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Ott, Alexander P.; Cooper, Bruce S. – College and University, 2014
Research has found that approximately one-third of undergraduates transfer from one college to another and that transferring is becoming increasingly common. In this study, the authors focus on the transfer credit process, researching how academic credit is evaluated and when in the enrollment process students receive a degree-specific transfer…
Descriptors: Transfer Policy, College Credits, Prior Learning, Enrollment Management
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Agasisti, Tommaso; Johnes, Geraint – Education Economics, 2009
We employ Data Envelopment Analysis to compute the technical efficiency of Italian and English higher education institutions. Our results show that, in relation to the country-specific frontier, institutions in both countries are typically very efficient. However, institutions in England are more efficient than those in Italy when we compare…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Efficiency, Foreign Countries, Decision Making
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Yousef, Darwish Abdulrahman – International Journal of Educational Management, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of a number of factors such as high school major, high school score, gender, Stat105, Maths I, Maths II grades, and grade point average (GPA) on students' academic performance in an introductory operations research (OR) course at the department of Business Administration--College of…
Descriptors: Operations Research, Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries
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Hillman, George M. – Christian Higher Education, 2006
The problem of this study involved the identification of differences in leadership practices between master's-level students at Dallas Theological Seminary based on the independent variable of ministry leadership involvement. A total of 1,254 master's-level seminary students enrolled on the main campus of Dallas Seminary during the fall Semester…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Theological Education, Church Related Colleges, Catholic Schools
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Adams, Olin L., III; Guarino, A. J.; Robichaux, Rebecca R.; Edwards, Toni L. – Journal of Educational Research & Policy Studies, 2004
This paper explores the nature and extent of outsourcing by higher education institutions, benefits and challenges associated with outsourcing, and the implications of outsourcing for effective management. The principal investigator conducted a national study of outsourcing by four-year colleges and universities at two points in time, 1998-99 and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Privatization, Contracts, Performance Factors