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Choudaha, Rahul – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
This article analyses the changes in international student mobility from the lens of three overlapping waves spread over seven years between 1999 and 2020. Here a wave is defined by the key events and trends impacting international student mobility within temporal periods. Wave I was shaped by the terrorist attacks of 2001 and enrolment of…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Student Mobility, Economic Climate, Terrorism
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Zhang, Liang; Ness, Erik C. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2010
In this study, the authors use college enrollment and migration data to test the brain drain hypothesis. Their results suggest that state merit scholarship programs do indeed stanch the migration of "best and brightest" students to other states. In the aggregate and on average, the implementation of state merit aid programs increases the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, Student Mobility, Student Recruitment
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Karuppan, Corinne M.; Barari, Mahua – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2011
At a time when the number of internationally mobile students worldwide has been growing steadily, the US share of this market has been declining. Since, as it is often claimed, international students are the best ambassadors for their host countries, an effective recruitment strategy is to enhance their learning experience, with the expectation…
Descriptors: Student Mobility, Global Approach, Enrollment Trends, Foreign Students
Norton, Michael; Piccinino, Kelly – Research for Action, 2014
Research for Action (RFA) has completed its second year of a five-year external evaluation of the Project Leadership and Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Initiative in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District (CMS). Project LIFT is a public-private partnership between CMS and the local philanthropic and business communities in Charlotte,…
Descriptors: School Turnaround, Program Implementation, Academic Achievement, Student Behavior
Morris, Cathy – 2000
The report summarizes key indicators for Miami-Dade County public high schools to provide information useful to recruiters at Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC) (Florida). Schools are grouped into high, moderate, and low performing categories based on the Florida School Indicators report. The report also displays continuation rates into public…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Bound Students, Community Colleges, High School Graduates
Simmons, Fran C. – 1983
Information on why entering college students leave New Jersey is presented. Attention is also directed to characteristics of high school seniors who choose out-of-state colleges, including their grade point average, rank in class, Scholastic Aptitude Test scores, family income, and parental education. Seniors who could be attracted to New Jersey's…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Bound Students, College Choice, Educational Quality
Ogletree, Earl J. – 1983
The study was intended to determine the basis of intra- and interstate credit transfer for migrant students and how credit transfer can be improved. The Secretaries of Education Committees in State Legislatures and Departments of Education in Puerto Rico and all states except California responded to an open-ended survey. Over 80% of all states…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Records, Academic Standards, Agency Cooperation
Maynard, John; Martinez, Paul – 2002
The views of 59 teachers at 11 further education (FE) colleges in five of England's nine regions were interviewed in depth regarding the factors that promote and prevent improvements in student retention and achievement. Those teachers who taught on teams with the highest retention and achievement focused on key elements of teaching and learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Faculty, College Students