A sociolinguistic exploration of sexual harassment at an institution of higher education in Zimbabwe

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muzi Ransom Mlambo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Code Mixing ◽  
Undergraduate Female ◽  
Institution Of Higher Learning

The aim of this study is to explore some of the main linguistic features that characterize the discourse of sexual harassment of peers at an institution of higher learning in Zimbabwe. One hundred undergraduate female students aged between 19 and 24 were asked to respond to a questionnaire on sexual harassment and describe what they recalled the harassers said to them. The results reveal that the discourse of sexual harassment is characterized by (a) the use of monologic utterances, (b) extensive use of code-mixing and, most importantly, (c) the use of excessively impolite utterances that are couched in hostile jokes.

Perceived Sexual Harassment Among Female Students at a Zimbabwean Institution of Higher Learning

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thelma Dhlomo ◽  
Rose M. Mugweni ◽  
Gwen Shoniwa ◽  
Levison Maunganidze ◽  
Tholene Sodi
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Institution Of Higher Learning

scholarly journals Prevalence of Sexual Harassment in a Faith-Based Institution of Higher Learning in South-Western Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (13) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Okondu Ogechukwu Emmanuel ◽  
John Nwabiani ◽  
Afolabi Rachael Ayomide ◽  
Atulomah Nnodimele Sonny ◽  
Ikonta Peter C ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Ogun State ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Institution Of Higher Learning

Tertiary institutions are ivory towers where academic and moral excellences are expected to be promoted. However, it has become where sexual harassment is a common deviant practice. This study aimed to determine the knowledge and prevalence of sexual harassment among college students in a private institution in Ogun state, Nigeria. The study employed a cross-sectional survey design to enroll 394 college students across the undergraduate levels of the university, using a 22-item self-administered validated instrument by a multi-stage sampling procedure. Demographic characteristics, knowledge and prevalence of college students on sexual harassments were measured.  The mean age of respondents was 18.84 ± 1.833years, with majority (71%) being between ages 15–19, and 70% being females. About 39% and 38% respectively confirmed they have been victims of sexual harassment or know friends that have been harassed sexually. Level of knowledge on sexual harassment was 3.90 ± 0.866 and prevalence of sexual harassment was 4.88 ± 3.194 computed on a mean and standard deviation scale, translate to a prevalence score of 40.67%. Prevalence of Sexual Harassment was high among college student even though they had good Knowledge. A more proactive measures needs to be put in place to curb the menace in a Christian own institution of higher learning.

scholarly journals Life Roles and College Life: Exploring Experiences of International Female Students in Higher Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Beatrice Asante Somuah
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
College Life ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Analyse Data ◽  
Learning Institutions ◽  
Life Roles

Studies have identified that women enter higher learning institutions for personal enrichment and lifelong education. In spite of these benefits, societal perception and traditional roles affect women’s participation in formal education. This qualitative study sought to explore the experiences of female students on how they deal with their lifecycle roles as they access higher education outside their home countries. The study was conducted in a Kenyan university using seven graduate international female students. These participants were purposively selected for face-to-face interviews. Content analysis was used to analyse data based on similarities and differences. It was revealed that the female faced challenges such as psychological stress, financial problems and time constraints. They managed these roles through support from family and friends as well as the use of self-motivation strategies. It was therefore recommended that interventions geared towards the needs of these female students are developed by institutions who admit international students.

Two Seventeenth Century Hebrew Scholars: Thomas Fairfax and Edward Slaughter

1995 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 482-490
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Holt
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Recent Article ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Foreign Universities ◽  
Institution Of Higher Learning

Prevented by their refusal to take the Oath of Supremacy from being admitted to a degree at Oxford or Cambridge, Catholics—clerical or lay—who wished for higher education not infrequently attended foreign universities or colleges but there were those who achieved distinction in one branch or another of study without attending any institution of higher learning. One example of this was the subject of a recent article in Recusant History —the Jesuit astronomer Christopher Maire.

An Assessment of Gender Norms among Students Towards Equality in Higher Education

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M Sultana
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Gender Norms ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Region Of Residence ◽  
Student's Attitudes ◽  
Learning Institutions ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this paper is to assess gender norms among students towards equality in higher education in Malaysia. The study was conducted in two higher learning institutions such as International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) in Malaysia. A total of 300 students (77 males & 223 females) were selected as the respondents using purposive sampling method. A survey research design was employed in this study. Questionnaires were completed in a supervised setting by the research protocol. The first objective of this study was to assess student’s attitudes towards equality at higher education institutions. Results revealed that despite the majority of the respondents showed favorable attitudes towards equality; less favorable attitude towards gender equality was noted with respect on religious leadership and boys’ priority over girls in education. The study examined whether there is any difference between male and female student’s attitudes towards equality. Results showed that female students tended to have more egalitarian or non-traditional attitudes than male students towards equality. The paper analyzed the relationship between the demographic characteristics and student’s attitudes towards equality. The results revealed that the ethnicity, region of residence, father’s educational level have positive associations with student’s attitudes towards equality. Keywords-Equality, Inequality, Gender norms, Traditional, Non-traditional, Decision making

scholarly journals An Autoethnographic Narrative of the Relation between Sexuality and University in Post-Revolutionary Iran

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nassereddinali Taghavian
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Male Student ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Academic Life ◽  
Main Question ◽  
University Professors ◽  
University Professor ◽  
The Relationship

The main question that is addressed in this presentation is how we can interpret the situation of sexual relations in the context of higher education in Iran. The article is formed as an autoethnography, focusing on the relationship between sexuality and university in post-revolutionary Iran. Data are gathered from my own lived experiences at university both as a student and as a lecturer during about 25 years of academic life and interpreted by the technique of systematic introspection. I explore specific problems regarding sexuality at Iranian universities, such as sexual harassment and the relationship between male university professors and their female students. I conclude with a set of questions that require further investigations. The whole article, however, can be regarded as the process of the transformation from a sexually ignorant typical Iranian male student to a more or less gender-sensitive Iranian male university professor.

scholarly journals Gender and Civil Engineering in Higher Education: The Case of Mauritius

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 157
Author(s):  
Noshmee Devi Baguant
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Gender Disparity ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Gender Inequity ◽  
Undergraduate Female ◽  
Individual Conversations ◽  
Engineering Training

Engineering plays a crucial role in everyday life and is the backbone of growth and development of the world including Mauritius. To embrace development, higher education institutions have to ensure that students are equipped with appropriate knowledge and skills to meet the needs of the country. Unfortunately, data shows that there is an underlying gender disparity in civil engineering training in higher education. It is imperative to understand the causes of gender inequity in engineering in higher education. This paper summarises the findings obtained from in-depth critical individual conversations with three participants, which explored the under-representation of undergraduate female students in a civil engineering degree in a higher education institution in Mauritius. The aim was to find ways in which the recruitment of female students in higher education and advancement of women in the field of civil engineering can be achieved. The findings support the ‘non-visibility’ of civil engineering as a field to study by women and the need to fit in as an engineer by women. As a result of the research, recommendations were made to assist policy and decision makers to develop evidence-based policies to address gender inequity in engineering in higher education.

Research on Saving Energy and Reducing Cost of the Higher Learning Institution

2011 ◽  
Vol 99-100 ◽  
pp. 800-803
Author(s):  
Qing Yu Wang
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Saving Energy ◽  
Lead Agency ◽  
Reducing Energy ◽  
Institution Of Higher Learning

The work of energy saving in the Institution of higher learning was analyzed in the research, and the problems facing higher education on energy consumption were analysed. These measures were proposed that establishing lead agency, strengthening energy conservation regulation, conforming resources efficiently, optimizing resources and facilities, strengthening the publicity of saving, establishing energy-saving habits, detailing day to day management, reducing energy consumption effectively. Through the above measures, speeding up the process of energy saving higher education.

Study of the Plural Evaluation Indicators System and Evaluation Model in Physical Education Teaching in Institution of Higher Learning

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-181
Author(s):  
Chao Wang ◽  
Nan Gao
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Institution Of Higher Learning ◽  
The Evaluation System

This thesis makes serious discussion about the existing problems facing the evaluation system on physical education teaching in general institutes of higher education combining with the laws of physical teaching in general institutes of higher and education and establishes a set of new evaluation model on the physical education teaching in general institutes of higher education which is more comprehensive, manipulative and scientific.

Paying the Piper: Higher Education Financing and Academic Freedom

2013 ◽  
Vol 46 (01) ◽  
pp. 110-113
Author(s):  
John Mark Hansen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Freedom ◽  
The State ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Market Economies ◽  
Education Financing ◽  
Higher Education Financing ◽  
Democratic Societies ◽  
The University ◽  
Institution Of Higher Learning

The university occupies a peculiar space in democratic societies with market economies. Higher education serves the cause of democracy by fostering a more able and enlightened citizenry and the needs of the economy by producing a more skilled and creative workforce. The university likewise depends on the state and the market for its resources, for the tuitions, the grants, the contracts, the licenses, the royalties, and the gifts that are the lifeblood of every institution of higher learning.

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