Students’ Evaluations of Profit and Utility of Higher Education: A Comparative Case Study

Autor:	Pechenkina Tatiana, Yachmeneva Maria, Davidovitch Nitza, Pryamikova Elena, Lobova Elena, Semenova Tatiana
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Economic growth Higher education business.industry Comparative case Social change Economics Legislature Academic achievement Public relations Capitalism business Work experience Profit (economics)
Zdroj:	World Journal of Education. 3
ISSN:	1925-0754 1925-0746
DOI:	10.5430/wje.v3n1p23
Popis:	This paper reviews the recent turn toward a capitalist approach to higher education with specific reference to thesocial, demographic, and legislative changes, including growing academic capitalism, which led to a transformationin Israel’s higher education system. In an empirical comparative case study of students from Israel and Russia, thisstudy explores students’ assessments of profit and utility of an academic education and its value in the respectivelocal job markets. Findings confirm that students have adopted a capitalist approach to academic degrees, to whichuniversities and colleges have responded by incorporating major changes and effectively instituting a paradigmaticshift in the roles and mission of higher education.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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