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Iglesias, Víctor; Entrialgo, Montserrat; Müller, Frank – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
The purpose of this paper is to carry out an empirical examination of the supply-side factors influencing dropout rates in MBA programs. We analyze the extent to which the resources and characteristics of the program (content, teaching methodology, course load, class size, partnerships, reputation) influence these rates. A GLM analysis was…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Masters Programs, Dropout Rate, Graduate Students
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Ciesielkiewicz, Monika – Issues in Educational Research, 2019
This study sets out to discern the students' perspective on the value/usefulness and importance of the e-portfolio, as well as their own performance and effort. The participants were 121 preschool and primary school initial teacher education students in a private university in Spain. They were enrolled in three asynchronous undergraduate sections…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Portfolios (Background Materials), Preservice Teachers, Preschool Teachers
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Boni, Alejandra; Calabuig, Carola – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2017
This article explores how three different learning spaces could be appropriate for developing a sense of global citizenship among university students. We draw on an interview study conducted at the Universitat Politècnica of Valencia (UPV) between 2010 and 2012. The spaces analyzed were two electives devoted to international cooperation, a…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Citizenship Education, College Students, Elective Courses
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Sánchez-Lavega, Agustín; Pérez-Hoyos, Santiago; Hueso, Ricardo; del Río-Gaztelurrutia, Teresa; Oleaga, Alberto – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2014
We present the Aula EspaZio Gela, a facility dedicated to teaching Space Science and Technology at the master and doctorate level at the University of the Basque Country (Spain), and to promoting the development of this field in both public and private sectors. The one-year master's degree in Space Science and Technology (60 ECTS (European Credit…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Space Sciences, Engineering, Engineering Education
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Garcia, Ramon Rubio; Santos, Ramon Gallego; Quiros, Javier Suarez; Penin, Pedro I. Alvarez – Computers and Education, 2005
During the 1990s, all Spanish Universities updated the syllabuses of their courses as a result of the entry into force of the new Organic Law of Universities ("Ley Organica de Universidades") and, for the first time, "Computer Assisted Design" (CAD) appears in the list of core subjects (compulsory teaching content set by the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Design, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Curriculum Development