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James L. Nuzzo – Advances in Physiology Education, 2024
The number of degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions in an academic field reflects institutional priorities, public interest in a domain of human knowledge, and overall societal and economic demand for certain skills and abilities. Public postsecondary institutions, which are obligated to serve the public interest, and professional…
Descriptors: Exercise Physiology, Academic Degrees, Trend Analysis, College Graduates
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Lee John Geisinger; Janice Nahra Friedel – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2024
Using Academic Plans in Sociocultural Context as a framework, this study examined university personnel's perspectives of the Bachelor of Applied Science degrees. Through quantitative techniques, the findings from this study show university faculty and administrators associated with liberal arts education view Bachelor of Applied Science degrees…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Science Education, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes
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Samantha G. Cary; Mary E. Pritchard; R. Eric Landrum – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2024
The undergraduate psychology major is often one of the most popular choices for bachelor's degree-seeking students. Although national and international organizations are devoted to broad interests, there does not seem to be much coordinated effort - on any level - to comprehend and advocate on behalf of psychology baccalaureates. In this review…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Psychology, Bachelors Degrees, Career Readiness
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Deepthi E. Suresh; Julie P. Martin; Annamarie Lunkes; Paul A. Jensen – Biomedical Engineering Education, 2024
Biomedical Quality Engineers (QEs) ensure that medical devices are safe, reliable, and consistent. To better understand career pathways for biomedical QEs, we (1) quantified the prevalence of QE skills in entry-level biomedical engineering (BME) job listings and (2) interviewed seven biomedical Quality Engineers with a BME bachelor's degree. We…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Equipment, Medicine, Quality Control
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Hastings, Jayne; Noyes, Andrew – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2023
In the UK, most prospective university students study 'traditional' academic qualifications such as A-Levels. However, increasing numbers of students are entering UK higher education with 'non-traditional' or vocational qualifications. This has provoked debate about the relationships between entry qualifications and degree outcomes; this paper…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Physical Education, Exercise, Foreign Countries
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Wright-Kim, Jeremy – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2022
Since their initial development in the early 1900s, and their rapid growth in the 1960s, community colleges have had a history of shifting focuses and programming, retooling academic offerings, and otherwise altering their behavior to meet the ever-changing needs of their communities. Despite this defining characteristic as a sector of change, not…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Bachelors Degrees, Misconceptions, Access to Education
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Ioulia Papageorgi; Nicola Falzon; Lenka Sokolova; Iva Stuchlikova; Sergio Salvatore; Morag Williamson; Juliet Foster; Nina Pavlin-Bernardic; Mirjana Beara; Helen Bakker; Stephan Dutke – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2024
Results from a survey conducted by the European Federation of Psychologists' Associations Board of Educational Affairs are reported. A total of 227 psychology graduates from across Europe responded to an online survey. Participants were presented with a set of psychology subject-specific competencies and a set of general competencies and asked to…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Psychology, College Graduates, Attitudes
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Natalia Barbour; Daphne van Meggelen – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2024
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, student well-being was highlighted as an important public health issue. The study aims to gain insights into the exact factors that bachelor and master students from engineering fields at Delft University of Technology are impacted by. Multiple interviews were performed to identify the key areas of impact and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Well Being, Influences
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Malgorzata Chwatko; Gisella Rossana Lamas Samanamud – Chemical Engineering Education, 2024
The scope of the chemical engineering curriculum has increased over time with the addition of new content such as coding and sustainability. This study aimed to identify the specific career paths of 311 chemical engineering students from the University of Kentucky (Lexington and Paducah) over the past five years. We also explored job placement of…
Descriptors: Job Placement, Chemistry, Science Education, Engineering Education
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Mads Paludan Goddiksen; Mikkel Willum Johansen; Anna Catharina Vieira Armond; Mateja Centa; Christine Clavien; Eugenijus Gefenas; Nóra Kovács; Marcus Tang Merit; I. Anna S. Olsson; Margarita Poškute; Júlio Borlido Santos; Rita Santos; Vojko Strahovnik; Orsolya Varga; P. J. Wall; Peter Sandøe; Thomas Bøker Lund – International Journal for Educational Integrity, 2024
Text-matching software (TMS) is a standard part of efforts to prevent and detect plagiarism in upper secondary and higher education. While there are many studies on the potential benefits of using this technology, few studies look into potential unintended side effects. These side effects include students worrying about being accused of plagiarism…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Secondary School Students, Bachelors Degrees, Undergraduate Students
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Wright-Kim, Jeremy – AERA Open, 2022
Using generalized difference-in-difference and synthetic control modeling, this study estimates the influence of the community-college baccalaureate (CCB) on institutional finance over time and by intensity. Leveraging data spanning 19 years (1999-2017), I find no impact on overall revenue but suggestive evidence of upfront costs and slight…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Bachelors Degrees, Educational Finance, Income
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S. Gopinathan; Hillary Loh – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2024
The emergence of a modern teacher education system in Singapore can be traced to 1950 when the Teachers Training College (TTC) was established. The TTC was a separate entity from the School of Education at the University of Singapore. Rapid economic growth in the 1970s and 80s necessitated changes to upgrade the education system, such that school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Bachelors Degrees
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Neil van der Ploeg; Kelly Linden; Ben Hicks; Noelia Roman – Higher Education Research and Development, 2024
Universities actively promote themselves to potential students, control admissions and deliver programs of study. For most students globally, there are financial costs to attending university. At the extreme end of failure are students who receive 'zero-fails': they enrol, do not submit any assessments, and receive a mark of 0 out of 100. A…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Bachelors Degrees, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students
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Jiajun Liu; Ernest T. Pascarella; Qian Wang; Jiaqi Fu; Shuai Wang – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2025
Using data from the Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education, this study examined non-native English-speaking (NNES) students on selected college experiences and outcomes. The results suggested that NNES students were less likely to have close relationships with faculty and satisfying relationships with peers. They also experienced greater…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Educational Attainment, Bachelors Degrees, Grade Point Average
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Koris, Riina; Pello, Rauno – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2023
Writing, supervision and evaluation of students' dissertations has received a fair share of attention in academic literature, with a focus on problems of marking, information processing mechanisms, worldviews and more. In most texts, problems of inconsistency, transparency and fairness are identified, leading to frustration among supervisors,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Bachelors Degrees, Theses, Writing Evaluation
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