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Organizational Identification and Giving Behaviors among Distance Learning Alumni at a Major Southeastern Public University
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Watson, Jennifer Terry – ProQuest LLC, 2018
With the number of alumni of distance programs increasing, and the decline of public funding for higher education continuing, overlooking engaging these constituents both as active members within the alumni community and as donors will likely be progressively detrimental to institutions as time progresses. The purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Alumni, Distance Education, Higher Education, Financial Support
Homophily in Higher Education: Historicizing the AERA Member-to-Fellow Pipeline Using Theories of Social Reproduction and Social Networks
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Hartlep, Nicholas D.; Hensley, Brandon O.; Wells, Kevin E.; Brewer, T. Jameson; Ball, Daisy; McLaren, Peter – Policy Futures in Education, 2017
This study examines select demographics of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Fellows (n = 644), and whether or not the cohorts of AERA Fellows are becoming more diverse in racial and gender terms in relation to the inaugural year of Fellows in 2008. This study tests the mission statement of this exclusive program to "……
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Networks, College Faculty, Position Papers
Receptivity to Distance Learning: The Effect of Technology, Reputation, Constraints, and Learning Preferences.
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Christensen, Edward W.; Anakwe, Uzoamaka P.; Kessler, Eric H. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 2001
Discusses distance learning research and describes a study of 399 students at two universities that investigated the role of perceived technology usefulness, technological familiarity and accessibility, reputation, constraints, learning preferences, and demographic factors on prospective receptivity toward distance learning. Considers implications…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Demography, Distance Education, Educational Research
Out-Migration of New Jersey Full-Time First-Time Freshmen, 1979: Analysis and Recommendations. New Jersey Research Note Series.
Simmons, Fran C. – ORM, 1981
Data collected by the National Center for Education Statistics are the basis for these analyses of student migration patterns in New Jersey. The distribution of out-migrating full-time, first-time freshmen in 1979 is examined by collegiate sector and institutional control. The states and institutions to which these students migrate are also…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Choice, Demography, Enrollment Influences
Transfer Student Questionnaire: Results of 1973 Survey. Special Report 74-5.
Holahan, Carole K.; Kelley, H. Paul – 1974
To obtain a demographic description of University of Texas at Austin (U.T. Austin) transfer students, to investigate transfer students' evaluations of the university and of their previous college, and to compare transfer students with non-transfer undergraduate students, 1,365 responses to a questionnaire were analyzed. The survey explored student…
Descriptors: College Choice, College Students, College Transfer Students, Comparative Analysis
Strategic Planning vs. Disjointed Incrementalism: An Institutional Research Perspective. SAIR Conference Paper.
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Jean, Paul M.; And Others – 1984
Strategic planning in higher education is discussed from the perspective of institutional research. Attention is directed to: institutional mission, institutional assessment, institutional leadership, environmental assessment, market analysis, and competitive position. Strategic planning merges incrementalism, which focuses on flexibility,…
Descriptors: Check Lists, College Environment, College Planning, College Role