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Erkkilä, Tero – European Journal of Education, 2014
Global university rankings have portrayed European higher education institutions in varying lights, leading to intense reflection on the figures on the EU and national levels alike. The rankings have helped to construct a policy problem of "European higher education", framing higher education as an element of competitiveness in a global…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Global Approach, Economics
Ruffalo Noel Levitz, 2019
Adult students (age 25 and older) make up almost 40 percent of the national undergraduate population. Since they are often balancing their college experience with work, family, and other responsibilities, adult students may have different priorities and challenges. What can campuses do to serve these students better and help more of them succeed?…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Student Satisfaction, Undergraduate Students, Student Needs
Hess, Frederick M.; Hochleitner, Taryn – American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 2012
College ranking guides such as Barron's "Profiles of American Colleges" and "US News and World Report" serve as bibles for college applicants and their families. The schools they proclaim as most competitive or elite receive a flood of applications, despite their often-hefty price tags. However, the ranks of the top-tier…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Reputation, College Choice, Tuition
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Horstschraer, Julia – Economics of Education Review, 2012
This paper analyzes how high-ability students respond to different indicators of university quality when applying for a university. Are prospective students influenced by quality indicators of a university ranking or by an excellence status awarded within a nationwide competition? And if so, are some quality dimensions, e.g. research reputation,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Choice, Competition, Educational Quality
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Romanova, Irina M.; Noskova, Elena V.; Trotsenko, Anastasiya N. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
Development of academic mobility of students from different countries requires evaluating the influence of their cultural traits on the behavior on the educational products market. The subject of present study is the development of methodic approach towards evaluating the cross-cultural traits influence on students' behavior on the higher…
Descriptors: Student Mobility, Higher Education, Cultural Traits, Behavior Patterns
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Wilkins, Stephen – Journal of Research in International Education, 2013
The purpose of the research upon which this article is based was to identify the factors that influence the higher education choices of expatriate children. The study involved a self-completed written questionnaire and structured face-to-face interviews with nineteen students at four international schools in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Students, Foreign Countries, Reputation
Severson, Christopher S. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This mixed-methods study analyzed data from 906 Ruffalo Noel Levitz Student Satisfaction Surveys (RNLSSS) at a two-year technical college in Wisconsin, to determine influences on participants' choices of programs in information technology (IT). Quantitative results showed that none of eight variables (i.e., cost, financial assistance, academic…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Student Satisfaction, Two Year College Students, Technical Education
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Avralev, Nikita; Efimova, Irina – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2015
Article is devoted to the new conditions for the development of society characterized by the reconstruction of the course of higher education by increasing the competitiveness of Russian universities in the world scientific and educational space and the global university rankings as indicators of the implementation of the integration process and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Global Approach, Achievement Rating, Universities
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Wilkins, Stephen; Huisman, Jeroen – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
Previous research has found that the images of universities formed by prospective students greatly influence their choices. With the advent of international branch campuses in several higher education hubs worldwide, many international students now attempt to construct images of these institutions when deciding where to study. The aim of this…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Applicants, Reputation, Performance Factors
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Li, Jianyao; Liu, Fang; Rojas-Méndez, José I. – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2013
Previous research studies identified country image as an important variable in international students' selection of onshore programs, and it is often perceived that there is little difference between onshore and offshore program selection. Looking at a sample of high school students in China and their selections of offshore programs (from a sample…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Student Attitudes, Foreign Students
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Wood, J. Luke; Harrison, John D. – Negro Educational Review, 2014
In this study we examined the college choice process for Black males attending community colleges. Using data from the Educational Longitudinal Study, findings indicated that Black males who attend community colleges select their institutions based upon having a degree in their chosen field, the coursework/curriculum, job placement record,…
Descriptors: College Choice, Community Colleges, African American Students, Males
Parslow, Breanna – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study is to determine factors influencing Korean parents' and students' university application choice decisions in three international schools in the Republic of Korea (South). Institutional and individual factors that influenced Korean students' university application choice decisions and their parents' university application…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parents, College Choice, College Bound Students
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Tofallis, Chris – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2012
Educationalists are well able to find fault with rankings on numerous grounds and may reject them outright. However, given that they are here to stay, we could also try to improve them wherever possible. All currently published university rankings combine various measures to produce an overall score using an additive approach. The individual…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Class Rank, Classification, Institutional Characteristics
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Shiner, Michael; Noden, Philip – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2015
Despite entering higher education in good numbers, candidates from some black and minority ethnic groups are concentrated in less prestigious institutions. A similar pattern is evident in candidates' applications, raising important questions about the role of "self-exclusion". Statistical analysis confirms that candidates from some…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Social Class, Racial Differences
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Locke, William – European Journal of Education, 2014
Rankings and online comparison sites have both facilitated and shaped the marketisation of higher education in England, the UK as a whole and elsewhere. They have facilitated marketisation by introducing greater competition between and within higher education institutions. Ultimately, they accomplish the transformation of qualities into…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Competition, Commercialization
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