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Bayan Khalifa; Sebastian Desmidt; Jeroen Huisman; Kenn Meyfroodt; Ebru Karatas Acer – Higher Education Quarterly, 2024
Despite the fact that organisational values play a pivotal role within organisations and allow for a broad differentiation between universities, little is known about the organisational values universities select to pursue, and the factors impacting the selection of specific values. Therefore, we aim in this study to explore what type of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Private Colleges, Public Colleges, Institutional Evaluation
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Candice B. Wilson-Stykes – Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly, 2024
Existing research explains academic course failure with two contrasting narratives; one narrative is negative, and the other is more hopeful. To reconcile these contrasting narratives, this study explored students' perspectives on failing a course. The findings offer practical implications for higher education policy, student-faculty/staff…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students, Public Colleges
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Sinyati Ndiango; Neema P. Kumburu; Richard Jaffu – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: This study aims to examine the influence of research self-efficacy (RSE) on academics' research productivity (RPR) in public higher education institutions in Tanzania. Design/methodology/approach: A cross-sectional design was utilized to collect and analyze data from 247 academics in four public higher education institutions in Tanzania.…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Research, Productivity, Foreign Countries
Adam Nicholas Wear – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The primary purpose of this research was to examine institutional characteristics of four-year, public colleges and universities that closed off-site locations between 2012 and 2019 through the lens of resource dependence theory. As institutions attempt to maximize their available resources and make the best use of existing resources, there will…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Institutional Research, Public Colleges, Off Campus Facilities
Andrea J. McKenna – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This case study of a single campus of a California public university looks at what involvement faculty want in the financial components of the shared governance of their institution. It explores their real involvement on a campus with a particularly strong shared governance culture and systems, where academic senate subcommittees allow faculty to…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Governance, Educational Finance, Public Colleges
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Meshal Abdulaziz Aldhobaib – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2024
Quality assurance (QA) is considered a critical component in higher education institutions (HEIs) and their academic programmes in the twenty-first century. Despite significant investments to enhance QA in HEIs, contemporary research suggests that QA systems may not always meet the expectations of HEI stakeholders. The literature review suggests…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Higher Education, Educational Quality, Barriers
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Patience Okoro; Nelson Ejiro Akpotu; Romina Ifeoma Asiyai – International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, 2024
The study explores the relationship between academic mentorship and the productivity of academics in universities. Two questions and a hypothesis were raised to guide the study. The research design employed ex-post-facto methodology with a population of 3,492 academic staff. The stratified random sampling technique was used to determine the sample…
Descriptors: Mentors, Leadership, College Faculty, Public Colleges
Erika Lin Mason-Imbody – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Over half of college campuses in the United States can expect their president to step down in the next five years (American Council on Education, 2023). The new leaders who assume these vacant roles will be expected to lead institutions through difficult and unexpected crisis situations. Campus crises can arise from political or financial…
Descriptors: Crisis Management, College Presidents, Women Administrators, Public Colleges
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Benjamin S. Selznick; John D. Hathcoat; Yelisey A. Shapovalov – Innovative Higher Education, 2024
The purpose of this study is to understand the distinctive aspects of curricular spaces that bring together diverse disciplines by centering the voices of educators, with full recognition that these environments can inspire learning among both students and faculty. We interviewed eight faculty and one administrator from a mid-sized public…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Public Colleges, Teacher Attitudes, Interdisciplinary Approach
Hugh Donohoe – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Faculty at five universities, three public and two private, participated in this cross-sectional, comparative study. In addition to determining the overall faculty perception of the general education curriculum (GEC), this research determined whether there were statistically significant differences in faculty perceptions of the GEC comparing five…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Private Colleges, General Education, College Faculty
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Sarah Torres Lugo; Sarah Pingel – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2024
Declining enrollment quickly raises financial challenges within colleges and universities, such as decreased tuition and fee revenues, costs that can be difficult to nimbly control, and reputational risk. For public institutions within the same state, declining enrollment can also have a secondary impact: increasing competition. While a state's…
Descriptors: Enrollment Trends, College Enrollment, Declining Enrollment, Public Colleges
James McCuistion – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The problem that was addressed through this study is the declining student degree completion rate for a public state baccalaureate institution in a northwestern state over the six-year period of 2014 to 2020. The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine if completion of an undergraduate degree within six years could be predicted by the…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Undergraduate Students, Academic Persistence, Educational Attainment
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Emma Swarts; Christopher M. Seitz; Erin D. Bouldin; Jackie Rogers; Muhsin Michael Orsini – Journal of American College Health, 2024
This study's purpose was to explore universities' online dashboards that communicate information about COVID-19 cases to campus communities, and if dashboards adhere to American College Health Association (ACHA) recommendations. Methods: The websites of all four-year, public universities with an enrollment of at least 10,000 students were analyzed…
Descriptors: Information Dissemination, Computer Mediated Communication, Web Sites, Public Colleges
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Matthew E. Rossheim; Bita Khoshhal; Samantha Karon; Lawrence J. Cheskin; Pamela J. Trangenstein; Cara L. Frankenfeld; Niloofar Ramezani; Alison E. Cuellar – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: Examine the proportion of students with rapid firearm access and associations with recent alcohol and marijuana use. Participants: Cross-sectional data from college freshmen (n = 183) in 2020 who participated in the "Mason: Health Starts Here" study. Methods: Using logistic regression, associations were examined between past…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Drinking, Marijuana, Weapons
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V. Sanchez Padilla; Albert Espinal; Jennifer M. Case; Jose Cordova-Garcia; Homero Murzi – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2024
Contribution: This study explores industry members' perceptions about the ABET-based accreditation in a developing country, using the case study of a program in a publicly funded polytechnic university in Ecuador. Background: Engineering programs often seek international accreditations to enhance the education quality, align with the global…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Public Colleges, Engineering Education
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