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Predictive Modeling of Alumni Donor Behavior
Prue, Lauren - 2010
constituent database at one University in particular in an effort to identify what criteria are the strongest predictors of donor … response at a small, private university located within New England. The analysis utilized predictive modeling and data … within the field of university development office data mining; it serves as an evaluation of several studies that indicate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450203
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Education for the creative economy : innovation, transdisciplinarity, and networks
Hearn, Gregory N.; Bridgstock, Ruth S. - 2010
The question posed in this chapter is: To what extent does current education theory and practice prepare graduates for the creative economy? We first define what we mean by the term creative economy, explain why we think it is a significant point of focus, derive its key features, describe the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483493
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Interior architecture in Australia and Canada, Part Two: A comparative study of the development of University Education for Interior Designers/Architects
Department of Architecture and Interior Architecture
This paper is the second in a series of comparative studies between education and practice in Interior Design/Interior Architecture between Canada and Australia. This paper discusses the similarities in the educational structure at universities within Australia and between Australia and Canada...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434988
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The student as customer model and its impact on the academic leadership role in higher education
Laing, Linda; Laing, Gregory - 2011
This paper posits that the 'student as customer' model has a negative impact upon the academic leadership which in turn is responsible for the erosion of objectivity in the assessment process in the higher education sector. The paper draws on the existing literature to explore the relationship...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438003
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ERP systems in the higher education sector : a descriptive study
Rabaa'i, Ahmad A.; Bandara, Wasana; Gable, Guy - 2009
. It presents a descriptive case study conducted at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Australia, with emphasis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438062
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The impact of selected higher education institutions on single family home values: A hedonic approach with GIS application
Stewart, Spencer Daniel - 2010
The presence of a college or university in a community can be a source of great pride and economic vitality. An …, and expenditure. Very little, however, is known in terms of whether and to what degree a college or university impacts … whether the impact of university sites on local property values changes over time. The difference-indifference approach …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438467
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Competitive advantage: The effect of market competition on the formation of strategy in small business school higher education
Richardson, Theodore R - 2006
University of Pennsylvania, and the Harvard Business School, have a built-in competitive advantage in that both schools are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438669
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Navigating in a building sea of change: Successful growth strategies of two private higher education institutions
Rooney, Jo Ann - 2005
College in Georgetown, Kentucky and Regis University in Denver, Colorado, that have each developed and pursued different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438799
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Equilibrium tuition, applications, admissions and enrollment in the college market
Fu, Chao - 2010
I develop and structurally estimate an equilibrium model of the college market. Students, who are heterogeneous in both abilities and preferences, make college application decisions, subject to uncertainty and application costs. Colleges observe only noisy measures of student ability and set up...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438850
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A case study of strategic planning and competitive strategy as applied to two institutions of higher education
Battle, Conchita Yvonne - 1999
The purpose of this study was to discover whether there was a similar relationship between strategic planning and the process of competitive in higher education institutions. The case study method, in conjunction with an analysis of the literature written by George Keller, Kenichi Ohmae, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438952