Transcript Center for Institutional Studies Research in higher education
Center for Institutional Studies
Research in higher education
Maria Yudkevich Workshop “Equity in Higher Education: International Context”, Moscow, April 2012
Center for Institutional Studies: history and structure The Center for Institutional Studies (CInSt) was established in 2010 with the goal create a research center in the field of institutional economics as a •photo standards of research. We provide conditions and incentives for young and talented university graduates to participate in both research and teaching activities at the HSE.
CInSt: 4 laboratories and 1 department
Laboratory for Analysis and Modeling of Institutional Dynamics •photo Laboratory for Applied Analysis of Institutions and Social Capital Department of Institutional Economics
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(LAAISC) Laboratory for Institutional Analysis of Economic Reforms Laboratory for Strategic Behaviour and Institutional design (LIA) (2005) (LID) •photo •Higher School of Economics , Moscow, 2012
Main areas of interest
Our professional interests are focused on institutional analysis of different markets and sectors of the economy, including:
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Education
Public procurement Banking Non-profit organizations.
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Institutional Cooperation George Mason University (USA)
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Center for International Higher Education (Boston college, USA)
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Research in Education: main projects
Institutional dynamics and individual strategies: the case of university admission process psychology •photo Academic profession: faculty contracts and salaries (International Comparison of Academic Salaries in 28 Countries) •photo Monitoring of education markets and organizations Social capital and education •photo •Higher School of Economics , Moscow, 2012
Institutional dynamics and individual strategies: the case of university admission process Major institutional transformation in HE in Russia: from a university specific system of exams towards an external and unified mechanism of evaluation of student abilities. •photo The Unified State Examination (the USE) and its consequences for students (households) universities.
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Aims of the project:
Analysis of college choice Pre-entry training: structure and dynamics studying successful strategies of pre-entry training process appropriate for different types of universities, •photo Equity under new system of admission. •Higher School of Economics , Moscow, 2012
Factors of student achievement
Role of abilities, socio-economic status, psychological characteristics and social ties in student achievement BIG 5 Social Networks Peer effects •photo students •photo Extra-surveys •photo •Higher School of Economics , Moscow, 2012
Faculty contracts and academic salaries
• Network of experts in 28 countries • Comparative Study of Academic Salaries and contracts • Joint project with CIHE (Boston college) •photo •photo •photo •Higher School of Economics , Moscow, 2012
Databases
Household survey (Spring and Fall, 2010) 1 st year university students survey (Fall, 2010) Young people survey (Fall, 2011) Russian-wide or Largest Russian cities 1500-400 households All fields/ engineering and humanities •photo •photo Monitoring of education markets and organizations (MEMO) •photo •Higher School of Economics , Moscow, 2012
Inquiry of households: several waves
Socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents and their families (parental education, level of income, gender, number of kids) achievement, USE results) •photo Strategies of pre-entry coaching (type of coaching, intensity, money expenditures) •photo Strategies of college choice (specialization of chosen university, field of study, tuition fees, expected returns from higher education, stages of college choice and timing of admission) •photo •Higher School of Economics , Moscow, 2012
Young people survey: topics
Education before university USE and 9 th grade scores Pre-entry coaching (only for 1 st year students) •photo Admission efforts (Possible) timeout between secondary and higher education Choice of university •photo Further educational plans Health Socio-demographic characteristics •photo •Higher School of Economics , Moscow, 2012
Monitoring of education markets and organizations (MEMO) Initiated by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.
The purpose is to collect generalized information and micro data on recent trends in education in Russia: on choice of educational programs, •photo funding of education, strategies of educational institutions, overall management, allocation of resources, hiring policies, etc. •photo Updated annually since 2002; comparability of the data.
Data are representative for Russia as a whole taking into consideration the considerable difference between the subjects of the Russian Federation.
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Monitoring of education markets and organizations (MEMO) •photo •photo •photo •Higher School of Economics , Moscow, 2012
Education and Social capital in Russia
What are the non-economic returns on education? • • • Trust Social Norms Organizational Participation Data • • GEORATING sociological survey ROSSTAT regional database Results •photo •photo • • exploiting exogenous variation in the number of universities in each region, caused by distance from Moscow, we find that education is the strongest factor that affects trust level in regions across Russia.
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