Brain Drain and Its Effect on Ethiopia’s Institutions of Higher Learning, 1970s–1990s

2002 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-56
Author(s):  
Solomon A. Getahun
Keyword(s):  
School Attendance ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Attendance Rate ◽  
Infection Rates ◽  
The Past ◽  
Life Expectancy At Birth ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
The World ◽  
Political Turmoil

During the past three decades Ethiopia has been noted for political turmoil, drought, and famine. The country’s 63 million people, the second largest population in Africa, have a per capita income of $110, one-fourth the average for the continent. At all levels, it has the lowest school attendance rate in the world: 30 percent at primary, 13 percent at secondary, and less than 1 percent at the tertiary level. The country’s health sector, too, is in no better condition: health expenditure between 1990 and 1995 was 1.7 percent of GDP. Life expectancy at birth is 49 years. The country also has one of the highest HIV-AIDS infection rates in the world (9.3 per 100 adults).

The Role of Moral Education on the Dress Code in the Higher Learning Institution

Sains Insani ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-14
Author(s):  
Ira Meilita Ibrahim ◽  
Taufik A. Latif ◽  
Afi Roshezry Abu Bakar ◽  
Muthualagan Thangavelu
Keyword(s):  
Moral Education ◽  
Private University ◽  
Public University ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Private Institutions ◽  
Dress Code ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
The World ◽  
Definition Of

The advancement of European dress to the rest of the world was linked to the definition of civilization as “a stage of social development considered to be more advanced” and “polite and good-mannered”. The widespread of their fashion style in the 19th and 20th centuries influenced the way the rest of the world attire. The fashion trend and dressing style thus change the purpose of dressing through time. The dressing style in campuses especially in private institutions of higher learning is under particular scrutiny, as it is often said to be inappropriate for a learning environment. This study looked at the importance of moral education, and its role in implementing the dress code for students among university students especially between two types of university i.e. public university and private university. It looked on the dressing style of students, both male and female, and the factors that lead to their dressing pattern which is common among students. This study also advocated the students’ understanding of the content of dress codes in their learning institution and the role played by moral education in regard to dress code. The overall study highlighted students’ perception towards the implementation of the dress code and punishment in their learning institution. The methodologies used to carry out this study are questionnaires and interviews. This study will therefore ascertain the important of dress code among students at higher learning institution and the role of moral education in cultivating values in order to dress properly or decently. Key Words: moral education, dress code, higher learning institution, civilization.

Native Approaches to Decolonising Education in Institutions of Higher Learning

2000 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Polly Walke
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Native Peoples ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
The World

A growing number of Native scholars are involved in decolonising higher education through a range of processes designed to create space for Indigenous realities and Indigenous ways of managing knowledge. Basing their educational approaches on Indigenous ontologies and epistemologies, they are developing Indigenist approaches within higher education. Ward Churchill (1996:509), Cherokee scholar, explains that an Indigenist scholar is one who:Takes the rights of indigenous peoples as the highest priority …who draws on the traditions – the bodies of knowledge and corresponding codes of value – evolved over many thousands of years by native peoples the world over.

scholarly journals Nauka bez mistrzów? Zmiany w relacjach mistrz–uczeń i sposobach uprawiania nauki

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 125-145
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Kretek-Kamińska ◽  
Aneta Krzewińska
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Student Teacher ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Academic Life ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
The Past ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Research Interviews ◽  
Source Materials

This article describes changes in student–teacher relations in the context of academic institutions and variation in methods of teaching. On the basis of empirical research (interviews conducted currently among employees of Polish institutions of higher learning and analysis of source materials concerning the past) the authors advance the thesis that the figure of the mentor—which was once associated with scholarship and academic institutions—has ceased to have meaning for contemporary scholars. Instead of mentors, persons who are called “quasi-mentors” have appeared; they act temporarily as guides for young scholars and most often perform only one of the functions formerly fulfilled by mentors (for instance, organizers of academic life, seekers for research funds, promoters of doctoral theses, etc.). The authors consider that these alterations have been caused by general processes of economic, technological, political, and axiological change.

Critical Times for the Social Contract

2021 ◽  
pp. 19-40
Author(s):  
Charles Devellennes
Keyword(s):  
Social Contract ◽  
Political Order ◽  
The Past ◽  
Social Contracts ◽  
Political Upheaval ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Fundamental Challenge ◽  
Political Turmoil ◽  
Critical Times

This chapter proposes a theory of the social contract, in the context of the gilets jaunes. This theory is detailed in the five chapters that follow. The theory proposed here is that the movement itself is best understood as a fundamental challenge to the existing social contract in France — and by extension to other social contracts throughout the world — and its history is not limited to the months of political turmoil it engendered in France or even to the past couple of years of political upheaval in the wider world, but it poses a challenge to the very future of political order. A rethinking of the social contract is necessary given this crisis, and framing the present political turmoil in philosophical terms will help shed some light on the opportunities for change that are arising, in part thanks to the movement.

The Context, Design, and Impact of System-Wide Assessments to Enhance Effectiveness in the Higher Colleges of Technology of the United Arab Emirates

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Marshall “Mark” Drummond ◽  
Matthew A. Robby
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Colleges Of Technology ◽  
The World ◽  
Effective Assessment

This paper examines the use of System-wide Assessments, an innovative initiative to enhance the accountability, quality, and effectiveness within the Higher Colleges of Technology of the United Arab Emirates. The authors review the historic and contemporary influences on college/university assessments and the key forces or factors which have shaped development and need of Outcome Assessments. The paper summarizes the literature on the best practices for assessment and promoting changes. The paper describes the objectives, structures, and processes involved with random use of System-wide Assessments among the 17 Federal colleges. A survey of 80 Deans and Chairs reports the perceptions and ratings of the process and impact of System-wide assessments. The lessons learned are described and inform recommendations for key components of an effective assessment system to promote accountability and improvement in higher education. Findings have significance for leaders of institutions of higher learning throughout the Middle East and the world.

The American University Today

Worldview ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-14
Author(s):  
Bernard Murchland
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Major Power ◽  
American University ◽  
The Past ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The University

There are presently 6.7 million students in some 2200 American institutions of higher learning. Their numbers have doubled in the past ten years and will double again in the next ten.This statistic alone indicates that the university is no longer a shady retreat where scholars and students leisurely engage in the search for truth. The university has become a major power in our societal life. It shares with society in general a frenzied dynamism, the pursuit of immediate objectives, a labyrinthian structure and the lust for prestige. One couldn't imagine a university without, for example, a well-staffed public relations office. The American university today is in almost all senses of the word a new university.

scholarly journals Audit Education as an Effective Tool for Narrowing Audit Expectation Gap: Evidence from Literature Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 240
Author(s):  
Cordelia Onyinyechi Omodero ◽  
M. C. Okafor
Keyword(s):  
Chief Executive Officers ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Early Learning ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Expectation Gap ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
The World ◽  
Executive Officers ◽  
Audit Reports

This study investigates the determinants of audit expectation gap by reviewing several studies to establish its existence and the major causes of the expectation gap. In like manner, many other empirical works on the effectiveness of audit education in providing a solution to the anticipation breach issues are also examined.  The findings reveal the existence of review expectancy crack in different countries of the world.  The major causes of the breach also include performance deficiency, standard paucity, auditors’ compromise of their roles, and lack of public awareness of what the law specifies the auditors’ roles should be, among others.  In the light of the review, this study further discovers that the varying audit prospect disruption can be effectively managed by providing adequate and comprehensive audit education to various users of audit reports and the society at large.  In this study, we propose early learning of audit. An audit should be a general subject in the Universities and Institutions of higher learning.  This will help to equip future managers, managing directors, entrepreneurs, chief executive officers (C.E.O.s) of companies, investors and other stakeholders.

The SCI target - low infection rates.

2021 ◽  
pp. 199-202
Author(s):  
Alan Fenwick ◽  
Wendie Norris ◽  
Becky McCall
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
Main Tool ◽  
National Government ◽  
World Health ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Infection Rates ◽  
Schistosomiasis Control ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

Abstract The World Health Organization has developed guidelines for counseling national ministries on how best to control schistosomiasis using MDA as a main tool. It also seeks to determine how often to perform treatment and for whom depends on the level of infection in the community. In the past, because limited resources (including the availability of praziquantel), each national government is encouraged to broaden its agenda to find a balance between the frequency of treatment and the use and cost of a rare drug. This chapter discusses schistosomiasis control and elimination strategies.

Planning language treatment: linguistics for the third world

1981 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Björn H. Jernudd
Keyword(s):  
Third World ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Language Resources ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Third ◽  
Speech Communities ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
The World ◽  
The Third World

ABSTRACTI shall argue that adoption of linguistics at institutions of higher learning in its present international disciplinary form, and in its expression through the medium of English (because English is a major foreign or second language in much of the world and the by far dominant language for the discipline of linguistics), can be contrary to the public good in less developed countries (LDCs) and emerging speech communities. Linguistics in its current international disciplinary form serves needs different from those of emerging speech communities, where a new language treatment system ought to be created by a new cadre of caretakers of the community's language resources. (Language planning; developing countries; linguistics as an international discipline; English)

scholarly journals Planning and Implementing a Graduate Online Team-Taught Marketing Course

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-122
Author(s):  
Rajasree K. Rajamma ◽  
Michael R. Sciandra
Keyword(s):  
Team Teaching ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Potential Solution ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
The World ◽  
Teaching Team ◽  
Educational Delivery

Online courses have become an important educational delivery tool for institutions of higher learning throughout the world. While popular among students and administrators, many faculty members have expressed concerns with online courses. Therefore, this article highlights online team teaching as a potential solution to many of the concerns harbored by faculty members. In particular, we discuss the potential challenges that can be faced by an online teaching team during the various stages from conceptualization to implementation, and offer prescriptive guidelines that would help future teams in navigating those challenges. Importantly, this article explores online team teaching from the perspective of marketing faculty and outlines positive educator outcomes associated with the development of a team-taught marketing course.

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