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Flores, Maria Assunção; Veiga Simão, Ana Margarida; Barros, Alexandra; Pereira, Diana – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
This paper draws upon a broader piece of research aimed at investigating assessment in higher education. It focuses upon the perceptions of undergraduates about issues of effectiveness, fairness and feedback, particularly in regard to the so-called learner-centred methods. In total, 378 undergraduate students participated in the study at the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Assessment, Undergraduate Students
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Sagarra, Marti; Mar-Molinero, Cecilio; Rodríguez-Regordosa, Herberto – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2015
State support in higher education (HE) is often justified on the grounds that HE is important for the development of the country. However, little analysis is normally done in order to assess the impact of education quality initiatives. The Mexican government has been engaging in a policy of HE quality improvement that can be traced to 1989. In…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Success, Higher Education, Program Effectiveness
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Lai, M. M.; Lau, S. H.; Yusof, N. A. Mohamad; Chew, K. W. – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 2015
This paper explores the interrelationships of the key influences on student satisfaction via multivariate analysis from three groups of university students in two popular private universities in Malaysia. The correlation coefficient and structural model indicated that student satisfaction is influenced not only by academic quality, but also by the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Students, Student Attitudes
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Knight, David B. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2014
Colleges and universities are being pressed to seek innovative ways to measure student learning outcomes and identify the conditions that lead to their development. Understanding how students group according to a multidimensional set of learning outcomes provides information on the extent to which institutions are meeting goals. This study…
Descriptors: Classification, Multivariate Analysis, Engineering Education, Higher Education
Tan, David L. – 1990
The study sought to identify clusters of variables potentially linked to departmental excellence in institutions of higher education, and to determine whether these clusters and combinations thereof could be used to generate rankings of programs which would be consistent with those based on reputation. It studied the interrelationship of…
Descriptors: Departments, Educational Assessment, Educational Quality, Evaluation Methods
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Wagner, Norman; Craft, Elizabeth H. – American Journal of Distance Education, 1988
Describes the instructional television fixed service (ITFS) at Arizona State University which is used to televise on-campus classes to remote classrooms at branch campuses and area businesses. An evaluation of the system is provided by analyzing results of a survey designed to assess student attitudes. (LRW)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Analysis of Variance, Continuing Education, Corporate Education
Chatman, Steve – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2007
The University of California's census survey of undergraduates, UCUES [University of California Undergraduate Experience Survey], presents an opportunity to measure both disciplinary and institutional differences in students' academic experience. Results from nearly 60,000 responses (38% response rate) from the 2006 administration found greater…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines, Multivariate Analysis
Martin, Mary P., Ed.; Staman, E. Michael, Ed. – 1981
Proceedings of a 1981 joint conference sponsored by the Southern Association for Institutional Research (SAIR) and the North Carolina Association for Institutional Research are presented. The conference theme was the practice of institutional research. Contents include preconference workshop reports, speeches, abstracts of papers, and reports of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Affirmative Action, College Faculty, College Planning