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Jeckells, Harriet – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 2022
This research investigates the influential factors impacting CDM among prospective online MBA students, using qualitative interviews. This research focus is contextualised with analysis on the CDM process and the disparity between UK and international students, to gain a deeper understanding of the dynamics of the influential factors. The findings…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Masters Programs, Business Administration Education, Telecommunications
Rughoobur-Seetah, Soujata – Quality in Higher Education, 2019
This paper attempts to identify factors influencing students' choices of higher education institution in Mauritius. Social exchange theory was used as theoretical foundation. A survey was conducted with students at tertiary level in Mauritius. A partial least square structural equation modelling was used to identify factors affecting students'…
Descriptors: College Choice, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes
Forde, Althea A. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This study set out to examine factors that influence and motivate foundations in their decision-making strategies to support Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), and how decisions are shaped by the identity, characteristics, and institutional advancement offices at these institutions of higher learning. Twelve semi-structured interviews were…
Descriptors: Donors, Private Financial Support, Philanthropic Foundations, Minority Serving Institutions
Rao, Sandeep; Andini, Veena – Higher Education Quarterly, 2019
With increasing student migration for Higher Education to Karnataka, it is important to understand the reasons which influence the migrants. Studies have indicated various push and pull factors for migration. This paper identifies career opportunities, value for education, brand equity, living conditions and others as pull factors of student…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Student Mobility, Higher Education, Employment Opportunities
Collins, Christopher S.; Mathew, Allan; Paredes-Collins, Kristin – Christian Higher Education, 2021
The policies, priorities, and productivity of postsecondary admission offices are under a great deal of scrutiny. The current realities range from the pressures of tuition-driven institutions to deliver the majority of the university budget each fall, to more selective institutions wrestling with standards of which applicants to accept amid…
Descriptors: Christianity, Religious Colleges, College Admission, Court Litigation
Ho, Sonia Wai-Ying; Zhou, George – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2021
In recent years, more and more Chinese students have come to Canada for their education. Some of them are parents, and they bring their children with them. Using a multiple case study design, this study explored these international parent-students in regards to how they select schools for their children. Six participants were recruited. Data were…
Descriptors: School Choice, Asians, Parent Attitudes, Case Studies
Coniam, David; Lee, Tony; Milanovic, Michael; Pike, Nigel; Zhao, Wen – Language Education & Assessment, 2022
The calibration of test materials generally involves the interaction between empirical analysis and expert judgement. This paper explores the extent to which scale familiarity might affect expert judgement as a component of test validation in the calibration process. It forms part of a larger study that investigates the alignment of the…
Descriptors: Specialists, Language Tests, Test Validity, College Faculty
Taneja, Girish – International Journal of Educational Management, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the use of meta-tags by the leading higher educational institutions (HEIs). It explores the various kinds of messages conveyed by HEIs in the meta-description tags of their website homepage. It further examines that whether the messages conveyed by HEIs are in accordance with the prospective…
Descriptors: College Students, Universities, Web Sites, Metadata
O'Sullivan, K.; Robson, J.; Winters, N. – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
This paper presents findings from an interpretative phenomenological analysis with 20 students from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds who were accepted onto a Foundation Year in Oxford University. It explores the factors that impacted on their decision to apply to a prestigious university and student's views on their transition to the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Economically Disadvantaged, College Choice
Moogan, Y. J. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2020
This paper analyses the student decision-making model for international postgraduate (PG) students with a concentration on consumer service marketing principles. Using a grounded theory approach and exploratory techniques (focus groups), it investigates qualitatively why the UK is the destination choice, the rationale for the programme of study…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Decision Making, Foreign Countries
Wang, Zhiqi; Crawford, Ian – International Journal of Educational Management, 2021
Purpose: The paper examines the effects of individual differences on the key motivational factors affecting Chinese study abroad students. Design/methodology/approach: The current study adopts a quantitative survey approach. Students are recruited through the largest online survey provider in China. Using 335 completed questionnaires and factor…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Decision Making
Tello, Albaliz – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to understand the perceptions, behaviors and decision making of deans and directors of university support services on the use of social media. University support services play a major role in meeting the personal and academic needs of students. How they serve students has changed in recent years due…
Descriptors: Deans, Administrators, Social Media, Administrator Attitudes
Arbesman-Gold, Tamara – ProQuest LLC, 2016
While several models of college choice currently exist, many are decades old and very few examine the process of choosing an MBA program. At the same time, the popularity MBA program rankings continue to grow, however, it is not well understood how influential MBA program rankings are in the business school choice process. Given the lack of…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Business Schools, College Choice, Merit Rating
Khalil, Lina; Kelly, Anthony – Journal of Research in International Education, 2020
This paper presents findings from a recent study on choice-making among teachers, school leaders and parents in a for-profit British international school in Kuwait. Using a Bourdieusian field analysis, the choice-making of the various stakeholders is investigated to reveal their positionality within the school's social space, to examine the…
Descriptors: International Schools, Proprietary Schools, Foreign Countries, School Choice
Prasad, Mousami; Sengupta, Sourav; Niranjan, Tarikere T. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2020
This study provides an insider's perspective on why engineering undergraduates at elite Indian universities lack academic motivation. Using interpretive qualitative research (actors approach), we uncover students' perceptions of academic (de)motivation and group them into three broad categories: faculty-related, course-related and…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Student Attitudes