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Are the Best Higher Education Institutions Also More Sustainable?
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Elizane Maria Siqueira Wilhelm; Celso Bilynkievycz dos Santos; Luiz Alberto Pilatti – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyze the integration of sustainable practices in the strategies and operations of world-class higher education institutions (HEIs) under the theoretical guidance of Max Weber's instrumental and value rationalities. Design/methodology/approach: The results of the Quacquarelli-Symonds World University…
Descriptors: Colleges, Reputation, Sustainability, Global Approach
Strategic European Partnerships for UK Universities Post-Brexit: Navigating a Globally Contested Field of World-Class Universities
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Ludovic Highman; Simon Marginson; Vassiliki Papatsiba – Tertiary Education and Management, 2023
This paper assesses how UK universities seek to maintain their global dominant position post-Brexit through comprehensive strategic partnerships with key European institutions as part of their internationalisation strategies. Drawing on 24 semi-structured interviews conducted from November 2017 to July 2018 in 12 UK universities vertically…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Universities, Global Approach
The Prestige Economy of Higher Education Journals: A Quantitative Approach
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Kwiek, Marek – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2021
This study addresses stratification in the global higher education research community and the changing geography of country affiliations in six elite journals. The distribution of country affiliations is analyzed from a longitudinal perspective (1996-2018), and full-time and part-time authors in the field are contrasted. The prestige maximization…
Descriptors: Periodicals, Higher Education, Educational Research, Reputation
Embracing the Global: The Role of Ranking, Research Mandate, and Sector in the Internationalisation of Higher Education
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Buckner, Elizabeth – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2022
Universities around the world are increasingly orienting themselves towards global engagement in the form of internationalisation. This article examines how the importance of internationalisation and international research collaborations varies across institutions. Using data from the Fourth Global Survey of Internationalisation, it finds that…
Descriptors: International Education, Higher Education, International Cooperation, Research
Supply-Side Antecedents of Dropout Rates in MBA Programs
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Iglesias, Víctor; Entrialgo, Montserrat; Müller, Frank – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
The purpose of this paper is to carry out an empirical examination of the supply-side factors influencing dropout rates in MBA programs. We analyze the extent to which the resources and characteristics of the program (content, teaching methodology, course load, class size, partnerships, reputation) influence these rates. A GLM analysis was…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Masters Programs, Dropout Rate, Graduate Students
2012 Global Management Education Graduate Survey. Survey Report
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Leach, Laura – Graduate Management Admission Council, 2012
Each year for the past 13 years, the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) has conducted a survey of graduate management education students in their final year of business school. The Global Management Education Graduate Survey is distributed to students at participating schools. The survey allows students to express their opinions about…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Graduate Students, Student Surveys, Graduates