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González Geraldo, José Luis; Ferrándiz Vindel, Isabel María; Bordallo Jaén, Ana María – American Journal of Business Education, 2010
It is 2010, the established deadline of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). The Bologna Process is an unstoppable reality. But we can not admit that this change, simply by being a significant change, must be for good. We can not also disregard the potential positive pedagogical reform the Bologna Process offers to us. Then, what is the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Change, Educational Quality
Zinser, Brian; Brunswick, Gary – American Journal of Business Education, 2010
The rate of textbook revision cycles is examined in light of the recent trend towards more rapid revisions (and adoptions of textbooks). The authors conduct background research to better understand the context for textbook revision cycles and the environmental forces that have been influencing what appears to be more rapid textbook revisions. A…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Textbooks, Textbook Preparation, Textbook Content
de Araujo, Pedro; Murray, James – American Journal of Business Education, 2010
In a recent study, de Araujo and Murray (2010) find empirical evidence that living on campus leads to improved student performance, finding both immediate effects (GPA improves while the student lives on campus) and permanent effects (GPA remains higher even after moving off campus). Using the same dataset, we extend the analysis to explain why…
Descriptors: College Students, Academic Achievement, Grade Point Average, Comparative Analysis
Carrol, Norman E.; Burke, Molly – American Journal of Business Education, 2010
There is much discussion about whether online instruction is as effective as face-to-face instruction. To address this question, a comparative study was made of two sections of an MBA organizational theory course, one taught online and the other face-to-face. The content covered by both sections was the same with similar assignments and a common…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Masters Degrees, Masters Programs, Online Courses
Webster, Robert L.; Hammond, Kevin L.; Rothwell, James C. – American Journal of Business Education, 2010
This paper is part of a stream of research dealing with customer and market orientation within higher education, specifically within business schools holding membership in AACSB-International. A market orientation strategy leading to a customer and market-oriented organizational culture is based upon the acceptance and adoption of the marketing…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Administrator Attitudes, Marketing, Employers
Swinney, Laurie; Elder, Bruce; Seaton, Lloyd – American Journal of Business Education, 2010
Classroom incivility is any action that interferes with a harmonious and cooperative learning atmosphere in the classroom (Feldman, 2001). We compared the perceptions of accounting faculty to the perceptions of cross-disciplinary faculty relating to both the definition of student actions as incivility and the occurrence of incivility. We also…
Descriptors: Accounting, Antisocial Behavior, Cooperative Learning, College Faculty
Adewara, Johnson Ademola; Adeleke, Ismail Adedeji; Ogundeji, Rotimi Kayode; Ahani, Edesiri Bridget – American Journal of Business Education, 2010
The study compares the performance of distance learning students with full-time students in a traditional face-to-face learning environment. This study is one aspect of a larger research project designed to gain insight into factors that may influence the performance of distance learning students. The data used in the study represent the…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Foreign Countries, Grade Point Average, Business Administration Education
Driscoll, Jennifer; Cadden, David – American Journal of Business Education, 2010
The examination of Student Evaluation Instruments (SEI) has generated a considerable literature. Interestingly, this extensive literature provides no clear guidance on how to interpret SEI results in order to make comparative evaluations of instructors' performances. The research presented in this paper draws upon six semesters worth of SEI…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, College Students, College Faculty, Measures (Individuals)
Hohner, Margaret; Tsigaris, Panagiotis – American Journal of Business Education, 2010
For the past number of years, a Canadian university has been offering its business degree program in universities located in Tianjin and Shanghai, China. This paper examines the alignment of the two grading systems and its implications on the grade distribution of graduates from the programs. An attempt is made to find an exchange rate of the two…
Descriptors: Grading, Case Studies, Alignment (Education), Business Administration Education
Hadsell, Lester; MacDermott, Raymond – American Journal of Business Education, 2010
An extensive database of exam scores is studied to determine the effects of a grading policy that drops the lowest exam score. We find evidence that some students engage in strategic behavior, either by understudying for one of the exams or missing one altogether, but the vast majority of students show no evidence of strategic behavior. We also…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Tests, Scores, Grades (Scholastic)
Giacomino, Don E.; Wall, Joseph; Akers, Michael D. – American Journal of Business Education, 2009
While financial literacy is important for an audit committee in discharging its duties there is no authoritative guidance or definition and limited empirical research as to what constitutes financial literacy of audit committees and business students. Coates et al. conducted a study that examined the financial literacy of corporate board members…
Descriptors: Accounting, Money Management, Business Administration Education, Committees
Chaney, Barbara A.; Ingraham, Laura R. – American Journal of Business Education, 2009
Accounting educators struggle with ways to incorporate the development of critical thinking and communication skills into the curriculum. Case analysis is one tool for developing these skills. We examine whether students' case analysis scores improve as a result of participation in peer grading and peer review. We find that students improve their…
Descriptors: Accounting, Peer Evaluation, Grading, Proofreading
Schimmel, Kurt; Eschenfelder, Mark; Clark, John; Marco, Gayle; Racic, Stanko – American Journal of Business Education, 2009
This paper examines college selection cues and criteria differences among three important segments of students. These segments were traditional undergraduate students, adult continuing education students and graduate students. There were significant differences among the a-priori defined segments.
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Selection Criteria, Nontraditional Students, Continuation Students
Naimy, Viviane; Nasser, Ramzi – American Journal of Business Education, 2009
The purpose of this study was to determine whether an early call-up strategy helps in attracting better students to a private university in Lebanon. Early admission call-up was administered to the top 25 percentile-ranked students of main feeder schools at a private university in Lebanon. Admission data was accrued for students who applied for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Admission, Enrollment Management, Enrollment Influences
He, Yunke; Banham, Heather – American Journal of Business Education, 2009
Using time series data, this study shows that domestic students' academic performance is generally better than international students' performance, but the gap is significantly narrowing as international students' performance is improving over time. The study also shows that there is no strong correlation between the percentage of international…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Achievement Gains