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Inegbedion, Juliet Obhajajie; Adeyemi, Julius K. – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2012
Distance university education has come a long way in Nigeria. It started as a dual mode and today has both the dual and single modes. However, the system has been faced majorly with the challenge of inadequate funding. This has hampered the success rate of the system. Therefore for the purpose of appropriate utilisation of the available fund, it…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Unit Costs, Educational Finance
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Johnes, Geraint; Johnes, Jill; Thanassoulis, Emmanuel – Studies in Higher Education, 2008
Cost functions are estimated, using random effects and stochastic frontier methods, for English higher education institutions. The article advances on existing literature by employing finer disaggregation by subject, institution type and location, and by introducing consideration of quality effects. Estimates are provided of average incremental…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Costs, Cost Effectiveness
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Ajayi, A. O. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2006
This study assessed farmers' willingness to pay (WTP) for extension services. The Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) was used to assess the amount which farmers are willing to pay. Primary data on the demographic, socio-economic variables of farmers and their WTP were collected from 228 farmers selected randomly in a stage-wise sampling procedure…
Descriptors: Rural Extension, Statistical Distributions, Foreign Countries, Consumer Economics