Higher education between government policy and free market forces: The case of Israel

Cohen, Erez; Davidovitch, Nitza

doi:10.14254/2071-789x.2015/8-1/20

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“…Similar trends could also be observed in other countries, e.g. Israel (Cohen & Davidovitch, 2015). Assessment of the activities performed by public universities can be achieved using various perspectives.…”

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confidence: 70%

Intangible assets disclosed by public universities in Czech Republic

Hasprová¹,

Brabec²,

Rozkovec³

2018

Journal of International Studies

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The process of scientific outcomes' evaluation used for the purposes of financing research institutions in Czech Republic is quite complicated and often unpredictable. The conditions under which scientific outcomes are evaluated often change ex post, thus causing significant problems to researchers. Therefore, the aim of this article is to propose a new methodology for evaluation of scientific outcomes in Czech Republic. The research compares two different methods of scientific outcomes' assessment applied by Czech public universities-the methodology of the Section for Science, Research and Innovation (SSRI) of the Government of Czech Republic and the requirements of Czech accounting legislation. More specifically, the number of scientific outcomes evaluated according to the SSRI is compared with the amount of intangible assets disclosed in their financial statements for the years 2008-2015. For this purpose, the multiple regression analysis is used. The results of this research confirm that the methodology used by the SSRI may, under certain conditions, be replaced by the amount of intangible assets disclosed according to the requirements of Czech accounting legislation. Generally speaking, despite having some weaknesses, accounting requirements seem to provide more stable results when evaluating scientific outcomes than the methodology used by the SSRI.

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Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 70%

Intangible assets disclosed by public universities in Czech Republic

Hasprová¹,

Brabec²,

Rozkovec³

2018

Journal of International Studies

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“…Indeed, Figure 4 below shows a rising trend in the number of lawyers and notaries in Israel from the early 1990s to the present. This trend has had conspicuous implications for the legal profession in Israel, including the diminishing prestige of the profession, reduced employment terms in this field, and even a drop in the quality of those engaged in the profession (Cohen & Davidovitch, 2015). Therefore, it seems that the growing demand for law studies in Israel was not in response to the supply of jobs, rather resulted from social factors related to the desire to obtain a lucrative profession with a high social image.…”

Section: The Demand For Law Studies Versus the Supply Of Jobs In The mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As a result of this reform, Israel's system of higher education changed completely and since the early 1990s the universities have been supplemented by many colleges, forming a more extensive and open structure of higher education that includes a wide range of disciplines. As a result, the system of higher education doubled in size in only one decade, with the high demand for academic studies and the opening of new institutions of higher education joining to create a different reality that constitutes a new point of balance between supply and demand (Cohen & Davidovitch, 2015). The effects of these two trends on the Israeli labor market on one hand and on the local system of higher education on the other will be presented in the Findings chapter.…”

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confidence: 99%

Public Policy for Regulating the Interaction between Labor Market Supply and Higher Education Demand - Israel as a Case Study

Cohen¹

2018

IJHE

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The global labor market in general and the Israeli market in particular have been experiencing considerable changes in recent decades, affecting the supply of jobs in various occupations. There seems to be an association between changes in the supply of jobs in the labor market and shifts in the demand for higher education. Examination of two case studies in the Israeli economy shows a bidirectional interaction between the labor market and the system of higher education. In one case, the growing supply of jobs in the field of computers and engineering was found to result in an increasing demand for academic education in this discipline. In the second case, the growing demand for academic education in law resulted in a flooded labor market in this industry with bad effects for the industry. The public policy formed in Israel to regulate the labor market and the system of higher education is aimed at the short term and makes do with examining actual circumstances retrospectively and attempting to improve them by directing students to various disciplines in order to meet the needs of the labor market or correct its failures. It does not, however, examine future trends and try to identify prospective needs and faults that can be predicted in the present.Further to these studies and in contrast to them, the current study focuses on an examination of public policy regulating the interaction between changes in the supply of jobs in various occupations within the Israeli labor market from the beginning of the current century and shifts in demand for higher education in these disciplines during this period. The study has four goals: First, to establish the interaction between trends concerning changes in

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“…What is important nowadays is that higher education is considered crucial for economic development and building a welfare state being its part and precondition (Kwiek, 2006; United Nations, OECD, World Economic Forum documents). The economic growth is boosted by the effective education and development of the upcoming management workforce across Europe (O'Leary, 2015), and free market should be an important actor affecting the trends of demand and supply (Cohen & Davidovitch, 2015). The idea of diversification of the public funding in higher education by introducing the schemes of student loans is promoted by experts of the World Bank (Salmi, 2003).…”

Section: The Overview Of the Public Higher Education Funding Models: mentioning

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The mechanism of higher education funding in Ukraine: nationwide and local perspective

Degtyarova

Hryhorash

Chentsov

2018

Investment Management and Financial Innovations

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Despite positive transformations in higher education in Ukraine since 2014 when a new Law was introduced, the system of public funding still remains a highly centralized and strongly budgetary dependent based on the state planning methods, which in the situation of lack of resources becomes more imbalanced and inefficient.The current system of allocation of the “state order for training the specialists with higher education” does not ensure an equal and fair competition among top 10 universities and the rest, especially regional, and the system cannot guarantee state-funded places to all applicants with high results of the External Independent Testing exams. At the same time, only a small share of graduates work on the specialty they acquired. The situation on the labor market does not encourage graduates to be employed in public institutions, which is harmful for the public sector of economy, especially in the regions. It proves that the system of distribution and allocation of government funding between higher education institutions in Ukraine needs urgent reforming.The objective is to analyze the current system of higher education funding in Ukraine in its national dimension and local perspective, and to develop proposals for its improvement, considering the selected good practices and using the following methods: literature analysis, method of retrospective analysis to research budgetary expenditures, determining the Net Present Value for calculating the government cost. Finally, a feasible proposal to reform the mechanism of public higher education funding was developed.

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Higher education between government policy and free market forces: The case of Israel

Cited by 8 publications

References 11 publications

Intangible assets disclosed by public universities in Czech Republic

Intangible assets disclosed by public universities in Czech Republic

Public Policy for Regulating the Interaction between Labor Market Supply and Higher Education Demand - Israel as a Case Study

The mechanism of higher education funding in Ukraine: nationwide and local perspective

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