Lessons from the Expansion of the Upper Secondary Education for the Expansion of the Tertiary Education

Beblavý, Miroslav; Veselková, Marcela; Pensiero, Nicola; Peterson, Elin; Thum, Anna-Elisabeth; Toubeau, Simon

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“…Bratti and de Blasio (2008) provide evidence for Italy. Beblavy et al (2012) provide evidence for increasing enrolment in tertiary education in Germany, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Spain, the United Kingdom and Sweden 5 . In Figure 1 we show enrolment rates in tertiary education in the UK.…”

Section: Enrolment In Higher Educationmentioning

confidence: 89%

“…To make things interesting though we assume that r 1 is large enough so that the rank of the university at t = 1 is above the threshold R set by the authorities; this condition is formally stated and discussed below. 9 At any t 2 the requirements, r t , are chosen by the university so as to maximize the pool of students, N t , within the quota assigned by the authorities. Implicit in this is the idea that the larger the number of students, the larger the funding that the university obtains, either on a public or on a private basis.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Beblavy et al (2012) de…ne an expansion of education that passes the 80 percent threshold as 'universalisation' 5. The graphs show net or gross enrollment rates in tertiary education.…”

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Does the Growth in Higher Education Mean a Decline in the Quality of Degrees? The Role of Economic Incentives to Increase College Enrolment Rates

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In this paper we construct a theory about how the expansion of higher education could be associated with several factors that indicate a decrease in the quality of degrees. We assume that the expansion of tertiary education takes place through three channels, and show how they are likely to reduce average study time, academic requirements and average wages, and inflate grades.First, universities have an incentive to increase their student body through public and private funding schemes beyond a level where they can keep their academic requirements high. Second, due to skill-biased technological change, employers have an incentive to recruit staff with a higher education degree. Third, students have an incentive to acquire a college degree due to employers' preferences for such qualifications, the university application procedures and through the growing social value placed on education.We develop a parsimonious dynamic model in which a student, a college and an employer repeatedly make decisions about requirement levels, performance and wage levels. Our model shows that if i) universities have the incentive to decrease entrance requirements, ii) employers are more likely to employ staff with a higher education degree and iii) all types of students enrol in colleges, the final grade will not necessarily induce weaker students to study more to catch up with more able students. In order to re-establish a quality-guarantee mechanism, entrance requirements should be set at a higher level. CEPS Working Documents are intended to give an indication of work being conducted within CEPS' research programmes and to stimulate reactions from other experts in the field. The opinions expressed in this document are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of CEPS.

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“…Bratti and de Blasio (2008) provide evidence for Italy. Beblavy et al (2012) provide evidence for increasing enrollment in tertiary education in Germany, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Spain, the United Kingdom and Sweden 6 . In Figure 1 we show enrollment rates in tertiary education in the United Kingdom.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…The employer employs only students with high skills 9 . He or she is modelled based on a screening model (Stiglitz 1975;Rothschild and Stiglitz 1976;Arrow 1973 andWiles 1974)an education economic model in which the employer is mainly interested in high educational attainment when making hiring decisions on a potential employee.…”

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Expansion of Higher Education and Declining Quality of Degrees

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Teteryatnikova²,

Thum³

2013

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