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Schoenfeld, Gregg – Graduate Management Admission Council, 2012
This 2012 mba.com Prospective Students Survey Report explores the motivations, behaviors, program choices, and intended career outcomes of individuals who expressed a desire to further their education in a graduate business program. More than 16,000 prospective business school students who registered on mba.com shared their opinions, preferences,…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Admission (School), Graduate Study, Motivation
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Thomson, Dianne; Cummings, Everton; Ferguson, Amanda K.; Moizumi, Erica Miyuki; Sher, Yael; Wang, Xiaoyan; Broad, Kathryn; Childs, Ruth A. – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2011
This article argues for the importance of broad and on-going research to support initial or pre-service teacher education program admissions. Examples from a large initial teacher education program at one Canadian university illustrate the contributions of research to the evaluation and refinement of admission processes. These examples include…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Case Studies, Role Perception
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Conrad, Dianne – Open Learning, 2010
Although the recognition of learners' experiential learning toward postsecondary credentials holds the promise of increased flexibility and opportunity for many, especially in the current climate of labour shortage, Canadian universities have been slow to adopt recognition of prior learning (RPL) systems. This case study of one Canadian…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Credentials, Prior Learning, Experiential Learning
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Lang, Daniel W. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2009
This paper investigates the intersection of system articulation, transfer, and the choices that secondary school students make when they apply to college and university. The investigation is based on the results of a study that was undertaken to determine factors that influence choices that secondary school students make between enrolling in…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Community Colleges, College Choice, Institutional Cooperation
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Cramer, Kenneth M.; Page, Stewart – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2007
A summary and update on recent research by the authors and others concerning rankings of Canadian universities is presented. Some specific data are reported in regard to the 2005 and 2006 ranking data published by "Maclean's" magazine. Some criticisms and difficulties with the use of rank-based data are outlined with regard to the issues…
Descriptors: Universities, Rating Scales, Educational Quality, College Applicants
Cote, James; Skinkle, Rod; Motte, Anne – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2008
Despite the continuing accumulation of knowledge of the factors influencing participation in post-secondary education, there are still gaps in our understanding. For example, very little is known regarding how perceptions of costs and benefits are implicated in an individual's decision to pursue college or university studies, and whether certain…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Postsecondary Education, Cost Effectiveness, High School Students
Colleges Ontario, 2009
The movement of students between postsecondary institutions is becoming increasingly common and has created a need for greater emphasis on postsecondary education (PSE) pathways. This report outlines the available data on postsecondary student mobility within Ontario, with a focus on mobility between Ontario's colleges and universities. For…
Descriptors: College Applicants, College Programs, Social Sciences, Foreign Countries
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Drewes, Torben; Michael, Christopher – Research in Higher Education, 2006
This study uses a unique set of microdata on university applications to examine the role played by institutional attributes in choices made by graduating high school students between the 17 universities in the Province of Ontario, Canada. We estimate a rank-ordered logit model that uses all information contained in each applicant's ranking of…
Descriptors: Universities, Foreign Countries, College Applicants, High School Students
Human Resources Development Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). – 2002
This updated guide is designed to help students in Alberta, Canada, plan and finance postsecondary education. A student who has made financial plans will have more options when it is time to choose an institution for postsecondary education. How to choose the right school depends on what a student wants from education and what he or she plans for…
Descriptors: College Applicants, Foreign Countries, Paying for College, Student Financial Aid
Council of Ontario Universities, Toronto. – 2003
This report presents summary statistics on application and registration patterns of applicants applying for fall entry into full-time study in their first year of university programs. Those few students who applied directly to the institutions may not be included in these statistics. In 2001, there were 325,139 applications by 92,863 applicants,…
Descriptors: College Applicants, College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Asher, Donald – 2000
This guide profiles innovative and unusual colleges that might interest the college applicant who is looking for the perfect "fit" and who thinks that "fit" might be met by something different. It also contains information to help the applicant contact other accredited 4-year institutions in the United States and Canada. The…
Descriptors: College Applicants, Colleges, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Alberta Learning, Edmonton. – 2001
This guide is designed to help students in Alberta, Canada, plan and finance postsecondary education. A student who has made financial plans will have more options when it is time to choose an institution for postsecondary education. How to choose the right school depends on what a student wants from education and what he or she plans for the…
Descriptors: College Applicants, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Paying for College
Council of Ontario Universities, Toronto. – 1974
This report summarizes statistics on application and registration patterns first-year places in the Ontario universities in 1973. Following a summary of system totals, emphasis is placed on applications; registrations and yield ratios; applicants' choice preferences-universities; applicants' choice preferences-programmes; regular applicants'…
Descriptors: Admission (School), College Applicants, College Bound Students, College Choice
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Graettinger, John S. – Journal of Medical Education, 1985
Findings of the 1985 National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) are presented. Information is provided on number of applicants, withdrawals, and active participants who are matched/unmatched and positions offered by specialty and type of applicants (U.S., Canadian, and foreign students). (SW)
Descriptors: College Applicants, College Choice, Foreign Students, Graduate Medical Students
Council of Ontario Universities, Toronto. – 2002
The elimination of grade 13 will have a significant impact on enrollment in Ontario universities in the next few years, as two cohorts of high school students, graduates of the old (5-year) and new (4-year) curricula seek admission at the same time. Secondary school reform will have its peek effect on overall university enrollments in Ontario…
Descriptors: College Applicants, Educational Change, Enrollment, Enrollment Trends
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