Purpose– The study tries to understand how the quality of higher education in higher education contributes to economic growth in Libya and studies the degree of association between these two variables.
Design/methodology/approach– to measure the correlation between the quality of higher education and economic growth in Libya, the study used a quantitative approach and statistical analysis based on simple linear regression. The results of this approach determine the degree of association between the quality of higher education and economic growth.
Findings– results it is concluded that higher education quality is the strongest factor that mediate the relationship between return to higher education and economic growth, also it has a high degree of contribution to economic growth in Libya
Practical implications– The results of this study highlight the importance of higher education quality in higher education to the Libyan government so that the government should lower the quality of higher education in order to strengthen economic growth in Libya.
Originality/value– Previous studies on consumer animosity did not investigate the effect of higher education quality in higher education on economic growth in Libya. This study contributes to the body of knowledge on linking higher education quality from higher education with economic growth and examines their qualifications and train them to be experienced and qualified higher education quality in the future, the results of this study help the government of Libya to raise economic growth in return.
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