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Shen, Wenqin; Liu, Ye; Liu, Yunshan; Huang, Ying – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
This article extends Bourdieu's convertibility of different forms of capital to understand the patterns of study abroad by elite graduates from Peking University, China. We draw upon empirical data from a first-hand survey study involving 1,417 graduates from Peking University. The statistical analyses suggest a pattern of the conversions from…
Descriptors: Reputation, Universities, Selective Admission, Cultural Capital
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Wang, Lihua – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
Faculty recruitment has become a new challenge for public higher education institutions (HEIs) in China since the 1990s. Based on the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) Framework, this study analyzed the faculty recruitment preferences and the effects of selected organizational factors on these preferences at top national HEIs from 2002…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Recruitment, Reputation, Institutional Characteristics
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Jungert, Tomas – Studies in Higher Education, 2013
This article draws on a longitudinal and qualitative study of students in a master's program in engineering. Interpretative phenomenological analysis was used to analyze annual, semi-structured interviews with ten students, from the first semester until one year after graduation. The program enjoys a high status and has a reputation of being…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Engineering Education, Longitudinal Studies, Qualitative Research