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Lu, Binwei – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2023
This study compares the estimated grammar school effect in different regression models, and explains why previous evidence of the effectiveness of grammar school is mixed. Like most studies of school effectiveness evaluation, previous research on grammar school effect usually applies regression to control for confounding between-school factors and…
Descriptors: Value Added Models, School Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis
Boliver, Vikki; Powell, Mandy – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2023
This paper explores how fairness was conceptualised by those responsible for admission to highly selective undergraduate courses at 17 universities in England. Fairness was conceptualised principally with reference to the traditional "meritocratic equality of opportunity" paradigm, which holds that university places should go to the most…
Descriptors: College Admission, Selective Admission, Teaching Methods, Academic Support Services
Kaltenecker Retto de Queiroz, Evodio – Journal of Teaching in International Business, 2021
The purpose of this manuscript is to develop a taxonomy for the governance of elite business schools based on two factors: (i) their geographic dispersion and (ii) the coordination between the main campus, international branch campuses, research centers, and other business schools. The research question that drives this manuscript is: "Are…
Descriptors: Business Schools, Taxonomy, Governance, Selective Admission
Mokher, Christine G.; Jacobson, Louis – Educational Policy, 2021
This article explores challenges in starting, developing, and incorporating partnerships between the secondary and postsecondary education sectors. We use qualitative data from site visits at high schools, district offices, and state colleges across six Florida counties to identify the types of challenges educators faced in various phases of…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Partnerships in Education, College School Cooperation, High School Students
Shi, Xi – Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly, 2018
This study is an exploration of the probability of modeling higher education to optimize student retention for a desired academic outcome. As college students can be viewed as "consumers" of education institutions, this paper examines the applicability of business concepts of customer loyalty and retention and reviews the business…
Descriptors: College Students, School Holding Power, Academic Persistence, Models
Moses, Michele S.; Maeda, Daryl J.; Paguyo, Christina H. – Journal of Higher Education, 2019
This article uses philosophical analysis to clarify the arguments and claims about racial discrimination brought forward in the recent legal challenges to affirmative action in higher education admissions. Affirmative action opponents have argued that elite institutions of higher education are using negative action against Asian American…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Asian Americans, Racial Discrimination, College Applicants
Mikkelsen, Nils J.; Young, Nicholas T.; Caballero, Marcos D. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
Despite limiting access to applicants from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, the practice of using hard or soft Graduate Record Examination (GRE) cutoff scores in physics graduate program admissions is still a popular method for reducing the pool of applicants. The present study considers whether the undergraduate institutions of…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Admission Criteria, Selective Admission, Scores
Vulperhorst, Jonne; Lutz, Christel; de Kleijn, Renske; van Tartwijk, Jan – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2018
To refine selective admission models, we investigate which measure of prior achievement has the best predictive validity for academic success in university. We compare the predictive validity of three core high school subjects to the predictive validity of high school grade point average (GPA) for academic achievement in a liberal arts university…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Foreign Countries, Grade Point Average, Selective Admission
Terosky, Aimee LaPointe – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2018
This qualitative study examines how 50 professors employed at open access, broad access, or regionally based institutions view their students and the ways in which these views influence their teaching practices. Analysis found that participants fell into one of two categories: (a) those following a nuanced understanding of the prestige model,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, College Students
Duffield, Stacy Kay – Preventing School Failure, 2018
A Midwestern state allocated grant funding to encourage more accessible alternative programming at the middle level. Seventeen schools were approved for this grant and used the funds to supplement the operation of a new or existing program. This study provides policymakers and educators with an overview of the various types of alternative middle…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Middle Schools, Financial Support, State Aid
Rambe, Patient; Moeti, Mamello – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2017
Challenges of broadening access, escalating cost, maintaining desirable quality and enhancing meaningful learning experiences in African higher education (HE) have spurred debates on how to restructure higher education delivery to meet the diverse needs of heterogeneous learners and adapt pedagogical models to the educational realities of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Online Courses, Models
Cook-Sather, Alison – International Journal for Academic Development, 2016
Addressing both the increasingly complex process of becoming an educator at the tertiary level and the growing recognition of the importance of student engagement, student-faculty partnerships have emerged as one way of fundamentally rethinking academic development. Participant reflections suggest that the over-time, partnership approach to…
Descriptors: Self Concept, College Faculty, Teacher Student Relationship, Undergraduate Students
Harvey, Andrew – Australian Journal of Education, 2014
This paper examines the relative merits of early and delayed offer schemes in attracting under-represented students to university. Following the introduction of a demand-driven system and the establishment of national growth and equity targets, Australian universities have increased the number of offers made to students before the release of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, College Admission, Selective Admission
Martin, Suzanne M.; Little, Joyce; Miller, Katie; Gourwitz, Jillian – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2014
Special education administrators play a critical role in the implementation of successful inclusion in diverse, standards-based environments. They provide the vision and leadership necessary to guide educators in both general and special education as they deliver instructional programs to meet the needs of diverse students with disabilities.…
Descriptors: Urban Education, Special Education, Leadership Training, Administrators
Beaver, William – College and University, 2014
Non-selective Division III institutions often face challenges in meeting their enrollment goals. To ensure their continued viability, these schools recruit large numbers of student athletes. As a result, when compared to FBS (Football Bowl Division) institutions these schools have a much higher percentage of student athletes on campus and a…
Descriptors: Enrollment Trends, Enrollment Rate, Enrollment Management, College Athletics