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Nauzeer, Salim; Jaunky, Vishal Chandr – Pedagogical Research, 2021
Domains of motivation, learning and personality traits (MLP) have emerged as vital constructs in studies of academic performance. Although there are abundant studies on the relationships of the three aforementioned dimensions on performance, no systematic synthesis of the empirical literature has been done regarding how three determinants jointly…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Personality Traits, Learning Processes, Academic Achievement
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Fako, Thabo T.; Nkhukhu-Orlando, Esther; Wilson, Debra R.; Forcheh, Ntonghanwah; Linn, James G. – International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, 2018
Organizational commitment is a major determinant of organizational effectiveness and desirable employee attitudes and behaviours. Highly committed academic staff are the backbone of universities since they play an important role in the success of their institutions. This study investigated factors associated with organizational commitment among…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Organizational Climate, Performance Factors, Employee Attitudes
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St-Amand, Jerome; Girard, Stéphanie; Smith, Jonathan – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2017
Building and sustaining students' sense of belonging at school has been proposed by teachers and researchers as a means of stimulating students' intent or desire to learn and of reducing student attrition. This article will present the results of an inquiry into the literature on belonging to support the perspective that is it necessary, not only…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, Literature Reviews, Measurement Techniques, Change Strategies
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McCowan, Tristan – London Review of Education, 2018
The impact of higher education institutions on society has become the focus of significant policy attention in recent years, most prominently as part of research evaluation. This paper presents a theoretical exploration of the notion, identifying the key dimensions as source, form, trajectory, intensity, timescale and destination. While…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Outcomes of Education, Educational Policy, Educational History
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Agherdien, Nuraan; Mey, Michelle; Poisat, Paul – Africa Education Review, 2018
This article reports on a study that examined the readiness levels of students in the South African context. Particularly, the study explored the differences between various students' academic proficiency, support mechanisms, motivational levels and overall integration with the university. A quantitative approach was used and 117 full-time…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Readiness, Performance Factors, Achievement Need
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Brech, Felicitas M.; Messer, Uwe; Vander Schee, Brian A.; Rauschnabel, Philipp A.; Ivens, Bjoern S. – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 2017
Although many universities use social media to interact with stakeholders, little is known about the underlying mechanisms. Drawing on theories of self-presentation and community engagement, we develop a theoretical model to explain these crucial outcome factors. We then test the model based on secondary data from 159 universities. Our findings…
Descriptors: Social Media, Higher Education, Interaction, School Community Relationship
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Jantz, Ronald C. – College & Research Libraries, 2015
The research reported here is focused on a specific type of change in an organization: an innovation. In an empirical analysis of research libraries, it was found that five factors had a significant impact on the innovation performance of the library. These factors relate to the strategy, organizational structure, and leadership of the research…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Innovation, Research Libraries, Library Development
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Webber, Karen L.; Yang, Lijing – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2014
An increasingly globalised world means that higher education institutions are employing a diverse set of academic staff from across the world, and a better understanding of these scholars and their work roles is important for effective teaching, learning, and institutional management. Using the most recent data available from the "National…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Workers, College Faculty, Teacher Role
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Sevillano-García, M.ª Luisa; Vázquez-Cano, Esteban – Educational Technology & Society, 2015
This research examined the acceptance, incidence, and use of digital mobile devices (tablets and smartphones) among university students in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). The research was contextualized in a sample of 419 students from three Spanish public universities. Through a quantitative methodology, we identified the factors and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Influence of Technology, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology
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Ensign, Julene; Woods, Amelia Mays – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2014
Higher education today faces unique challenges. Decreasing student engagement, increasing diversity, and limited resources all contribute to the issues being faced by students, educators, and administrators alike. The unique characteristics and expectations that students bring to their professional programs require new methods of addressing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Higher Education, Educational Strategies, Educational Change
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Quimbo, Maria Ana T.; Sulabo, Evangeline C. – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
Responding to the Commission on Higher Education's development plan of enhancing research culture among higher education institutions, this study was conducted to analyze the research productivity of selected higher education institutions. It covered five state universities in the Philippines where a total of 377 randomly selected faculty members…
Descriptors: Productivity, Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics, Teacher Researchers
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Ness, Erik C.; Tandberg, David A. – Journal of Higher Education, 2013
Our fixed-effects panel data analysis of state spending on higher education fills a near void of studies examining capital expenditures on higher education. In our study, we found that political characteristics (e.g., interest group activity, organizational structure, and formal powers) largely account for differences between general fund and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Funding Formulas, State Aid, Expenditures
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Dar, Luciana; Lee, Dong-Wook – Journal of Higher Education, 2014
In this article, we explore how partisanship affects state higher education policy priorities and expenditures. We assume that party coalitions are heterogeneous and policy preferences/priorities differ via mediating factors. We find that Democratic Party strength positively affects state funding for higher education but that the effect diminishes…
Descriptors: Political Affiliation, Higher Education, Budgets, Budgeting
Heffner, Christopher L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Based on current research and seminal theories on learning, quality, and academic persistence, this study sought to establish the core components of academic quality in higher education and to determine if these components can be used to predict students' intention to persist. This study also looked at differences between traditionally aged…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Educational Quality, Academic Persistence, Higher Education
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Graff, Cristina Santamaria; McCain, Terrence; Gomez-Vilchis, Veronica – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2013
Many Latina students overcome multiple obstacles to earn university degrees. Five married Latina women with children and seasonal farmworker backgrounds are the focus of this study which is analyzed through resiliency theory to understand factors contributing to their academic resilience. Variables connected to academic success are explored and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Resilience (Psychology), Hispanic American Students, Performance Factors
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