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Quintero-Fragozo, Camilo; Cortés, Yasna; Sarrias, Mauricio – Journal of Education Policy, 2023
This study analyzes the effect of spatial competition on public schools' efficiency in Chile, an extreme case of market-oriented reforms in the educational sector. To address this issue, we use a measure of competition that captures three major characteristics of market competition in a spatial context: the number of competitors, based on distance…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Public Schools, Efficiency
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Sampaio, Marta; Leite, Carlinda – Educational Research, 2021
Background: In Portugal, educational policies have been implemented to ensure students' entitlement to equality of opportunity in terms of school access and school quality. Hence, questions about how school quality is assessed, and the relationship between school evaluation and equity, are of high importance. Purpose: This small-scale study…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Educational Quality, Educational Policy, Intervention
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Leonnard – Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science, 2019
We examine the effect of e-service quality through E-S-QUAL dimensions of efficiency, fulfilment, system availability, and privacy on e-trust, e-satisfaction and loyalty of students from public and private universities in Jakarta, Indonesia. A total of 304 undergraduates was employed as respondents, and the hypotheses were tested using Structural…
Descriptors: Correlation, Electronic Learning, Student Attitudes, Private Colleges
Office of Inspector General, US Department of Education, 2021
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) Office of Inspector General (OIG) annual plan identifies the audits, inspections, and other activities that the OIG intends to undertake to assist the Department in fulfilling its responsibilities to America's citizens and students. OIG's FY 2022 Annual Plan details the assignment areas and resources…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Public Agencies, Resources, Resource Allocation
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Hruška, Ing. Zdenek – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2018
Teaching of accounting is specific due to its frequently updated content, because Czech legal regulations significantly change annually, either because of the legislative or harmonization modifications, hence there is a need to constantly seek new ways to ensure a good quality of teaching in the efficient education process. The paper is based on…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Quality, Instructional Innovation, Accounting
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Andersson, C.; Antelius, J.; Månsson, J.; Sund, K. – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2017
This study investigates technical efficiency and productivity for Swedish higher education institutions (HEIs). One identified problem in previous research concerns adjusting efficiency scores for input quality. This problem is avoided using grades from upper-secondary schools. A second problem concerns heterogeneity with respect to subjects and…
Descriptors: Efficiency, Productivity, Higher Education, Statistical Analysis
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Lane, Andy – Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2014
A number of visual models have been proposed to help explain the interplay and interactions between specified components of higher education systems at different levels and to take account of emerging trends towards open education systems. At sector and institutional levels the notion of an iron triangle has been posited, linking firstly access,…
Descriptors: Models, Higher Education, Educational Trends, Correlation
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Megeid, Nevine Sobhy Abdel – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2014
E-learning provides opportunities for developing countries like Egypt that expect a promising future in its educational process from the use of modern information and communication technologies. The aim of this research is to investigate and identify factors that influence the use of e-learning in accounting education and to assess students'…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Blended Learning, Accounting, Comparative Analysis
OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2010
One of the ultimate goals of policy makers is to enable citizens to take advantage of a globalised world economy. This is leading them to focus on the improvement of education policies, ensuring the quality of service provision, a more equitable distribution of learning opportunities and stronger incentives for greater efficiency in schooling.…
Descriptors: Trend Analysis, Achievement Gap, Student Attitudes, Reading Habits
OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2010
One of the ultimate goals of policy makers is to enable citizens to take advantage of a globalised world economy. This is leading them to focus on the improvement of education policies, ensuring the quality of service provision, a more equitable distribution of learning opportunities and stronger incentives for greater efficiency in schooling.…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Academic Achievement, Global Approach, International Education
OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2010
One of the ultimate goals of policy makers is to enable citizens to take advantage of a globalised world economy. This is leading them to focus on the improvement of education policies, ensuring the quality of service provision, a more equitable distribution of learning opportunities and stronger incentives for greater efficiency in schooling.…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Academic Achievement, Global Approach, Socioeconomic Background
OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2010
One of the ultimate goals of policy makers is to enable citizens to take advantage of a globalised world economy. This is leading them to focus on the improvement of education policies, ensuring the quality of service provision, a more equitable distribution of learning opportunities and stronger incentives for greater efficiency in schooling.…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Policy Analysis, Human Capital, Educational Finance
Bjorklund, Anders; Clark, Melissa A.; Edin, Per-Anders; Fredriksson, Peter; Krueger, Alan B. – Russell Sage Foundation, 2006
A large central government providing numerous public services has long been a hallmark of Swedish society, which is also well-known for its pursuit of equality. Yet in the 1990s, Sweden moved away from this tradition in education, introducing market-oriented reforms that decentralized authority over public schools and encouraged competition…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Commercialization, Program Evaluation, Administrative Organization