StateChurch: Bringing Religion to Public Higher Education

Religion and Higher Education Achievement in Europe

Student Transfer in California Public Higher Education

This paper provides a brief history of student transfer from California community colleges to baccalaureate-granting institutions, and includes recent data on how the University of California (UC) and the California State University (CSU) are meeting the 60:40 upper division to lower division student ratio called for in SB 121 (Statutes of 1991, Chapter 1188). In particular, it addresses past l...

Does Public Funding for Higher Education Matter?

Zhang is an assistant professor of higher education at the University of Minnesota and a faculty associate at the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute (CHERI). He thanks Ronald Ehrenberg for his insightful comments on an early draft of the paper. Of course, full responsibility rests with the author. 1 Abstract This study uses panel data to examine the direct link between state funding an...

Bringing Social Responsibility to Higher Education – A Case Study on Students’ Perceptions in Portugal

This paper analyses students’ perceptions on issues related to Social Responsibility in relation to a Marketing degree in a Portuguese university. The aim of this paper is to explore how students perceive Social Responsibility related concepts. It is of interest how they make sense of it when these topics are discussed within the confines of the marketing discipline and how they understand the ...

1 Education and Religion

In the United States, religious attendance rises sharply with education across individuals, but religious attendance declines sharply with education across denominations. This puzzle is explained if education both increases the returns to social connection and reduces the extent of religious belief, and if beliefs are closely linked to denominations. The positive effect of education on social c...