Browsing by Subject "Tertiary education"

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Assessing the effectiveness of academic development programmes: A statistical analysis of graduation rates across three programmes

Smith, Leonard; Case, Jenni; van Walbeek, Corne (South African Journal of Higher Education, 2013)

This article reports on a study that used statistical analysis to estimate the impact of the first-year academic development (AD) courses offered by three diverse AD programmes (in the commerce, engineering and science ...
The matric certificate is still valuable in the labour market

Hofmeyr, Clare; Branson, Nicola; Leibbrandt, Murray; Ardington, Cally; Lam, David (Econ3x3.org, 2013-10)

Increasing levels of youth unemployment and learners’ poor performance at school have led to claims that the matric certificate no longer has much value in the labour market. However, the evidence does not support this ...
More financial aid is not the best way to close the racial gap in tertiary education

Lam, David; Ardington, Cally; Branson, Nicola; Leibbrandt, Murray (Econ3x3.org, 2014-06)

South Africa’s large racial gap in enrolment in tertiary education can be attributed to the widely varying quality of primary and secondary education rather than to the low incomes of most black and coloured households. ...

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