...A STUDY OF FACTORS INFLUENCING THE SELECTION OF A HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION Mohar bin Yusof Tun Abdul Razak University, Malaysia mohar@unitar.edu.my Siti Nor Bayaah binti Ahmad Tun Abdul Razak University, Malaysia ctnor11@unitar.edu.my Misyer bin Mohamed Tajudin Tun Abdul Razak University, Malaysia misyer64@unitar.edu.my R. Ravindran Tun Abdul Razak University, Malaysia ravindran@unitar.edu.my ABSTRACT The higher education landscape in Malaysia has gone through substantial changes. With improvements in the quality of education and better academic performance at the primary and secondary school level, the demand for tertiary education has increased many fold. The increased public demand for tertiary education and the government’s aspiration to position Malaysia as a regional centre of academic excellence have led to the higher education market becoming monopolistically competitive. The purpose of the research was to examine the expectations on higher education institutions among three groups of respondent i.e. prospective students, parents of prospective students and first year university students, and to identify the factors influencing their preferences in selecting a particular higher education institution. KEY WORDS: Preferences, Higher Education Institutions, Expectations, Higher Education Market, Market Research UNITAR E-JOURNAL Vol. 4, No. 2, June 2008 27 INTRODUCTION Over the span of ten years or so, the higher education...
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...Spokesperson for TCNJ The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) it is a highly respected college, therefore when hiring a celebrity to be an endorser it is also important to choose a celebrity who possesses the characteristics of an ideal role model because those are traits that are highly valued by TCNJ. Those characteristics include a high level of interest in education, successful career, being actively involved in charitable events, and a positive reputation. It is also important that they be likeable and appeal to prospective students and their parents. Those criteria outline a perfect contender to be a spokesperson for The College of New Jersey. Emma Watson would be a great candidate because she fully embodies those traits and they are evident in her personal life along with her work as an actress. Having a spokesperson who values getting education such as Emma Watson would be a perfect match for TCNJ because it is a very reliable institution when it comes to academics. Also, it has the reputation of holding its students to very high standards. Before moving to United States Watson attended and excelled at an independent preparatory school in Oxford, England. From there she enrolled at the American Ivy School, Brown University. Although some might argue that Watson is just another college dropout movie star because she left Brown University to finish filming the Harry Potter series. However, after filming was over she returned to Brown and graduated. In an interview with Vogue...
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...NIH:R01-HD34958-01; NIH:R01-HD32058-03, and by grants from the Mellon Foundation and the Spencer Foundations. The views expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect those of the National Bureau of Economic Research. © 1999 by Stephen V. Cameron and James J. Heckman. All rights reserved. Short sections of text, not to exceed two paragraphs, may be quoted without explicit permission provided that full credit, including © notice, is given to the source. The Dynamics of Educational Attainment for Blacks, Hispanics, and Whites Stephen V. Cameron and James J. Heckman NBER Working Paper No. 7249 July 1999 JEL No. I12 ABSTRACT This paper estimates a dynamic model of schooling attainment to investigate the sources of discrepancy by race and ethnicity in college attendance. When the returns to college education rose, college enrollment of whites responded much more quickly than that of...
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...In the book, “The Choice of the People? Debating The Electoral College”, by Judith A. Best, her thesis is one in defense of the Electoral College system. She describes it as a “complex majority rule system” that allows for increased participation of the minority and an “extraordinary majority.” Her statement, is as follows; “The electoral vote system is the very model of our federal system. If the federal principle is legitimate (and I think it is) then it is just as legitimate in the selection of the president as in the selections of the Congress.”1 The author is writing this work in response to many critics of the Constitution, and more specifically the Electoral College and the electoral vote system. Some of these critics are the American Bar Association, League of Women Voters, and many other factions of other political interest groups. They mostly argue that the electoral vote system is undemocratic and indefensible. Judith Best argues that not only is the system democratic and federal, but “it is a model of the American constitutional democracy.”2 The author points out that the Electoral College, (which usually arises in a debate during the course of any significant election, especially for the presidency) survives for numerous reasons. She points out that is the most heavily challenged part of the Constitution putting it at the top of the list for historical efforts to amend it. The main reason this aspect survives is that most individuals and citizens don’t know...
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...ijcrb.webs.com INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH IN BUSINESS SEPTEMBER 2012 VOL 4, NO 5 FACTORS INFLUENCING STUDENT’S ENROLLMENT DECISIONS IN SELECTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS (HEI’S) Farhan Mehboob Sukkur Institute of Business Administration Sukkur, Pakistan Syed Mir Muhammad Shah Sukkur Institute of Business Administration Sukkur, Pakistan Niaz A Bhutto Sukkur Institute of Business Administration Sukkur, Pakistan Abstract The study investigates the factors affecting student’s enrollment decision when they come across with selection of HEI’s. The main objective of this study is to explore those factors that stand out very critical in influencing and determining student’s attendance decision in HEI’s. The study demonstrates three factors which are further categorized into eleven sub factors, internal factors (Aspiration, Aptitude, and Career), External factors (Courses, Cost, Location, Reputation, Promotion, and Facilities) and Social factors (parents/friends/teacher). The study depicts mixed results; all factors are found somehow important in selection of Institutes. The factor Career has been found as the most preferred one for students to pursue in HEI’s. The three factors have found significantly related to student enrollment decision. The factor “facility” is the most influential attribute found in determining student enrollment decisions in HEI’s. Keywords: FACTORS ; INFLUENCING STUDENT’S ENROLLMENT DECISIONS ; ...
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...can pave the way to an individual’s better and promising future. This is the very reason why the Philippine Constitution provides for at least free formal basic education, more particularly in public schools Formal basic education under the new educational system in the country is now popularly known as K-12, which begins with the kindergarten and proceeds to 12 years in the elementary and secondary level. Unlike the old educational system which emphasized the value of a college degree before employment, the new program which begun to be implemented in 2014, hopes to equip every learner who graduates after senior high school (Grade 12) with the opportunity for improved employment and entrepreneurship while ensuring that the high school graduate has the needed competencies to pursue a college degree either immediately or at some later stage (Luistro, 2012). Students who will be finishing their high school education under the new educational program may therefore be better enlightened as to what college degree to pursue after graduation, or if they so decide to immediately work, will have more opportunities as their technical skills are better honed. But what about the last batch of high school graduates under the old educational system? In particular, the graduating students of the Central Luzon State University Science High School. What considerations do they usually take into...
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...Nowadays, a college education is not just a qualification a person should elect to partake; it is an essential part for the overall success of the individual in general. Certain individuals find it challenging to define the worth of a college instruction. Attaining a college graduation offers a greater remuneration, more prospects and self-fulfilment. Although I concur with the aforementioned explanations, I have supplementary reasons I agree that a college education is of high importance to me. First, college education will permit me to afford a better living standards for my family and household. We have survived without what several people consider to be basic. Buying a house, annual holidays, frequent camping expeditions, all-terrain cars and speedboats are all only a fantasy to my family. By attaining a college degree, I can secure my dream profession and begin to make those fantasies an actuality. Second, it will offer motivation to my kids. Not only will the degree provide me with a better position to take part in my children’s classrooms assignments at school, I will similarly be helpful in the life choices they will want to pursue being a role model for them. Attempting to get a college education after marriage with children may also be challenging and may require me to put off those decisions to raise a family. However, currently with the enormously fast progress in technology, attaining an education will be made considerably easy. Patty Murray noted "A good...
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...College education is important to me because it is the next step forward to my success. I believe that it will open up many opportunities in making my dreams come true with me owning my own business. I have decided to complete my college education because I have children that look up to me and I want to set a great example for them. My goal is to be successful and become a positive role model in life. My determination to succeed is my children. I excelled in everything that I put my mind to and education is one of them. I know the importance of having a college education and how it will motivate my children to do the same. My choices and opportunities are limited as of now because I don’t have the degree that will allow me to explore every option available. College education is important to me because I believe that the biggest accomplishment that you can obtain from education is knowledge. College education can take you far in life, the more college education and knowledge that you have the better your life can be. College education and knowledge will help me expand new skills and ideas. It will also allow me to advance what I’ve learned and prepare me for life experiences that will benefit me and my children in the long run for the good. With a college education, I can obtain my degree and be financially stable and have a career in the field of my choice. Without this education I would not be able to get a good job or support my family the way that I would like to...
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...A Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice Organized anarchies are organizations characterized by problematic preferences, unclear technology, and fluid participation. These are organizations-or decision situations-characterized by three general properties. 1) Problematic preferences: In the organization it is difficult to impute a set of preferences to the decision situation that satisfies the standard consistency requirements for a theory of choice. The organization operates on the basis of a variety of inconsistent and ill-defined references. It discovers preferences through action more than it acts on the basis of preferences. 2) Unclear Technology: Although the organization manages to survive and even produce, its own processes are not understood by its members. It operates on the basis of simple trial-and-error procedures, the residue of learning from the accidents of past experience, and pragmatic inventions of necessity. 3) Fluid Participation: Participants vary in the amount of time and effort they devote to different domains; involvement varies from one time to another. As a result, the boundaries of the organization are uncertain and changing; the audiences and decision makers for any particular kind of choice change capriciously. They are particularly conspicuous in public, educational, and illegitimate organizations. To build on current behavioural theories of organizations in order to accommodate the concept of organized anarchy, two major...
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...Factors Affecting Students’ Choice of Bachelor of Science in Accountancy as Major Charlotte Jhiza A. Beleno Adamson University Abstract The need for accounting graduates continually grows in this decade. The US Bureau of Statistics projected that there will be a 15.7% increase in the number of accounting jobs between 2010 and 2020. This increase in demand gives the importance to study and understand the factors that motivate and encourage students to take up Bachelor of Science in Accountancy as their college course, so that quality graduates will meet the demand in the field of accounting profession. This paper also helps high school teachers, parents and guidance counselors on how they can influence students to take up BS Accountancy in their tertiary level. On the other hand, it also informs the students on the advantages of being accountancy major and an accountant in the future. Factors Affecting Students’ Choice of Bachelor of Science in Accountancy as Major A Review of Related Literature and Studies Accounting as defined by Webster is the system of recording and summarizing business and financial transactions and analyzing, verifying and reporting the results. On the other hand, Accountancy is the profession or practice of accounting. Bachelor of Science in Accountancy prepares students for careers in accounting firms, financial institutions, public sectors, and financial departments of companies. It is an in demand course since there is an upward trend...
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...Science approach, the Carnegie Model, the Incremental Decision Process Model, and the Garbage Can Model. Among these, it appears that the Carnegie Model was used. It is based on the bounded rationality approach where decisions are made under severe time and resource constraints and managers cannot follow ideal procedures. In the Carnegie Model, management coalitions are formed to make a decision with conditions of vague organizational goals, and managers must talk and bargain. The aim is “satisficing” not “optimizing” a solution, where decisions do not need to maximize performance but achieve several goals simultaneously. It uses problemistic search to find a solution in the immediate environment even if it isn’t perfect. Using the Carnegie Model alone isn’t the best method of identifying a problem. Even if there is a time constraint, conducting only a quick search can lead to more problems and the organization loses the chance to find a solution to better address the problem. In the case, Aliesha gathered the Board of Trustees on to discuss the budget constraint. The conclusion right away was to cut the most expensive program of the college. This then caused a debate on which program to remove, even if both had their clear advantages. 2. How could the decision problem be identified differently so that it would lead to alternatives more broad than trying to decide which programs to cut? Combining the incremental process and Carnegie models: Carnegie is especially...
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...machine” in receiving justice for crimes committed. Unfortunately it seems that although all agencies of the criminal justice system have the same goal, none work in sync to solidify criminal justice as a system. Crime According to The Free Dictionary Online (2014), crime is “a violation of a law in which there is injury to the public or a member of the public and a term in jail or prison, and/or a fine as possible penalties”. Crime is punishable by the legal sanctions. The relationship between crime and law is without the strict enforcement of the law crime cannot be prevented. The two most common models of how society determines a criminal act include consensus and conflict models. Through the consensus model, society shares the same morals even though communities are quite diverse. The crimes that violate this morally valued system are deemed harmful to society. The conflict model holds that because society is so diverse people are constantly engaged in a power struggle. Those within the dominate groups will codify their beliefs and values into hard law (Thomas, Cage, & Foster, 1976). Government Structure The criminal justice system is a compellation of federal, state, and local agencies each dealing with any crime issue. Each agency processes suspects and convicted persons yet are interdependent regarding the decisions of one agency versus another. The criminal justice system is made up of legislative, judicial, and executive branches of government. The...
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...Decision-Making Models Decision-making models can be used for both professional and personal issue. “The path to follow is not so clear for some reason. Maybe because the decisions are more complex, with us having several goals at the same time and not knowing which of them to give up on, since there is no alternative that satisfies them fully. Or maybe the decision is not so complex but we simply lack a gut feeling that enlightens our spirit to go in a certain direction” (Pimentel, 2011). I have used decision-making models in the workplace, when buying a car, and deciding on which college to attend. My solution is based on how each of my choices fit in the criteria by level of importance. An example of this is when I decided what college I wanted to finish my master’s program. I had 3 schools in mind and I placed a weighted average on each criterion for importance, assigning each category with a number. The six categories by importance were: program of study, working around my work schedule, costs, diversity, and student to professor ratio. After all the weighted averages were calculated UOP was the best choice for me. The offered my program of study and offered an online program for my major. They also serve a wide range of diversified students which in the business management program I thought would be a benefit enabling me to get a different prospective that I could incorporate into my professional life. UOP’s student to profess ration is an absolute plus...
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...decision-making process when I had to make a personal decision, such as enrolling in college. People face a wide range of opportunities every day, as well as certain challenges supporting this process, and the most difficult thing in the life of a person finishing school is to become enrolled in college of his or her dream. The decision-making process may become challenging for people due to “the lack of structure and entail risk, uncertainly and conflict” (Bateman and Snell, 2012, p. 86). That is why people trying to make some important personal or professional decisions should have some appropriate model to follow in order to avoid such challenges. Bateman and Snell identified six steps or stages pf decision-making process which may be attached to any problem or decision. First, it is necessary to identify and analyze the problem. My problem was the enrolling in college, as I wanted to enter some specific college helping to build my future professional career. In order to diagnose this problem, I analyzed my past, present and future implications and experiences helping to make the right choice. I took into consideration not only my preferences and ideas, but also opinions of my parents and relatives. Second, it was important to find alternative solutions to this problem, as I had chosen some alternative colleges and educational establishments in case I would not be enrolled in this specific college. The third stage of decision-making process “involves determining the value...
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...determine whether a more recent Course Description PDF is available. The College Board The College Board is a mission-driven not-for-profit organization that connects students to college success and opportunity. Founded in 1900, the College Board was created to expand access to higher education. Today, the membership association is made up of more than 5,900 of the world’s leading educational institutions and is dedicated to promoting excellence and equity in education. Each year, the College Board helps more than seven million students prepare for a successful transition to college through programs and services in college readiness and college success — including the SAT® and the Advanced Placement Program®. The organization also serves the education community through research and advocacy on behalf of students, educators, and schools. For further information, visit www.collegeboard.org. AP Equity and Access Policy The College Board strongly encourages educators to make equitable access a guiding principle for their AP programs by giving all willing and academically prepared students the opportunity to participate in AP. We encourage the elimination of barriers that restrict access to AP for students from ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic groups that have been traditionally underserved. Schools should make every effort to ensure their AP classes reflect the diversity of their student population. The College Board also believes that all students should have access to academically...
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