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Natale, Vickie C.; Jones, Stephanie J. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2018
The study examined how institutional and student characteristics may influence the earning of student success points by state-supported community colleges under the Texas performance funding system that was fully implemented in the 2016-2017 biennium. Texas has historically funded community colleges based on an enrollment formula; however, the…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Student Characteristics, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
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Buli, Bereket Mamo; Yesuf, Wasihun Mohammed – Education & Training, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine factors that could explain the difference in entrepreneurial intention (EI) among technical-vocational education and training (TVET) program students. Centered on the theory of planned behavior (TPB), the paper aims to contribute to the understanding of factors that affect EIs of students and offer…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Intention, Vocational Education, Student Surveys
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Vanhoof, Jan; Van Petegem, Peter; Verhoeven, Jef C.; Buvens, Ina – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2009
Schools are increasingly expected to take responsibility for aspects of educational quality assurance. The fact that the Flemish government requires its schools to conduct self-evaluations of their equal opportunities policies is an example of this. This article reports on the findings of a study that investigated the quality of these school…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Quality Control, Policy Formation, Self Evaluation (Groups)
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Dowell, David R. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1988
Describes a study that used multiple regression analysis to examine whether the apparent influence of sex discrimination on librarians' salaries would be reduced if other factors were considered. The effects of education, employment level, and publications on librarian salaries are discussed, and three approaches to achieving comparable worth are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparable Worth, Employment Level, Graduate Study
Gorman, Kathleen L. – 1983
Primarily intended to generate a demographic profile of the typical student user of Minnesota University's Walter Library, this follow-up to a 1983 study was also designed to ascertain which areas, materials, and services are used most frequently by students, what activities occupy students during their visits to the library, and why students…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Students, Demography, Higher Education