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Sanaa Ashour; Bernd Kleimann – Research Papers in Education, 2024
This article compares the private higher education (HE) systems in Germany and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). We examine the historical, political, and demographic contexts of private universities in both countries, as well as the role of the state in regulating and shaping the private HE sector. We then explore the interrelation of the public…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Private Colleges, Cultural Differences, Educational History
Gwen R. Morris – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education outlines criteria for occupational therapy graduate programs by degree type but does not require pedagogic knowledge for either degree type. The problem addressed through this study was that the predictive relationship between occupational therapy faculty mentorship in the first 3 years…
Descriptors: Occupational Therapy, Allied Health Occupations Education, Teacher Student Relationship, Mentors
Bokhari, Neefen F. – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This study aimed at filling in the gap in the literature by examining the organizational identity (OI) of a group of private not-for-profit liberal arts colleges (LACs) and their change and/or stability over time. The OIs were investigated by employing a qualitative content analysis for the strategic plans of eleven LACs over time. The selected…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Educational Change, Private Colleges, Liberal Arts
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Gazi Mahabubul Alam; Soaib Asimiran; Ismi Arif Bin Ismail; Nor Aniza Ahmad – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2025
Using school management settings, this manuscript developed important substantial leadership models such as "instructional," "constructive," and "distributed." University leadership and especially in the private sector is an understudied topic. While private universities need to generate revenue for profits and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Private Colleges, College Presidents, For Profit Colleges
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Reham Adel Ali; Mohamed Soliman; Muhammad Roflee Weahama; Muhammadafeefee Assalihee; Imran Mahmud – Smart Learning Environments, 2025
The current study explores metaverse adoption among higher education institutions (HEIs) in the light of a theoretical framework to empower future perspectives of the metaverse as a learning platform. Even though this technology was just recently introduced to the higher education sector, very few attempts have been made to evaluate its impact.…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, College Students, Student Attitudes, Private Colleges
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Abdullahi, Mohammed Sani; Raman, Kavitha; Solarin, Sakiru Adebola; Adeiza, Adams – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: The aim of this research is to investigate the mediating effect of employee engagement (EE) on the relationship between employee relation practice and employee performance in Malaysian private universities (MPUs). Design/methodology/approach: This paper used a survey research design, and the study unit of the analysis consists of the…
Descriptors: Job Performance, Private Colleges, Foreign Countries, College Faculty
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Vyas, Ridhi; Bailey, Kaylin; Vyas, Niraj; Compton, Peggy – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: This study assessed undergraduate unhealthy substance use, levels of knowledge about opioid pharmacology, unhealthy use and safety, and students' perceptions about their level of knowledge. Participants: Participants were undergraduate students at a large, private university in the Northeast. Methods: This study employed a…
Descriptors: Narcotics, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Undergraduate Students
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Herrmann, Sonja; Nagel, Christian – Research in Higher Education, 2023
Research estimating the outcomes of higher education in Germany has widely ignored the private educational sector. This study focuses on labour market returns in terms of the income of graduates from private higher education institutions in Germany. Using data from the National Education Panel Study (NEPS) the results of the Bayesian regression…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Private Colleges, Public Colleges
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Soomro, Bahadur Ali; Saraih, Ummi Naiemah; Ahmad, Tunku Salha Tunku – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: This study aims to examine the direct and indirect relationships between Personality Traits (PTs) and Conflict Management Styles (CMSs) through Job Performance (JP) in Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach: This is a quantitative study that employed a survey questionnaire to collect cross-sectional data from academic leaders of Pakistan's…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Conflict Resolution, Job Performance, Higher Education
Steven Scott Wettergren – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Students coming into college lack the basic non-cognitive skills necessary for success in higher education. As a result, many students struggle in their early courses. Most college admissions focus on cognitive measures such as high school grade point averages (GPA) and high-stakes exams; however, these factors alone are not the sole predictors of…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Academic Achievement, College Readiness, College Freshmen
Callahan, Caroline M. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this action research study was to understand and strengthen staff and administrators' sense of workplace belonging in a small, private, family-founded college. In Cycle 1 the researcher aimed to understand factors that contributed to participants sense of belonging. Cycle 1 participants responded to a survey to provide insight on…
Descriptors: School Personnel, Administrators, Sense of Community, Work Environment
Palacios Moreno, Bianca – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This qualitative case study examined the higher education phenomenon of internationalization from the perceptions of one private post-secondary institution in South Florida. Open- ended questions from a survey and semi-structured interviews were executed. Participants selected for this study were limited to seven leaders and directors directly…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Private Colleges, Administrator Attitudes, Decision Making
Lee, Daniel M. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Many first-generation, African American male students who enroll in primarily White institutions do not persist. This phenomenological study aimed to understand academic persistence in first-generation African American male students enrolled at a four-year, primarily White institution. The theory guiding this study is the theory of human…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, First Generation College Students, African American Students, Males
Brian T. Keech – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Governing boards of organizations have come under scrutiny in recent decades for financial problems, leadership scandals, and a variety of other uncomfortable reasons. Trustees might have prevented challenges and scandals if the appropriate board oversight were in place including the right board structures, practices, culture, governance, and…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Governing Boards, Higher Education, Private Colleges
Ariel Dulcidia Leitao Leonelli – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Current, traditional-aged prospective college students are undergoing their college-going decision process in a "constantly connected" world. The purpose of this research was to explore and better understand how peer influence through social media may be influencing the decisions that current traditional-aged prospective college students…
Descriptors: Peer Influence, Social Media, College Attendance, Decision Making
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