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Mudrak, Jiri; Zabrodska, Katerina; Kveton, Petr; Jelinek, Martin; Blatny, Marek; Solcova, Iva; Machovcova, Katerina – Research in Higher Education, 2018
The effects of changing academic environments on faculty well-being have attracted considerable research attention. However, few studies have examined the multifaceted relationships between the academic work environment and the multiple dimensions of faculty well-being using a comprehensive theoretical framework. To address this gap, this study…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, College Faculty, Labor Demands, Work Environment
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Shafaei, Azadeh; Razak, Nordin Abd – Research in Higher Education, 2016
This study develops and empirically tests a conceptual model capturing the factors impacting students' cross-cultural adaptation and the outcomes resulting from such adaption. Data were obtained from a sample of international postgraduate students from six Malaysian public universities using a structured questionnaire. Structural equation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Acculturation, Student Adjustment
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Campbell, Corbin M.; Cabrera, Alberto F. – Research in Higher Education, 2014
Assessing gains in learning has received increased attention as one dimension of institutional accountability both in the USA (Arum and Roksa, Academically adrift: Limited learning on college campuses, 2011) and abroad (OECD, http://www.oecd.org/document/22/0,3746,en_2649_39263238_40624662_1_1_1_1,00.html, 2013,…
Descriptors: College Students, Grades (Scholastic), Grade Point Average, Correlation
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Can, Gulfidan; Walker, Andrew – Research in Higher Education, 2011
The purpose of this study is to investigate social science doctoral students' perceptions and attitudes toward written feedback about their academic writing and towards those who provide it. The study culminates in an explanatory model to describe the relationships between students' perceptions and attitudes, their revision decisions, and other…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Attitudes, Universities, Structural Equation Models
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Kember, David; Leung, Doris Y. P. – Research in Higher Education, 2011
Comparisons of large samples of course and teaching evaluation questionnaire data show consistent disciplinary differences. The current study examined the disciplinary differences in a theoretical model positing the impact of the perceived nature of teaching and learning environment on the development of generic capabilities by testing of (1)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Effectiveness, Student Attitudes, Educational Environment
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Meeuwisse, Marieke; Severiens, Sabine E.; Born, Marise Ph. – Research in Higher Education, 2010
The purpose of this paper was to investigate a model for describing the relationships between the extent to which learning environments are activating and students' interaction with teachers and peers, sense of belonging, and study success. It was tested whether this model holds true for both ethnic minority students and ethnic majority students.…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Academic Achievement, Interaction, Minority Groups
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Leung, Doris Y. P.; Kember, David – Research in Higher Education, 2005
Collecting feedback from students through course, program and other evaluation questionnaires has become a costly and time consuming process for most colleges. Converting to data collection through the internet, rather than completion on paper, can result in a cheaper and more efficient process. This article examines several research questions…
Descriptors: Data Collection, College Outcomes Assessment, Questionnaires, Internet