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Sam Thomas – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: Prospective students and other stakeholders in the education system use global and national rankings as a measure of the quality of education offered by different higher educational institutions. The ranking of an Institution is seen as a measure of reputation and has a significant role in attracting students. But are students happy in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Satisfaction, Colleges
Bleemer, Zachary; Kumar, Mukul; Mehta, Aashish; Muellerleile, Chris; Newfield, Christopher – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023
High school and college students are inundated by indicators and rankings supposedly designed to help them decide where to go to college and what to study once they arrive. In "Metrics That Matter," coauthors Zachary Bleemer, Mukul Kumar, Aashish Mehta, Chris Muellerleile, and Christopher Newfield take a critical look at these metrics…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, College Choice, Universities
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Cotton, D. R. E.; Winter, J.; Miller, W.; Dalla Valle, L. – Environmental Education Research, 2018
University rankings are increasingly important internationally, and in the UK include a sustainability 'Green League'. However, there is little evidence about experiences of studying in 'sustainable universities'. We report an empirical study at five universities in varied positions in the Green League, exploring students' energy literacy,…
Descriptors: College Students, Energy, Literacy, Knowledge Level
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Rafi, Madeline A. – Journal of International Students, 2018
For more than 1,043,839 international students, the United States is the destination of choice to pursue higher education. Although Chinese students account for almost one in three international students in the U.S., there are many unknowns about the influential factors behind their college decision. This qualitative study explores the…
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Students, Asians, College Choice
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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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Cheung, Chau-Kiu; Yue, Xiao Dong – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2007
The list of recognized creators is constantly changing with the passage of time. An up-to-date list of recognized Chinese creators emerges from a survey of a large sample of Chinese students in various places in China. To understand the sustainability of the creators' fame, this study examines how the creators' personal characteristics affect…
Descriptors: Creativity, Student Attitudes, Reputation, Foreign Countries