Regional favouritism and education development

the survey of the virtual higher education in iran and the ways of its development and improvement

این پژوهش با هدف "بررسی وضعیت موجود آموزش عالی مجازی در ایران و راههای توسعه و ارتقای آن " و با روش توصیفی-تحلیلی و پیمایشی صورت پذیرفته است. بررسی اسنادو مدارک موجود در زمینه آموزش مجازی نشان داد تعداد دانشجویان و مقاطع تحصیلی و رشته محل های دوره های الکترونیکی چندان مطلوب نبوده و از نظر کیفی نیز وضعیت شاخص خدمات آموزشی اساتید و وضعیت شبکه اینترنت در محیط آموزش مجازی نامطلوب است.

New technologies and innovation in higher education and regional development

According to the Academy of Finland and Tekes, the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation, there are two prominent driving forces in today’s global operating environment. Th e fi rst is the trend towards increasing mobility; the second is the growing interdependence of diff erent parts of the world, their increasing interaction and cooperation in the economy, production, social de...

Higher Education in Regional and City Development: Wroclaw, Poland

Strengthening the Relationship between Higher Education and Regional Economic Development

This paper analyzes the relationship between higher education institutions (HEIs) and regional economic development, focusing on the evolvement of various systems of higher education, and stressing that strengthening higher education is a key strategy for successful economic development. Further, this paper investigates and studies the crucial factors that enable certain national higher educati...

Favouritism and financial incentives: A natural experiment∗

Principals who exercise favouritism towards certain agents may harm those who are not so favoured. Other papers have produced evidence consistent with the presence of such favouritism but have been unable to consider methods for controlling it. We address this issue in the context of a natural experiment from English soccer, where one particular league introduced professional referees in 2001-0...