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Peer reviewedOkunade, Albert A.; Berl, Robert L. – Research in Higher Education, 1997
A survey of 1956-91 business school alumni (n=2,000) found marginal probability of giving significantly related to time since graduation, major, willingness to recommend the institution to others, household attributes, family ties to the university, number of other donors known, and availability of employee matching-gift programs. The model…
Descriptors: Alumni, Behavior Patterns, Business Administration Education, Donors
Peer reviewedTan, 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
Peer reviewedKrotseng, 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
Peer reviewedWilliams, David D.; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1985
A study of the relationship between class size and college student achievement in classes ranging from 13 to 1,006 students revealed that at this level, class size may be a less important factor in achievement than has been assumed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, College Instruction, College Students
Peer reviewedJones, 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
Peer reviewedBoudreau, 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
