This paper examines the degree of elitism of public education under two different social objectives. It illustrates a potential conflict between welfare and social mobility. In the absence of private supplementary education, utilitarian welfare increases with the degree of elitism of the public education system. On the other hand, elitism decreases the steady state proportion of heterogenous dy...

The rapid development of the undergraduate major in public health over the past 15 years has led to a debate about the most appropriate framing for the degree. Should it be viewed as a liberal education degree (akin to academic disciplines such as psychology and political science) or as a professional training degree (akin to disciplines such as nursing and management)? This paper presents an o...

This paper shows that the design of education policy involves a potential conflict between welfare and social mobility. We consider a setting in which social mobility is maximized under the least elitist public education system, whereas welfare maximization calls for the most elitist system. We show that when private education is available, the degree of elitism that maximizes social mobility i...

Au tor za ko res pon den ci ju/Corresponding aut hor: Josip Božić, General Hospital Varaždin, Department of Anesthesiology reanimation and intensive healing, Ivana Meštrović bb, 42000 Varaždin, Croatia • Tel: +385-42-393 o39 • Fax:+385-42-393 041 • Mob: +385-91-48 67 121 • E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Received March 17th 2013; Accepted January 24th 2014; Epiduralna ana...

The University of South Florida's College of Public Health has been in existence since 1984. After many years of only offering a public health minor, a Bachelors of Science in Public Health was offered. This article explores the creation, development, scheduling, and lessons learned of this degree.