Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education: Volume 10 Issue 1

New educational technologies in tertiary education in India: adoption and consequences

Kaushalesh Lal, Shampa Paul

The educational institutions in India have been experiencing new educational technologies (NET)-led technical change for the last two decades or so. The purpose of this paper is…

Impact of first-year seminar on student engagement, awareness, and general attitudes toward higher education

Bothaina A. Al-Sheeb, Mahmoud Samir Abdulwahed, Abdel Magid Hamouda

This study intends to add to the existing body of literature on the impact of a newly implemented first year seminar in the College of Law and Business. The purpose of this paper…

An investigation of undergraduate-level academic performance mediators

Vikash Rowtho

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the mediating roles of absenteeism and continuous assessments on the overall academic performance at undergraduate level using…

Co-creation and online learning: A case study of online discussion boards at an English business school

David William Stoten, Stanley Oliver, Jim O’Brien, Callum Garland Swain

The purpose of this paper is to explore how students interact with discussion boards, given different cultural backgrounds. The paper draws from the literature on activity theory…

Predicting student academic performance using multi-model heterogeneous ensemble approach

Olugbenga Wilson Adejo, Thomas Connolly

The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate and compare the use of multiple data sources, different classifiers and ensembles of classifiers technique in predicting…

Applying importance-performance analysis to assess student employability in Taiwan

Yu-Chuan Chen

In Taiwan, higher education institutions formulate and implement employment policies and strategies. The purpose of this paper is to examine university students’ employment…

Comparing reputation vs h-index rankings of doctoral programs

Thomas E. Smith, Tyler Edison Carter, Philip J. Osteen, Lisa S. Panisch

This study builds on previous investigations on the scholarship of social work faculty using h-index scores. The purpose of this paper is to compare two methods of determining the…

Natural disasters and their policy implications for business schools

Kevin Wynne, Douglas Leary, Jay Sholes

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of Hurricane Sandy and a series of snowstorms that affects two universities in the northeast.