Equity and Educational Performance

Educational Ergonomics: Educational Design and Educational Performance

Educational ergonomics is defined as that field of human factors/ergonomic science concerned with the interaction of educational performance and educational design. The premise of educational ergonomics is that student performance to a substantial degree is context specific---specialized in relation to specific design factors---and that ergonomic interventions directed at design improvements th...

PERFORMANCE ATTRIBUTION FOR EQUITY PORTFOLIOS Performance Attribution for Equity Portfolios

Many portfolio managers measure performance with reference to a benchmark. The difference in return between a portfolio and its benchmark is the active return of the portfolio. Portfolio managers and their clients want to know what caused this active return. Performance attribution decomposes the active return. The two most common approaches are the Brinson-Hood-Beebower (hereafter referred to ...

Private Equity and Industry Performance

The growth of the private equity industry has spurred concerns about its impact on the economy. This analysis looks across nations and industries to assess the impact of private equity on industry performance. We find that industries where private equity funds invest grow more quickly in terms of total production and employment, and appear less exposed to aggregate shocks. We perform a number o...

Access and Equity: Futures of an Educational Ideal

This paper offers an analysis of the concepts access and equity using CLA to highlight the complexity of the discourse and the nature of the contested conceptual space. An historical context is used to situate the discourse and place the tension between open ended and closed interpretations of these terms in their historicalcultural context. The social imaginary is applied to the field of socia...

Optimal Educational Investment: Domestic Equity and International Competition