In Becker (1997), I called attention to economists' lack of interest in the teaching of economics and the plunging number of majors in economics within the United States. Six years later I reported on the growth in economists' interest in the teaching of economics and an apparent turnaround in the number of majors (Becker, 2003). For instance, when economics degrees were at a relative high of 2...

After independence in 1991, Uzbekistan became the master of its own way of economic and social development and had the task to construct a democratic state and open civil society, a socially-oriented market economy. All this entailed a radical reform of the education system in Uzbekistan. Education had to be reoriented towards meeting the common national interest and ensuring competitiveness in...

HIED 60093 VARIABLE TOPIC WORKSHOP IN HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION 1-6 Credit Hours (Slashed with HIED 70093) Variable topics; designed to respond to specialized needs of various groups with the contexts of trends, issues and problems in the various higher education disciplines. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Schedule Type: Workshop Contact Hours: 1-6 other Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatis...

Information integration plays an important role in academic environments since it provides a comprehensive view of education data and enables mangers to analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of education processes. However, the problem in the traditional information integration is the lack of personalization due to weak information resource or unavailability of analysis functionality. In this ...

OBJECTIVE Analysing Colombia's low birth weight pattern over a five-year period (2005 to 2009) and identifying the determinants and risk factors associated with such low birth weight rate. METHODS This was a retrospective descriptive study which used the information contained in live birth certificates. Ratios were calculated for each selected variable and a multivariate logistic regression m...

this paper explored the multiple relationships between intellectual capital (ic) and knowledge management (km) in an iranian university. for intellectual capital, three components were studied including: relational capital, structural capital and human capital. for knowledge management, five processes were considered, namely creation, acquisition, codification, sharing and application. the rela...

iran's health system is expanding the disaster and emergency higher education programs over the country to enhance the capacity of human resources for effective and efficient disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. in this article we present an overview about the initiatives and progress of disaster and emergency health higher education in iran. following the bam earthquake, i...

in addition to providing people with health care, medical science universities play a critical role in training skilled human forces required for different parts of the society. this calls for a constant review of medical staff and an attempt to eliminate the shortages. the aim of this study was to identify the barriers of electronic education development in the educational system of ahvaz jund...