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Direct linkElken, Mari; Hovdhaugen, Elisabeth; Stensaker, Bjørn – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2016
Global university rankings currently attract considerable attention, and it is often assumed that such rankings may cause universities to prioritize activities and outcomes that will have a positive effect in their ranking position. A possible consequence of this could be the spread of a particular model of an "ideal" university. This…
Descriptors: Reputation, Research Universities, Models, Interviews
Jankvist, Uffe Thomas – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2014
Based on a study about using original sources with Danish upper secondary students, the paper addresses the potential outcome of such an approach in regard to the so-called recruitment problem to the mathematical sciences. 24 students were exposed to questionnaire questions and 16 of these to follow-up interviews, which form the basis for both a…
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Secondary School Students, Questionnaires, Followup Studies
Holmegaard, Henriette Tolstrup; Ulriksen, Lars M.; Madsen, Lene Møller – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2014
This paper presents the first results from a longitudinal qualitative study following 38 Danish students' choice of higher education. By using a narrative psychological framework it is shown how the choice of higher education is embedded in various dilemmas, making it difficult for the students to make meaningful choices. They believe the choice…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries, Self Concept
Galan, Mianda; Lawley, Meredith; Clements, Michael – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 2015
Universities globally are showing increased interest in the potential of social media as a marketing recruitment tool. This paper explores how and why potential postgraduate business students looking to study internationally use social media in their educational decision-making process. Due to a lack of existing research, this study adopted an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Networks, Mass Media Use, Graduate Students
Holmegaard, Henriette Tolstrup – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
Students' science choices have long attracted attention in both public and research. Recently there has been a call for qualitative studies to explore how choices create a sense of fit for individual students. Therefore, this paper aims to study how science students' choices of higher education are performed and to uncover the patterns of…
Descriptors: Science Education, Qualitative Research, STEM Education, Decision Making
Bundgaard, Helle – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2012
This article discusses the approach to the management of change taken by a Danish university when introducing a university-wide market for education and it explores the different positions taken by some of the central stakeholders in one of the faculties involved. I argue that neither the inadequacies of a popular management model nor insufficient…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Universities, Educational Administration
