The Challenges of Agenda Conflict in Higher-Education-Community Research Partnerships: Views from the Community Side

2004 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Ferman ◽  
T. L. Hill
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Community Research ◽  
Research Partnerships ◽  
Education Community

The vocational route to higher education in Finland: Students’ backgrounds, choices and study experiences

2021 ◽  
pp. 147490412199626
Author(s):  
Nina Haltia ◽  
Ulpukka Isopahkala-Bouret ◽  
Annukka Jauhiainen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Educational Backgrounds ◽  
Mature Students ◽  
Academic Track ◽  
Education Community ◽  
Institutional Structures ◽  
Upper Secondary ◽  
Institutional Habitus

Division between academic and vocational education is a predominant feature of both upper secondary and higher education in Finland as well as in many other country contexts. This article focuses on a minority of higher education students, those who have not proceeded to higher education through the traditional academic track but have enrolled through the vocational route. We deploy the concept of institutional habitus and utilize Eurostudent VI survey data ( N=7318) to analyse the backgrounds and study experiences of higher education students with different kinds of educational backgrounds. Our findings indicate that those enrolling through the vocational route are more often mature students from lower parental educational backgrounds. They have often completed a longer study path and began to see themselves as future higher education students later in their life course. There are also differences in how students with diverse educational backgrounds experience their sense of belonging to the higher education community. This paper focuses on Finland but has relevance for other European countries as the institutional structures and practices discussed in this paper are evident internationally.

scholarly journals What makes or breaks higher education community engagement in the South African rural school context: A multiple-partner perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugene Gabriel Machimana ◽  
Maximus Monaheng Sefotho ◽  
Liesel Ebersöhn
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
School Context ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Rural School ◽  
Multiple Partner ◽  
Social Challenges ◽  
Education Community ◽  
Wide Range

The purpose of this study is to inform global citizenship practice as a higher education agenda by comparing the retrospective experiences of a range of community engagement partners and including often silent voices of non-researcher partners. Higher education–community engagement aims to contribute to social justice as it constructs and transfers new knowledge from the perspectives of a wide range of community engagement partners. This qualitative secondary analysis study was framed theoretically by the transformative–emancipatory paradigm. Existing case data, generated on retrospective experiences of community engagement partners in a long-term community engagement partnership, were conveniently sampled to analyse and compare a range of community engagement experiences ( parents of student clients ( n = 12: females 10, males 2), teachers from the partner rural school ( n = 18: females 12, males 6), student-educational psychology clients ( n = 31: females 14, males 17), Academic Service-Learning ( ASL) students ( n = 20: females 17, males 3) and researchers ( n = 12: females 11, males 1). Following thematic in-case and cross-case analysis, it emerged that all higher education–community engagement partners experienced that socio-economic challenges (defined as rural school adversities, include financial, geographic and social challenges) are addressed when an higher education–community engagement partnership exists, but that particular operational challenges (communication barriers, time constraints, workload and unclear scope, inconsistent feedback, as well as conflicting expectations) hamper higher education–community engagement partnership. A significant insight from this study is that a range of community engagement partners experience similar challenges when a university and rural school partner. All community engagement partners experienced that higher education–community engagement is challenged by the structural disparity between the rural context and operational miscommunication.

scholarly journals Emergency Remote Teaching during COVID-19: A Comparison of Student Perceptions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Fuchs
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Hybrid Learning ◽  
Perceived Performance ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Education Community ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The World

The pandemic has shaken up the higher education landscape around the world, with responses from institutions falling into three categories: retaining in-class teaching with social distancing, adopting hybrid models (blended learning, limiting the number of students on campus), or transitioning to fully online teaching. However, there is a significant difference between emergency remote teaching and a genuine shift to online/hybrid learning, with the key distinguishing term being “emergency.” In response to the global pandemic, the higher education community is now working on the continuous development of action plans in a quest to identify means to manage the crisis more efficiently. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the perceived performance of ERT from the perspective of undergraduate students. For that purpose, samples (n=332) were taken in two different geographical settings, i.e., Thailand and Sweden. Moreover, it is the objective to compare both samples and identify similarities and inadequacies which help stakeholders to manage ERT more efficiently in the future.

scholarly journals MANAGEMEN PENDIDIKAN TINGGI TANTANGAN DAN PERMASALAHANNYA PADA ABAD KE 21

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kudrat Dukalang
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Economic Globalization ◽  
Global Society ◽  
Education Management ◽  
Education Community ◽  
The World ◽  
Technology Revolution ◽  
Keywords Education

Abstract. Globalization that has been going on rapidly since the 1980s has led to very basic social, economic and political changes in all countries. The world of higher education which adheres to universalism in science and technology actually always pays attention and considers that the Indonesian education community is part of a global society. In the next 1015 years, Indonesian universities will face a variety of major challenges that need to be responded wisely. Economic globalization and the information technology revolution is a huge force affecting the world of Indonesian universities. Keywords: Education Management, Challenges, Problems, Globalization Abstrak. Globalisasi yang sedang berlangsung dengan cepat sejak dekade 1980-an telah menimbulkan perubahan sosial, ekonomi dan politik yang sangat mendasar pada semua negara.  Dunia pendidikan tinggi yang menganut faham universialisme ilmu pengetahuan dan teknologi sebenarnya selalu memperhatikan dan mempertimbangkan bahwa masyarakat pendidikan Indonesia adalah bagian dari masyarakat global. Pada kurun waktu 10-15 tahun ke depan, perguruan tinggi Indonesia akan menghadapi berbagai tantangan besar yang perlu di respons dengan bijaksana. Globalisasi ekonomi dan revolusi teknologi informasi merupakan kekuatan yang amat besar mempengaruhi dunia perguruan tinggi Indonesia. Kata Kunci: Managemen Pendidikan, Tantangan, Permasalahan, Globalisasi

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