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Determinants of quality education in private universities from student perspectives

Purpose – The purpose of the present study is to identify the determinants that potentially influence quality education in private universities in Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach – To attain this objective, 234 data were collected through face-to-face interviews on campus during February-Ma...

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Main Authors: Ashraf, Mohammad A., Osman, Abu Zafar Rashed, Ratan, Sarker Rafij Ahmed
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Language:English
Published: Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016
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L Education (General)
Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/18326/1/QAE%20%2024%20%201%20123-138.pdf
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http://doi.org/10.1108/QAE-09-2013-0040
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spelling my.uum.repo.183262016-06-28T04:22:16Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/18326/ Determinants of quality education in private universities from student perspectives Ashraf, Mohammad A. Osman, Abu Zafar Rashed Ratan, Sarker Rafij Ahmed L Education (General) Purpose – The purpose of the present study is to identify the determinants that potentially influence quality education in private universities in Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach – To attain this objective, 234 data were collected through face-to-face interviews on campus during February-March 2013 from Bachelor of Business Administration students. The bootstrapping procedure through AMOS was applied to analyze the data apart from exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis.Findings – The bootstrap path coefficients suggest that seven factors are statistically significant among the eight postulated independent variables. The outcomes of the confirmatory factor analysis, such as factor loading's, eigenvalues and percentage of variance explained, as well as reliability coefficients, are observed to conform to the results of path analysis, such as item loading's and path coefficients, which consistently increased the robustness of the study.Practical implications – The overall results of the study would be beneficial to the planners to formulate the proper policy to ensure the quality excellence in the private higher educational institutes. Originality/value – The research is based on empirical evidence which deserves originality in terms of data and methods of analysis Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/18326/1/QAE%20%2024%20%201%20123-138.pdf Ashraf, Mohammad A. and Osman, Abu Zafar Rashed and Ratan, Sarker Rafij Ahmed (2016) Determinants of quality education in private universities from student perspectives. Quality Assurance in Education, 24 (1). pp. 123-138. ISSN 0968-4883 http://doi.org/10.1108/QAE-09-2013-0040 doi:10.1108/QAE-09-2013-0040
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Ashraf, Mohammad A.
Osman, Abu Zafar Rashed
Ratan, Sarker Rafij Ahmed
Determinants of quality education in private universities from student perspectives
description Purpose – The purpose of the present study is to identify the determinants that potentially influence quality education in private universities in Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach – To attain this objective, 234 data were collected through face-to-face interviews on campus during February-March 2013 from Bachelor of Business Administration students. The bootstrapping procedure through AMOS was applied to analyze the data apart from exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis.Findings – The bootstrap path coefficients suggest that seven factors are statistically significant among the eight postulated independent variables. The outcomes of the confirmatory factor analysis, such as factor loading's, eigenvalues and percentage of variance explained, as well as reliability coefficients, are observed to conform to the results of path analysis, such as item loading's and path coefficients, which consistently increased the robustness of the study.Practical implications – The overall results of the study would be beneficial to the planners to formulate the proper policy to ensure the quality excellence in the private higher educational institutes. Originality/value – The research is based on empirical evidence which deserves originality in terms of data and methods of analysis
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author Ashraf, Mohammad A.
Osman, Abu Zafar Rashed
Ratan, Sarker Rafij Ahmed
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Osman, Abu Zafar Rashed
Ratan, Sarker Rafij Ahmed
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title Determinants of quality education in private universities from student perspectives
title_short Determinants of quality education in private universities from student perspectives
title_full Determinants of quality education in private universities from student perspectives
title_fullStr Determinants of quality education in private universities from student perspectives
title_full_unstemmed Determinants of quality education in private universities from student perspectives
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publisher Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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url http://repo.uum.edu.my/18326/1/QAE%20%2024%20%201%20123-138.pdf
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