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David S. Ackerman; Emi Moriuchi; Barbara L. Gross – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 2024
This research looks at higher education choice through the lens of extended self in consumer behavior. An online survey at two US universities, one public and one private, found that extended-self moderated how much fulfillment of self-image needs led students to like a university. Self-esteem needs were a critical part of this process, positively…
Descriptors: College Choice, Self Esteem, Reputation, Institutional Characteristics
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Özgen, Caner; Reyhan, Servet – African Educational Research Journal, 2020
Individuals who practice weight training to have an aesthetic body, resort to sports nutritional supplements as products to support their body development. Research has shown that the use of these products has increased dramatically. The aim of this study is to examine the effects of multiple perceived values from sports nutritional supplements on…
Descriptors: Human Body, Athletics, Nutrition, Value Judgment
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Laryea, Krystal; Paepcke, Andreas; Mirzaei, Kathy; Stevens, Mitchell L. – Journal of Higher Education, 2021
Researchers have investigated the demography and styles of engagement of those who enroll in MOOCs but have lent little attention to how learners navigate MOOCs' ambiguity as academic certifications. Analyzing semi-structured interviews with 60 people who devoted substantial time to at least one MOOC between 2014-2017, we find that people use…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Open Education, Postsecondary Education, Credentials
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Tella, Adeyinka; Tsabedze, Vusi; Ngoaketsi, Joseph; Enakrire, Rexwhite Tega – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2021
This study investigated predictors of Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) utilization by distance education librarians and drew out implications on library services in distance learning in Eswatini'. Eswatini is a small country in the Southern part of Africa where only a few studies on MOOCs have been conducted focusing on perceived usefulness,…
Descriptors: Value Judgment, Reputation, Institutional Characteristics, Tutors
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Nam, Benjamin H.; Love, Adam; Marshall, Rachael C. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2021
This study used a critical phenomenological approach to explore the hegemony of U.S. higher education and the role of cultural capital among former South Korean elite athletes who have obtained faculty positions in the fields of kinesiology and sport studies. Specifically, the investigators examined the lived experiences of 12 former South Korean…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Cultural Capital, College Faculty, Athletes
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Dorot, Ruth; Davidovitch, Nitza – European Journal of Educational Sciences, 2020
From the time of ancient Greece until late nineteenth-century Europe, the humanities enjoyed a status of respect and prestige. From the latter half of the 1990s, their status and prestige dropped, mainly due to the low economic value of the humanities for a goal-oriented generation and due to the limited representation of humanities graduates in…
Descriptors: Humanities, Academic Education, 21st Century Skills, Educational Trends
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Doña Toledo, Luis; Luque Martínez, Teodoro – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
The Higher Education Sector is improving its relationship with graduates due to the economic, social and technological changes that affect universities. We present a consolidated model in this study of both the consequences and the antecedents of satisfaction that are determinative of the formation of loyalty in the university sector. In addition…
Descriptors: Student School Relationship, College Graduates, Employment, Unemployment
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Cheong, Kee Cheok; Leong, Yin Ching; Hill, Christopher – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
This paper examines the role of higher education and higher education providers, more specifically, regarding employability. The paper draws upon a three-year research project examining the key stakeholders in this process; from parents, to students, to teachers, to institutions, to employers. The paper offers critical insight and analysis into…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Employment Potential, College Role, Educational Responsibility
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Botto, Sara Valencia; Rochat, Philippe – Developmental Psychology, 2018
Although the human proclivity to engage in impression management and care for reputation is ubiquitous, the question of its developmental outset remains open. In 4 studies, we demonstrate that the sensitivity to the evaluation of others (i.e., evaluative audience perception) is manifest by 24 months. In a first study, 14- to 24-month-old children…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Stages, Toddlers, Attention
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Pawar, Sanjay Krishnapratap; Vispute, Swati; Islam, Tajamul; Chanda, Ruby – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2020
Universities today devote serious effort to attract international students. The purpose of this research is to understand the motivation factors that impact international student choices in selecting Indian higher education as a study-abroad destination. This quantitative study examines the choice criteria of 249 full-time international students…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Student Motivation, Study Abroad, College Choice
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King, Madeleine; Courtier, Maxine; Shaw, Chet; Anderson, Cynthia; Widdowson, John – Athens Journal of Education, 2021
The purpose of the research was to discover the views of three groups of International students who were undertaking their Higher Education (HE) in a publicly-funded college, rather than a university setting. A comparative survey was undertaken by International students attending an American Community College, an Australian Technical and Further…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, College Students, Student Experience, Student Recruitment
Jonathan Hampton – ProQuest LLC, 2017
How do students at elite universities think about the economic and educational returns of their college education? Drawing on 29 interviews from first-year students at an elite university, I find that students think that attending an elite university will allow them to secure a high degree of social status, which they believe is integral to…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Attitudes, Value Judgment, Competitive Selection
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Klimek, Scott G. – Journal of Education and Learning, 2019
1,127 U.S. high school senior and college undergraduate perceptions of teaching's prestige, status, and esteem were explored in this study. The population consisted of 302 high school seniors and 825 college undergraduates from the Midwestern region of the United States. The study included 51 statements where participants rated their perceptions…
Descriptors: Reputation, Value Judgment, High School Seniors, Undergraduate Students
Klimek, Scott Gene – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Perceptions of prestige, status, and esteem of the teaching career were explored in this study. The population consisted of 1,127 high school seniors and college undergraduates. The study included 51 statements where participants rated their perceptions of teaching's prestige, status, and esteem on an 8 point Likert scale. The data was factor…
Descriptors: Reputation, Value Judgment, High School Seniors, Undergraduate Students
Chyr, Fred – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this Delphi study was to explore the views of experts in the field of nonprofit private colleges and universities in the United States to define branding and identify current barriers to branding, to discover how those barriers can be overcome, and to determine what barriers to branding are likely to occur 5 years in the…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Nonprofit Organizations, Barriers, Institutional Advancement
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