On the Quality of Higher Education in Jordan: Empirical Evidence from Princess Sumaya University for Technology

Autor/in	Shahateet, Mohammed Issa
Titel	On the Quality of Higher Education in Jordan: Empirical Evidence from Princess Sumaya University for Technology
Quelle	In: Higher Education Studies, 4 (2014) 4, S.37-52 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1925-4741
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Scores; Statistical Analysis; Models; Correlation; Grade Point Average; Elementary Secondary Education; Undergraduate Study; Causal Models; Gender Differences; Specialization; Time; Elementary Education; College Admission; Educational Quality; Graduates; Majors (Students); Higher Education; Educational Attainment; Regression (Statistics); Jordan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Statistische Analyse; Analogiemodell; Korrelation; Grundstudium; Kausalanalyse; Geschlechterkonflikt; Arbeitsteilige Spezialisierung; Zeit; Elementarunterricht; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Graduate; Absolvent; Absolventin; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	This paper investigates the main indicators of scores of K-12 leavers who were admitted at Princess Sumaya University for Technology, PSUT, in Jordan and their graduation scores. It uses time series data covering the period 1993-2012, including all 3,229 Bachelor graduates in all specialisations. The paper applies several statistical techniques to describe and test the relationships among educational variables. After that, the paper specifies an Auto Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model that determines the relationship between K-12 leavers' grade-point average (GPA) and Bachelor graduates' GPA. It uses Granger causality to test the existence of causality. We also test score differences for gender, specialisation and time variations. Empirical results of these tests provide strong evidence that secondary GPA has no significant effect on graduation GPA. Moreover, the two GPAs had very small correlations and secondary GPA does not cause university GPA. The implication being that variations in university GPA are not caused by variations in secondary GPA. Therefore, admission policy, which is based on secondary GPA, should include other factors of admission criteria. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01