How do students choose a university?: an analysis of applications to universities in Ontario, Canada

Drewes, Torben; Michael, Christopher

doi:10.1007/s11162-006-9015-6

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“…They hypothesized that distance from students' homes has an impact on enrolment applications, and their findings confirmed that distance influences student choice to apply to universities. Finally, Drewes and Michael (2006) indicated that students prefer to enrol in universities that are closer to their residence.…”

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The attractiveness of programmes in higher education: an empirical approach

Widiputera

Witte

Groot

et al. 2017

European Journal of Higher Education

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Higher education institutions have experienced an increase in student enrolment over the past decades. At the same time, universities increasingly attempt to attract students by offering a variety of study programmes. Using a Dutch panel data set of 1300 programmes in 50 institutions, this study investigates what explains the attractiveness of study programmes. We hypothesize that the distance of study programmes plays a major role in student decisions to attend. Based on an instrumental variables identification strategy, we demonstrate that the closest distance between similar programmes offered and competition between programmes have significant effects on the enrolment of students in higher education. The results indicate that a one-kilometer increase in the closest distance between similar programmes decreases the number of students to enrol in a programme byseven students after controlling for programme type and other characteristics. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Section: Distancementioning

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The attractiveness of programmes in higher education: an empirical approach

Widiputera

Witte

Groot

et al. 2017

European Journal of Higher Education

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“…In order to determine which factors influence international students' choice for postgraduate studies at Universities in Malaysia, Dahari and Abduch (2011) reviewed studies conducted in many countries (Jackson, 1982;Mansky & Wise, 1983;Paulsen, 1990;Montgomery, 2002;Avery & Hoxby, 2004;Long, 2004;Chen &Zimitat, 2006;Drewes & Michael, 2006;Ivy, 2008;Hsieh, 2010). In their study they decided to use the following 8 factors: price, offered programs, prominence of academic staff, promotion, facilities, environment, convenience, and scholarship.…”

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Multi-Criteria Decision Making Approach Regarding the Choice of University for Postgraduate Studies

Cvetkoska¹,

Spasevska²

2015

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The problem set in this paper regards how to make the choice of University for postgraduate studies. The multi-criteria decision making approach is suggested to be used for solving this problem. The idea is to decompose the problem into the following elements: goal-choice of University for postgraduate studies; criteria that contribute to achieving the goal and that can be of quantitative or qualitative nature; and alternatives-Universities that the choice will be made from. For such problem a hierarchical model can be built, and it can be solved by using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP). The objective of this research, which will be conducted in the form of a questionnaire among the best fourth-year students from Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Faculty of Economics-Skopje, is to determine how many of them will continue their education in postgraduate studies, and where, as well as to identify the criteria that are important in their opinion when choosing a University. Once the participants' answers are received, two groups of criteria that are important regarding the choice of University (in Macedonia and abroad) will be created, and thus two groups of participants will be formed. The choice of criteria will be made according to the arithmetic mean, and if the number is high then factor analysis will be used for their reduction. Afterwards, the participants will be introduced to the AHP method and for combining the individual judgments in group judgment; the geometric mean will be used. The University that is the best choice for each of the participants will come as a result of the ranking of the overall priorities of the alternatives.

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“…Students would apply in schools that would accept them (Drewes & Michael, 2006). For example, one of the most important choice factors in choosing a school of Canadians in the United States was grade requirements (McCarthy et al, 2012).…”

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School Choice of Computing Students: A Comparative Perspective from Two Universities

Bringula¹,

Batalla²,

Moraga³

et al. 2012

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This descriptive study utilized a validated questionnaire to determine the profile of two sets of students and their level of consideration in deciding to enroll in their University. It also determined whether their level of consideration in deciding to enroll in their University significantly differed from each other. It was found out that most of the University of the East (UE) and National University (NU) respondents were male respondents taking up Information Technology. They did not have a home province, lived in Manila and Quezon City, lived in family-owned houses, belonged to a family with five family members, and travelled at least an hour in going to school through jeepneys. On the other hand, they were different in terms of family monthly income (most of the UE respondents belonged to a family with a higher family monthly income) and number of family members who studied in the University (most of the NU respondents had at least one member who studied in the same university). It was also noted that more than a quarter of NU respondents lived near their school. UE and NU respondents agreed that they considered nine and five, respectively, of the eleven institutional image indicators in deciding to enroll in the university. UE respondents had the highest consideration on admission process and course offering while NU respondents had the highest consideration on scholarships and grants. Test of difference between means revealed that the level of considerations of the respondents on the institutional image indicators significantly differed in nine out of the eleven indicators. Thus, the null hypothesis stating that there is no significant difference in the level of consideration of the respondents in deciding to enroll in the two universities in terms of institutional image indicators is partially rejected. Conclusions, recommendations, and limitations of the study were also discussed.

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How do students choose a university?: an analysis of applications to universities in Ontario, Canada

Cited by 150 publications

References 13 publications

The attractiveness of programmes in higher education: an empirical approach

The attractiveness of programmes in higher education: an empirical approach

Multi-Criteria Decision Making Approach Regarding the Choice of University for Postgraduate Studies

School Choice of Computing Students: A Comparative Perspective from Two Universities

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