scholarly journals Students’ awareness of the academic integrity policy at a Latvian university

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alla Anohina-Naumeca ◽  
Ilze Birzniece ◽  
Tatjana Odiņeca
Keyword(s):  
Academic Integrity ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
First Year ◽  
Extensive Discussion ◽  
University Policy ◽  
Study Results ◽  
International Comparative ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Integrity Policy

AbstractAn academic integrity policy usually specifies the university’s ethical principles and values, the forms of appropriate academic behaviour, the penalties for academic malpractice and the procedures for handling policy violations. However, the policy does not itself create academic integrity, but needs to be consistently and effectively communicated, implemented, and applied. This paper presents a case study investigating the extent to which students at Riga Technical University (Latvia) are informed about the university’s academic integrity policy. This quantitative research was performed by surveying two groups of respondents: domestic students in the first year of their bachelor’s studies and the heads of the corresponding study programmes. The results revealed a low level of students’ awareness of the university policy on academic integrity and a lack of systematic institutional approach to promoting academic integrity. The study results also indicated that students with a higher awareness of the university policy on academic integrity were less tolerant towards violations and perceived academic integrity as an essential aspect for both the academic community and student life. These findings establish a foundation for a more extensive discussion of academic integrity issues in Latvia. They can also serve as impetus for similar studies in other Latvian universities, as well as research taking an international comparative perspective.

scholarly journals Pengembangan Penataan Perparkiran Universitas Hasanuddin Di Fakultas Teknik, Fakultas MIPA Dan Fakultas Farmasi

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 625-633
Author(s):  
Andi Fathussalam Baharuddin ◽  
M. Yamin Jinca ◽  
Jamaluddin Rahim
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Effective Capacity ◽  
Engineering Faculty ◽  
Wheeled Vehicle ◽  
Engineering Sciences ◽  
Parking Lot ◽  
The University ◽  
Wheeled Vehicles ◽  
Parking Facilities

Meningkatnya pemilikan kendaraan bermotor civitas akademika Universitas Hasanuddin mengakibatkan peningkatan permintaan fasilitas parkir mengingat fasilitas parkir merupakan bagian yang tak terpisahkan dari sistem transportasi sehingga menimbulkan kesemrawutan perparkiran seperti yang dilihat pada area perparkiran Fakultas Teknik, Fakultas MIPA dan Fakultas Farmasi. Tujuan penelitian ini, yaitu menyusun konsep penataan ruang parkir yang dapat menjelaskan kapasitas ruang parkir efektif ditinjau berdasarkan tata layout bangunan dan kebutuhan parkir Fakultas Teknik, Fakultas MIPA, dan Fakultas Farmasi di Universitas Hasanuddin Tamalanrea, Makassar menggunakan metode penelitian deskriptif kuantitatif dalam menganalisis karakteristik parkir untuk mengetahui kapasitas parkir, volume parkir, akumulasi parkir, tingkat penggunaan parkir, dan kebutuhan parkir kendaraan roda dua dan roda empat yang keluar-masuk area parkir selama lima hari kerja mulai pukul 06.30 sampai dengan pukul 17.30 dengan hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penyusunan sebuah konsep penataan ruang parkir efektif  di lingkungan tiga fakultas di Universitas Hasanuddin (Teknik, MIPA, dan Farmasi) berhasil disusun dengan merekomendasikan penggabungan beberapa lahan parkir menjadi satu area parkir kendaraan roda empat dan sentralisasi parkiran kendaraan beroda dua. The increasing number of vehicles ownership among the Hasanuddin University academic community resulted in increased demand for parking facilities; considering it is an integral part of the transportation system, the steep demands causing parking disorganize as seen in the parking facilities of the Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Science and Faculty of Pharmacy. This study attempts to propose a parking spaces rearrangement that could describe the effective capacity of parking area from the standpoint of the building layout planning and the parking spaces needs of the Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Science and Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Hasanuddin Tamalanrea Makassar. Using descriptive quantitative research method in analyzing the characteristics of parking to determine the capacity of parking, parking volume, accumulated parking, parking usage levels, and the need for parking of the two-wheeled and four-wheeled vehicles entered and exited the parking area for five working days; starting at 06:30 AM until 17.30 PM, resulting a concept of an effective parking spaces rearrangement that encompassing the three faculty of Hasanuddin University (faculty of Engineering, Sciences, and Pharmacy) by recommending the incorporation of several of the parking lot into a four-wheeled vehicle parking areas and centralized parking facilities for two-wheeled vehicles.

scholarly journals Rationality and Students’ Misconduct at University: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jocelyn Grira ◽  
Louis Jaeck
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Academic Integrity ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
University Culture ◽  
Important Policy ◽  
The University ◽  
Course Difficulty ◽  
Academic Integrity Policy

We investigate the determinants of students’ misconduct at university. Using a sample of 310 surveyed students, we find that students are more likely to cheat when they have previous misconduct records, when they perceive academic integrity policy as being poorly enforced, and when they perceive that instructor tolerance toward misconduct incidents is high. Moreover, misconduct behavior tends to increase with students’ seniority and the perceived level of course difficulty. Surprisingly, students’ motivations toward reading, writing, and learning do not seem to have a valuable impact on the likelihood of their misconduct. Our findings have important policy implications that relate to the university culture of academic integrity, instructors’ tolerance vis-à-vis students’ misconduct behavior, and the effectiveness of punitive actions.

scholarly journals Academic Library as the Space for the Development of Future Specialists’ Competence

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-30
Author(s):  
Laimute Kardeliene ◽  
Kęstutis Kardelis ◽  
Rima Bakutyte
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
First Year ◽  
Educational Impact ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Professional Qualification ◽  
The University ◽  
Flow Of Information

Abstract The article discloses the value of academic library. This value is deriving from the university purpose to prepare students to be able to deal with the increasing the flow of information in the society (Owusu - Ansah, 2001). Research was carried out in Utena University of applied science. First-year students (n = 140) made 48,3% of the sample, and third-year students (n = 150) - 51,7% of the investigated sample; males - 33,8% (n=98), and females - 66,2% (n=192). The conditions of academic library as student and future specialist empowered environment are validated: communicational, physical, pragmatic. The interpretation of research data disclosed that the academic library as learning environment and as environment which is empower the student to a professional qualification less or more improve future specialist professional, academically and as a personality. The future development of specialist competence effectiveness criteria can be considered as the nature of those experiences, which causes him to preparation for examinations and various settlements, preparation of projects and the search for the global academic community material created a topic of interest. The nature of experiences can reduce the educational impact of library. While improving learning environments are necessary to guide students with higher academic achievement and those who are spending more time in the library view.

scholarly journals Maria's story - the narrative of a mature international student

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Hamshire ◽  
Kirsten Jack ◽  
Alicia Prowse ◽  
Christopher Wibberley
Keyword(s):  
International Student ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Personal History ◽  
First Year ◽  
Academic Challenges ◽  
University Life ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The University

This study examines in-depth the experiences of a mature, international student during her first year at university in the UK, to explore the different dimensions of her learning transitions.  The aim was to gain an in-depth understanding into the factors that influenced a student's on-going development and transformation over their first year; therefore we adopted a narrative exploration / inquiry as a means of collecting data.Maria's narrative is complex and atypical of the majority of the students in the cohort, yet it details the personal, social and academic challenges that can constitute the first year at HE; as personal history and expectations have a varying degree of influence on an individual's transition.In line with other research, this case study shows that students integration into the academic community, combined with peer support is crucial if they are going to settle into university life. The transition to HE is an on-going process and lasts longer than the initial weeks of the formal induction offered by the university.

scholarly journals A Cognitive-Semantic Analysis of Preposition on: An Experimental Study at University of Baghdad

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sura Muttlak Nasser
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
College Of Education ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Cognitive Semantic ◽  
The University ◽  
Analyze Data

This study is descriptive quantitative research by using a test to collect the data needed. Iraqi English as a foreign language (EFL) students face difficulties in differentiating between using prepositions correctly. This study has been performed in the Department of English at College of Education for Women, University of Baghdad, to diagnosis the difficulties of English prepositions that face Iraqi first-year students at the University since multi-uses and meanings of prepositions. For Iraqi EFL students, prepositions regarded as a problematic criterion. This study aims at examining the problems that EFL students commit mistakes in using English prepositions of place on. It also highlights the causes of those problems. Correct handling proposition is not because most of them have different functions straightforward, and different prepositions have the same uses. For this reason, the researcher adopted pre and post-tests to evaluate the output of the means of the students' results. The researcher used SPSS to analyze data.

FEATURES OF COMMUNICATIVE QUALITIES OF FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS SOCIONOMIC PROFESSIONS

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Галина Николаевна Травинова
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
First Year ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Future ◽  
The University ◽  
Counseling Psychologists

В статье рассматриваются особенности коммуникативных качеств студентов-первокурсников, обучающихся на психологическом и филологическом факультетах вуза. На основе анализа результатов проведенного эмпирического исследования выявлены общие и специфические коммуникативные качества, присущие студентам как будущим психологам-консультантам и преподавателям иностранного языка. The article explores the peculiarities of the communicative qualities of first-year students at the psychological and philological faculties of the university. Based on the results of empirical study results, revealed are the general and specific communicative qualities of the future counseling psychologists and foreign language teachers.

scholarly journals University Governance in the context of Vietnam’s Educational Innovation

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 31-42
Author(s):  
Lan Chi Le ◽  
Dang Ton Minh Co ◽  
Thai Dinh Do
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Educational Innovation ◽  
Research Process ◽  
University Governance ◽  
University Policy ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Training Quality ◽  
Education Innovation ◽  
Survey Sample ◽  
The University

University governance brings about the success of a university. Renovation of management in the direction of university governance will exert important influences to improve the training quality of the higher education system. The article presents the theoretical basis and research process related to university governance activities to promote education innovation. The study combined qualitative and quantitative research; the survey sample was 120 people, of which 44 were managers and 76 were lecturers and staff working at Saigon University. The article proposes university governance related to such elements as planning for the development of resources in the university, policy mechanisms, organization and leadership, and monitoring. The article clarifies the relationship between the components of university governance activities in the direction of a system approach to help universities manage their activities towards sustainable university governance.

Student Voice and Linguistic Identity: Digital Badging as a Tool for Retention of First Year and First Generation Undergraduates

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 186-198
Author(s):  
Becky Childs
Keyword(s):  
First Generation ◽  
Linguistic Diversity ◽  
First Generation College Students ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
First Year ◽  
National Council ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Material Development ◽  
First Generation College ◽  
The University

This article describes the role that linguists can play in the retention of first year and first generation college students through both collaborative and cross-disciplinary work. By drawing on our academic training, linguists can design materials and implement programs both within and outside of our home academic departments that not only affirm students’ linguistic identities and home languages (National Council of Teachers of English 1974; Smitherman 1995), but also simultaneously engage them in overt discussion about the academic discourse community and ways to negotiate multiple linguistic terrains. An example of this type of engagement and material development is discussed in this article, which examines three learning modules that use an electronic badge system. The modules and badges allow students to explore linguistic diversity and discuss the different ways of “being” (including language) that they encounter in their new academic community. Coupled with these three badges for first year students, additional materials have been developed and implemented for student tutors at the university writing center. These materials better contextualize the linguistic diversity that student tutors encounter as they come into contact daily with linguistic diversity, primarily in the form of Southern U.S. English and African American English varieties.

Students of humanities and social sciences and e-democracy

2017 ◽  
Vol 118 (5/6) ◽  
pp. 266-279
Author(s):  
Kornelija Petr Balog ◽  
Boris Badurina
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
First Year ◽  
Government Information ◽  
Graduate Studies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Paper Survey ◽  
Humanities And Social Sciences ◽  
The University

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to find out whether the students of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) in Osijek, Croatia, interact online with any sort of e-democracy or e-government information. Design/methodology/approach This paper presents the findings of a pilot-study conducted among the undergraduate and graduate students of the FHSS in Osijek. The research was conducted in May 2015 on a sample of 246 students. The research was carried out by means of an online and paper survey and reached 59.91 per cent of the population of students enrolled in the first year of undergraduate and graduate studies. Findings Students in our sample spend a lot of time online. They are relatively active online when it comes to finding information connected with their academic responsibilities (e.g. 77.2 per cent of the students of the sample have gone online for finding information about exams, scholarships, etc.), but rarely engage in democratic processes within the academic community (only 11.8 per cent have contacted their student representative on the University Student Board). They are even less interested in democratic processes within the local community (8.1 per cent have contacted their local authority representatives regarding an administrative or communal matter). Originality/value This is the first research of FHSS students’ perceptions and views regarding their engagement and their information behavior regarding e-democracy and e-government processes and one of the very few such researches in Croatia.

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