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Nguyen Thi Ngoc Ha; Cuong Huu Hoang; Elizabeth Knight; Peter Hurley – Journal of International Students, 2023
This systematic literature review synthesizes empirical evidence to comprehensively examine factors driving international students' choice of Australia as their preferred destination for tertiary education. Deductive analysis of findings from the 46 selected studies, framed within the push and pull framework, identified 27 factors that revealed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, College Students, College Choice
Leni, Nurhasanah – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2019
Entering the 4.0 industrial revolution, the number of Indonesians who consider it important to education is increasing. This is evidenced by the increasing number of students and the increasing number of university choices. However, what actually motivated the students to choose the college? This study aims to determine the factors that influence…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, College Students, College Choice, Religious Colleges
Pizarro Milian, Roger; Rizk, Jessica – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2018
Concern with university rankings have become widespread throughout post-secondary education (PSE), fuelled in part by administrative concerns that demotions down the rank ladder will produce negative institutional outcomes. There is reason to believe, however, that ranking 'effects' may be partially muted in Canadian PSE due to the (1) national…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Reputation, Institutional Characteristics
Nuseir, Mohammed T.; El Refae, Ghaleb A. – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 2022
This study empirically examines different factors that influence students to select universities in the UAE. The primary data were collected based on a survey of students at two public universities -- United Arab Emirates University and Zayed University, as well as three private universities -- New York University, Abu Dhabi University, and Alain…
Descriptors: Marketing, College Choice, Decision Making, Student Attitudes
Robertson, Susan L. – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2022
A great deal has been written about the rise of the world-class university and global university rankings over the past two decades. Much of this work focuses on either the efficacy of the indicators used to measure world classness or on the purposes they serve regarding student choice in an international market. However, less attention has been…
Descriptors: Universities, Reputation, Institutional Evaluation, Educational Quality
Dai, Kun; Hu, Yating; Li, Xiaoyuan; Oladipo, Oluwasegun – Higher Education Research and Development, 2023
With the growing trend of globalisation and the internationalisation of higher education, China actively recruits more international students to study at Chinese universities. Notably, international doctoral students are a significant cohort in this trend. Although many studies have investigated international students' learning experiences in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Students, Foreign Students, Doctoral Programs
Oy Lar Kiki, Chan; Lau, Yui-yip; Chan, Victor C. W. – International Journal of Educational Management, 2023
Purpose: This study empirically investigates the influence of students' brand attitudes and perceptions of brand fit on their study intention vis-à-vis international brand alliances and individual brands after alliance. Design/methodology/approach: Structural equation modelling (SEM) was used in data analysis, and a questionnaire was administered…
Descriptors: Reputation, Institutional Characteristics, Institutional Cooperation, Student Attitudes
Azzone, Giovanni; Soncin, Mara – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
When investigating students' motivations to enrol in university, a wide range of elements related to the overall student experience should be taken into account. The current study moves from this point to analyse students' choice factors from a survey completed by 27,504 students across 23 Italian institutions by means of a logistic principal…
Descriptors: College Choice, Student Motivation, Student Attitudes, Factor Analysis
Li, Fangxuan – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2020
With the internationalization of education, studying at international branch campuses (IBCs) is becoming a popular choice in China. Taking Dongbei University of Finance and Economics (DUFE)--Surrey International Institute as an example, this article explores the choice criteria used by Chinese students enrolled at an IBC. Based on auto-ethnography…
Descriptors: College Choice, Foreign Countries, Universities, Ethnography
Sim, Adriel K. S.; Tan, Kim-Lim; Sia, Joseph Kee-Ming; Hii, Ivy S. H. – International Journal of Educational Management, 2020
Purpose: In the last decade, female students' enrolment in higher education has experienced significant growth. However, male and female students still differ in criteria set of choosing higher education institutions. While several studies have been disentangled in developed countries in analyzing gender differences in pursuing higher education, a…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, College Freshmen, Multicampus Colleges, Gender Differences
Holtzman, Steven; Minott, Tamara; Devasia, Nimmi; Kirova, Dessi; Klieger, David – ETS Research Report Series, 2021
Gathering a diverse student body is important for institutions of higher education (IHEs) at the graduate/professional level. However, it is impossible to select a diverse student body from a homogenous group of candidates. Thus the aim of this study is to discover the extent to which diversity goals in admissions are precluded by the lack of…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Graduate Study, Professional Education, Scores
Bunnell, Tristan; Donnelly, Michael; Lauder, Hugh – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2021
Our paper reveals a significant under-reported emergent phenomenon: the graduates of the well-established 'Elite Traditional International Schools' worldwide are beginning to cluster in certain universities, in certain 'global cities'. As one might expect, New York and London are central to this clustering, alongside Boston, Toronto and Vancouver.…
Descriptors: Social Class, Advantaged, Selective Admission, Universities
Kusumawati, Andriani; Perera, Nelson; Yanamandram, Venkata – International Journal of Educational Management, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors influencing Indonesian students' choice of university by estimating the trade-off students make in selecting a university. Design/methodology/approach: Conjoint analysis was used to examine the relative importance and the part-worth scores of the attributes that influence students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Choice, College Bound Students, Family Influence
Jeckells, Harriet – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 2022
This research investigates the influential factors impacting CDM among prospective online MBA students, using qualitative interviews. This research focus is contextualised with analysis on the CDM process and the disparity between UK and international students, to gain a deeper understanding of the dynamics of the influential factors. The findings…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Masters Programs, Business Administration Education, Telecommunications
Rughoobur-Seetah, Soujata – Quality in Higher Education, 2019
This paper attempts to identify factors influencing students' choices of higher education institution in Mauritius. Social exchange theory was used as theoretical foundation. A survey was conducted with students at tertiary level in Mauritius. A partial least square structural equation modelling was used to identify factors affecting students'…
Descriptors: College Choice, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes