|
2018, Cilt 8, Sayı 2, Sayfa(lar) 305-313 |
|
DOI: 10.5961/jhes.2018.273 |
A Review of Dissertations in the Field of Higher Education Management in Turkey |
Ayhan AYDIN1, Abdullah SELVİTOPU2, Metin KAYA3 |
1Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Education, Department of Educational Sciences, Eskişehir, Turkey 2Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University, Faculty of Education, Department of Educational Sciences, Karaman, Turkey 3Bayburt University, Faculty of Education, Department of Educational Sciences, Bayburt, Turkey |
Keywords: Higher education, Higher education management, Higher education studies |
The purpose of this study is to review the theme, method and data analysis techniques of dissertations in the field of higher education
management between the years 2006-2016. The study was designed as a qualitative case study. As a type of purposive sampling, criterion
sampling method was used in the process of sampling. Data were analyzed using content analysis technique. Findings showed that most
of the dissertations were prepared in public universities and educational sciences departments. It was also found that there has been a
noteworthy increase in the number of dissertations over years. Institutional structure and management processes, financial management,
institutional performance, efficiency and globalization in higher education were the most popular themes. Quantitative method was
highly adopted in doctoral dissertations whereas qualitative and mixed methods were used more rarely. Random, stratified, purposive and
convenient sampling methods were utilized as sampling methods and for data analysis, quantitative techniques were the most preferred
ones.
|
|
|
|