Over the past few years, education professionals have become more pragmatic in their approach to technology-based media by using it to augment traditional forms of teaching delivery, such as classroom instruction and text-based materials. This trend has led to the rise of the term Blended-learning, which comprises both electronic and face-to-face interaction, creating opportunities that were no...

Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) can be described as a container that encompasses strong knowledgeable minds and experienced individuals. It is one of the service sectors comprised of a huge number of individuals who are attached for life with Higher Education Institutions and possess resources of knowledge, experience and competency. These valuable resources are considered to be sources of...

This paper analyses the e¤ects of public funding of higher education on the welfare of the di¤erent agents. It takes into account the hierarchical nature of the educational system and also the fact that parents always have the possibility to complement basic public education with private expenditures in individual tutoring. It is obtained that although public funding implies a larger access to ...

Higher education has an important role to play in advocating environmentalism. Given this responsibility, the goal of higher education should therefore be to develop graduates with the knowledge, skills and values related to environmentalism. However, research indicates that there is a lack of consciousness amongst graduates on the need to be more environmentally aware, especially when it comes...