Transparency and Quality in Higher Education Markets

Dill, David D.; Soo, Maarja

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“…The problem is caused by a well-known weakness of markets in higher education. In the higher education sector, quality and cost-efficiency of education can be ensured through a market only if there is transparent information about learning outcomes (see Dill and Soo 2004). Measuring quality of education and learning outcomes is a great challenge in higher education.…”

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University studies as a side job: causes and consequences of massive student employment in Estonia

2010

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Student employment is increasingly common in many countries. Compared to earlier decades, not only more students work but they also work longer hours. Among European countries Estonia is one of the clear ''leaders'' in student employment. This study uses survey data from 2,496 students in Estonian public and private universities to examine the reasons for working on such a massive scale and its consequences on academic success. The results show that, unlike in most other countries, Estonian students from more privileged families are as likely to work as students from poorer families and they are even more likely to have a full-time job. Furthermore, working seems to have only a marginal negative effect on academic progress. These results seem to support the theory that in Eastern European countries student employment has become a signal of students' capabilities and ambition, and that relatively low academic standards contribute to the strength of the signaling mechanism. A long-term solution to student employment would require changes in quality standards, student financing, alternative higher education opportunities, and perceptions of students, employers, and academics.

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University studies as a side job: causes and consequences of massive student employment in Estonia

2010

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“…Some of them have been experimenting with market-type mechanisms to force their institutions to compete via outstanding performance for both students and funding through fees and a research grant (Dill & Soo, 2004). Furthermore, government flow grant to institutions where performance manifested, with good research output and high placement in ranking (Altbach & Balan, 2007).…”

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New Tools for Measuring Global Academic Performance

2018

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The study is on performance measurement in academia. It aims at developing and validating the measurement scale for the performance of higher institutions. The items were developed based on the extant literature. Data were collected via an online survey in which a questionnaire link was sent to 269 vice chancellors/presidents of the sampled universities. A total of 133 responses were retrieved at the end of the data collection period. This study used proportionate random sampling for sample selection. The goodness of measures was checked via field experts, academicians, and data analysis with SPSS. Overall, the alpha coefficient was .974. The outcome of exploratory factor analysis (EFA) exposed all factors loaded more than 0.50. The results revealed that the instrument was reliable and valid. Hence, the instrument developed was suitable to be used in examining the performance of higher institutions.

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“…In those market situations, the fear on the demand side may lead to a failure of transactions taking place (as in the classic Akerloff's model of the market for used cars in the US -see Akerloff (1970)), since higher education is normally considered an experience good and that means that candidates need to take a decision without having full knowledge about its educational option. As Dill and Soo (2004) have extensively analysed, the higher education market is particularly vulnerable to those informational failures and that affects negatively the trust that potential candidates have about institutions and vice-versa. Hence, the existence of publicized and reliable assessments of each program and institution helps both applicants but also institutions to know from where the applicants are coming from.…”

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The Tortuous Ways of the Market: Looking at the European Integration of Higher Education from an Economic Perspective

Teixeira

2013

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European Higher education is facing times of significant change that has been affecting its identity and the political expectations regarding its societal roles. At the European level this has been fostered by a trend that increasingly regarded higher education as a tool for economic and social development. Hence, we have seen a reconfiguration of the sector alongside market rules, often through policy initiatives and government intervention. In this text we reflect about these developments by focusing in the emergence of a more integrated higher education area increasingly shaped by market forces and economic rationales. We reflect about the emerging and potential effects of greater integration in the European Higher Education Area.

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Transparency and Quality in Higher Education Markets

Cited by 76 publications

References 54 publications

University studies as a side job: causes and consequences of massive student employment in Estonia

University studies as a side job: causes and consequences of massive student employment in Estonia

New Tools for Measuring Global Academic Performance

The Tortuous Ways of the Market: Looking at the European Integration of Higher Education from an Economic Perspective

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