Empirical Analysis of Return to Distance Higher Education in Different Disciplines

Autor/inn/en	Li, Fengliang; Wang, Liang
Titel	Empirical Analysis of Return to Distance Higher Education in Different Disciplines
Quelle	In: International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 22 (2021) 1, S.148-165 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1492-3831
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Distance Education; Intellectual Disciplines; Labor Market; Higher Education; Management Development; Economics Education; National Surveys; Comparative Analysis; Conventional Instruction; Teaching Methods; Teacher Education; Legal Education (Professions); Salaries; Educational Quality; Science Education; Engineering Education; Educational Change; Educational Attainment; Income; Online Courses; Outcomes of Education; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Geisteswissenschaften; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Wirtschaftskunde; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Juristischer Beruf; Entlohnung; Gehalt; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Ingenieurausbildung; Bildungsreform; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Einkommen; Online course; Online-Kurs; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg
Abstract	Few empirical studies have analyzed the return to distance higher education in different academic disciplines. This study used quantitative methods, data from a nationwide survey, and Mincerian earnings function to analyze the return to distance higher education among different disciplines in China's labor market. Results were compared with the return to face-to-face higher education and showed that the returns to face-to-face higher education were higher than those to distance higher education. Returns to the disciplines of economics and management were at a high level in both face-to-face and distance education; returns to the disciplines of literature, as well as education and law, were at a low level in both face-to-face and distance education. The returns to the disciplines of science and engineering were higher in face-to-face education than in distance education. This paper proposes several recommendations. Adults who do not have higher education degrees should invest in distance higher education to obtain considerable monetary returns, particularly in the disciplines with higher returns such as management and economics. China's distance education institutions should improve the quality of teaching in science and engineering education and find ways to provide high-quality experimental teaching practices. At the same time, they should scale back on instruction of literature, as well as education and law. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01