Political preferences and public funding of tertiary education during the economic crisis

Skrbinjek, Vesna; Šušteršič, Janez; Lesjak, Dušan

doi:10.1080/13583883.2017.1407958

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“…In Greek public schools, due to austerity measures, public expenditure on education was decreased, salaries were cut, hiring of new teachers was paused and workload was increased. Similar problems occurred in other EU countries during the economic crisis (Madureira, 2015;Skrbinjek et al, 2018aSkrbinjek et al, , 2018b).…”

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confidence: 60%

“…In Greece and in several other EU countries, the recent economic crisis resulted in severe reduction of public spending (Skrbinjek et al, 2018a(Skrbinjek et al, , 2018b. Over the ten years of the current economic crisis in Greece, teachers working in public schools faced unfavourable working conditions, characterised by staff shortages, relocations and salary cuts.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As a result of a dramatic drop of the national GDP, public expenditure on education was decreased, salaries were cut, hiring of new teachers was paused and workload was increased (Kalafati, 2012;Kalyva, 2013). Similar problems occurred in other EU countries during the economic crisis (Madureira, 2015;Skrbinjek et al, 2018aSkrbinjek et al, , 2018b. These problems create unfavourable working conditions compared to private schools, and can affect the level of job satisfaction (Dahler-Larsen and Foged, 2018).…”

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Perceived leadership style and job satisfaction of teachers in Public and Private Schools

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2021

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During a prolonged period of financial crisis in Greece, public administration has exhibited signs of deteriorating work conditions, erratic funding and low staff morale, creating unfavourable working conditions. The present work investigated the perceived leadership style and job satisfaction of teachers in public and private schools in the capital city of the region of Epirus in NW Greece. Job satisfaction was measured with the use of Warr-Cook-Wall job satisfaction scale. The MLQ 5X-Short was used to assess teachers' perception of leadership style. Compared to public schools, private school teachers exhibited higher level of job satisfaction. In both public and private schools, a transformational model of leadership prevailed followed by a transactional model of leadership with a significant higher score of transformational leadership prevailing in private schools. The results indicate that compared to public schools, the higher level of job satisfaction of private school teachers stems at least partially from differences in environmental factors such as work conditions and motivation by the school principal.

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2021

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“…In absolute terms, Eurostat data show that in European countries, public funding for R&D in higher education steadily increased in recent decades if expenditures are expressed per inhabitant and in euros that have the same purchasing power over the whole of the European Union (Figure 24.3). This leads us to conclude that the financial crisis after 2008 seems to have only had a limited impact on the institutions' research resources, except for countries like Greece and Spain (Skrbinjek and Lesjak, 2014). The data point to a distinction between three groups of countries in terms of their spending on higher education research: (1) medium-sized high-investing countries, including Switzerland, Norway, Finland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Austria and Denmark; (2) most large Western European countries, with a medium level of funding (Germany, France, the United Kingdom); and (3) central/eastern/southern European countries, characterized by a much lower level of public support to their universities' R&D. Only very few countries have over time managed to move from one group to another (Finland and Norway).…”

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The Funding of Research in Higher Education: Mixed Models and Mixed Results

Jongbloed¹,

Lepori²

2015

The Palgrave International Handbook of Higher Education Policy and Governance

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“…Theoretically, this vision might serve as a reason for the State and families to invest in higher education. Skrbinjek et al (2018) surveyed 29 European countries and concluded that the crisis had shrunk investment in higher education.…”

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Researching the Impact of the Economic Crisis on Student Life in Greece

Kouroutsidou¹,

Raptis²,

Karampelas

2020

IJLTER

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The present work explores the views of students in Greek Universities who have been impacted by the economic crisis in Greece since 2009. In the theoretical part, the economic crisis is considered a violent change that tends to be incorporated permanently into socioeconomic life, affecting public expenditure in tertiary education as well as family income and expenditure. These developments harm university studies, student life, and expectations of graduates for their future. The theoretical part ends with the formulation of three research axes about the extent to which the economic crisis affects (a) the socio-economic environment and family spending, (b) students' life at the university, and (c) students' perception of their future. In the empirical part, a series of questions along these axes are investigated quantitatively, through descriptive statistics using a questionnaire specially constructed for this research, which addressed to students. The sample comprised 300 university students. Their views seem to primarily support the hypothesis of the negative impacts of the economic crisis on families, studies, and expectations. The study ends with suggestions for further research.

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Political preferences and public funding of tertiary education during the economic crisis

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Perceived leadership style and job satisfaction of teachers in Public and Private Schools

Perceived leadership style and job satisfaction of teachers in Public and Private Schools

The Funding of Research in Higher Education: Mixed Models and Mixed Results

Researching the Impact of the Economic Crisis on Student Life in Greece

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