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Tieben, Nicole – Research in Higher Education, 2020
A considerable proportion of students in Germany has graduated from vocational training before entering higher education. With this paper we examined how these students progress through higher education. We argue that successful graduation is the result of a sequence of decisions and decompose the trajectories through higher education to…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Higher Education, Decision Making, Dropouts
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Ovink, Sarah; Kalogrides, Demetra; Nanney, Megan; Delaney, Patrick – Research in Higher Education, 2018
Recently, multiple studies have focused on the phenomenon of "undermatching"--when students attend a college for which they are overqualified, as measured by test scores and grades. The extant literature suggests that students who undermatch fail to maximize their potential. However, gaps remain in our knowledge about how student…
Descriptors: Qualifications, Student Characteristics, College Choice, Standardized Tests
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Johnson, Iryna Y.; Muse, William B. – Research in Higher Education, 2017
Females are underrepresented in certain disciplines, which translates into their having less promising career outlooks and lower earnings. This study examines the effects of socio-economic status, academic performance, high school curriculum and involvement in extra-curricular activities, as well as self-efficacy for academic achievement on…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Majors (Students), Engineering Education, State Universities
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Tadisina, Suresh K.; Bhasin, Vijay – Research in Higher Education, 1989
The application of a pairwise comparison methodology (Saaty's Analytic Hierarchy Process) to the doctoral program selection process is illustrated. A hierarchy for structuring and facilitating the doctoral program selection decision is described. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Doctoral Programs, Higher Education
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Gonzalez, Julie M. Byers; DesJardins, Stephen L. – Research in Higher Education, 2002
Applied the technique of artificial neural networks to predict which students were likely to apply to one research university. Compared the results to the traditional analysis tool, logistic regression modeling. Found that the addition of artificial intelligence models was a useful new tool for predicting student application behavior. (EV)
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, College Applicants, College Choice, Comparative Analysis
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Hathaway, Russel S. – Research in Higher Education, 1995
This article suggests that the choice by institutional researchers to use qualitative or quantitative research is often dictated by time, money, resources, and staff and not necessarily with an understanding of the underlying philosophical assumptions structuring beliefs about methodology, knowledge, and reality. These underlying assumptions are…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Epistemology
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Matier, Michael W. – Research in Higher Education, 1991
Factors influencing individuals with firm job offers to join the faculty at two research universities, urban and rural, are examined, focusing on the relative importance of tangible, intangible, and non-work-related benefits in the decision-making process. Comparisons are drawn to previous faculty recruitment studies and a complementary retention…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making
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Galotti, Kathleen M.; Mark, Melissa C. – Research in Higher Education, 1994
A study examined the processes used by 322 college-bound students, in the course of a year, to choose a college. Sources of information, decision-making activities, and college selection criteria were considered. Results indicate shifts in information sources and decision-making activities, differences in higher ability students, and gender…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, College Bound Students, College Choice, Comparative Analysis
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Weiler, William C. – Research in Higher Education, 1994
A study investigated variables affecting college-bound students' decisions to apply to a college after requesting that college entrance examination scores be sent to it. Results indicate that fit between the student's preferences and institutional characteristics had the most substantial impact, especially college location and test scores at or…
Descriptors: College Applicants, College Bound Students, College Choice, College Entrance Examinations
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Dallam, Sue; Hoyt, Donald P. – Research in Higher Education, 1983
When faculty and department heads rated alternative responses to retrenchment pressures in a fictitious but realistic situation, few differences were found among department heads' and tenured and nontenured faculty's preferences. Most preferred protecting instructional programs even at the cost of research and service activities. Implications for…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Administration, College Faculty, College Planning