Bequests to Educational Institutions: Who Gives and Why?

Why Parents Play Favorites: Explanations for Unequal Bequests

Who gives good weight-loss advice to the obese?

According to a recent survey of 1873 obese (BMI at or above 30 kg/m) US adults, insufficient advice regarding weight loss is provided by health professionals. Among those visiting a physician during the year before the survey, only 39 % were advised to lose weight. This number is actually slightly lower than in a previous study. Those with a poorer health and with higher BMI were more frequentl...

"Our educational institutions have failed ..."

Neben den Hochschulen, als klassische Ausbildungsstätten für Informatiker mit jeweils unterschiedlicher Ausrichtung, sind eine große Zahl von kommerziellen Trainingsanbietern vorhanden. Meist werden in Weiterbildungskursen spezielle Themen aus dem IT-Bereich angeboten. Eine Tendenz ist derzeit zu erkennen, auch Grundlagenwissen in Kursen zu vermitteln. Ein dreistufiges Qualifizierungsprogramm i...

Who Wants to Deliberate - and Why?

Interest in deliberative theories of democracy has grown tremendously among political theorists over the last twenty years. Many scholars in political behavior, however, are skeptical that it is a practically viable theory, even on its own terms. They argue (inter alia) that most people dislike politics, and that deliberative initiatives would amount to a paternalistic imposition. Using two lar...

Business Intelligence in Educational Institutions

Thanks to the Information and Communication Technology (ICT), nowadays it is possible to access to a lot more quality information and faster too, but analyzing such an amount of information it is not a simple task for a human. However is in charge with their management suffers needs to make decisions based on their experience. Knowledge becomes a competitive advantage in the fundamental tool ma...