University Selection Process Research Articles

Sistem Pendataan Peserta PKH Lolos Jalur Seleksi Perguruan Tinggi Berbasis Website Pada Lembaga Mitra Gerakan Ayo Kuliah Lampung

The Bakrie Center Foundation is a charitable organization established in 2010, dedicated to nurturing emerging leaders in Indonesia. Its vision is to identify and cultivate leaders across all strata of society throughout the Indonesian archipelago, with a mission to bolster their capabilities and foster a talent pool that will ultimately stimulate national development and economic growth. In the 6th edition of the Campus Leader Program, the Bakrie Center Foundation collaborated with partner institutions as part of the "Let's Go to Lampung" initiative. The Foundation recognized the effectiveness of the "Let's Go to Lampung" movement, which is geared towards providing education, motivation, and support to KPM PKH children. During the operational phase, there were challenges in data collection, prompting the founder of GAK Lampung to propose the development of a website for a Data Collection System designed to assist PKH children in navigating the university selection process, to be implemented at the partner institution of the "Let's Go to College" Movement (GAK) in Lampung.

Key factors in selecting economic higher education institution: Republic of Moldova case study

Economic higher education institutions in the country operate in an extremely complex and dynamic environment, characterized by demographic decline of the population, mass emigration of the younger population, high level of competition on the national and international markets, quantitative reduction in the demand for higher education services and the change of its structure, etc. The challenges from the external environment bring to the attention of university management the need to develop effective marketing strategies for the attraction and retention of students. The success of this approach largely depends on the awareness of potential students’ motivations for applying to a training program and the criteria for choosing the university. Understanding the expectations and preferences of potential customers allows the design and development of more relevant educational programs and services, the development of effective communication strategies, that help recruit and retain a sufficient number of students to achieve the educational and financial goals. In this vein, the present study aims to analyze the existing behavioral models to identify the determinants that influence the university selection process by potential students. At the same time, the paper presents the results of the survey carried out in order to identify the key factors used by Moldovan students in the process of choosing the training program and the economic education provider. This study is part of a complex descriptive research on the behavior of consumers of economic higher education services.

The Regional Structure of Higher Education and the Role of Distance Learning

Abstract In the time of the COVID-19 pandemic the importance of distance learning is being enhanced, while formal, full-time, face-to-face university education is being converted to distance learning. The study explores the role of the Universities in distance learning market and reveals the factors that influence the students’ university choice. The regional embeddedness of higher education in the Western Transdanubian region is analysed, highlighting the catchment areas of the region’s universities. The educational commuting of distance learning students to the region increases purchasing power, has a positive impact on the rental market, the labour market and can boost future settlement. Commuting, university selection and training selection behaviours of correspondence and distance training of students is examined using questionnaires. The aim is to establish whether the university selection of correspondence training students is influenced by distance and by the characteristics of the student‘s place of residence. The findings show that distance is one of the main factors during the university-selection process in the case of any kind of distance learning.

Decision-making system for higher education university selection: comparison of priorities pre- and post-COVID-19

PurposeUniversity selection in higher education is a complex task for aspirants from a decision-making perspective. This study first aims to understand the essential parameters that affect potential students' choice of higher education institutions. It then aims to explore how these parameters or priorities have changed given the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Learning about the differences in priorities for university selection pre- and post-COVID-19 pandemic might help higher education institutions focus on relevant parameters in the post-pandemic era.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses a mixed-method approach, with primary and secondary data (university parameters from the website and LinkedIn Insights). We developed a university selector system by scraping LinkedIn education data of various universities and their alumni records. The final decision-making tool was hosted on the web to collect potential students' responses (primary data). Response data were analyzed via a multicriteria decision-making (MCDM) model. Portal-based data collection was conducted twice to understand the differences in university selection priorities pre- and post-COVID-19 pandemic. A one-way MANOVA was performed to find the differences in priorities related to the university decision-making process pre- and post-COVID-19.FindingsThis study considered eight parameters of the university selection process. MANOVA demonstrated a significant change in decision-making priorities of potential students between the pre- and post-COVID-19 phases. Four out of eight parameters showed significant differences in ranking and priority. Respondents made significant changes in their selection criteria on four parameters: cost (went high), ranking (went low), presence of e-learning mode (went high) and student life (went low).Originality/valueThe current COVID-19 pandemic poses many uncertainties for educational institutions in terms of mode of delivery, student experience, campus life and others. The study sheds light on the differences in priorities resulting from the pandemic. It attempts to show how social priorities change over time and influence the choices students make.

University Selection Processes and Market Size: An Experimental Study

The administrator of a university selection process is often faced with allocation problems such as identifying the most talented candidates to be placed into the most sought-after university/course. This occurs because too many applicants are competing for a limited number of seats and the difficulty in identifying the qualified and interested candidate to attend the course, makes the selection process very tedious and slow. Although the selection process plays a role as a clearinghouse in allocation, the market congestion that occurred due to a large number of applications renders the process inefficient. The paper begins with the aim of studying three matching mechanisms; the Immediate Acceptance Mechanism (IAM), Deferred Acceptance Mechanism (DAM) and Efficient Transfer Mechanism (ETM), in terms of their truth-telling and stability properties in two market sizes. The parameter market size represented market congestion (i.e. a small market) and no market congestion (i.e. a large market). We find theImmediate Acceptance Mechanism lost to Deferred Acceptance and Efficient Transfer Mechanisms in terms of allocation and truth-telling; candidates in Immediate Acceptance Mechanism misreported their true preferences more to gain entry, which also rendered the mechanism less stable compared to the other two. A selection process should promote fairness in evaluation to encourage truth-telling which was found to be positively correlated with stability in allocation.

The silent but powerful communication of the physical environment of Nkozi campus of Uganda Martyrs University

The purpose of this research was to find out what Uganda Martyrs University students think about the physical environment of the Nkozi campus, which is the main campus of the university with a view to find out if that factor can be used to market the university. Two sets of examination papers (one for second year and the other for first year students) were identified from the registry archives of the university because of their relevance to the topic of research. Initially, there was no certainty about the contents of these documents, but the titles of the pieces of work were suggestive enough to qualify them for selection. The documents were analysed using thematic analysis procedures. The findings indicate that most of the students have positive things to say about the beauty of their campus. In terms of student university selection process, the information found is very useful for Uganda Martyrs University in developing a marketing strategy that can be extended as far as senior one students. Since campus visits have been found to attract many students to specific universities, Uganda Martyrs University could develop a campus visit programme in which parents, potential students and other interested persons can experience the beauty of Nkozi campus. The current students could also be used to advertise the university since they know what the university can offer apart from the beautiful campus. It is recommended that Uganda Martyrs University develop a marketing strategy that has campus visits on top of the list of strategies to be adopted in increasing student intake.

A FACTORIAL ANALYSIS OF INFORMACION SOURCES THAT INFLUENCE UNIVERSITY CHOICE IN ALBANIA

These days Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Albania are operating in a highly dynamic environment. The aim of this study is to examine the sources of information that influence the student’s selection between public or private university in Albania by identifying the role of marketing communication in this selection. The data was gathered through self-administered questionnaires in 17 public and private universities throughout Albania. The factorial analysis conducted using the evaluations from 28 different sources of information, concluded that mainly four factors influenced university choice. These were, public relations, advertising, reference groups and internet marketing. Most of the Albanian Universities need a better understanding of the entire process the prospective students undergo during their university selection process. They also should try adopting a new orientation in their marketing communication strategies based on the students’ need for information.

Percaya Diri, Dukungan Sosial dan Kecemasan Siswa Menghadapi Seleksi Perguruan Tinggi

The goal of this research is to find the correlation between Self confidenceand social endorsement with students’ anxiety facing the University selectionprocess. 163 students of XI grade of SMA Negeri 6 Madiun become the subject,(consist of 68 boys and 95 girls). Researcher use three kinds of way in this researchthey are; students’anxiety facing the University selection process scale, selfconfidence scale and self endorsement scale. The research data analyzed withcorrelation analysis level Spearman’Rho. The research results are; 1) Selfconfidence with students’ anxiety facing University selection process is Rho 0,040and p = 0,610 (p < 0,05), it means there is no negative correlation with students’anxiety facing the University selection process. 2) social endorsement withstudents’anxiety facing the University selection process resulted Rho 0,444 and p =0,000 (p < 0,05), it means social endorsement has positive correlation betweenstudents’ anxiety facing the University selection process.Keywords : self confidence, social endorsement, and students’anxiety in facing theUniversity selection process.

Visual Literacy and Biochemistry Learning: The role of external representations

Visual Literacy can bedefined as people’s ability to understand, use, think, learn and express themselves through external representations (ER) in a given subject. This research aims to investigate the development of abilities of ERs reading and interpretation by students from a Biochemistry graduate course of theFederal University of Sao Joao Del-Rei. In this way, Visual Literacy level was assessed using a questionnaire validatedin a previous educational research. This diagnosis questionnaire was elaborated according to six visual abilitiesidentified as essential for the study of the metabolic pathways. The initial statistical analysis of data collectedin this study was carried out using ANOVA method. Results obtained showed that the questionnaire used is adequate for the research and indicated that the level of Visual Literacy related to the metabolic processes increased significantly with the progress of the students in the graduation course. There was also an indication of a possible interference in the student’s performancedetermined by the cutoff punctuation in the university selection process.

Assessing the research activity of Canadian psychology departments with graduate programmes.

The present study sought to provide a comprehensive assessment of the recent research activities within and across all Canadian psychology departments with graduate programmes. The quantity and of each department's research activity were measured by peer-reviewed article publication count and citation indexing of those publications, respectively. Each institution's /i-factor was provided as a supplementary index of research industriousness. An additional index of change in research activity over time - the slope - was also provided. Data were assessed from 1900-2008 as well as for 5-year time spans from 1994-1998, 1999-2003, and 2004-2008. Overall, results indicated that the most recent 5 years have seen a significant increase in article publications across departments. More comprehensive results of the relative comparability of departments are included. Implications for future research are discussed. Keywords: Canadian graduate psychology research, publications, citations, h-factor, university rankings The University selection process leads, arguably, to one of the most important decisions in a person's life. There are a variety of factors that contribute to the decision making process, including personal interests, geography, and finances, to name a few (Coccari & Javalgi, 1995); however, at some point the quality of the institution is likely to become a point of significant consideration. To facilitate die process of comparing the of universities, many people seek out established rankings. Ranking universities based on quality easily becomes a delicate and contentious issue. This is not surprising, given that rank and reputation have several implications for academic institutions. For example, elevated reputation can serve to increase government funding, private funding, and to attract higher students (Cyrenne & Grant, 2009). Indeed, according to a survey completed by the Presidents and Board Chairs of 50 Canadian Universities, the effort to enhance institutional reputation has been rated by institution administrators as more important than everything else a university does (Cyrenee & Grant, 2009; University of Alberta, 2000). The most salient and regularly updated rankings of Canadian institutions may have been conducted by Maclean's magazine. Since 1991, Maclean's has provided yearly rankings, assessing Canadian universities' worth according to a variety of performance measures such as student ability and characteristics, class sise, faculty qualifications, as well as parameters concerning finance, library resources, and reputation (Cramer & Page, 2007; Maclean's, 2006; Page & Cramer, 2003). Despite the popularity of the yearly Maclean's report, there are some methodological criticisms with respect to sampling, declining response rates, and refusal of participation from some Canadian universities (Cramer & Page, 2007). A more detailed analysis of these issues has been addressed in other inquiries (Cramer & Page, 2007; Page, Cramer, & Page, 2002; Page, 1996; Page, 1999). The criticisms have come from institutions near the top (e.g., University of British Columbia) and bottom (e.g., Brandon University) of the Maclean's scale, suggesting the methodology and content are generally considered objectionable (University of Alberta, 2009). Perhaps the least objectionable rankings of are derived from measures of quantity; for example, the number of graduates, the average time to graduate, the funding received, or the number of graduates who acquire employment in their field of choice. Indeed, there is evidence to suggest that within the context of academic institutions, quantity of work is positively correlated with of work as measured by impact (Feist, 1997; Hagstrom, 1971; Simonton, 1988). Such associations provide a tentative basis for creating indices of quality that may be more robust and globally palatable than many of Maclean's. …

Differences in the usefulness of communication channels, as experienced by gender and ethnic groups during their university selection process

Recruiting students to enrol at a particular institution is becoming a competitive and challenging process for higher education institutions. Therefore, institutions should create efficient and effective ways of providing relevant information to prospective students during their process of selecting an institution. The major communication channels that prospective students consult during their selection process, and the usefulness thereof for students, are important knowledge imperatives for higher education institutions. In this study, 12 different channels of communication, considered by students during a typical higher education institution selection process, were investigated. A non-probability convenience sample of 1 241 first-year students from six higher education institutions in South Africa was drawn. Findings suggest that female students attach a significantly higher value to nine of the 12 communication channels, compared to their male counterparts. There were also differences between the ethnic groups in terms of the usefulness of events on campus, high school teachers, open days and campus visits, as well as university publications. Higher education institutions can use the results to develop communication strategies that are more student oriented, in order to reinforce their image and to reach students more effectively through the appropriate communication channels.

Providing transparency and credibility: the selection of international students for Australian universities. An examination of the relationship between scores in the International Student Admissions Test (ISAT), final year academic programs and an Australian university’s foundation program

Throughout 2003–04 five cohorts of students in their final year of school studies in various Malaysian colleges and a group of students completing an Australian university foundation year in Malaysia sat the International Student Admissions Test (ISAT). The ISAT is a multiple‐choice test of general academic abilities developed for students whose first language is not English. Both sets of scores were examined to investigate the relationship between skills measured by the academic programs and the generic reasoning skills measured by the ISAT. The data were examined by looking at correlations and patterns of the ISAT scores, and the total academic program scores and individual subject scores. As well, multiple regression was used to examine if the ISAT could act as a predictor for academic program scores. Although the ISAT and measures of achievement in the academic programs are two completely different instruments, the study showed that: (i) the scores were positively and significantly correlated; (ii) patterns of co‐variation of the ISAT and academic program scores demonstrate a positive relationship; and (iii) there is evidence that achieving a high score in the academic programs requires high reasoning skills, as measured by the ISAT. The findings of this study indicate that the ISAT is a useful predictor of student ability for use in the university selection process for international applicants.

Outing the Native Speaker: The Problem of Diverse Learner Backgrounds in 'Foreign' Language Classrooms - An Australian Case Study

The Australian experience with Italian, Greek and Chinese raises a serious question about the usefulness of the distinction between 'native' and 'non-native' competence. The question is particularly acute when it is necessary, in the interests of equity and effective pedagogy, to assign learners from heterogeneous linguistic backgrounds to different language programmes, whether they be for first, second or foreign languages. The paper discusses some of the conceptual problems underlying distinctions between the terms 'native' and 'non-native' speaker, between 'foreign' and 'second' language learners, and the related difficulty of eliciting valid and reliable data about language background. The problems are illustrated with reference to a scheme developed in Australia involving the classification of learners into categories of 'advantaged' and 'disadvantaged' for the purpose of determining who is deserving of special consideration in the university selection process.

Gender Effects on the University Selection Process

ABSTRACT Do male and female students really behave differently and want different things from a college education? The present study was and designed to address this issue and extend what was previously known regarding gender differences in the university selection process. A convenience sample of 183 undergraduate students (83 males and 100 females) from a large, midwestern university responded to a campus-intercept survey. Results indicate that male and female students differ in terms of the importance placed on various attributes of a university and in one source used to choose a university. Implications for the development of a strategic marketing process are discussed.