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Students' Persistence in a Distributed Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership in Higher Education: A Mixed Methods Study
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Ivankova, Nataliya V.; Stick, Sheldon L. – Research in Higher Education, 2007
The purpose of this mixed methods sequential explanatory study was to identify factors contributing to students' persistence in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Distributed Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership in Higher Education by obtaining quantitative results from surveying 278 current and former students and then following up with…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Environment, Online Courses, Doctoral Programs
Characteristics of Alumni Donors and Nondonors at a Research I, Public University.
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Taylor, Alton L.; Martin, Joseph C., Jr. – Research in Higher Education, 1995
A study investigated attitudinal, demographic, involvement, and philanthropic characteristics of a university's alumni donors (n=210) and nondonors (n=161). Analysis revealed predictors of nondonors versus donors with 65 percent accuracy, and high donors versus low donors with 87 percent accuracy. Implications for fund raising are discussed.…
Descriptors: Alumni, Attitudes, Case Studies, Donors
Legacies in Black and White: The Racial Composition of the Legacy Pool
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Howell, Cameron; Turner, Sarah E. – Research in Higher Education, 2004
Selective universities regularly employ policies that favor children of alumni (known as "legacies") in undergraduate admissions. Since alumni from selective colleges and universities historically have been disproportionately white, admissions policies that favor legacies have disproportionately benefited white students. For this reason,…
Descriptors: Racial Composition, Educational Practices, Alumni, Colleges
Statistical Models for College Admission and Enrollment: A Case Study for a Selective Liberal Arts College.
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Bruggink, Thomas H.; Gambhir, Vivek – Research in Higher Education, 1996
This study applied probability models in a four-year case study at a selective liberal arts college. The study found that, while admissions decisions matched institutional goals for student characteristics, discrepancies between acceptance and enrollment decisions frustrated the institution's efforts to achieve diversity and highlighted the…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Case Studies, College Admission, College Applicants
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
Predicting the Retention of University Students.
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Murtaugh, Paul A.; Burns, Leslie D.; Schuster, Jill – Research in Higher Education, 1999
Survival analysis was used to model retention of 8,867 undergraduate students at Oregon State University from 1991 to 1996. Attrition increased with age and nonresident status; it decreased with higher high-school and first-quarter grades, and attendance in a freshman orientation course. Retention was also associated with race/ethnicity and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Age Differences, Case Studies