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Wamala, Robert – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2013
Achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) remains a major challenge, particularly in developing countries. Specifically, achieving the target of completing a full course of primary schooling among all children, which is goal two, is a major challenge for Sub-Saharan Africa. Though literature consensually suggests that the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Access to Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Indicators
Wamala, Robert; Oonyu, Joseph C. – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2012
This paper examines the dynamics of completion time of master's studies and how such dynamics relate to those of doctoral studies at Makerere University, Uganda. The assessment is based on administrative data of 605 master's degree students at the University in the 2004 and 2005 enrollment cohorts. The total elapsed time from first enrollment to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Masters Programs, Masters Degrees, Doctoral Degrees
Nguyen, Dat-Dao; Zhang, Yue – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2011
This study investigates to what extent student attitudes toward acceptance of online instruction and Distance Learning are affected by determinants such as demographics, learning environment, learning domains, delivery methods, and web-based instructional technology. Logistic Regression and Discriminant Analysis use statistically significant…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Online Courses, Distance Education, Web Based Instruction
Afxentiou, Diamando; Kutasovic, Paul – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2010
This study examines if the college wage premium favoring college graduates still exists. The NLSY-79 data is employed. The sample includes individuals who received their high school degree and college degree in 1980 and 1981. These individuals were followed until the year 2004. A cross sectional regression model was estimated for the years 1982,…
Descriptors: Salary Wage Differentials, Wages, Education Work Relationship, College Graduates
Budden, Michael C.; Hsing, Yu; Budden, Connie B.; Hall, Michelle – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2010
Using a sample of 2,137 university students and applying the logit model, we find that the probability for students to return in fall 2008 is higher with a higher cumulative GPA, a higher grade for SE 101, and a returning status in the previous semester. Several other explanatory variables are tested and have insignificant coefficients. A few…
Descriptors: Regression (Statistics), College Students, Models, Probability