%0 Journal Article
%T StudentsĄ¯ Evaluations of Profit and Utility of Higher Education: A Comparative Case Study
%A Davidovitch Nitza
%A Lobova Elena
%A Pryamikova Elena
%A Semenova Tatiana
%J World Journal of Education
%D 2013
%I 
%R 10.5430/wje.v3n1p23
%X This paper reviews the recent turn toward a capitalist approach to higher education with specific reference to thesocial, demographic, and legislative changes, including growing academic capitalism, which led to a transformationin IsraelĄ¯s higher education system. In an empirical comparative case study of students from Israel and Russia, thisstudy explores studentsĄ¯ assessments of profit and utility of an academic education and its value in the respectivelocal job markets. Findings confirm that students have adopted a capitalist approach to academic degrees, to whichuniversities and colleges have responded by incorporating major changes and effectively instituting a paradigmaticshift in the roles and mission of higher education.
%U http://www.sciedu.ca/journal/index.php/wje/article/view/2295