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Who Is My Professor? A Content Analysis of Online Faculty Profiles to Inform Graduate Student Choice
Zaragoza, Danielle; Taylor, Z. W.; Huynh, Jimmy; Lema, Kevin – International Journal of Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Higher Education, 2019
As technology has advanced, faculty members have many ways to connect with current and prospective students. Yet, no extant research has examined online faculty profiles on institutional (.edu) websites. To inform graduate student choice literature, we examined a random sample of 1,500 online faculty profiles across 500 U.S. graduate programs.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Profiles, Teacher Characteristics, Biographies
Alvaro Carril Rubio – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation investigates the impact of information and policy on the efficiency of higher education financing, particularly for low-income students in Latin America. Through three empirical studies, it addresses the barriers posed by information asymmetries and institutional discretion in student loan and college admission processes and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hispanic American Students, Low Income Students, Higher Education
Taylor, Z. W.; Alsmadi, Izzat – Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 2020
In an era of billions of dollars in outstanding student loan debt, researchers have posited that the U.S. News & World Report rankings continue to be an influential source of information for prospective students, yet these rankings do not include college affordability metrics in their ranking algorithm. As a result, this study performed a…
Descriptors: Paying for College, Universities, Institutional Characteristics, Achievement Rating
Hubbard, Ann; Rexeisen, Richard J. – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2020
This study both supports and expands the growing body of evidence that there are positive career outcomes associated study abroad and cultural engagement. Consistent with previous studies, study abroad alumni report that their interest in study abroad influenced their choice of college. This intention to study abroad before starting at university…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Career Development, Outcomes of Education, Cultural Awareness
Christian, David D.; Stuckey, Amanda G.; Boykin, Allison Ames; Adams, Justin J. – Professional School Counseling, 2020
Although many school counselors use self-report graduation surveys to collect data about their program and to track students after graduation, there is a dearth of research examining the survey results' accuracy. The purpose of this study was to explore the accuracy of high school seniors' self-report of intended college enrollment. Overall,…
Descriptors: High School Seniors, Academic Aspiration, College Choice, Accuracy
Graetz, Georg; Öckert, Björn; Skans, Oskar Nordström – Centre for Economic Performance, 2020
Using discontinuities within the Swedish SAT [scholastic aptitude test] system, we show that additional admission opportunities causally affect college choices. Students with high-educated parents change timing, colleges, and fields in ways that appear consistent with basic economic theory. In contrast, very talented students with low-educated…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, College Choice, Parent Background, Educational Attainment
Poole, Sonja Martin; Levin, Michael A.; Elam, Kate – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 2018
The purpose of this paper is to propose an alternative model to conventional higher education institution (HEI) rankings that can better communicate meaningful differentiation to prospective students. A five-step approach is followed to form clusters and classify HEIs. Cluster analysis is performed on two separate datasets containing (1) public…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Evaluation, Student Recruitment, Multivariate Analysis
Graduate Management Admission Council, 2018
This report assesses prospective student demand for specific graduate management education (GME) program types, both in terms of the program types they "consider" and the program types they "prefer." Prospective student profiles highlight key differences among those who prefer different program types. The report also examines…
Descriptors: Educational Demand, Business Administration Education, Masters Programs, Preferences
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
Callender, Claire; Melis, Gabriella – Journal of Higher Education, 2022
A hallmark of English higher education (HE) over the last twenty years has been policies seeking to increase provider competition and student choice. Central to this has been student funding policy changes, leading to rising college costs. This article asks if prospective HE students' concerns about college costs and the financial strategies they…
Descriptors: College Choice, Decision Making, Equal Education, Social Differences
Niu, Lian – College Student Journal, 2017
The current study uses the data of Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS: 2002) to examine patterns of choice of STEM majors in college by students from different family socioeconomic (SES) backgrounds. Logistic regression results show that low-SES students are disadvantaged in the pursuit of STEM majors. Higher family SES compensates for…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, STEM Education, Majors (Students), College Choice
Williams, Janelle L. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
One in four Black Americans who earned a Bachelor's degree, in America, received their degree from a Historically Black Colleges or Universities. (Gasman et al., 2007; Williams & Ashley, 2005). In 2013, Frank Brogan, The Chancellor of Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education asked "If kids of color can go anywhere, why are they…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Enrollment, Undergraduate Students, Phenomenology
Thompson, Gregory; Ponterotto, Joseph; Dyar, Christina – College Student Journal, 2019
Using path analyses, we tested a model of psychosocial factors that contribute to both college selection and attitudes toward help-seeking among minority college students at a Minority Serving Institution. We theorized that more frequent past experiences of discrimination, intergroup anxiety, and greater concerns of ongoing race-based rejection…
Descriptors: Identification, College Choice, Student Attitudes, Help Seeking
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
Lee, YoungAh – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2019
In this study, we conducted in-depth interviews with 29 parents of prospective college students, a target public of university marketing efforts. We explored how university communication influenced parents' attitudes, and reputation perception. The research findings are significant in understanding parents' views on responding to prevalent…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Marketing, College Bound Students, Universities