In Search of a Professional Identity and Academic Freedom: Higher Education in Macau and the Academic Role of Faculty

2020 ◽  
pp. 147-164
Author(s):  
Zhidong Hao
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Identity ◽  
Academic Freedom ◽  
Academic Role

Faculty Are Not Employees

2018 ◽  
pp. 60-71
Author(s):  
Holden Thorp ◽  
Buck Goldstein
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Academic Freedom ◽  
Shared Governance ◽  
Tenured Faculty ◽  
The Public ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

The role of faculty forms the heart of the university in terms of its scholarship, patient care, and teaching. It is important that the university and the faculty rededicate themselves to outstanding teaching; the erosion of teaching by tenured faculty is contributing to the strain in the relationship with the public. Tenure, academic freedom, and shared governance are all indispensable concepts in the functioning of a great university that are mysterious to those outside the academy. Communicating the importance of these concepts is a critical need for higher education.

scholarly journals On the ‘Innovative University’. A few Challenging Reflections

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (S1) ◽  
pp. S114-S123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan De Groof
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Freedom ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Common Space ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Effective Decision ◽  
Truth Value ◽  
Effective Decision Making ◽  
The University

‘Progress is shaped by the ability to question, to criticize and to enquire. Ensuring progress is one of the responsibilities of Academia’. Could there be any future for non-conformist, heterodox, non-marketable knowledge, next to transforming truth value into the market truth value of knowledge, as was the tendency over the last decades? And what will be its impact upon criteria of excellence? The enjoyment of academic freedom requires the autonomy of the university. European countries have witnessed exciting developments in achieving a common space of convergence in higher education and research. But to encourage creativity there is definitely a need for more differentiation among universities, rather than uniformity. Autonomy is that degree of self-governance necessary for effective decision-making by universities in relation to their academic profile, work and standards. However, self-governance must be consistent with systems of public accountability. Universities must show that they are responding to the needs of society and they must perform according to standards of excellence and creativity in teaching and research. However, the balance, if there is any, has to be questioned. Should a shift of the role of the State be envisaged and should different types of governance be developed in order to counter the statement that academic freedom of higher education staff has decreased? Does a new relationship between government and university require the establishment of a modest set of ‘principles of good governance’ to reduce the overdetailed university regulations? And how to ensure that the search for creativity will also strengthen academic integrity? These questions are decisive for the future mission of the University.

scholarly journals Teacher Educators’ Professional Identity in English-Medium Instruction at a Finnish University

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 9-33
Author(s):  
Sotiria Pappa ◽  
Josephine Moate
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Professional Identity ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Language Awareness ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
English Medium Instruction ◽  
The Relationship

Although different forms of English-medium instruction (EMI) are being recognised, the different ways in which EMI can impact the pedagogical activities and expertise of higher education educators have received less attention. Using face-to-face and written interviews with nine teacher educators at a Finnish university, this study examines the most important aspects teacher educators perceive in their work through EMI and how these aspects connect to the understanding of their professional identity. The study is theoretically premised on the interconnected concepts of pedagogical doing, pedagogical being, pedagogical relating, and pedagogical language awareness. The thematically analysed data highlighted the ways in which pedagogical being, doing, and relating revolve around the presence and role of the foreign language in EMI, as well as the concurrent disjunctures and opportunities EMI creates. Pedagogical being informed EMI teacher educators’ orientation to their work and the different ways language impinges on the sense of self as the teacher educators share how they try to understand and respond to the disjunctures of EMI. In terms of pedagogical doing, EMI impinges on how teacher educators enact their practice and the relationships developed with students. However, the focus of pedagogical relating addresses the relationship between the EMI teacher educators and their workplace. The findings from this study will hopefully contribute to the development of EMI teacher preparation and support critical discussions on the ‘Englishisation’ of higher education.

scholarly journals Are We Facing a Fundamental Challenge to Higher Education Internationalization?

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (93) ◽  
pp. 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Altbach ◽  
Hans De Wit
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Freedom ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Branch Campuses ◽  
Education Community ◽  
Unlimited Growth ◽  
The One ◽  
Higher Education Internationalization

The global landscape for higher education internationalization is changing dramatically. What one might call “the era of higher education internationalization” might either be finished or, at least, be on life support. In addition to nationalist-populist factors, issues of academic freedom, ethics, the role of English, shifting patterns in student mobility, and concerns about transnational education, are challenging the future of internationalization. The current criticism about the unlimited growth of teaching in English, recruitment of international students and development of branch campuses, is coming from two completely opposite sources. On the one hand, there is the nationalist–populist argument of anti-international and anti-immigration. More relevant is the concern about quality, academic freedom, and ethics in the higher education community itself.

scholarly journals Personal Brand Development Aimed At Improving Employment Opportunities – The Role of Higher Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 309-330
Author(s):  
Mirna Marković ◽  
Azra Bašić ◽  
Ajla Čelik ◽  
Ilvana Đešević ◽  
Adna Međedović
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Identity ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Global Challenges ◽  
Brand Development ◽  
Personal Brand ◽  
Market Needs

Uncertainty, unfolding in the most extreme forms in the period of one of the greatest global challenges– a threat to the health and wellbeing of people, caused by the pandemic, is gaining a form difficult to conceive in temporal and conceptual terms. In the perception of students, the young people on the brink of the first employment, the uncertainty primarily reflects in the estimate of possibilities of finding a job and opportunities to construct a professional identity. This paper examines the potential role of personal branding in the improvement of student opportunities to find the desired job, as well as the importance of higher education institutions as strategic partners in the process. This paper, among others, also emphasizes the importance of empowering students towards the recognition of the role of their knowledge and competencies acquired during the studies; the role which does not correspond to banal, oversimplified reduction of the role of education as means to meet the labour market needs.

scholarly journals ІНФОРМАЦІЙНЕ ЗАБЕЗПЕЧЕННЯ ПРОЦЕСІВ ФОРМУВАННЯ СОЦІАЛЬНОЇ ВІДПОВІДАЛЬНОСТІ ЗАКЛАДІВ ВИЩОЇ ОСВІТИ

2022 ◽  
pp. 28-33
Author(s):  
Валентина В. Яценко
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Academic Freedom ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Information Support

The paper discusses the selected aspects related to the issues of developing social responsibility in higher education institutions. Emphasis is placed on the growing role of higher education and its evolution in modern society as a crucial element in enhancing cultural, social, economic and political development in Ukraine and as a solid foundation in building internal capacity, promoting human rights, sustainable development, democracy and justice. The study focuses on the need to adhere to the key provisions of the UNESCO Universal Declaration on Higher Education (1998), in particular, to share the idea that “higher education should be viewed as a public service. The funding of higher education requires both public and private resources. The role of the state remains essential in this regard. Public support for higher education and research remains essential to ensure a balanced achievement of educational and social missions. It is argued that the slowdown in economic growth and structural transformations have increased the value of education and its social responsibility to society. The research hypothesis is the statement that social responsibility, academic freedom and autonomy have become the driving forces in increasing the demand for higher education. In this context, it is assumed that universities should maintain a reasonable balance between these components. The purpose of the study is to substantiate the need for information support of the processes of developing social responsibility in higher education institutions within the education services market. To attain the study objectives, the following research methods were employed: expert analysis of the higher education transparency; methods of assessing the key stakeholders’ involvement (students, employers and civil society) in encouraging the University social activities. The findings have identified the challenges and barriers to fostering further academic freedom and institutional autonomy, academic freedom and public-private partnership, boosting academic freedom as an ethical dimension and social responsibility, promoting academic freedom and entrepreneurship. It is argued that education – technological progress complementarity has a number of important implications for the national economic policy. The conclusions verify that the relationships between education, innovation and qualifications is the background for developing social responsibility in universities that contributes to integrating basic education and employment, lifelong learning and maintenance of professional qualifications, promoting innovation and social accountability.

scholarly journals The Role of TASK, A Bridge between Higher Education Institutes and Industries, in Enhancing the Employment Opportunities of Students in the State of Telangana, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
M. Pratibha
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Academic Freedom ◽  
Brain Drain ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The State ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The Developed Countries

<p>The present study is an endeavour to have some insights into TASK’s activities and to provide possible suggestions to reduce the present gap between HEIs and industry. TASK has been introduced in the four-year-old state of Telangana to find the need to promote academic freedom in producing skilled professionals. In the process of developing innovative schemes to fill the gap between HEIs (Higher Education Institutes) and industries, the state of Telangana, India, has started TASK (Telangana Association for Skill and Knowledge) in the year 2015. TASK is a non-profit organization with an objective of offering quality human resources and services to the industry at subsidized rates. Courses are created by experts according to the requirements of the industry. These courses are focused to create skilled professionals who can contribute to the industry. For example, when Samsung needed employees trained in Tizen programming, TASK could train and supply the required immediately. TASK enables graduate retention (by avoiding brain drain particularly to the developed countries) and quality attractiveness of local employment. </p>

scholarly journals Are We Facing a Fundamental Challenge to Higher Education Internationalization?

2018 ◽  
pp. 2-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Altbach ◽  
Hans De Wit
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Freedom ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Branch Campuses ◽  
Education Community ◽  
Unlimited Growth ◽  
The One ◽  
Higher Education Internationalization

The global landscape for higher education internationalization is changing dramatically. What one might call “the era of higher education internationalization” might either be finished or, at least, be on life support. In addition to nationalist-populist factors, issues of academic freedom, ethics, the role of English, shifting patterns in student mobility, and concerns about transnational education, are challenging the future of internationalization. The current criticism about the unlimited growth of teaching in English, recruitment of international students and development of branch campuses, is coming from two completely opposite sources. On the one hand, there is the nationalist–populist argument of anti-international and anti-immigration. More relevant is the concern about quality, academic freedom, and ethics in the higher education community itself.

scholarly journals Describing pre-professional identity in higher education: A case study of exercise science students

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 174-192
Author(s):  
Kelly Clanchy ◽  
◽  
Clare Minahan ◽  
Elizabeth Cardell ◽  
Andrea Bialocerkowski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Identity ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Exercise Science ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Nuanced Understanding ◽  
Age Range

Pre-professional identity (PPI) is an understanding of the skills, qualities, conduct, culture and ideology of a students’ intended profession. Understanding PPI is valuable for students and higher-education providers to provide insight into motivation for- and to promote engagement in- learning. Describing PPI is challenging, particularly for evolving health professions. This paper describes a process undertaken to understand PPI, using exercise science (ES), a new and evolving health profession, as a case study. Mixed methods were used to describe three aspects of PPI: 1) student cohort characteristics; 2) personal factors influencing PPI; and 3) perceived career direction. Final year ES students participated in an online survey and a focus group (n=305; 59% male; 75% age range of 20-24 years). Factors contributing to the development of PPI included the desire to help others; interest and experience in sports/exercise. Students had the strongest understanding of the PI domains of affiliation, money and structure and limited understanding of the role of scientist and researcher. Two outcomes were derived from the study findings to advance the theoretical understanding of PPI: 1) a 3-item framework that describes factors specific to students’ PPI; and 2) a worked case study demonstrating how this framework was applied to gain a nuanced understanding of PPI in ES. Our framework can be applied to increase student and higher education providers understanding of PPI and the motivations underpinning student decision-making in higher education.

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