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Salganik, Matthew J.; Watts, Duncan J. – Social Psychology Quarterly, 2008
Individuals influence each others' decisions about cultural products such as songs, books, and movies; but to what extent can the perception of success become a "self-fulfilling prophecy"? We have explored this question experimentally by artificially inverting the true popularity of songs in an online "music market," in which 12,207 participants…
Descriptors: Social Influences, Expectation, Decision Making, Music
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Hazelkorn, Ellen – Higher Education Management and Policy, 2007
As the battle for "world class excellence" accelerates, competition for students, faculty, finance and researchers between higher education institutions, nationally and internationally, has intensified. In this environment, the results of formally and relatively benign benchmarking exercises have taken on increased prominence and importance…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Reputation, Decision Making, Educational Quality
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Gibler, Douglas M. – Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2008
Reputations are supposed to matter. Decision makers consistently refer to reputations for resolve, and international relations theories confirm the value of being able to credibly signal intentions during times of crisis. However, empirical support for the effects of reputation has been lacking. Problems of strategic selection have hampered…
Descriptors: Reputation, International Relations, Values, Behavior Problems
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Morley, Louise; Aynsley, Sarah – Higher Education Quarterly, 2007
This paper is based on a research project funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England which investigated employers' needs for information on higher education quality and standards. A key issue was identifying the type of knowledge that employers utilise in graduate recruitment. A finding of the study was that information on quality…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reputation, Recruitment, Ideology
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Herington, Carmel; Weaven, Scott – Journal of Marketing Education, 2007
This article assesses the level of moral reasoning ability (MRA) of undergraduate marketing students and compares the results with the MRA of students in a range of other business disciplines. The aim was to determine if marketing attracts individuals who have a greater predisposition to unethical behaviors given that marketing is often reported…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Marketing, Business Administration Education, Ethics
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Gamage, David T.; Suwanabroma, Jaratdao; Ueyama, Takeyuki; Hada, Sekio; Sekikawa, Etsuo – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to ascertain students' perceptions on quality of services provided by private universities in Thailand and Japan and how these affected decisions selecting a university. A comparative study aims to focus on how cultural and economic factors affected their decisions. Design/methodology/approach: Research design…
Descriptors: Research Design, Student Attitudes, Universities, Private Colleges
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Braddock, Jomills Henry, II; Lv, Hua; Dawkins, Marvin P. – Challenge: A Journal of Research on African American Men, 2008
This study extends research on college choice, with recent national survey data, by examining what African American students say about the importance of college athletic reputation in choosing which school to attend. We use the Educational Longitudinal Survey to examine the overall distribution of self-reported factors that shape college choices…
Descriptors: Admissions Officers, African American Students, College Athletics, Physical Activities
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Griffith, Amanda; Rask, Kevin – Economics of Education Review, 2007
The annual US News and World Report (USNWR) Guide to America's Best Colleges is much anticipated by both high-ability high school seniors and college and university administrators. In this paper, we use a decade of Colgate University "Admitted Student Questionnaire" surveys to estimate the influence of changes in a school's USNWR rank on…
Descriptors: Probability, College Choice, College Admission, High School Seniors
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Thakur, Marian – Journal of Institutional Research, 2007
The arrival of university ranking has changed the landscape of higher education all over the world and is likely to continue to influence further development nationally and internationally. This article provides an overview of rankings systems in which Australian universities feature and it goes on further to discuss the impact ranking systems…
Descriptors: Reputation, Higher Education, Institutional Evaluation, Foreign Countries
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Epstein, William M. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2004
Objective: To experimentally test for confirmational response bias among social work journals and to assess the time-liness and quality of the referee review process. Method: A positive and a negative version of two stimulus articles were sent to two randomized groups of 31 social work journals; journals were stratified by prestige; the timeliness…
Descriptors: Responses, Social Work, Clinical Psychology, Periodicals
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Briggs, Senga – Studies in Higher Education, 2006
This article explores the factors influencing student choice at six contrasting universities in Scotland to establish if there is value in developing a model for predicting institutional choice for Scottish undergraduate entry. It is based on a survey of 651 students in two undergraduate disciplines, accountancy and engineering, across the six…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Reputation, Student Attitudes
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Cleave-Hogg, Doreen; And Others – College and University, 1994
A University of Toronto (Canada) study of medical school applicants accepting (n=784) and declining (n=255) admission identified influential factors. Some (living cost, location) cannot be affected by the institution. The institution has limited control of others (faculty size, school environment) but can influence applicant perceptions. One…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Admission, College Applicants, College Attendance
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Price, Sandra J. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1992
By identifying and weighing the effects of an act on each constituency, a matrix based on John Stuart Mill's theories of utilitarianism illuminates and helps resolve complex ethical dilemmas. Application of the approach is illustrated with a simulated case study concerning the issue of reputation in a small private college. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Ethics
Fiske, Edward B.; And Others – 1988
A college guide provides prospective students various facts about life on and off campus at almost 300 U.S. colleges. It is designed to help the student make the most intelligent educational investment possible. It is selective, covering some of the best and most interesting institutions in the nation, providing written essays about them. Each…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Bound Students, College Choice, College Environment
White, Arden; Hernandez, Nelda R. – 1990
Two samples of doctoral program participants were surveyed for opinions about factors of relative importance in their selection of a counselor education program. Replies came from a national stratified sample of 55 programs comprising 249 recent doctoral degree graduates plus a second sample consisting of 211 doctoral program entrants. Data were…
Descriptors: College Choice, Counselor Certification, Counselor Training, Decision Making
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