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Predicting the Percentage of Student Placement: A Comparative Study of Machine Learning Algorithms
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Çakit, Erman; Dagdeviren, Metin – Education and Information Technologies, 2022
In recent years, there has been an increase in the demand for higher education in Turkey, where the demand, as in most other countries, exceeds what is available. The main purpose of this research is to develop machine learning algorithms for predicting the percentage of student placement based on the data related to the university's academic…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Foreign Countries, Artificial Intelligence, Mathematics
"It's Like Very White Winged": Students' Perceptions of the Image and Reality of Internationalisation in UK Higher Education
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Kemiche, Zahra; Beighton, Christian – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2021
Following a damning report into racism in United Kingdom Higher Education (EHRC, 2019), this paper discusses students' experiences of racism in HE. Focusing on the connections between lived experience and wider goals and trends in the Internationalisation of the university sector, we discuss accounts of racist practices on campus through the…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Higher Education, Stranger Reactions, Student Attitudes
Predicting "U.S. News & World Report" Ranking of Regional Universities in the South Using Public Data
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Henderson, Angela E. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Using correlational analyses and multiple regressions, this study uses "U.S. News & World Report's" ("USNWR") 2016 college rankings data and data from the National Center for Education Statistics' (NCES) Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) to examine variables that explain institutional peer assessment…
Descriptors: Correlation, Reputation, Institutional Evaluation, Peer Evaluation
Fair Access and Fee Setting in English Universities: What Do Institutional Statements Suggest about University Strategies in a Stratified Quasi-Market?
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Bowl, Marion; Hughes, Jonathan – Studies in Higher Education, 2016
This paper explores how English universities operating in a "quasi-market" are managing the tension between two policy expectations: the first that they should encourage social mobility by widening the social base of their student population; the second that they should compete with other universities to attract students and thereby…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Policy, Guidelines, Foreign Countries
Factors Affecting Student Engagement in HEIs--It is All about Good Teaching
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Almarghani, Eman M.; Mijatovic, Ivana – Teaching in Higher Education, 2017
The passive role of students in their learning and education and the absence of student engagement in higher education institutions (HEIs) are quite common in many higher education institutions in developing countries. The main objective of the research presented in this paper is to explore the influential factors on student engagement in HEIs in…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Undergraduate Students, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
A Comparative Study of Refereed Journal Articles Published by Native and Foreign Born Faculty in the United States
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Lin, Zeng, Gao, Yan-he – Online Submission, 2010
One of the key features of American hegemonic power is the ability to attract talents from all over the world, especially in those shortage areas of science and technology. To explore what is behind the advanced American higher education system, this research compares native and foreign born faculty using four dimensions: demographics, field of…
Descriptors: Productivity, Higher Education, Universities, Journal Articles