafür häufig Benachteiligungen bei Berufungen genannt. Die aktuelle Forschung zeigt jedoch, dass dies heute nicht mehr der Fall zu sein scheint. Vielmehr bewerben sich promovierte Frauen in allen hier...

In Deutschland kam und kommt es an Hochschulen auch zu pro-palästinensischen Protesten in Form von Camps und Institutsbesetzungen. Bei vielen der Protestaktionen wurden antisemitische Vorfälle registriert. Der vorliegende Bericht liefert nach einer ersten Datenerhebung im Dezember 2023 eine...

Die Entwicklung der Künstlichen Intelligenz (KI) hat insbesondere bei Sprachmodellen große Fortschritte gemacht, die auch Auswirkungen auf Hochschulen haben. Hier wird über die bislang begrenzten Erfahrungen des Instituts für Organisationsökonomik an der Universität Münster hinsichtlich...

In unserem Beitrag setzen wir uns mit institutionellen Veränderungen im österreichischen Wissenschafts- und Universitätssystem unter dem Einfluss von New Public Management und Exzellenzpolitik auseinander. Wir nehmen besonders zwei Maßnahmen in Augenschein, die Metrisierung und...

We analyze the initial job-market matching of new US college graduates with a large-scale audit study conducted during 2016 and 2017, in which 36,880 résumés of college seniors were submitted to online job postings for business-related positions. We simulate the experience of US college...

This study proposes a hybrid decision-making framework integrating SWOT analysis, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), and Fuzzy Number Theory (FNT) to structure and evaluate stakeholder perspectives on experiential learning. Applied at Carleton University, the model prioritizes experiential...