‘Teacher quality’ tops LinkedIn MBA poll: RMIT Higher Education - The Australian
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Written by: TOM JOYNER - THE AUSTRALIAN -APRIL 13, 2016 12:00AM
Students choosing where to undertake postgraduate business studies are likelier to be swayed by the quality of a university’s teachers than anything else, a survey by professional networking website LinkedIn has revealed.
The survey polled 15,000 current and prospective postgraduate students across 14 countries to find out what factors most influenced their decisions on where to undertake a master of business administration degree, including 1000 respondents in Australia.
The survey also found prospective MBA students took on average 500 days longer to make their choice than to make common purchases, such as a laptop or a car, but almost always ended up enrolling at a university they had included in their original shortlist.
Mohamed Farah, who graduated from RMIT last year with an MBA after completing a bachelor in aviation management, was working as an analyst and marketing assistant for a regional airline in Dubai when he decided to return to Australia for his MBA.
“It took me approximately six months to make the decision to leave Dubai and pursue that here (in Melbourne).”
He also considered Monash University and Melbourne Business School but finally settled on RMIT. He said the quality of his teachers was the top consideration in his choice.
“When I was doing my masters for a year and a half, almost 90 per cent of teachers were industry people,” he said.
“Quality of teaching by far exceeds the ranking of the university.”
Eighty-eight per cent of respondents claimed teacher quality was their top consideration, followed by the format of the course, the overall university reputation, tuition fees, the rate of graduate employment, followed by rankings.
Matt Tindale from LinkedIn said it was no surprise that university rankings finished sixth in prospective students’ considerations in the survey results.
The survey results also found that among current and prospective MBA students, upgrading skills was a more important outcome than anything else.
“For me, the salary comes with experience and what you offer the company,” Mr Farah said.
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