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Kalloo-Bhagwandeen, Sarah; Mustapha, Nasser – Higher Education Studies, 2013
The UWI Postgraduate Scholarship has been the most longstanding award offered by the University of the West Indies. However, completion rates of students have been decreasing and the number of students registered has not been increasing significantly. This paper investigates the UWI Postgraduate Scholarships awarded from 2001 to 2007. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scholarships, Graduate Students, Graduate Study
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Haksever, Cengiz; Muragishi, Yuki – Education Economics, 1998
Applies data envelopment analysis to measure value added in Master of Business Administration education in the United States. Highlights the MBA program as an example of a value-adding process in education, and demonstrates how such programs' efficiency in providing value to students may be evaluated. The top 20 MBA programs resemble the second 20…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency, Graduate Study
Kehrhahn, Marijke T.; Sheckley, Barry G.; Travers, Nancy L. – 1999
This case analysis describes a program to improve the efficiency with which students in the Adult and Vocational Education Ph.D. program at the University of Connecticut work towards and achieve the doctoral degree. Data gathered between 1985 to 1992 indicated students (who were mostly part-time) dropped out at a 50 percent rate and took 7 to 10…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Education, Doctoral Programs, Efficiency