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| Personal Name | Estacio, Lexie C. |
|---|---|
| Resource Title | Context-mechanism-outcome configurations in the admissions programs of Philippine higher educational institutions |
| Date Issued | February 2021 |
| Abstract | Realist evaluation (RE) has been proven as a strategic lens in understanding interventions or social programs as reflected in literature and evaluation studies. As one of the most important components of an educational institution, the Admissions Office (AQ) carries out the screening and selection criteria in accepting applicants to the respective academic degree programs. The study is a RE of the Admissions Programs (APs) of three private and three public universities in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Consistent with the RE methodology, the first phase of the evaluation was the identification of the program theory underlying the AP. Afterwards, qualitative and quantitative data were gathered to identify the contexts, mechanisms, and outcomes (CMO) of the APs. These were subjected to an iterative process of coding. Multiple sources of data were used to generate the CMO configurations: (1) a review of literature on the functions, objectives, processes, and operations of the admissions program and office in HEIs, (2) survey questionnaires administered among first and second year students in public and private HEIs, and (3) interviews with the key officials and staff involved in the work of admissions. To facilitate and deepen the analysis, contexts were categorized into Internal and External. The intersecting and distinct internal and external contexts of the public and private HEIs were likewise examined. Mechanisms, on the other hand, were classified as either Positive or Negative. The process of grouping together the contexts and mechanisms was iterated to ensure that data were categorized accordingly. Once these were in place, the successful and unsuccessful program outcomes (enrollment and student attrition) identified by the key officials involved in the work of admissions, guided the phase of configuring the CMOs. Tables were prepared to group the coded contexts and mechanisms that emerged from the responses and insights of the three groups of program stakehold |
| Degree Course | Doctor of Philosophy in Education (Research and Evaluation) |
| Language | English |
| Keyword | entrance requirements; universities and colleges; college applications |
| Material Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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