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Tadesse, Endale Fantahun; Khalid, Sabika – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: Integrating research into teaching at higher education institutions (HEIs) has become a current goal of Western countries due to the reliability of this approach in promoting lifelong student learning and improving the teaching quality in higher education. However, integrating research into teaching is not as easy as "pushing a…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Cross Cultural Studies, Higher Education
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Hsu, Chungwen; Fisher, Patti J. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2016
This empirical study uses the 2013 Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) to investigate the characteristics of households that hold at least one loan for educational expenses. The benefit of using household-level data is that a single household may have education loans for multiple people in the household, including the household head, spouse/partner,…
Descriptors: Student Loan Programs, Family Characteristics, Family Income, Parent Background
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Leach, Linda – Higher Education Research and Development, 2016
Student engagement has become increasingly important in higher education in recent years. Influenced internationally by government drivers to improve student outcomes, many countries and institutions have participated in surveys such as the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) and its progeny, the Australasian Survey of Student Engagement…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disciplines, Learner Engagement, Higher Education, College Freshmen
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Ding, Xiaojiong – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2016
In recent years, China has grown from an insignificant player to a major destination in the global market for international students. Based on a questionnaire survey and in-depth interviews conducted in 2013, this study uses Shanghai as an example to examine international students' experiences in China. It is found that China has become a niche…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Interviews
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Huff, Marie Thielke; Neubrander, Judy – Journal of Academic Administration in Higher Education, 2015
The focus of this paper is on the roles and experiences of interim administrators in higher education. A survey was given to current and recent interim administrators in four-year public universities and colleges across the United States. The goals were to identify the advantages and disadvantages of using and serving as interims, and to solicit…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Administrative Change, College Administration, Administrator Surveys
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Harrington, Ingrid; Mellors, Marc J. – International Journal of Higher Education, 2021
The role of gamification in Australian higher educational learning has gained increasing currency in recent years, with many proponents promoting its usefulness for improving the university student experience by increasing progression and lowering attrition, particularly among first year students (Charles, Charles, McNeill, Bustard, & Black,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Students, Game Based Learning
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Chateau, Anne; Tassinari, Maria Giovanna – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2021
Autonomy in language learning is for many language centres in higher education a pedagogical goal. However, although autonomy is a concept that has been associated with language learning for almost 40 years, both the understanding of that concept and its implementation in classroom-settings and in self-access language centres vary considerably. In…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Independent Study, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Golden, Gillian; Troy, Lisa; Weko, Thomas – OECD Publishing, 2021
The OECD Higher Education Policy Survey (HEPS) is a new instrument developed by the OECD Higher Education Policy Team to gather comparative information on system features and characteristics of policies across OECD jurisdictions, to support policy analysis and peer learning. The first HEPS was fielded in 2020, to support the ongoing thematic…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Policy, Governance, Policy Analysis
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Loepp, Eric D. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2018
In an effort to promote learning in classrooms, political science instructors are increasingly turning to interactive teaching strategies--experiments, simulations, etc.--that supplement traditional lecture formats. In this article, I advocate the use of student-generated data as a powerful teaching tool that can be used in a variety of ways to…
Descriptors: Political Science, Teaching Methods, Interaction, Data Collection
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Schreiner, Laurie A. – Christian Higher Education, 2018
This article presents the results of an analysis of recent survey data collected from CCCU students and alumni to address the research question, "To what extent are CCCU students and alumni significantly different from their counterparts in other types of universities, based on data collected through national surveys?" Survey data from…
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Higher Education, Christianity, Religious Education
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Calkins, Susanna; Harris, Muveddet – Journal of Faculty Development, 2017
For many faculty, critical reflection on teaching and learning requires space and time that is not readily available. For fifteen years, we have run a substantial year-long faculty development program designed to help participants: (1) reflect critically on their teaching and their students' learning; and (2) develop a project related to their…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Sustainability
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Jones, Harriet; Yeoman, Kay; Gaskell, Emma; Prendergast, John – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2017
The transition between school and university can be problematic for students. Understanding students' expectations about the system they are entering is crucial in effecting a smooth transition. The school system involves small classes, often with teachers who know their students well. In contrast, university involves large class sizes and a…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Foreign Countries, Expectation, Higher Education
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James-MacEachern, Melissa; Yun, Dongkoo – International Journal of Educational Management, 2017
Purpose: There is little research into small higher education institutions and international students' choice in selecting these institutions. The purpose of this paper is to understand the factors that influence international student choices in selecting a small institution. In particular, this study compares the differences between Chinese…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, College Choice
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Seyfried, Markus; Ansmann, Moritz – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2018
Quality management (QM) in teaching and learning has strongly "infected" the higher education sector and spread around the world. It has almost everywhere become an integral part of higher education reforms. While existing research on QM mainly focuses on the national level from a macro-perspective, its introduction at the institutional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Quality, Quality Assurance
Miscavage, Karen – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Because of the continuing growth in the numbers of students with disabilities at institutions of higher education (IHEs), there is a greater need for IHEs to provide support programs to meet the diverse needs of these students and to improve their success and engagement. Federal policies and laws mandate that services and accommodations be…
Descriptors: Satisfaction, Social Support Groups, Disabilities, Higher Education
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