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To See the World or Stay at Home: Applying an Integrated Student Choice Model to Explore the Gender Gap in the Intent to Study Abroad
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Salisbury, Mark H.; Paulsen, Michael B.; Pascarella, Ernest T. – Research in Higher Education, 2010
Although interest in study abroad has grown consistently in recent decades, study abroad professionals and higher education scholars have been unable to explain or rectify the long-standing gender gap in study abroad participation. This study applies an integrated model of the student-choice construct to explore differences between male and female…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Gender Differences, Student Participation, Cultural Capital
A Multivariate Approach to the Assessment of Quality.
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Tan, David L. – Research in Higher Education, 1992
A study used a multivariate approach to assessing college departmental excellence. Factor analysis identified three potentially useful factor clusters ("faculty research,""input," and "student") and seven indicators based on those clusters. Indicators combining faculty research and input and combining all three clusters were found to be the best…
Descriptors: Departments, Educational Quality, Evaluation Criteria, Faculty Publishing
Predicting Persistence from the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire: Early Warning or Siren Song?
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Krotseng, Marsha V. – Research in Higher Education, 1992
Using discriminant analysis, a study examined (1) the extent to which the new Student Adjustment to College Questionnaire (SACQ) accurately predicts student departure for a private, comprehensive university (n=1,978 students); (2) SACQ items distinguishing nonpersisters; (3) use with an incoming class; and (4) evidence linking the SACQ with…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Administration, College Students, Higher Education
The Relations of Holland-Typed Majors to Students' Freshman and Senior Work Values.
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Huang, Ya-Rong; Healy, Charles C. – Research in Higher Education, 1997
A study investigated relationships between academic majors and six undergraduate student work values (authority, recognition, administrative responsibility, financial success, helping others, artistic creativity), using Holland's theory of occupational choice. Subjects were 18,137 students persisting at four-year institutions from 1985 to 1989.…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Freshmen, College Seniors, Higher Education
Moving On: A Cooperative Study of Student Transfer.
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Jones, Janis Cox; Lee, Beth S. – Research in Higher Education, 1992
A 3-institution study investigated the effectiveness of transfer of 1,786 Los Rios Community College students to the University of California at Davis and California State University at Sacramento, measured by student preparation, persistence, and performance before and after transfer. Need for remediation. before transfer was also examined.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Administration, College Preparation
Should Faculty Rank Be Included as a Predictor Variable in Studies of Gender Equity in University Faculty Salaries?
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Boudreau, Nancy; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1997
Two studies illustrate how omitting faculty rank as a predictor variable from gender equity studies of faculty salaries can lead to incorrect conclusions about gender discrimination. One uses hypothetical data constructed so there is no gender difference in salary, but omission of academic rank skews the results. The second uses data from a…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Case Studies, College Administration, College Faculty