Assessing Student Satisfaction Within Sport Management Master’s Degree Programs

This study examined satisfaction levels with graduate sport management programs in the United States. A 26-item graduate degree program satisfaction instrument was developed and administered electronically to a sample of current students and alumni from seven sport management master’s degree programs yielding a 54.31% response rate (N = 302). Respondents generally indicated high levels of satisfaction with their decision to pursue a graduate sport management degree, but were significantly less satisfied with the specific school they attended. Respondents indicated the most beneficial courses included current topics, sport and society, sport marketing, and sport ethics, whereas the least beneficial courses included statistics, international sport, and research methods. Students who earned their undergraduate degree in business were consistently less satisfied with how well their graduate program taught them various sport management skills compared with students with undergraduate degrees in sport management, sport-related studies, or other majors.

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Student Experience Applying to Graduate School for Speech-Language Pathology

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups ◽

10.1044/2019_persp-19-00102 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 192-205

Author(s):

Lesley Sylvan ◽

Andrea Perkins ◽

Carly Truglio

Keyword(s):

Graduate School ◽

Master's Degree ◽

Graduate Programs ◽

Student Experience ◽

Degree Programs ◽

Speech Language Pathology ◽

Application Process ◽

Master's Degree Programs ◽

Language Pathology ◽

Master’S Degree

Purpose The purpose of this study is to better understand the experiences faced by students during the application process for master's degree programs in speech-language pathology. Method Data were collected through administering an online survey to 365 volunteers who had applied to master's degree programs in speech-language pathology. Survey questions were designed to gain the student perspective of the application process through exploration of students' deciding factors for top choices of graduate programs, emotional involvement in the application process, biases/rumors heard, student challenges, advice to future applicants, and what students would change about the application process. Results Factors that influenced participants' reasoning for selecting their “top choice” programs were largely consistent with previous studies. Issues that shaped the student experience applying to graduate school for speech-language pathology included financial constraints, concern regarding the prominence of metrics such as Graduate Record Examinations scores in the admissions process, a perceived lack of guidance and advising from faculty, and confusion regarding variation among graduate program requirements. Conclusion Gaining insight into the student experience with the application process for graduate programs in speech-language pathology yields useful information from a perspective not frequently explored in prior literature. While the data presented in this study suggest the process is confusing and challenging to many applicants, the discussion highlights practical solutions and sheds light on key issues that should be considered carefully by individual graduate programs as well as the field as a whole.

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Experiential Education Approaches in Nonprofit Management and Leadership Education: An Examination of Master's Degree Programs Associated with the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council

10.22371/05.2011.004 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

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Heather Carpenter

Keyword(s):

Experiential Education ◽

Master's Degree ◽

Nonprofit Management ◽

Leadership Education ◽

Degree Programs ◽

Master's Degree Programs ◽

Master’S Degree ◽

Management And Leadership

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Higher Pedagogical Education for Sustainable Development in Russia and in France: A New Master’s Degree Programs

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202129505019 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 295 ◽

pp. 05019

Author(s):

Olga Ilina ◽

Evgeniia Brazhnik

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Teacher Training ◽

Master's Degree ◽

Education For Sustainable Development ◽

Training System ◽

Educational Process ◽

Global Changes ◽

Degree Programs ◽

Master's Degree Programs ◽

Master’S Degree

Higher pedagogical education in Russia and France is currently undergoing modernization. In connection with the new challenges of time, global changes in the world community there is a growing public interest in the problems of sustainable development as the only possible way of civilization movement. Under these conditions, there is a need to improve teacher training, the inclusion of new training modules in the educational process, and the creation of new master’s degree programs. This study aims to analyze the situation by introducing the idea of “education for sustainable development (ESD)” into the organization of higher teacher education, which is constantly reforming in the context of the Bologna process, on the example of two countries - Russia and France. The study identifies the main tendencies of pedagogical education modernization, examines the teacher training system in terms of ESD ideas, considers Master’s programs in universities of Russia and France.

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Time to Graduation of Three Different Master’s Degrees in Psychology at a Public University

Encyclopedia of E-Leadership, Counseling and Training ◽

10.4018/978-1-61350-068-2.ch059 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 808-818

Author(s):

Dennis G. Fisher ◽

Grace L. Reynolds

Keyword(s):

Graduation Rates ◽

Associate Degree ◽

Event History Analysis ◽

Master's Degree ◽

The United States ◽

Public University ◽

Degree Programs ◽

Master's Programs ◽

Master's Degrees ◽

Master’S Degree

There has been a considerable amount of interest in graduation rates of baccalaureate degree programs in the educational literature. There has also been some attention given to graduation from doctoral programs and from associate degree programs. However, there is almost no literature on the graduation rates for Master’s degree programs. This report uses a method of analysis known as survival analysis or event history analysis to examine the time to event for two different events leading to completion of a Master’s degree. One event is the time to preliminary examination, and the other event is the time to final thesis defense or final examination. The data compare three different Master’s programs in a psychology department of one of the largest campuses of one of the largest public university systems in the United States.

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