Economics of Education
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Higher Education in a Global Society
Edited by D. Bruce Johnstone, Madeleine B. d’Ambrosio, Paul J. Yakoboski
‘Higher Education in a Global Society should be of tremendous practical value to deans and provosts contemplating an international partnership or program. Written in a most accessible style by a combination of higher education scholars a...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Educating Economists
Edited by David Colander, KimMarie McGoldrick
‘This volume is an excellent outcome of an American Economic Association Committee for Economic Education project aimed at advancing the teaching of economics within a liberal arts context. Dave Colander and KimMarie McGoldrick assembled...eBook:Find out more$45.60
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![The Making of a European Economist]()
The Making of a European Economist
David Colander
‘The book is fascinating to read not only by someone like me who is not really an economist, but has been close to the field and has been teaching students of economics for a long time, but mainly by policymakers both in the field of hig...eBook:Find out more$42.40
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School Accountability, Autonomy and Choice Around the World
Ludger Woessmann, Elke Luedemann, Gabriela Schuetz, Martin R. West
‘. . . the book is a valuable contribution to the literature by thoroughly analyzing the PISA 2003. Its analysis will be very important to future students and researchers as more international data sets become available to researchers.’ ... -
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![The ‘Woman Question’ and Higher Education]()
The ‘Woman Question’ and Higher Education
Edited by Ann Mari May
‘The interdisciplinary mix of sharp commentary and scholarship has the potential to invigorate and reawaken debate on why women aren’t advancing faster in academia and the role of theoretical, social, and institutional bias in perpetuati...eBook:Find out more$49.60
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Discussing Economics
Michael K. Salemi, W. L. Hansen
‘Teaching economics is the most important job that economists do. Thus it is nice to see a book devoted to teaching written by two economists who have played an important role in advancing the teaching of economics throughout the profess...eBook:Find out more$47.20
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Teaching Economics
Edited by William E. Becker, Michael Watts, Suzanne R. Becker
This fascinating sequel to the 1998 Teaching Economics to Undergraduates provides more alternatives to the lecture and chalkboard approach that dominates university economics teaching. Distinguished contributing authors provide a wide ra...eBook:Find out more$42.40
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Recruitment, Retention and Retirement in Higher Education
Edited by Robert L. Clark, Jennifer Ma
‘This book enlightens the reader about two important policy issues, health care provision and retirement plans, by addressing both broad macro issues and specific concerns of higher education administrators. Such content is both valuable...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Cost Control, College Access, and Competition in Higher Education
Robert E. Martin
‘The book provides an interesting blend of conceptual, theoretical, methodological and empirical aspects on costs of higher education that are key to understanding how higher education institutions operate. The author examines in detail ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Globalization and Marketization in Education
Ka-Ho Mok, Jason Tan
‘Education is a key component in international competitiveness, at the same time it is potentially vulnerable to the forces of globalization and internationalization. Professors Mok and Tan, in their intriguing analysis of school educati...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Human Capital Over the Life Cycle
Edited by Catherine Sofer
‘This book makes a novel contribution to economics of education in several key respects. It highlights a broad number of crucial factors over the individual’s life cycle that underlie inequalities in education and in the labour market. ....eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Incentives to Improve Education
Robert McMeekin
‘Robert McMeekin’s book provides a unique and highly readable analysis of the combined effects of rewards, competition, and accountability on educational performance. . . A superb contribution to research and to public policy deliberatio...
