Recent changes in higher education, especially associated with its massification, have led to calls for more accountability and to an increasing need to evaluate universities' performance. However, comparing universities with different subject mixes poses some significant problems. In this article, a linear mixed effect model methodology allowing for random effects at university level is used t...

public research universities. Unlike those others, however, the land grant universities also have responsibilities assigned to them by congressional legislation. Beginning with the Morrill Act, signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862, federally enacted legislation has specified several roles and responsibilities for land grant universities. When asking what these universities should be doin...

Evaluation of research activities of universities of Ukraine and Belarus: a set of bibliometric indicators and its implementation Vladimir Lazarev, Serhii Nazarovets and Alexey Skalaban Monitoring bibliometric indicators of University rankings is considered as a subject of a University library activity. In order to fulfill comparative assessment of research activities of the universities of Ukr...

In 2009, leading English research universities are facing cuts in their public research funding that make them reconsider their plans for future investment and quite some of them are taking action for cost cuttings. Universities’ leadership are quoted with statements like ‘‘potentially the biggest shift in research fuding policy for 20 years’’ and ‘‘it looks like the end of the road for researc...

science, access to the universities has never been restricted. Private universities are almost unknown in Germany; all others are funded and controlled by the states (16 states form the Federal Republic of Germany) in which they are located. Students don't have to pay anything but some minor fees for insurance etc. Though there are certainly differences in quality between the universities, thes...

This paper tries to examine and discuss the problems, challenges and Benefits of implementing ELearning in Nigeria by reviewing the consciousness and willingness of the selected Universities. This study also identifies the enabling factors, the traffic-jam and, forecasts the future growth of E-learning in Nigeria. Survey research method was adopted for the study, and questionnaire was the only ...

Improving operating efficiency is one objective of internal controls (IC). This paper investigates the relationship between IC implementation and operating efficiency of universities. Using data from questionnaire survey and from the field, this study measures IC implementation and applies data envelopment analysis to estimate operating efficiency of 99 universities in Taiwan. The results indic...

Using Community Innovation Survey data for Belgium we analyze which firm and industry characteristics are conducive to cooperation with universities. From a methodological perspective we consider that the decision to cooperate with universities cannot be analyzed in isolation from the overall innovation strategy of the firm. Cooperating with universities is complementary to other innovation act...

Universities nowadays face an increasing competition for high-potential students. As students rely on opinions of their peers when deciding for a study program, universities benefit from positive word-of-mouth (WoM). A good way to increase positive WoM is to establish a favorable reputation among their current students. Therefore, this study investigates reputational drivers with a focus on the...

Forschungsplattform Alexandria https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch | 22.12.2015 Due to the Bologna Declaration and the according procedures of performance management and output funding universities are undergoing organisational changes both within and across the universities. The need for an appropriate organisational structure and for efficient and effective processes makes the support through a c...