The importance placed on matriculation increases at each level of academia, with the greatest significance placed at the tertiary level. The task of standardizing entry-level requirements at the tertiary level has lead to the implementation of assessments such as SAT GMAT and GRE. Prior research conducted at the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTECH) indicated that the task of finding effective predictors of academic performance remains incomplete. This study examines the relationship between students' overall academic performance (GPA) and matriculation requirements performance in first year courses in the Bachelor of Science and Information Technology (BSCIT) program at UTECH. The study evaluates undergraduate students that completed the BSCIT program in 2005. The files for all BSCIT undergraduate students of 2005 were surveyed and specific data was collected. The findings pointed out that performance in first year gateway courses had some level of significance in predicting performance. The findings from this study will be instrumental in restructuring the admissions policy for the program.
Globally, the telecommunications industry is transitioning from a business model that relied heavily on voice communication as the primary source of income to one in which data services provide the largest share of revenues. This trend is evident in Europe, the United States, India, and several other countries. However, while data services have been introduced widely, not all countries have experienced the same level of success. In this chapter, we posit that the differences in economic benefit are directly related to the cultural uniqueness of each mobile market and recommend a consumer-centric approach as a potential solution to successful market uptake. Cultural uniqueness is evident in the consumption of high levels of multimedia content in South Korea which is not enjoyed in other economies despite the push by telecommunication providers. It is also evident in the success of mobile banking for the unbanked poor in parts of Africa but western societies have not exploited its potential. In this research, we used Anckar and D’Incau’s (2002) analytical framework to assess consumer value-added preference structures by exploring the market preferences of a developing country which exhibits the characteristics of a telecommunication market that is saturated and poised for data services integration. The findings suggest that all value-added characteristics evaluated had a positive impact on consumer desirability for a mobile application. Most importantly, the findings highlighted that the inclusion of value-added features within a mobile application is not enough but optimizing the desired combination for a user group may be critical.
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