Factors Influencing the Program Choice of Doctoral Students in Higher Education Administration

Poock, Michael C.; Love, Patrick

doi:10.2202/1949-6605.1136

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“…The survey items were developed based on a review of previous questionnaires ( Neice and Braun, 1977 ;Zikopoulos and Barber, 1986 ;Austin, 1988 ;Gagnon andCocolas, 1988 ;Olson, 1992 ;Webb, 1993 ;Poock and Love, 2001 ), and these items were grouped into three domains of factorsStudent Characteristics, Signifi cant Others, and External Push -Pull factors. The survey questionnaire followed the three-stage temporal fl ow of the synthesis model and the study-abroad decision -choice of country, choice of institution / program, and future plans.…”

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East-Asian Students' Choice of Canadian Graduate Schools

2007

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This study seeks to explain why and how international graduate students from East Asia choose to come to Canada to pursue advanced education, to assess the strengths and dynamics of the factors infl uencing the enrollment decision, and to describe possible implications both for educationexporting countries and universities offering graduate education. A synthesis model is developed to explain their decision-making process , while a push -pull model is used to understand the strengths of and relationships among various factors that infl uence the choice of a country, institution, program, and city. The research sample comprised 140 students from China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan who enrolled in graduate programs at two large Ontario universities. The research shows a three-stage process, guided fi rst by the focus of the program (i.e. researchoriented versus professional programs). Other factors -country, institution, and city -interplay simultaneously at the later two stages. The research fi ndings reveal the signifi cant infl uence of academic ( Academic Pulling Factors and Administrative Pulling Factors ), economic, environmental, and visa / immigration pulling factors as well as a set of negative pushing factors from third countries such as the United States. This research suggests that to attract top international graduate students, policy makers and institutional administrators should focus on investing in research and ensuring the quality of graduate education, while devoting efforts and resources to the internationalization of graduate education, as well as crafting a national marketing strategy to enhance awareness of and the overall image of their higher education institutions and programs.

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East-Asian Students' Choice of Canadian Graduate Schools

2007

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“…The geographical location of the private institution within the country or its proximity to home and environment of the host country has been found to be an influential factor among final year high school students (Joseph & Joseph, 1998), undergraduates (Beneke & Human, 2010) and among postgraduates (Poock & Love, 2001) and local and foreign students in Australia (Mazzarol & Soutar, 2002).…”

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“…Poock and Love (2001) studied on doctoral students identified location as most important factor and Beneke and Human (2010) has classified location as second most important factor for students in deciding the university they want to continue their studies.…”

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Impacts of Institutional Characteristics on International Students’ Choice of Private Higher Education Institutions in Malaysia

Migin¹,

Falahat²,

Yajid³

et al. 2015

HES

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In recent years, Malaysia has witnessed an influx of foreign students in the local higher education institutions with the aggressive support from the Malaysian government to build Malaysia as the educational hub within the region. This is in line with Malaysia's aspiration to be a global education hub by year 2020.Besides the country level policy, the aim of this study is to understand the major drivers that influence foreign students to choose Malaysia and the private HEI as their study destination. Five dimensions were employed in measuring student's choice of private HEI with a focus on institutional characteristics (cost of education, academic reputation, location, programme and facilities). A sample of 265 respondents was drawn within five private HEIs and the Structural Equation Model (SEM) was utilized in testing the five proposed hypotheses. Based on the findings, all hypotheses were significant except for location. This study gave an idea that institutional characteristics are significantly important in measuring foreign students' choice of Malaysian private HEI.In conclusion, these findings would enable academics and practitioners to focus on the crucial factors that influence foreign students to choose their respective private HEIs.

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“…Likewise, not only have woman become a larger percentage of the IS community over time, but an increase in international (to the US) doctoral students (and eventual scholars) also increased over time [41]. Thus, hypothesis 2 states: H2: Over time, a greater percentage of authors will be from outside the US.…”

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confidence: 98%