scholarly journals Analysis of the Academic Management and Assesment of External Placements from the University of Valladolid

2014 ◽  
Vol 139 ◽  
pp. 487-495
Author(s):  
José Luis Parejo Llanos ◽  
Augusto Cobos Pérez ◽  
Rocío Anguita Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Academic Management ◽  
The University

Prácticas curriculares y Sociología en la Universidade da Coruña: de las competencias a las experiencias profesionales y personales

2019 ◽  
pp. 4-23
Author(s):  
Ariadna Rodríguez-Teijeiro ◽  
Raimundo Otero-Enríquez ◽  
Laura Román-Masedo
Keyword(s):  
Personal Experience ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Methodological Triangulation ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Academic Management ◽  
Improvement Measures ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
Skills Learning ◽  
The University

This paper presents, within the framework of the Degree in Sociology of the University of A Coruña (Spain), an evaluation system based on a methodological triangulation that has enabled an in-depth analysis of the different dimensions of the Degree Practicum. Namely, we have achieved some conclusions about: (a) the students' perception of the adequacy between the Practicum, the Degree and the "sociological activity" of the internship centers; (b) the students’ evaluation of skills, learning results and the "sociological vocation" of the centers; and (c) the students’ appraisal of features of the Practicum related to personal experience. From these evidences, improvement measures of this particular subject are illustrated. Such measures may be of interest within the scope of the academic management of the Degrees in Sociology.

scholarly journals Academic Management and Contemporary Gaps

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 199-211
Author(s):  
Kenia Kodel Cox ◽  
Robélius De-Bortoli
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Scientific Development ◽  
Professional Qualification ◽  
Academic Management ◽  
Institutional Reputation ◽  
The University ◽  
Positive Results

It is challenge to contemporary academic management to fullfil the demands of the labor market, and to have improvements with the this, considering the scientific development; through the analysis of intangibles like student performance, which can generate positive results with repercussion on institutional reputation. According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, 2018) the adequate professional qualification results in employment for qualified individuals; while activities more prone to automation are observed, and greater chance of unemployment for those with low qualification. In this research there was the reading of 447 abstracts of publications, obtained by refinements applied on 4,491 initial registers, and selected 20 considering the performance of the students as a parameter of the university administration, with the objective of identifying gaps of academic management, resulting: to contemplate student learning as a dependent variable, and to extend to the documents the origin of the research data.

scholarly journals Applicability of the ethics management tools in Romanian academia

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 2709-2732
Author(s):  
Elena Gurgu ◽  
Rocsana Bucea-Manea Tonis ◽  
Laurentia Geogerta Avram ◽  
Violeta Simion
Keyword(s):  
Personal Autonomy ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Ethics Committees ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Democratic Development ◽  
Ethics Management ◽  
Ethical Education ◽  
Academic Management ◽  
Intellectual Integrity ◽  
The University

The paper shows that the management of ethics in the academic environment is the coordination of all elements related to the moral life of a university. The last decades have insistently imposed on public awareness the importance of taking into account the ethical dimension of the life of universities. Ethical codes, ethics committees, ethical audits, ethical education of staff, techniques to create an institutional culture of a moral nature have all become increasingly widespread. "Institutionalization of ethics" in academia is a new reality for which we must be prepared. The University is an institution whose goals, valid for each of its members, include development and professional affirmation, the evolution of knowledge and research in the conditions of respect for the rule of law and human rights. The University respects the dignity of each of its members and promotes academic integrity on ethical principles. Its members are committed to contributing to the democratic development and prosperity of society. We think that the values and principles that universities promote in particular, and whose actual achievement is sought to ensure, are: academic freedom, personal autonomy, justice and equity, merit, professionalism, honesty and intellectual integrity, transparency, respect and tolerance, responsibility, goodwill and care. We are firmly convinced that if in Romania these principles of academic management are applied in good faith, then the standard of education and respect throughout the academic life will increase.

Prediction of student attrition risk using machine learning

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mauricio Barramuño ◽  
Claudia Meza-Narváez ◽  
Germán Gálvez-García
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Student Retention ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Student Attrition ◽  
Supervised Machine Learning ◽  
Computer Tool ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Academic Management ◽  
Qualitative Variables ◽  
The University

PurposeThe prediction of student attrition is critical to facilitate retention mechanisms. This study aims to focus on implementing a method to predict student attrition in the upper years of a physiotherapy program.Design/methodology/approachMachine learning is a computer tool that can recognize patterns and generate predictive models. Using a quantitative research methodology, a database of 336 university students in their upper-year courses was accessed. The participant's data were collected from the Financial Academic Management and Administration System and a platform of Universidad Autónoma de Chile. Five quantitative and 11 qualitative variables were chosen, associated with university student attrition. With this database, 23 classifiers were tested based on supervised machine learning.FindingsAbout 23.58% of males and 17.39% of females were among the attrition student group. The mean accuracy of the classifiers increased based on the number of variables used for the training. The best accuracy level was obtained using the “Subspace KNN” algorithm (86.3%). The classifier “RUSboosted trees” yielded the lowest number of false negatives and the higher sensitivity of the algorithms used (78%) as well as a specificity of 86%.Practical implicationsThis predictive method identifies attrition students in the university program and could be used to improve student retention in higher grades.Originality/valueThe study has developed a novel predictive model of student attrition from upper-year courses, useful for unbalanced databases with a lower number of attrition students.

Technology Audit — A Tool for Change?

1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-84
Author(s):  
L.B. Davies ◽  
E.J. Duff
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Institutional Barriers ◽  
Transfer Unit ◽  
Technology Transfer Offices ◽  
Academic Management ◽  
One Stop ◽  
Ideal Composition ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Manchester ◽  
Core Activity

The authors set out the benefits to a university, in terms of technology exploitation, of a detailed technology audit. Taking the example of an audit carried out at the University of Manchester, they briefly describe the methodology employed and then discuss in detail its results, the institutional barriers to technology transfer it identified, and the positive learning and actions within the University which flowed directly from it. Key conclusions relate to the importance of networking among the technology transfer offices of various higher education institutions, the establishment of a ‘one-stop shop’ for technology transfer, the ideal composition of a technology transfer unit, the importance of funding availability up to demonstration stage, the argument for making technology transfer a ‘core activity’, and the crucial involvement of the highest levels of academic management in technology transfer operations.

scholarly journals Me, You and the Big Picture: Top Academic Managers’ Narratives of Entrepreneurship

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-110
Author(s):  
Pasi Hirvonen ◽  
Päivi Eriksson ◽  
Tero Montonen
Keyword(s):  
Academic Entrepreneurship ◽  
Semiotic Analysis ◽  
Top Managers ◽  
Entrepreneurial Management ◽  
Academic Management ◽  
Big Picture ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The University

This case study examines how top academic managers make sense of entrepreneurship at the university. Based on semiotic analysis, the findings outline three management narratives. The entrepreneurial narrative emphasizes management by experience, the humanistic narrative focuses on management by networks and the development narrative highlights management by vision. Unpacking the dynamics of each narrative, our analysis sheds light on the conflicted role of academic managers at a crossroads between traditional academia and entrepreneurial management. Research Questions/Objective How top academic managers make sense of entrepreneurship at the university through narratives? Links to Theory The conceptual and theoretical framework of this case study is built based on academic entrepreneurship and narrative theory. Phenomenon Studied Academic entrepreneurship Case Context Academic top managers of a Finnish multidisciplinary university Findings The findings outline how top academic managers make sense of academic entrepreneurship through three management narratives. The entrepreneurial narrative centres around the idea of management by experience and emphasizes the manager’s own entrepreneurial experiences. The humanistic narrative centres around the idea of management by networks highlighting how the managers can guide and assist others who act as entrepreneurs. Finally, the development narrative centres around management by vision and focuses on the overall picture of the entrepreneurial university. Discussions The case study implies that academic entrepreneurship (AE) is understood and conceptualized by the managers in multifaceted and sometimes contradictory ways. Representing the frontline of academic management and changes in Finnish universities, the top academic managers are confronted with tensions between the ideals of traditional academia and the contemporary entrepreneurial developments in universities. This study contributes to the field of academic management by highlighting the much-needed experience-based perspective of top academic managers in relation to AE.

scholarly journals Estrategia de gestión de una facultad de ingeniería: Impacto de su aplicación

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
María Isabel Dimas-Rangel ◽  
Arturo Torres-Bugdud ◽  
Arturo Torres-Bugdud ◽  
María Blanca Palomares-Ruíz ◽  
María Blanca Palomares-Ruíz
Keyword(s):  
High Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
High Education Institution ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Desarrollo Profesional ◽  
Academic Management ◽  
The University ◽  
Analysis Of Swot

The present investigation aims to expose the implementation of a management strategy, in which the objective was to strengthen the academic staff profile, guide professors in an educative context of a high education institution, and help their professional development, so that to contribute positively in the training of university students. For that purpose, it was necessary that the educative institution had an administrative-academic management that favored the integration of professors with the necessary profile for the formation of the university students. This work was based on the analysis of SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) results and polls carried out with the studied population allowing the implementation of a strategy. This, in turn, allowed the application of a theoretical-methodological system, having as a result the increase from 32% to 58% in the recognition of professors with an ideal profile, awarded by the “Programa para el Desarrollo Profesional Docente” (PRODEP), and an increment from 12% to 31% of the professor-researcher participation in the “Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología”.

scholarly journals Académicos gestores en la universidad actual: Desafíos y aprendizajes

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 642
Author(s):  
Marita Sánchez-Moreno ◽  
Mariana Altopiedi
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
University Management ◽  
Academic Management ◽  
Spanish Universities ◽  
The One ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
The University ◽  
Depth Interviews

Purpose: The article presents and discusses some findings derived from a research project about University academic management, and it is focused on the identification of principal clues –even related to subjects and methodology– for the design of training programmes on this task.Design/methodology/approach: The research design adopted a qualitative approach and contemplated the development of in-depth interviews to 71 academic managers at the university who were valued as good in that task, in three Spanish Universities –Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULP), Universidad de Lleida (UdL) y Universidad de Sevilla (US). Data were analyzed using MAXQDA.11 and their interpretations were contrasted with the opinions obtained in a second round of interviews with 15 of those managers.Findings: Results allows to identify some kind of “vital cycle” in academic managers, inform about their reasons to continue in their managing charges, about their worries related to interpersonal relationships and conflict management, as well as about the recognized need of receiving a specific training for academic management, based on an active an participative methodology which can promote a practical learning.Research limitations/implications: The most important limitations of the study have to do with two unrelated issues. First of them, from a methodological point of view, is related to the limited number of participants. Second of them derives of the changing environment in which management and government model of Spanish is changing. This could probably affect the value and the interest showed by a academics on University management.Practical implications: According to one of the original mains of the study, a training program for academics in university management was already designed and developed.Social implications: The development of training Programs on University management as the one derived from the commented study would represent a contribution for the improvement of Universities’ functioning.Originality/value: Taking into account the limited number of training programs based on empirical evidenced training needs, the relevance of the proposals derived from this study is reinforced.

Proceedings of The Modern Language Association of America

PMLA ◽  
1935 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 1343-1343
Keyword(s):  
Modern Language Association ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
Local Committee ◽  
Tuesday Morning ◽  
University Of Cincinnati ◽  
The University ◽  
Plaza Hotel

The fifty-second meeting of the Modern Language Associationof America was held, on the invitation of the University of Cincinnati, at Cincinnati, Ohio, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, December 30 and 31, 1935, and January 1, 1936. The Association headquarters were in the Netherland Plaza Hotel, where all meetings were held except those of Tuesday morning and afternoon. These took place at the University of Cincinnati. Registration cards at headquarters were signed by about 900, though a considerably larger number of members were in attendance. The Local Committee estimated the attendance at not less than 1400. This Committee consisted of Professor Frank W. Chandler, Chairman; Professor Edwin H. Zeydel; Professor Phillip Ogden; Mr. John J. Rowe (for the Directors); and Mr. Joseph S. Graydon (for the Alumni).

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