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An Analysis of Taiwanese Aboriginal Students' Educational Aspirations
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Hou, Hsiao-I; Huang, Chia-Kai – Higher Education Studies, 2012
By analysing the national data from the Junior Survey of the Taiwan Higher Education Dataset, this study identified significant variables influencing the educational aspirations of aboriginal students at technical and vocational institutions. The study shows that several variables are predictive of the educational aspirations of aboriginal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Academic Aspiration, Technical Education
Recruiting Health Information Faculty: The Effects of Monetary Recruitment Incentives
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Winter, Paul A.; Logsdon, Marsha R. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2004
This paper addresses recruitment of Health Information faculty for community and technical colleges, an issue of crucial importance because many faculty hired during the enrollment boom of the 1960s are retiring. The design for this research was a factorial experiment, involving a two-way analysis of variance. The participants (N = 194) were…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, College Faculty, Technical Institutes, Faculty Recruitment
Matching Course Promotion to Students' Perceived Needs.
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Saunders, John A.; Lancaster, Geoffrey A. – Higher Education Review, 1982
A study of opinions of 3,000 high school seniors in England and Wales revealed attitudes about higher education and approaches to career and postsecondary decision making. Implications of the results for marketing of programs are discussed. Numerous tables and charts contain statistical results and cluster analyses. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Choice, Foreign Countries, High School Seniors, Higher Education
A Levels, Age and Degree Performance.
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Rees, David – Higher Education Review, 1981
A study to test the connection between "A" level grades and age at entry with degree performance at Oxford Polytechnic is reported. "A" level grades were found to be of little value in predicting degree performance. (MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Academic Persistence, Age
Factors Influencing Entry at a University, a Polytechnic and a College of Education.
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Walker, P. A.; And Others – Higher Education Review, 1979
The factors influencing student choice of an admission to three institutions are examined. A survey of entering full-time first degree students set out to compare: factors influencing decisions to enter higher education, sources of information which influenced decisions, pattern of applications, and factors influencing final choice. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Admission (School), College Applicants, College Choice, College Freshmen
Fact File: State Appropriations for Higher Education, 1996-97.
Hines, Edward R., Ed.; Higham, J. Russell, III, Ed. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1996
Data on each state's fiscal 1996-97 appropriations to postsecondary education are presented, giving dollar amounts and two-year changes for individual institutions and other categories, such as aid to private colleges and allocations for vocational education, community colleges, technical colleges, and student financial aid. States are also ranked…
Descriptors: Colleges, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Economic Change
State Appropriations for Higher Education.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1984
Tabular results of an annual national survey of state aid to higher education are given, reporting appropriations by state and institution, and ranking the states on seven scales, including per capita appropriation. (MSE)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Economic Change, Educational Finance, Higher Education