دورية أكاديمية
Downcast Enrollments: A Desperate Need of Holistic Marketing for Technical Education
| العنوان: | Downcast Enrollments: A Desperate Need of Holistic Marketing for Technical Education |
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| اللغة: | English |
| المؤلفون: | Mahajan, Prashant T., Golahit, Suresh B. |
| المصدر: | Online Submission. Jan 2017 2(8):7-14. |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 8 |
| تاريخ النشر: | 2017 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Marketing, Holistic Approach, Enrollment, College Choice, Web Sites, Mass Media, Social Media, Technical Education, Student Recruitment, College Students, College Graduates |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: | India |
| تدمد: | 2394-0913 |
| مستخلص: | Purpose: Modern history has shown that only those countries, which could acquire capability to develop and apply science and technology, have found great success to grow their wealth and improve living conditions of their population. Technical education in India contributes a major share to the overall education system and plays a vital role in the social and economic development of the nation. There is a rapid growth of technical education in the last decade in terms of the number of institutes and intake capacity in India; however, institutes failed to attract enrollments which observed noticeable gap in between the actual number of enrollments and intake capacity. In the year 2015-16, 46% of seats were vacant in Technical Education [TE] in India. The purpose of this paper is to highlight holistic marketing approach with promotion mix on diversified enrollments to motivate enrollments in selecting institute of Technical education. Design methodology: A quantitative research by a survey (through a structured questionnaire) of students who are presently enrolled (Current-students) and those who have completed their study (Post-students) belonging to the institutes offering Technical Education situated in Khandesh region of India and affiliated to the North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon. Findings: The study found that diversified characteristics of enrollments are related with the promotion mix of TE institute in selection of technical educational institute. This study investigates the usefulness of school visits, institution publications, websites, campus visits, word-of-mouth (friends, alumni, school teachers), advertisements (radio, television, magazines) and events on campus, as a tool of holistic marketing and promotion mix. Social Networking and Institute's Website are the emerging tools of promotion mix in selection of TE institute in Khandesh Region. Research limitations: The survey is delimited to the enrollments of technical education belonging to North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon and located in Khandesh region of India. Practical implications: This article provides relationship of promotion mix and diversified characteristics of enrollments on institutional choices. Different communication strategies of promotion mix can be used based on diversified characteristics (segmentation) of enrollments to attract enrollments. The paper also represents a new form of promotion mix of educational service that affects students' decision in selecting their technical educational institute. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 36 |
| Entry Date: | 2018 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | ED586043 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | ERIC |
| تدمد: | 2394-0913 |
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