Abstract
This study explores the effect of non-government scholarship programs on students’ pursuit of higher education at the graduate and postgraduate level in Bangladesh. The study employed a self-administered questionnaire. It also explored general information about educational scholarships and determined the demographic profile of respondents within respective scholarship programs while pursuing higher education at the university level. The study’s respondents comprised 330 students from different public universities, covering Bangladesh’s five divisions: Rajshahi, Rangpur, Khulna, Barisal, and Dhaka. The study employed descriptive analysis, Pearson correlation analysis, and regression analysis in testing the hypothesis. Numerical findings from the study suggested that, with the exception of two dimensions—the non-government scholarship program career dimension (p = 0.222) and educational dimension (p = 0.490)—the other five remaining dimensions, consisting of the personal dimension, financial dimension, research and collaboration dimensions, motivational and promotional dimensions, and the intangible dimension, have significant positive effects (p = 0.000) on the dependent variable, which is higher education. Therefore, the evidence suggests that scholarship programs positively affect students pursuing higher education in Bangladesh.
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MR analyzed and interpreted the data regarding the nexus between scholarship programs and higher education and has the major contribution for the study. DMAAM, MKH, and RSR performed the introduction and literature review in the manuscript and major contribution to collect data. MR, DMAAM, MKH, and RSR propose some recommendation for the study. All the authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Rana, M., Al Mamun, M.A., Hossain, M.K. et al. The nexus between scholarship programs and higher education. SN Soc Sci 1, 193 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-021-00199-2
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