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The Contribution of Short-Cycle Programs to Student Outcomes: Evidence from Colombia. EdWorkingPaper No. 23-709
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Lelys Dinarte-Diaz; Maria Marta Ferreyra; Tatiana Melguizo; Angelica Maria Sanchez-Diaz – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
Short-cycle higher education programs (SCPs), lasting two or three years, capture about a quarter of higher education enrollment in the world and can play a key role enhancing workforce skills. In this paper, we estimate the program-level contribution of SCPs to student academic and labor market outcomes, and study how and why these contributions…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Program Length, Educational Quality, Correlation
Analyzing International Students' Study Anxiety in Higher Education
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Khoshlessan, Rezvan; Das, Kumer Pial – Journal of International Students, 2017
The purpose of this study is to explore international students' study anxiety in a mid-sized public four-year university in Southeast Texas by comparing their existing study anxiety along lines of nationality, gender, age, major, degree, and stage of education. The subjects were selected using a convenience sample during the Spring of 2013. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Higher Education, Anxiety, Statistical Significance
The Determinants of Progress to the Doctoral Degree.
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Gillingham, Lisa; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1991
A study of 723 doctoral students investigated the relationship between time taken to complete the degree and economic factors, including employment hours, study hours, household income, indebtedness, amount and type of aid, and part-time student status. Field of study and foreign/domestic student status were also considered. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Debt (Financial), Doctoral Degrees, Economic Factors, Graduate Students
Fact File: Recipients of Doctorates from U.S. Universities, 1990.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1991
Data on the characteristics of doctoral degree recipients are charted and graphed, including race, national origin (foreign students), age, program length, sex, citizenship status, planned postdoctoral study and/or employment, primary postdoctoral employment activity, and discipline group. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Age, Citizenship, Doctoral Degrees
Fact File: Recipients of Doctorates from U.S. Universities, 1989.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1991
National data on doctoral recipients include information on students' gender, citizenship, racial or ethnic background, planned postdoctoral study and employment, and primary postdoctoral employment activity by field. The median age, time from bachelor's to doctoral degree, years as a graduate student, and proportion with same-field undergraduate…
Descriptors: Age, Citizenship, Doctoral Degrees, Employment Patterns
An Investigation of Gender and Other Variables on Time to Completion of Doctoral Degrees.
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Seagram, Belinda Crawford; Gould, Judy; Pyke, Sandra W. – Research in Higher Education, 1998
A study of 154 recent graduates of York University (Ontario) doctoral programs in natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities investigated the relationship of gender, discipline, characteristics of the supervisory relationship, student financial situation, participation in teaching and research assistantships, and enrollment status to the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Doctoral Degrees, Faculty Advisers, Graduate Students
Predictors of Time to Completion of Graduate Degrees.
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Sheridan, Peter M.; Pyke, Sandra W. – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1994
A study investigated predictors of time required to complete degree requirements for 395 master's and 79 doctoral students at York University (Ontario). Demographic (sex, age, marital status, student status, citizenship), academic (undergraduate/graduate grades, discipline, program type), and financial support variables (funding from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Citizenship, Doctoral Dissertations, Doctoral Programs