This study investigates information-seeking behavior of one particular segment of international students—international students seeking degrees in the field of business.
More lay people than seminarians are now seeking degrees in Catholic ministry, said Scott Appleby, director of the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame.
Now Fathom has decided that instead of students seeking degrees, it will focus on those looking for courses in professional development and continuing education.
The university has 7,000 students seeking degrees and a full-time faculty of 162, but it is better known for its 20,000 older students in continuing education, its staff of 1,175 part-time instructors and its courses, which run the gamut from English literature to astronomy to photography.
The challenge will now be to integrate them into the everyday business of educating and certifying students seeking degrees.
Demands on student participation are changing as well; even those seeking degrees in STEM fields are going to be expected to do more than learning theory or memorization.
Meanwhile psychology majors increased, and the biggest growth since the 60's, according to the chart, is in students seeking degrees in business and life sciences.
Unable to graduate the number of applicants who are seeking degrees, higher education institutions still rely on a linear approach to education - tied to a fixed infrastructure, limited by financial, space and time constraints, and measuring success by increases in endowments and publishing rather than increases in student achievement.
The course consists primarily of freshmen seeking degrees in biology, chemistry, or life sciences related disciplines.
A very small proportion of the students are seeking degrees in other science and non science disciplines.
