In recent years, increasingly more higher education research focuses on a combination of quantitative and qualitative approaches, thus becoming an integrated component. This practice has been called new methods of higher education research. Several reasons seem to explain the rise of these methods: the emergence of a global, multicultural and increasingly complex society, and the involvedness of contemporary social, economical, political and educational problems demand research with a different approach that allows entry to this new complexity.
Moreover, in recognition of the...
In recent years, increasingly more higher education research focuses on a combination of quantitative and qualitative approaches, thus becoming an int...