The tension of elite vs . massified higher education systems: how prospective students perceive public and private universities in Kenya

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moses Oketch
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Private Universities ◽  
University Education ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Prospective Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Random Samples ◽  
Acceptable Quality

This article examines how recent changes, leading to a diversified supply in Kenya's university education system, is reflected in prospective students' aspirations, perceptions and preferences to undertake university education. The results, based on a combination of a convenience and snowball sampling of settings, within which random samples of final year high school students were selected, reveal that aspiration to undertake university education is high among all social groups, and that state universities are preferred by a majority of the students in spite of the rapid growth in the number of private universities of acceptable quality. By examining the aspirations of students and college choice, the paper engages the debates around elite vs . massified higher education in Kenya's context.

scholarly journals The Effect of the TOEFL Preparation Program on Reading Skills and Structure Mastery of Prospective Students

JET ADI BUANA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (01) ◽  
pp. 77-88
Author(s):  
Yohanes Heri Pranoto
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Scientific Language ◽  
Prospective Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
English Reading ◽  
Catholic University ◽  
One Step

Preparation is one step for someone to be mentally feasible and skilful to join and be a part of an activity or a group. Likewise is for senior high school students proposing to go to higher education. One challenge for those prospective university students is the mastery of English - a scientific language. The study aims at assisting the prospective students, at the level of pre-intermediate English skills, ready to continue to higher education by providing an English reading and structure course. The participants are 14 final-level students of St. Paul Minor Seminary. One-group experiment design, with pre-posttest design, is used to perceive the effectiveness of the course. The findings show the improvement only on reading skills. However, the test-result discussion on the structure is held to observe the washback effect on the test performance. The test questions are taken from the English Proficiency Test of Musi Charitas Catholic University.

scholarly journals Preference of Prospective Students and Students in Choosing Higher Education in Gorontalo Province

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Umar Sako
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Private Universities ◽  
Quantitative Approach ◽  
Prospective Students ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Continue Study ◽  
The World ◽  
Research Show

Competition of the world of education, especially universities at this time sorapidly for public and private universities. This study aims to determine the preferenceof prospective students and students in selecting universities in Gorontalo Province.This research uses a quantitative approach by conducting a survey to a number ofprospective students who enroll in a number of universities or universities inGorontalo. The results of research show the most considered factors by respondents(students and students) in choosing a college to continue study is the choice of studyprogram, preferences in choosing a college is the reputation of a college and theencouragement of parents. Costs are no longer the most calculated factor in theselection of universities.

scholarly journals Choice of Professional and Educational Route in High School Students with Disabilities: University Education in the Context of Motivation and Needs

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 42-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.Z. Kantor ◽  
A.P. Antropov ◽  
T.G. Gdalina
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
University Education ◽  
Motor Impairments ◽  
School Students ◽  
Special Equipment ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
The University ◽  
Senior Students

The article presents the results of a questionnaire survey in the context of the idea of continuity of school and university education of persons with disabilities. 90 senior students with visual, hearing and motor impairments were the respondents of the survey. The purpose of the survey was to study the motives, preferences and needs of school graduates among disabled people, which determine the choice of their vocational and educational route. The survey reveals features of motivation for professional choice of various categories of enrollees with disabilities and its informational support; assesses the level of these enrollees needs in helping by career counselors; identifies the preferred forms of higher education by persons with disabilities; characterizes the needs of people with disabilities in special equipment and services in obtaining higher education, as well as in adaptation of educational programs in the university. The resulting practical-oriented conclusions concern both purpose and content of the work with disabled enrollees from among school graduates as well as approaches to the organization of higher education for persons with disabilities.

scholarly journals Online Learning during Corona Virus 2019: Empirical Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Muhammad Tariq Bhatti
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Private Universities ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
University Education ◽  
World Health ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Corona Virus

Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) was declared a worldwide pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on mid of March 2020. Globally, most governments - including Pakistan - approved extraordinary social control measures to stem the tide of this pandemic disease. These actions required social segregation and a temporary suspension of education. As with all other institutions of higher education, public and private universities will also be required to offer distance learning to students by the end of the academic year 2020–2021. Universities of private and public sector, at all levels of higher education, suspended physical classes and implemented online teaching for university students. And, this spontaneous, quick, and uncertain nature of the teaching created difficulties for students. Data on accepted procedures for directing such sudden transitions to university education were scarce, and there was no consensus on the best way to proceed. Students at public and private universities have been impacted by a shift to distance education. Studying students' academic difficulties and the unexpected benefits of distance education, and then using that information to develop strategies that could be used in emergency situations in university education, was the goal of the study.   Received: 3 August 2021 / Accepted: 7 October 2021 / Published: 5 November 2021

Influence of Perceived Quality of Official University Websites to Perceived Quality of University Education and Enrollment Intention

2015 ◽  
pp. 278-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Achmad Nizar Hidayanto ◽  
Fanny Rofalina ◽  
Putu Wuri Handayani
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Perceived Quality ◽  
University Education ◽  
Prospective Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Website Quality ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Optimal Maintenance ◽  
The University

This chapter aims to analyze the impact of a university's website quality to the intentions of prospective students to enroll at the university. The proposed model was tested by distributing questionnaires to third-year senior high school students around Jakarta. Respondents were asked to follow a series of instructions to access the websites of two universities, the University of Muhammadiyah Malang and the Indonesian Islamic University. After completing the task, respondents were asked to complete a questionnaire to evaluate website quality. Based on the analysis of 117 valid questionnaires, it is concluded that website quality influences the perception by prospective university students of quality university education, which subsequently affects the intention of prospective students to enroll at the university. The finding confirms that the quality of official websites can be used as an extrinsic attribute to signal the quality of education at the university; thus, its optimal maintenance must be endeavoured.

scholarly journals Faktor-Faktor yang Mempengaruhi Minat Siswa Melanjutkan Pendidikan Tinggi Ke Universitas Terbuka (Studi Kasus SLTA Negeri dan Swasta Sederajat di Provinsi Jambi)

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
Mahyudin Mahyudin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Categorical Variables ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Open University ◽  
Variable Response ◽  
School Students ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Private High School

This study aims to determine whether the factors that influence high school students to the Open University (public and private high school case studies are as well as Jambi Province). The population of this study is the technique used in research to help public and private high school students in Jambi Province, higher education to the Open University in this study using cluster sampling technique. With a method where no sample is available, each unit of the group is in a group / cluster, in this case the regencies and cities in Jambi Province as clusters. Then each district and city is selected in 3 simple random schools and given 10 samples from each -something of each school. The number of samples is 330. The sample unit is high school / high school students or equivalent in class XII. Data analysis method used for respondents is descriptive analysis. The data used to determine the factors that influence students' interest in Higher Education to Open University (Case Study of State and Private High Schools in Jambi Province) using SPSS 18 software. The analysis was conducted to determine the number of respondents in this study. Respondents used were parents, parents of students, parents, parents, parents, residence of students, teachers, college people, driving factors, and report card grades. Logistic regression analysis uses explanatory variables that can be categorical variables or numerical variables that aim to identify the probability of occurrence of variable response categories (Firdaus, Rahmini, Farid, 2011). Hosmer, David W. and Lemeshow, Stanley (2000) show that the vector x '= (x1, x2, ..., xp) denotes as many variables as possible. P (Y = 1 x) = π (x) is a chance that the non-independent variable states the event (y = 1).

Survey Minat Studi Lanjut Ke Perguruan Tinggi Siswa Siswi Calon Lulusan SMA Dan SMK Di Kota Dan Kabupaten Bogor Pada Program Studi Administrasi Bisnis

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 001-006
Author(s):  
Andi Yudha Amwila
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Business Administration ◽  
Social Condition ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
School Students ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The City

High school students should already be thinking about the plan to continue their study to higher levels in accordance with their interests. Many programs offered by public and private universities, one of them is Business Administration Program. The aims of this research are, firstly to examine the significance of interests of high school students in the city and region of Bogor, specifically on choosing the Business Administration program. Secondly, this research tries to investigate the factors influencing the interests of high school students to continue their study in higher education. The method used in this research is descriptive statistics using Survey. Data collection is conducted by way of observations assisted with questionnaire instruments and interview. Samples are gathered using Purposive Sampling. Slovin formula is used to determine the amount of samples needed. The results show that the students are interested in taking the major of Business Administration and that they are supported with Office Administration background in their current study, this is followed by other students with different backgrounds. The research concludes that high school students’ interest in Business Administration Program is influenced by their own current background study. Other factors also significant in influencing the students’ interest are the parents’ social condition and the campus’ facilities.

scholarly journals EXPERIENCES OF UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN VIRTUALITY IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CONTEXT IN COLOMBIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Campo Elías Flórez Pabón ◽  
Jenny Patricia Acevedo-Rincón
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Private Universities ◽  
University Education ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
National Education ◽  
The Public ◽  
The North ◽  
Digital Gap ◽  
The University

Colombian basic, middle and higher education is governed by the Colombian Ministry of National Education (MEN). Higher Education Institutions are entities that have official recognition to be providers of the public service of higher education in the Colombian territory, whose legal nature is characterized by being of a public or private character. The former have general guardianship control as a public establishment and the latter enjoy constitutional and legal prerogatives that, even from the same jurisprudence, have had significant development in terms of scope, to the point of pointing out that these are organizations that belong to none of the branches of public power or private universities (2020). The current health crisis reveals the digital gap that was immersed in the Colombian educational system. According to the Ministry of Science and Technology -MINTIC, the digital gap is recognized as the socioeconomic difference between those communities that have access to ICTs and those that do not, in addition to the differences between groups according to their ability to use ICTs effectively, due to the different levels of literacy and technological capacity (MINTIC, 2019). Furthermore, this context implies that the digital gap is not closed in Colombia, as evidenced by the report on the digital gap monitoring project presented by MINTIC, but that until now the data on the digital divide is being configured to take action, idea that would be developed in this annuity. Despite this reality, the decision made worldwide was to continue with online classes regardless of the socioeconomic reality of the inhabitants in any region, and Colombia was no exception. Next, two experiences are described, developed in Colombian public and private universities, which are constituted in virtual training actions that incorporate methodological innovations in the development of classrooms in the human and exact sciences. From this reality, the experiences of the University of Pamplona and the University of the North in public and private virtuality are presented, respectively.

scholarly journals Doing Less with More: Cohorts, Education and Civic Participation in America

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Horowitz
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Civic Participation ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Birth Cohorts ◽  
School Students ◽  
College Degrees ◽  
Geographic Space ◽  
The Impact

Decades of social science research demonstrate the impact of education on civic participation. However, prior scholarship generally assumes that the returns to education do not change over time or geographic space. Absolute educational effects are not always plausible; as more individuals obtain a college degree, there are a greater number of qualified individuals competing for the same social resources. The present study tests the impact of education on civic participation, and whether this effect changes as the number of college-educated individuals increases over birth cohorts. The present findings suggest that in some cases, a college degree's impact on civic participation declines as more individuals obtain college degrees. The findings challenge commonly held assumptions about the effect of higher education on civic participation. Furthermore, the findings suggest that while sending an individual to college may increase civic participation, encouraging all high school students to go to college may undercut the benefits of college attendance.Keywords: higher education, cohorts, civic engagement, volunteering

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