university choice in Russia. We argue that, even under the USE, which was introduced instead of high school exit exams and … education, since income positively affects USE scores through the channel of a higher level of investment in pre-entry coaching … relationships between the level of income and USE results for high school graduates, with an equal achievement before coaching. We …

This paper reports on postgraduate engineering students’ perceptions of teamwork in Nigeria. Using a mix methodology … postgraduate students too can acquire certain generic skills [informational skills, problem solving skills, collaborative (people …

control group). It’s important to note that these students had to fulfill developmental education requirements before earning … stubbornly low graduation rates of students in community colleges. Community colleges serve millions of the nation’s undergradu …­ates, but only about one-third of those stu­dents graduate within five years. Graduation rates are even lower for students who …

We analyze the characteristics of the social networks of students studying in the economics department in one Russian … individual characteristics of students and their peers. We find that the probability of a tie existing is explained by the gender … homophily, and initial student assignment to the same exogenously defined study group. Students ask for help and form …

traditional placement exams versus using high school performance metric multiple measure placement. Additionally, the study … findings of the study showed that multiple measures assessments placed the majority of students higher in comparison with the … traditional placement exams. Student academic history in the courses that students were placed into shows no difference in course …

developed to measure multidimensional preferences underlying choices. Based on campus-wide surveys of undergraduate students at … among students with regard to their preferences to increase faculty members and students with traditionally underrepresented …

offered only by higher education institutions, and some of them are granting degrees by themselves or in partnership with some … higher education institutions, is appropriated to analyze if they represent a situation of competition or an opportunity of … cooperation for higher education institutions. This study discusses the results of a qualitative research developed in the United …

Mexican and Canadian MBA students/faculty. 459 students and professors answered a survey containing ten vignettes on academic … respect to main activity, level of education, field of education, age and gender. The impact on International Student Exchange …

element of the universities’ marketing strategy. Students’ satisfaction is influenced by the degree to which higher education …As the number of prospective students decreases and competition intensifies, student satisfaction should be a core … institutions meet or exceed their expectations. Higher education managers in general and business higher education managers in …

This paper examines why enrollment of foreign national students in U.S. economics graduate programs increased so … reason) of foreign graduate students in economics and other selected science and engineering fields. The paper concludes that … growth in the number of foreign national economics graduate students was related to the quality of U.S. graduate programs …