Higher education—an image-boosting business?

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mats Alvesson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
University Education ◽  
Abstract Thinking ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Academic Degree ◽  
And Function ◽  
Role And Function ◽  
Business And Management

In this chapter, I continue to address higher education. A key question is the role and function of higher education, especially the universities, in contemporary society. Is it primarily a vehicle for the improvement of knowledge and intellectual qualifications? Or is it about other issues? As hinted at in Chapter 4, there seems to be a lot of variation and a lot of shakiness concerning learning and improvement of cognitive capacities for all or the vast majority of students. A second key question is what the signifier ‘university’ means (in the context of education). Does it mean anything particular or is it just a label intended to trigger positive responses and then work as an umbrella for all kinds of activities? This raises the question as to what extent the entire sector in itself, rather than merely certain arrangements within higher education institutions, can be viewed as an illusion (i.e., not accomplishing what it increasingly claims that it represents and achieves). Higher education is perhaps better at producing degrees, documentation for CVs, and keeping young people out of unemployment for a few years than producing knowledge and people who are good at critical and abstract thinking, seeing patterns, and analysing problems. A third key question concerns the benefits of higher education for individuals. Do people, on the whole, gain from higher education and, if so, in what ways? This chapter is rather broad in scope. It starts with critically examining to what extent higher education—here,meaning primarily university education— leads to qualifications and whether an academic degree offers a clear message about the graduate’s ability. These questions are related to, and trigger further consideration of, inflation tendencies in the entire educational sector, but in particular in universities. One potentially significant and problematic outcome of the inflation is over-education; i.e., the number of graduates strongly exceeds the number of jobs for which their formal education and degrees indicate they are qualified. A heavily expanded, and often dominating, area of education is business and management studies. I give this sector some extra attention in the chapter, as it is my own sector.

scholarly journals The Role of Library Councils in Canadian Higher Education: An Exploratory Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 140-158
Author(s):  
Eva Revitt ◽  
Sean Luyk
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Governance Structures ◽  
Discussion Forums ◽  
Canadian Universities ◽  
Canadian Higher Education ◽  
Governance Practice ◽  
And Function ◽  
The University ◽  
Role And Function

Scholarship exploring the makeup, function, and efficacy of collegial governance structures within the context of Canadian higher education is limited and primarily focused on the board or the senate. This paper expands that scholarship by focusing on the governance structures of the university library. The objective of this study was to determine the extent of library councils in Canadian universities and to examine their composition, role, and function as evidenced in their governing documents. Using Karl Mannheim’s document method to analyze the terms of reference of 23 library councils, findings reveal that, overwhelmingly, library councils function as information-sharing and discussion forums rather than decision-making bodies. The paper concludes with a review of progressive language and governance practice as gathered from the document analysis.

scholarly journals DIGITAL REORIENTATION OF ISLAMIC HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDONESIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 151
Author(s):  
Kastolani Kastolani
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Times ◽  
And Function ◽  
Role And Function

The digital era and rapid technological developments require responses from various institutions to be able to survive and be able to use it well. Islamic education also needs to respond to this. Therefore, the reorientation of Islamic education in the digital era is important to discuss. This article aims to discuss various thoughts related to the reorientation of Islamic education in the digital era. The discussion is focused on approaches, models, and methods in Islamic studies at Islamic higher education using descriptive analysis. This article recommends the reorientation of Islamic education in the digital era can be done through three things, namely first, with a historical approach, second, by avoiding pseudo-diversification models, and third, by using Blended e-learning methods. Thus the Islamic Higher Education institutions can carry out its role and function in education that is sensitive to the times and at the same time the manifestation of Islam as rahmatanlil 'alamin in the digital era. Keywords: Blended E-Learning, Digital Era, and Technology.

scholarly journals The role and function of sport economic studies on higher education

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 53-55
Author(s):  
Attila Borbély
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
International Higher Education ◽  
Master Program ◽  
Jel Code ◽  
And Function ◽  
Role And Function ◽  
Economic Studies

Sport economy is a new discipline in domestic and international higher education. In this paper I would like to introduce the present situation and experiencies of sport correlation with economic sciences. I am looking for the answer, for what role and possibilities does sport economic master program in Hungary have. JEL code: Z2

The spectral scientists of corridor B: Neoliberalization and its ghosts in higher education

2021 ◽  
pp. 0308518X2110548
Author(s):  
Kerry Holden
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Policy ◽  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Institutional Management ◽  
New Public ◽  
Moral Economies ◽  
And Function ◽  
Role And Function

This paper examines the role and function of science as a vocation in contemporary higher education. In recent decades, universities have expanded and reorganized their resources and expertise around commercially viable research avenues. All the signs point towards the creep of new public management coupled with neoliberal economic policy that starting in the 1980s had introduced accountability, standardization and internal competitiveness into public sector institutions. In this paper, I examine how the idea of the vocation is produced in higher education institutes using the example of an internal research audit that was carried out in a major research-led university between 2002 and 2005. I examine its impacts on biomedical scientists who lost access to laboratory space, a move that effectively ended their research careers. These scientists were redeployed to teaching-only positions and shortly thereafter, resurrected as ghostly reminders of the effects of audit. While teaching-only staff echoed Foucauldian critique in exposing the power/knowledge matrices of institutional management, it was their spatialization as spectres stalking the edges of research that revealed how the moral economies of science are valorized not in resistance to neoliberalization but as constitutive of it.

Mahaffy and Wilde

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alastair J. L. Blanshard
Keyword(s):  
Trinity College ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Classical Education ◽  
Vital Part ◽  
Greek History ◽  
And Function ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Role And Function

This chapter explores the relationship between Wilde and his Trinity College Classics tutor, John Pentland Mahaffy. This complex relationship played a vital part in the formation of Wilde’s distinctive version of Hellenism. It was a troubled relationship. Wilde and Mahaffy disagreed about politics, sexuality, religion, the course of Greek history, and the role and function of classical education. Examining these points of disagreement brings into clear relief a number of important contours in Wilde’s attitudes to the Greeks. Mahaffy, through his life and writing, provoked Wilde into defining precisely what the Greeks meant to Wilde, how they might be studied, and their value to contemporary society.

scholarly journals Pedagogies of Academic Writing in Teacher Education: from Epistemology to Practice and back again

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Beighton ◽  
Alison Blackman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Teacher Identity ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Academic Context ◽  
And Function ◽  
Uk Higher Education ◽  
Role And Function

TThis paper discusses barriers to the development of academic writing, in the area of teacher education in UK higher education . We first situate these issues in a higher education context increasingly defined by new technologies and diverse cohorts of higher education students. Drawing on empirical data obtained from interviews with both students and teachers (N=21), we then critically examine a range of perspectives on the definition, role and function of academic literacy in this contemporary context. Findings include useful insights into the development of writing skills and teacher identity, but they also reveal fundamental differences in the epistemological presuppositions of those teaching academic writing. These accounts are reflected in significant differences in pedagogy, and raise important questions for practice which, although potentially irresolvable, may help to explain some of the difficulties which emerge when trying to teach academic writing. Such fundamental issues, we argue, need to be at least recognized if  teachers hope to develop the writing capacity of trainee teachers in an academic context.

scholarly journals MEMBANGUN PELAYANAN PUBLIK YANG PRIMA : STRATEGI MANAJEMEN HUMAS DALAM PENYAMPAIAN PROGRAM UNGGULAN DI LEMBAGA PENDIDIKAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (02) ◽  
pp. 191
Author(s):  
Qoimah Qoimah
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Management Level ◽  
Institutional Management ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Alternative Choice ◽  
And Function ◽  
Role And Function

The presence of educational institutions as an alternative choice for students.their scientific repertoire is felt quite useful. To further enhance the role and participation. non-formal education institutions in the community then the existence of a public relations figure required. Roles and duties of public relations here to represent the existence and image of educational institutions in addition to addressing all forms of problems related to public relations. The problem that arises is the role and function of a public relations practitioner is perceived not enough role and important then not many educational institutions that set up a separate department for the public relations department. The existence of this public relations should be at the top level of management so that it can provide input at the institutional management level. The concepts used in relation to this writing are related to the functions and roles of Public Relations, Public Relations management strategies and communication strategies of educational institutions. To get a good image is required a good management strategy, one of which is to improve the relationship with the parties that establish cooperation with educational institutions in this case represented by a public relations. Given the importance of role and function public relations then it is appropriate that its presence is also considered in educational institutions.

scholarly journals Inklusivitas Masjid Sebagai Perekat Sosial

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-96
Author(s):  
Lukman Fajariyah
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Unity ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Function ◽  
Islamic Civilization ◽  
Role And Function

In the history of Islamic civilization, the mosque is a center of worship and a place for social interaction. Based on this phenomenon, this paper tries to explore the role and function of the Ash-Shiddiiqi Mosque in social life. The social unity bound by the Ash-Shiddiiqi Mosque aims to strengthen the social relations of the community members in the Demangan Kidul neighborhood of Yogyakarta in order to realize an inclusive mosque. The method used in this study is a qualitative-descriptive method using the sociology approach of Emile Durkheim's theory of solidarity. This theory of solidarity becomes an analytical tool to reveal the role and function of the Ash-Shiddiiqi Mosque in an effort to strengthen individual relationships with other individuals in the Demangan Kidul Yogyakarta environment. The findings resulting from this research that; First, the Ash-Shiddiiqi Mosque is a place of worship that has a role and social social function such as the existence of a TPA (Taman Pendidikan Alquran) educational institution as a supporting facility in providing access to non-formal education to the community. Routine programs for pilgrims and the surrounding community are in the form of daily, weekly, monthly and yearly activities. Secondly, the inclusiveness of the Ash-Shiddiiqi Mosque in involving citizens in each of its programs which aims to strengthen social relations.

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