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Szuwarzynski, Andrzej – Higher Education Quarterly, 2019
This paper proposes a benefit of the doubt (BoD) approach to assess the research performance of 37 public Australian universities based on data from 2015. The primary activities of Higher Education institutions are teaching and research, but the prestige of a university depends mainly on the results of its research activities. The BoD method is…
Descriptors: State Universities, Foreign Countries, Institutional Evaluation, Reputation
Douglass, John; Thomson, Gregg – Higher Education Quarterly, 2012
One sees various efforts in developed as well as in developing economies to seek a greater participation of lower-income students in their nation's leading universities. Once lower-income students do enroll in a highly selective institution, what happens to them? How well do they do academically when compared to their more wealthy counterparts?…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Research Universities, Economically Disadvantaged, Academic Achievement
Agasisti, Tommaso; Dal Bianco, Antonio; Landoni, Paolo; Sala, Alessandro; Salerno, Mario – Higher Education Quarterly, 2011
This paper investigates the efficiency of university departments in science, technology and medicine in an Italian Region (Lombardy). The aim of the paper is twofold: (i) to analyse the changes in productivity in recent years (from 2004 and 2007); and (ii) to detect factors that are potentially affecting efficiency. The research benefited from a…
Descriptors: Grants, College Faculty, Efficiency, Productivity
Beale, Andrew; Blackaby, David; Mainwaring, Lynn – Higher Education Quarterly, 2008
Using data on the patent portfolios of UK universities, the paper compares the levels of patenting activity (filings), success (grants) and quality (patents with commercial co-assignees and patent citations) at Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish institutions. Patent activity, per researcher, in Wales is on a par with that in Scotland and about…
Descriptors: Intellectual Property, Technology Transfer, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis
Nicholls, Miles G. – Higher Education Quarterly, 2007
The paper proposes a metric, the research quality index (RQI), for assessing and tracking university research quality. The RQI is a composite index that encompasses the three main areas of research activity: publications, research grants and higher degree by research activity. The public availability of such an index will also facilitate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evaluation Methods, Grants, Benchmarking
Yizengaw, Teshome – Higher Education Quarterly, 2007
Higher education participation in Ethiopia is very low (about 1.5 per cent) and is the major source of the critical shortage of educated and skilled human resource. The higher education system in Ethiopia is moving away from exclusive and dismally low enrolments towards increasing participation. To expand access, to redress inequitable subsidies…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Income, Grants, Tuition
Pennell, Hazel; West, Anne – Higher Education Quarterly, 2005
This article explores some recent research evidence on the possible impact of the higher education reforms in England on participation by students from lower socio-economic backgrounds. The evidence is examined in terms of costs, debt and term-time working. Financial issues have been shown to constrain choice of institution and place of study for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Grants, Family Characteristics