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Henderson, Angela E. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Using correlational analyses and multiple regressions, this study uses "U.S. News & World Report's" ("USNWR") 2016 college rankings data and data from the National Center for Education Statistics' (NCES) Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) to examine variables that explain institutional peer assessment…
Descriptors: Correlation, Reputation, Institutional Evaluation, Peer Evaluation
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Al-Haddad, Serina; Boone, Rachael; Campbell, Emma – International Journal for Business Education, 2018
Graduation rates and degree completion have always been a concern for students, students' families and universities. Moreover, many consider college degree completion rates to be among one of the most important indicators of institutional quality according to a report from the Higher Education Research Institute published in the United States of…
Descriptors: Prediction, Graduation Rate, Educational Quality, Higher Education
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Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J. – Journal of Educational Issues, 2016
In this article, I provide a typology of transition words/phrases. This typology comprises 12 dimensions of link words/phrases that capture 277 link words/phrases. Using QDA Miner, WordStat, and SPSS--a computer-assisted mixed methods data analysis software, content analysis software, and statistical software, respectively--I analyzed 74…
Descriptors: Classification, Data Analysis, Computational Linguistics, Content Analysis
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Jin, Jang C.; Cho, Jeung R. – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2015
This paper investigates empirically the role of research publications in an academic reward structure in Korea. Our sample includes 145 universities and colleges in Korea. Publication data for the academic year of 2012 show that top-tier research schools published more in international journals, while domestic journal publications were dominated…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, College Faculty, Foreign Countries, Faculty Publishing
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Crossley, Scott A.; Skalicky, Stephen; Dascalu, Mihai; McNamara, Danielle S.; Kyle, Kristopher – Discourse Processes: A multidisciplinary journal, 2017
Research has identified a number of linguistic features that influence the reading comprehension of young readers; yet, less is known about whether and how these findings extend to adult readers. This study examines text comprehension, processing, and familiarity judgment provided by adult readers using a number of different approaches (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Reading Processes, Reading Comprehension, Readability, Adults
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McGeown, Sarah P.; Osborne, Cara; Warhurst, Amy; Norgate, Roger; Duncan, Lynne G. – Journal of Research in Reading, 2016
This study examined the extent to which a range of child characteristics (sex, age, socioeconomic status, reading skill and intrinsic and extrinsic reading motivation) predicted engagement (i.e., time spent) in different reading activities (fiction books, factual books, school textbooks, comics, magazines and digital texts). In total, 791 children…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Gender Differences, Age Differences, Socioeconomic Status