Predictors of Alumni Association MembershipSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 52 - Trang 738-759 - 2011
Melissa D. Newman, Joseph M. Petrosko
The authors examined factors associated with membership of university graduates in the dues-based alumni association of their alma mater. Logistic regression was used to analyze variables that came from survey responses and from an existing database. All participants had attended a public doctoral-granting research university in the South. Graduates were more likely to be alumni association member...... hiện toàn bộ
Institutional research and decision making: A bibliographic essaySpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 20 - Trang 295-308 - 1984
Jack R. Farrell
A review of literature dealing with the relationship between the institutional research function and the decision-making process in higher education reveals a wide range of opinion. At one extreme are those who believe that institutional researchers should be little more than purveyors of data for use by the executive decision makers. At the other extreme are the advocates of an active institution...... hiện toàn bộ
The Biglan classification revisitedSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 34 - Trang 451-464 - 1993
Judith L. Stoecker
The Biglan classification scheme provides a valid framework for studying academic diversity within the higher education system. It continues to be a strong construct for classifying faculty as evidenced by its power to discriminate current faculty on a recent faculty data set. Previously unclassified professional disciplines of Dentistry and Nursing were classified as hard-applied-nonlife and soft...... hiện toàn bộ
More Than a Pipeline Problem: Labor Supply Constraints and Gender Stratification Across Academic Science DisciplinesSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - - 2002
Stephen Kulis, Diane Sicotte, Shawn Collins
Employing a nationally representative sample of science faculty in U.S. colleges, we investigate 3 explanations for persisting differences in women's faculty representation across science fields even after adjusting for women's variable representation among doctoral recipients. First, we examine labor market factors: (a) differential growth rates and “critical mass” in the supply of women doctoral...... hiện toàn bộ
Modeling the Pathways to Self-Confidence for Graduate School in ComputingSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 62 - Trang 359-391 - 2020
Annie M. Wofford
Given the significant need to increase and diversify graduate enrollments within computing fields, it is vital to understand what shapes students’ pathways to computing graduate school. This study examines the predictors of undergraduate students’ self-confidence in being admitted to computing graduate school among students who enrolled in an introductory computing course during the 2015–2016 acad...... hiện toàn bộ
Affirmative action and hiring practices in Higher EducationSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 3 - Trang 359-364 - 1975
Elwood A. Shoemaker, Ronald L. McKeen
The purpose of this research was to provide data on what is actually happening in hiring practices in higher education to reflect affirmative action. It attempted to find out if there were qualified minority and female candidates available, if these candidates were seriously considered for employment, and whether they were actually hired. Data were collected from 191 institutions which has placed ...... hiện toàn bộ