scholarly journals The Problem with Universities Today

2021 ◽  
pp. 5-37
Author(s):  
Richard Frederick Heller
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Educational Need ◽  
Impact Of Higher Education ◽  
The Way

AbstractManagerialism creates burdens for academics with no evidence for its benefit. Business imperatives override educational. There is needless competition between universities. Research imperatives override education. Global inequalities in educational need are ignored, universities have not kept up with the way young people gain information and initiatives to reduce the environmental impact of higher education are ‘tinkering’ rather than the required total re-thinking of higher education.

scholarly journals Young People’s Services in an Age of Neoliberalism

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-206
Author(s):  
Graham Brotherton ◽  
Christina Hyland ◽  
Iain Jones ◽  
Terry Potter
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Higher Education Policy ◽  
Coalition Government ◽  
Youth Services ◽  
Policy Initiatives ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Way

Abstract This article brings together four different perspectives which explore the way in which various policy initiatives in recent years have sought to construct young people resident in the United Kingdom within particular policy discourses shaped by neoliberalism. In order to do this it firstly considers the way in which the assumptions of neoliberalism have increasingly been applied by the new Coalition Government to young people and the services provided for them; it then considers the particular role of New Labour in the UK in applying these ideas in practice. Specific examples from the areas of young people’s participation in youth services and higher education policy are then considered.

Effective Practices for Helping Students Transition to Work

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Shevlin ◽  
John Kubiak ◽  
Mary-Ann O'Donovan ◽  
Marie Devitt ◽  
Barbara Ringwood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Compulsory Education ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Effective Practices ◽  
Work Readiness ◽  
Economic Independence ◽  
Marginalized Groups ◽  
Inclusive Learning ◽  
Educational Need

People with disabilities have been among the most marginalized groups within society, with consequent limitations imposed on their access to many goods within society, including education, employment, and economic independence. Some progress is evident in the establishment of more inclusive learning environments, yet it is also clear that upon leaving compulsory education or further/higher education, young people with disabilities encounter significant barriers to accessing meaningful employment. Facilitating transitions to employment for people with disabilities should be informed by ambition and a belief in the capacity of these individuals to make a meaningful contribution to society and achieve a level of economic independence. The issues that are pertinent to young people who have a special educational need or a disability and an aspiration to transition to further/higher education require attention. Research and applied practice has demonstrated the utility of an innovative educational and work readiness program for people with an intellectual disability. Such work highlights the facilitating factors that may encourage a more ambitious reimagining of what may be possible for individuals who have been marginalized.

scholarly journals Características del proceso de transición al mercado laboral. Caso de los licenciados en economía del Estado de México, 2000-2010

2014 ◽  
pp. 28-59
Author(s):  
Mtra. Lisy Rubio-Hernández ◽  
Dra. María Del Carmen Salgado Vega
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Young People ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
Employment Rate ◽  
Unusual Behavior ◽  
Low Wages ◽  
The Way

En la actualidad, México vive una problemática en cuanto a la tasa de empleo de los jóvenes, donde los graduados de las Instituciones de Educación Superior no son la excepción y se enfrentan a periodos de transición más largos y complejos. El objetivo de este artículo es analizar las características de este proceso que vivieron los egresados de la licenciatura de economía de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México durante los periodos 2000-2010, con la finalidad de establecer cuáles son los elementos que más influyen en dicho proceso y la forma en la que se están  incorporando al mercado de trabajo este tipo de profesionistas. Se pudo corroborar con base en la evidencia empírica que dichos egresados presentan un comportamiento respecto al proceso de transición cuya principal característica es de buena aceptación; sin embargo, son contratados en empleos que no corresponden a su formación y con baja remuneración.AbstractCurrently, Mexico is experiencing a problem regarding the employment rate of young people, where graduates of higher education institutions are no exception and are facing longer transition periods and complex. The objective of this article is to analyze the characteristics of the transition process faced by graduates of the Bachelor of Economics, from Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México during 2000-2010, in order to establish what elements have more influence on the transition process and the way such professionals are entering the labor market. It was corroborated on the basis of empirical evidence that these graduates have an unusual behavior to the current labor situation in the country, as they face a transition process in which the primary characteristic is well accepted, however, graduates are facing jobs that do not correspond entirely to their training and low wages. Recibido: 20 de mayo de 2013Aceptado: 17 de febrero de 2014

scholarly journals Great Expectations, Uncertain Futures. Urban and Online Encounters with Youth, Love and Marriage in Egypt

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Senni Jyrkiäinen ◽  
Victoria Bisset
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Young People ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Great Expectations ◽  
Life Event ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Social Instability ◽  
The Way

For young Egyptians, the economic and social instability of recent years has led to a prolonged period of youth with marriage, a key life event, now occurring later in life. Although social media and greater access to higher education have created more opportunities for unmarried men and women to meet, and have at least in principle paved the way for young people to marry for love, in practice, issues such as a lack of financial means and the pressure for women to marry soon after graduation mean that such marriages remain the exception rather than the norm.

Formacja prawnika wyzwaniem czasów

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-286
Author(s):  
Stanisław Leszek Stadniczeńko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Young People ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Social Lives ◽  
New Vision ◽  
Political Disputes

The author considers the questions relating to the formation of lawyers’ professional traits from the point of view of the significance which human capital and investment in this capital hold in contemporary times. It follows from the analyses, which were carried out, that the dire need for taking up actions with the aim to shape lawyers appears one of the most vital tasks. This requires taking into account visible trends in the changing job market. Another aspect results from the need for multilevel qualifications and conditions behind lawyers’ actions and their decisions. Thus, colleges of higher education which educate prospective lawyers, as well as lawyers’ corporations, are confronted by challenges of forming, in young people, features that are indispensable for them to be valuable lawyers and not only executors of simple activities. The author points to the fact that lawyers need shaping because, among others, during their whole social lives and realization of professional tasks their personality traits and potential related to communication will constantly manifest through accepting and following or rejecting and opposing values, principles, reflexions, empathy, sensitivity, the farthest-fetched imagination, objectivism, cooperation, dialogue, distancing themselves from political disputes, etc. Students of the art of law should be characterized by a changed mentality, new vision of law – service to man, and realization of standards of law, as well as perception of the importance of knowledge, skills, attitudes and competences.

The Student Affairs Profession in the Academic Marketplace

NASPA Journal ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan B. Hirt
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Student Affairs Professionals ◽  
Academic Affairs ◽  
Seven Principles ◽  
Market Driven ◽  
Principles Of Good Practice ◽  
The Way

This essay compares the narratives that have emerged in recent years to describe the higher education enterprise with the narratives used to describe student affairs’ endeavors. I posit that the way in which student affairs professionals present their agenda is out of sync with the market-driven culture of the academy. The seven Principles of Good Practice are used to illustrate the incongruence between student affairs and academic affairs narratives on campus. I offer ways that those Principles can be recast to be more closely aligned with the new academic marketplace.

F. Donald Logan, University Education of the Parochial Clergy in Medieval England: The Lincoln Diocese, c.1300–c.1350 (Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, 2014), xiv + 197 pp., 6 tables. ISBN: 9780888441881

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia Davis
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Fourteenth Century ◽  
University Education ◽  
Medieval England ◽  
Medieval Studies ◽  
Parish Clergy ◽  
The Way

This chapter reviews the book University Education of the Parochial Clergy in Medieval England: The Lincoln Diocese, c.1300–c.1350 (2014), by F. Donald Logan. In 1298, Pope Boniface VIII’s constitution cum ex eo was published. It was considered a landmark in the provisions of higher education for the parish clergy, opening the way for parish rectors who had not yet been ordained as priests to absent themselves from their parishes for up to seven years to attend university. Logan explores how this constitution was implemented across Europe by focusing on the diocese of Lincoln, the largest in England with nearly 2,000 parishes. Logan emphasises the distinction between cum ex eo dispensations and the parallel procedure called licencia studendi, both of which contributed significantly to the enhancement of clerical education in fourteenth-century England.

scholarly journals Evolution of university governance in Morocco: Which impacts?

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 94
Author(s):  
Khalid Ayad ◽  
Khaoula Dobli Bennani ◽  
Mostafa Elhachloufi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
University Governance ◽  
General Review ◽  
Theoretical Literature ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Way

The concept of governance has become ubiquitous since it is recognized as an important tool for improving quality in all aspects of higher education.In Morocco, few scientific articles have dealt with the subject of university governance. Therefore, we will present a general review of the evolution of governance through laws and reforms established by Moroccan Governments from 1975 to 2019. The purpose of the study is to detect the extent of the presence of university governance principles in these reforms.This study enriches the theoretical literature on the crisis of Moroccan university and opens the way to new empirical studies to better understand the perception of university governance concept in the Moroccan context and to improve the quality of higher education and subsequently the economic development of the country.The findings of this study show an increasing evolution of the presence of university governance principles in reforms and higher education laws.

scholarly journals ‘Environmental Impact Assessment’ in Drylands: Late Knowledge Penetration or a Deliberate Ignorance for Megaprojects?

World ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 374-378
Author(s):  
Farshad Amiraslani
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Environmental Impact Assessment ◽  
Ecological Resilience ◽  
Delayed Action ◽  
The Way

Despite the paramount role of drylands in supporting people’s livelihoods and rendering ecosystem services, legislation on Environmental Impact Assessment has been introduced belatedly after several decades. By exemplifying Iran, the author proposes two main reasons for such a delayed action. First, drylands are misleadingly considered as barren lands where biodiversity is relatively low. In one classification, deserts are even categorized along with rocks. Second, the author emphasizes that drylands have been subjected to unprecedented changes due to the expansion of infrastructure and urbanization that started in the 1970s. These growing pressures have been beyond the ecological resilience of drylands and have not been monitored, assessed, and modified correctly. Further scrutiny regarding EIA undertakings in drylands and the way they can be improved is now needed.

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