Research Note: Dimensions of Program Quality in Regional Universities

Abstract

This study replicated and extended research by Conrad and Blackburn on program quality in regional universities. The sample doubled the number of departments, increased the number of institutions and programs, and added an additional state, for a total of three states in this study. The same general variables emerged as the strongest predictors, but strengths were lower. When “state” did not load in the regression analysis, the inference was that generalizability is warranted.