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Framework for Rating Higher Education Construction Programs in the US: Perspective of Administrators
Direct linkGhosh, Somik; Bigelow, Ben; Johnston, Jonathan – Journal of Civil Engineering Education, 2023
Ranking systems are readily available and offer a simplistic way to differentiate among universities. However, end-users are not informed about the criteria and methods used to develop the ranking systems. Whereas ranking systems are used by prospective students, their lack of reliability and transparency outweigh their benefits. There are a few…
Descriptors: Models, Construction (Process), Civil Engineering, Administrator Attitudes
Download full textYork, Travis T.; Gibson, Charles; Rankin, Susan – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2015
Despite, and perhaps because of its amorphous nature, the term "academic success" is one of the most widely used constructs in educational research and assessment within higher education. This paper conducts an analytic literature review to examine the use and operationalization of the term in multiple academic fields. Dominant…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Rating, Educational Research
Sparks, Roland J. – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2011
The cost of college is increasing faster than inflation with the government funding over 19 million student loans that have a current outstanding balance of over $850 billion in 2010. Student default rates for 2008 averaged 7% but for some colleges, default rates were as high as 46.8%. Congress is demanding answers from colleges and universities…
Descriptors: Investment, State Federal Aid, Higher Education, Achievement Gains
Peer reviewedNehari, Miriam; Bender, Hilary – Higher Education, 1978
A conceptual model for the meaningfulness and value of a course of study as judged by students in higher education is developed. It suggests that in a course, perceived meaningfulness and value are related to the perceived learnings in the cognitive-subject matter, affective-personal, and behavioral domains. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Affective Objectives, Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Objectives
Peer reviewedGray, David M.; Brandenburg, Dale C. – Research in Higher Education, 1985
Two factors were investigated: the longitudinal nature of student ratings of instructors and the use of item banks for designing student rating questionnaires, especially for instructor feedback. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Achievement Rating, College Faculty, Data Analysis
Kipps, Paul H.; And Others – 1977
This paper presents the results of a study designed to provide an empirical test of a learning theory proposed by McKenzie and Staaf in which the student effort enters as an argument in the learning achievement function. The model states that final achievement in economics is equal to the initial stock of knowledge plus improvement, where…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Achievement Gains
Craig, Eleanor D.; And Others – 1977
The paper discusses an experiment in which regression analysis was used to examine predictors of information retention following a college economics course. It was hypothesized that students taught in small classes with self-instructional materials would place a higher value on basic economic concepts and retain these concepts longer than students…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Class Size, Cognitive Measurement, Comparative Analysis
