Private master's comprehensive institutions (PMCIs) in the United States navigate pressures to expand college access and equity while striving for prestige in the academic hierarchy. To strive for prestige entails competing for world-class status of greater selectivity, research intensity and resources, but such a pathway to excellence may,…

This is the technical documentation for the report, "How the College Cost Reduction Act Could Threaten the Teacher Pipeline." The College Cost Reduction Act would overhaul the Higher Education Act, making changes to student borrowing and repayment, borrower protections, college oversight, postsecondary data, and more. The bill includes a…

This paper examines the demographic factors of the subjects enroled and completed by an hyperflexible online MBA Leadership (L) programme for 1034 students at Central Queensland University using the deductive research methodology and statistical analysis. Australian-born students are influenced by their industry experience when enroling in…

Enrollment pressures and other considerations spur Master of Public Administration online offerings, and specific skillsets are needed for implementation. Online program management providers (OPMs) are for-profit companies that bundle services to establish academic programs in exchange for tuition revenue sharing agreements, upfront fees, or a…

This study aimed to increase enrollment in accounting degree programs at Azusa Pacific University's Leung School of Accounting (LSA). Forty-four undergraduate students, four graduate students, and five faculty members participated in surveys and Zoom discussions to provide insight into two potential initiatives intended to increase accounting…

This study investigates the relationship between state appropriations and master's degree (MA) enrollment at public master's universities from 1992-93 to 2014-15. Two competing theoretical perspectives emerge. Resource dependence theory argues that public universities have a financial incentive to grow MA enrollment following declines in state…

Using a dataset that matched applicants to graduate programs at a regional university who were admitted but chose not to attend to a section of students who did choose to attend, this research investigates the factors involved in students selecting a graduate program. The distance to a university was not a factor in the student's decision, even…

This study examines costs of public master's colleges and universities in the United States by employing panel data on 248 institutions spanning fiscal years 2004-2012. Our analyses estimates a flexible fixed cost quadratic function that also accounts for spatial interdependency to empirically investigate the economies of scale and scope with…

The annual Application Trends Survey from the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) provides the world's graduate business schools with data and insights to understand current trends in applications sent to graduate management education (GME) programs. This year's summary report explores application volume trends by program type and world…

This research addresses the profile and motives for enrollment of online master's students in three different fields of knowledge (humanities, social sciences and experimental sciences) at an online university. The data has been collected through an ad hoc questionnaire; the sample, obtained of 253 UNIBA master's students, has been analyzed using…

This study examines the tuition elasticity of student enrollment for a public regional comprehensive master's university, Pittsburg State University in Kansas. Tuition elasticity is a measure of the responsiveness of student enrollment decisions due to changes in tuition over time. This measure is useful as it indicates how changes in tuition…

The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) conducts the annual Application Trends Survey (ATS) of business school admissions offices around the world to offer timely insights into the demand for graduate management education (GME). This survey aids admissions, recruitment, and marketing professionals in understanding the candidate pipeline…

The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) conducts the annual Application Trends Survey (ATS) of business school admissions offices around the world to offer timely insights into the demand for graduate management education (GME). This survey benefits admissions, recruitment, and marketing professionals in understanding the candidate…

This paper examines the issue of quality assurance (QA) in library and information science (LIS) education in Pakistan. It identifies the practices of quality assessment prevalent in Pakistani LIS schools and examines the perceptions of faculty members concerning the accreditation of LIS programs. A questionnaire sent to heads of departments and…

The aim of this study is to explore the various factors involved in pursuing a master's degree for university graduates in South Korea. After reviewing theoretical frameworks, including human and social capital theories, an analytical model was constructed to examine the different academic and economic factors involved in pursuing a master's…