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Exploring the Decision Process of School Leavers' and 'Mature Students' in University Choice

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  • Debra Harker
  • Peter Slade
  • Michael Harker

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Education services are an important social and economic element of Australian society. For example, at any one time, more than one in three Australians is a student. Further, educational institutions employ 7% of the Australian workforce, and the production of education is valued at more than 6% of Gross Domestic Product (Gatfield 1998). Similarly, industry and governments regularly spend more than $20 billion on education each year (Burke 1992). Thus, this area of university choice is important to the continued development of the Australian economy and society. With an increasing proportion of the Australian population being given the chance to attend university, educators and marketers in the sector are faced with a diverse mix of Mature and School Leaver entrants. Where the institution is newly formed, or undergoing change, the problems associated with attracting and keeping students are increased. Thus, this research specifically addressed the important issue: 'are there any differences between how Mature entrants and those who have just left school undertake the decision to attend a new University.

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  • Debra Harker & Peter Slade & Michael Harker, 2001. "Exploring the Decision Process of School Leavers' and 'Mature Students' in University Choice," Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(2), pages 1-20, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jmkthe:v:11:y:2001:i:2:p:1-20
    DOI: 10.1300/J050v11n02_01
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    1. Jessica Neureuther, 2020. "Non-Employed People in the Westpfalz Region (Germany) as Target Group of Continuing Higher Education: Potentials of a regional demand-orientation," REGION, European Regional Science Association, vol. 7, pages 29-42.
    2. Jason Howarth & Steven D'Alessandro & Lester Johnson & Lesley White, 2017. "MOOCs to university: a consumer goal and marketing perspective," Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(1), pages 144-158, January.

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