Japan’s higher education and the public good

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Futao Huang ◽  
Tsukasa Daizen ◽  
Lilan Chen ◽  
Kiyomi Horiuchi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Good ◽  
The Public

scholarly journals Transforming the World in Which We Live: Laureate's Transnational Civic Learning Project

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
William M. Plater
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Public Good ◽  
Global Citizenship ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Civic Learning ◽  
The Public ◽  
For Profit ◽  
The World

<p>Higher education serves as an agent of social change that plays a significant role in the development of socially conscious and engaged students. The duty higher education has toward society, the role for-profit educational institutions play in enhancing the public good, and the prospect of making social change an element of these providers’ missions are discussed. Laureate’s Global Citizenship Project is introduced, highlighting the development of the project’s civic engagement rubric and the challenges of assessing civic engagement.</p>

A New Era of Accountability

2020 ◽  
pp. 251-274
Author(s):  
Marilee Bresciani Ludvik
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Good ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Institutional Performance ◽  
New Era ◽  
Economic Stimulation ◽  
The Public ◽  
American Higher Education

The clash of whether higher education should serve the public good or economic stimulation seems more alive than ever to some, and to others, it has come to an end. Not agreeing on the purpose of American higher education certainly makes it difficult to know whether educators are being responsible for delivering what is expected of them. Rather than reviewing the important debate that has already taken place, this chapter seeks to merge the two seemingly juxtaposed disagreements and discuss how bringing the two purposes together may influence how we examine accountability. As such, an inquiry model, including ways to gather and interpret institutional performance indicators for accountability is posited. Practical suggestions for implementation of this methodology are provided.

If You Build It, They Will Come

2021 ◽  
pp. 207-228
Author(s):  
Rayshawn L. Eastman ◽  
Keith Lanser
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Good ◽  
Citizen Engagement ◽  
Democratic Process ◽  
Critical Part ◽  
The Public ◽  
Analytical Skills ◽  
Democratic Engagement

Citizen engagement is a critical part of a democracy. As citizens engage with a democracy, they must possess the skills to critically examine information and couple it with the ability to exercise analytical skills. This will allow them to investigate information to discern truth from lies. In this chapter, the authors argue that higher education has a role in cultivating participation in the democratic process, as education is for the public good. Through democratic engagement, students will gain the skills needed to be informed citizens. Democratic engagement on campus done right has to have the proper infrastructure and intentional inclusion efforts.

scholarly journals Response of Indonesian universities to the (COVID-19) pandemic – between strategy and implementation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ikhfan Haris ◽  
Afdaliah Afdaliah ◽  
Muhammad Ichsan Haris
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Public Good ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Social Community ◽  
The Public ◽  
The University

Escalated by mid-January 2020, the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is having a profound effect on all aspects of society, including the education activities in higher education. Colleges and universities globally are taking various actions to contain the COVID-19 outbreak. These efforts are mainly to secure the well-being of their students and staff, as well as members of their communities. Due to the increasing number of infections has prompted a number of universities in Indonesia to participate in the fight against the virus outbreak. This article provides an overview of the role played by Indonesian universities dealing with COVID-19 pandemic and how Indonesian universities serving the public good for COVID-19 breakthroughs. The research problem of this study focuses on how the strategies developed by the university in responding to COVID-19 and their implementation to reduce the potential consequences of the pandemic impacts. Subsequently, this paper presented the responses of universities in Indonesia in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. The forms of responses presented in this paper are academic responses, research and development responses and social community services responses. Furthermore, a conceived information of the issues and challenging of involving of universities in collaborating on solutions to crises of the coronavirus pandemic in Indonesian context were portrayed. In conclusion, this paper summarizes the contribution of Indonesian universities and its impacts in fighting deadly virus disease COVID-19.

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