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Ahmad, Syed Zamberi; Hussain, Matloub – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2017
The mobility of African students beyond national territories has become common worldwide. However, the underlying reasons motivating students to leave their countries of origin in pursuit of higher education in other developing nations and why these factors are important have not been fully explored. This study attempts to explore why and how…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, College Students, Foreign Countries, College Choice
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Haryanti; Wijayanto, Hari; Sumarwan, Ujang – Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, 2016
This research investigates the factors influencing Bogor senior high school students' choice of Bogor Agricultural University for further study. Choice of higher education institution is difficult for senior high school students and requires the consideration of many factors. Students in choosing a college are influenced by social factors,…
Descriptors: College Choice, High School Seniors, Agricultural Education, Foreign Countries
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Warshaw, Jarrett B.; Toutkoushian, Robert K.; Choi, Hyejin – Journal of Education and Work, 2017
For a future faculty member the choice of which graduate programme and institution to attend is considered to have important implications for securing academic employment, developing skills to succeed in academia, and yielding positive returns on investment of time and money in education. Yet does it matter where a faculty member attends graduate…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, College Choice, Reputation, Career Choice
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Mårtensson, Pär; Richtnér, Anders – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2015
The starting point of this paper is the question: Which issues do students think are important when choosing a higher education institution, and how are they related to the factors taken into consideration in ranking institutions? The aim is to identify and rank the parameters students perceive as important when choosing their place of education.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Business Schools, College Choice, College Students
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Ahmad, Syed Zamberi; Hussain, Matloub – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
Previous studies on the destination choices of international students have mainly focused on the mobility of students from non-English-speaking countries to English-speaking countries, with limited attention being paid to the investigation of the factors that determine the flow of international students in emerging education hubs in the Middle…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, College Choice, Foreign Students, Foreign Countries
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Branco Oliveira, Diana; Soares, Ana Maria – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2016
Attracting international students is increasingly important for higher education institutions. In order to contribute to the understanding of how international students choose a university, we conducted a qualitative study in a public university in the north of Portugal. Results show that students seek an international experience mainly for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Foreign Students, Decision Making
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Garwe, Evelyn Chiyevo – International Journal of Educational Management, 2016
Purpose: It is considered a mystery by many people that, despite charging significantly higher fees when compared to public institutions, research has shown an increase in the demand and enrolments at private higher education institutions. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the critical factors considered by students when deciding to make…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Private Colleges, Case Studies, Educational Demand
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Nguyen, Thuy; Sun, Qin; Ganesh, Gopala – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 2019
This study applies the pre-purchase decision-making model for services to higher education context in order to understand international students' post-acquisition marketing engagement. The research categorizes three types of decision-making factors (i.e. internal, external, and risk) and two types of customer marketing engagement (CME) (i.e.…
Descriptors: Role, Decision Making, Foreign Students, Marketing
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McCormack, O.; Lynch, R.; Hennessy, J. – Educational Studies, 2015
While the publication of school league tables is prohibited by law in Ireland, the publication of data categorising university placements achieved per school has become common practice. A central argument advanced in this endeavour includes the provision of information for parents. The views of parents on this issue have, until now, not been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Accountability, College Students
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Munisamy, Susila; Mohd Jaafar, Noor Ismawati; Nagaraj, Shyamala – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2014
The changing facets of the Malaysian higher education created market-based competition among higher education institutions. With increasing competition in the higher education environment, a clearer understanding of why and how students choose universities is more important to help universities develop their marketing strategies. This paper…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Undergraduate Students, Reputation, Institutional Characteristics
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Ahmad, Syed Zamberi; Buchanan, Frederick Robert – Educational Studies, 2016
Traditional assumptions favouring native English language countries in transnational higher education (TNHE) overlook experiences of international students in new emerging Asian education hubs. Specifically, there has been limited research relating to international students' choice for studying in Malaysia. Drawing from the "push-pull"…
Descriptors: Higher Education, International Education, Foreign Students, College Choice
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Gong, Xue; Huybers, Twan – Australian Journal of Education, 2015
This paper presents a novel application of a discrete choice experiment that seeks to contribute to a more accurate understanding of international education flows. The discrete choice experiment method is employed to identify the key factors underlying students' international education choices. The specific focus in the study is on China as the…
Descriptors: Asians, Foreign Students, Study Abroad, College Choice
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Tan, Anil – SAGE Open, 2015
The purpose of this article was to explore the main reasons influencing international students to study abroad. Main study abroad destinations are the United States, Australia, United Kingdom, and Canada. China is the leading sending country with 14% of the total market. This study explored the factors influencing international students to study…
Descriptors: College Choice, Foreign Students, Student Motivation, Family Influence
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Kalimullin, Aydar M.; Dobrotvorskaya, Svetlana G. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The relevance of studying the stated problem is due to the fact that for increasing the efficiency of higher education marketing it is necessary to take into account several factors, namely, factors that impact the choice of a university and an academic program by enrollees, as well as socio-psychological characteristics of the latter, while…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Marketing, College Students
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Soo, Kwok Tong – Education Economics, 2013
This paper estimates the effect that the league table published in the Sunday Times University Guide has on perceptions of the quality of universities by head teachers and academics, and on Home, EU and Overseas student applications, using data from 2005 to 2009 and a System GMM model for dynamic panel data. Our main result is that university…
Descriptors: Reputation, Institutional Characteristics, Periodicals, Educational Quality
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