Quantifying the Order of Priorities in Student Choice of Graduate Business Schools: Does Sustainability Matter?

Business schools expend resources to attract more and higher-quality applicants to their institutions, yet our understanding of what criteria resonate with those who want to find the right fit with a business school and its programs is, paradoxically enough, either not clear or dated. There is a dea...

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Main Authors: Sroufe, Robert, Brauer, David B.
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.jmgs-11232023-09-15T08:12:03Z Quantifying the Order of Priorities in Student Choice of Graduate Business Schools: Does Sustainability Matter? Sroufe, Robert Brauer, David B. Business schools expend resources to attract more and higher-quality applicants to their institutions, yet our understanding of what criteria resonate with those who want to find the right fit with a business school and its programs is, paradoxically enough, either not clear or dated. There is a dearth of research on what business students value, resulting in missed opportunities to engage existing students so as to translate their interests and aspirations into prospects for program design, delivery, and enrollment. One important and often overlooked criterion, for example, is the desire of business students to learn about sustainability. Thus, while most studies aim to discover and quantify the selection criteria in students’ choice of business schools, this paper builds on the aspect of sustainability. We propose a multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) methodology that uncovers an array of essential criteria, including sustainability, for schools to consider in future program revision and development efforts. The proposed approach allows schools to be exact with their resource expenditures in areas that are critical to applicants, including those aligned with sustainability, as well as attract larger numbers of more qualified students. Insights from this study show that with the proper approach to understanding business school candidates, it is possible to quantify the order of priorities that students consider when choosing a business school. 2020-12-31T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/jmgs/vol8/iss2/6 info:doi/10.13185/2244-6893.1123 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/jmgs/article/1123/viewcontent/quantifying_the_order_of_priorities_in_student_choice_of_graduate_business_schools_does_sustainability_matter.pdf Journal of Management for Global Sustainability Archīum Ateneo applicant criteria business schools global sustainability higher education institution mixed methods multi-criteria decision-making
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topic applicant criteria
business schools
global sustainability
higher education institution
mixed methods
multi-criteria decision-making
spellingShingle applicant criteria
business schools
global sustainability
higher education institution
mixed methods
multi-criteria decision-making
Sroufe, Robert
Brauer, David B.
Quantifying the Order of Priorities in Student Choice of Graduate Business Schools: Does Sustainability Matter?
description Business schools expend resources to attract more and higher-quality applicants to their institutions, yet our understanding of what criteria resonate with those who want to find the right fit with a business school and its programs is, paradoxically enough, either not clear or dated. There is a dearth of research on what business students value, resulting in missed opportunities to engage existing students so as to translate their interests and aspirations into prospects for program design, delivery, and enrollment. One important and often overlooked criterion, for example, is the desire of business students to learn about sustainability. Thus, while most studies aim to discover and quantify the selection criteria in students’ choice of business schools, this paper builds on the aspect of sustainability. We propose a multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) methodology that uncovers an array of essential criteria, including sustainability, for schools to consider in future program revision and development efforts. The proposed approach allows schools to be exact with their resource expenditures in areas that are critical to applicants, including those aligned with sustainability, as well as attract larger numbers of more qualified students. Insights from this study show that with the proper approach to understanding business school candidates, it is possible to quantify the order of priorities that students consider when choosing a business school.
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author Sroufe, Robert
Brauer, David B.
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title Quantifying the Order of Priorities in Student Choice of Graduate Business Schools: Does Sustainability Matter?
title_short Quantifying the Order of Priorities in Student Choice of Graduate Business Schools: Does Sustainability Matter?
title_full Quantifying the Order of Priorities in Student Choice of Graduate Business Schools: Does Sustainability Matter?
title_fullStr Quantifying the Order of Priorities in Student Choice of Graduate Business Schools: Does Sustainability Matter?
title_full_unstemmed Quantifying the Order of Priorities in Student Choice of Graduate Business Schools: Does Sustainability Matter?
title_sort quantifying the order of priorities in student choice of graduate business schools: does sustainability matter?
publisher Archīum Ateneo
publishDate 2020
url https://archium.ateneo.edu/jmgs/vol8/iss2/6
https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/jmgs/article/1123/viewcontent/quantifying_the_order_of_priorities_in_student_choice_of_graduate_business_schools_does_sustainability_matter.pdf
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