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Direct linkVulperhorst, J. P.; van der Rijst, R. M.; Holmegaard, H. T.; Akkerman, S. F. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2022
Over the past forty years, scholars have been studying students' choice of higher education programmes to unravel the complexity of the choice process. Recent studies have shown that students may commit to a programme, i.e. they make a choice to enrol in that programme, when they find a programme that attunes well with their interests. Students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Bound Students, College Choice, Enrollment
Karlijn F. B. Soppe; Irene G. Klugkist; Theo Wubbels; Leoniek D. N. V. Wijngaards de Meij – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2024
In the Netherlands, the implementation of mandatory procedures in which prospective students do a final check on their initial higher education program choice (so-called matching procedures), were introduced to improve student-program fit. We argue that prospective students who lack feelings of fit with the program during these matching procedures…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, College Choice, College Bound Students
Vulperhorst, Jonne Pieter; van der Rijst, Roeland Matthijs; Akkerman, Sanne Floor – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2020
Recent studies have shown that students' interests are decisive in making a substantiated higher education choice, yet do not indicate how students decide which interests they aim to pursue. This study aimed to find the considerations students have when weighing interests and higher education programmes. Thematic analysis was applied to uncover…
Descriptors: Student Interests, College Choice, Foreign Countries, Decision Making
Download full textGraduate Management Admission Council, 2021
Each month, the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) surveys a random sample of individuals who three months prior registered on mba.com--the GMAC™ website for prospective graduate business students. Their survey responses provide an inside look into the decision-making process of people currently considering applying to a graduate…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Graduate Study, Business Administration Education, Administrator Education
Graduate Management Admission Council, 2020
Each month, the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) surveys a random sample of individuals who three months prior registered on mba.com--the GMAC™ website for prospective graduate business students. Their survey responses provide an inside look into the decision-making process of people currently considering applying to a graduate…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Graduate Study, Business Administration Education, Administrator Education
Graduate Management Admission Council, 2019
Each month, the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) surveys a random sample of individuals who three months prior registered on mba.com--the GMAC™ website for prospective graduate business students. Their survey responses provide an inside look into the decision-making process of people currently considering applying to a graduate…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Business Administration Education, College Choice, Educational Demand
Donkor, Felix Kwabena; Mazumder, Ram Krishna; Hosseinzadeh, Saeed; Roy, Someshwar – Journal of Research in International Education, 2020
Education holds promise as a vehicle for sustainable global development and human capacity development, as reflected in the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations. International education has become a prominent feature in contemporary times on the educational landscape as students become increasingly mobile in pursuit of their…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Objectives, International Organizations, Capacity Building
Graduate Management Admission Council, 2019
Each month, the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) surveys a random sample of individuals who three months prior registered on mba.com--the GMAC™ website for prospective graduate business students. Their survey responses provide an inside look into the decision-making process of people currently considering applying to a graduate…
Descriptors: Occupational Aspiration, Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Business Administration Education
Schoenfeld, Gregg – Graduate Management Admission Council, 2015
This 2015 "mba.com Prospective Students Survey Report" explores the motivations, career goals, preferred program types, financial choices, decision time lines, and intended study destinations of individuals interested in pursuing a graduate management education. Findings analyzed in the report represent responses from nearly 12,000…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Business Administration Education, College Admission, Graduate Study
Kolster, Renze – European Journal of Higher Education, 2014
The number of international students and the number of countries hosting these students are growing. The level of internationalization has also become an indication of the prestige of higher education institutions. Therefore, it is becoming increasingly important for countries--an indeed the European higher education area as a whole--to be…
Descriptors: International Education, Foreign Students, Reputation, Higher Education
Constantinides, Efthymios; Zinck Stagno, Marc C. – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 2011
The importance of social media as platforms of social interaction, communication and marketing is growing. Increasing numbers of businesses in various industries have already integrated or plan to integrate social media applications into their marketing programs. Higher education institutions show increased interest in the potential of social…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Marketing, Higher Education, Social Networks
Otten, Chris M. E. – 1991
This paper describes a quantitative method to investigate the enrollment motives of students, and reports on the application of the method at the University of Utrecht (The Netherlands). The paper discusses environmental, educational/organizational, and image factors influencing a student's choice of a particular university. A quantitative…
Descriptors: College Choice, Decision Making, Enrollment, Foreign Countries
