Who Is Community Engagement For?: The Endless Loop of Democratic Transparency

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (11) ◽  
pp. 1565-1587
Author(s):  
Caroline W. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
State Legislatures ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
College And University ◽  
American Academia ◽  
Assessment Strategies ◽  
The U.S

This article approaches college and university community engagement as a publicity practice responding to complex pressures in the U.S. higher education field. Democracy initiatives in American academia encompass a range of civic activities in communities near and far, but the forces driving their production are decidedly nonlocal and top-down. Good intentions are no longer enough for colleges and universities facing crises on a number of fronts. Today’s community collaborations must be intensive, reciprocal, deliberative, and appreciative. This mission of democratic transparency pursued by institutions involves extensive efforts to certify civic empowerment for public audiences and funders, trade and professional associations, state legislatures, and federal regulators. A promotional perspective on community engagement in higher education shifts attention from the authentic grassroots transformations that are its putative focus to the larger processes driving this activity and its outcomes: not least, the pursuit of legitimacy through increasingly elaborate self-assessment strategies. This endless loop—and its demands that engagement be ever more democratic and transparent, in its practice and in its evaluation—demonstrates not only the reach of promotional transparency, but its characteristic shape and reflexive organizational routines.

Thriving in Academia: Understanding and Managing the Complexities of Faculty Work

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ketevan Mamiseishvili
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Research ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Work Setting ◽  
Higher Education Research ◽  
Faculty Work ◽  
College And University ◽  
Teaching Research ◽  
University Settings

In this paper, I will illustrate the changing nature and complexity of faculty employment in college and university settings. I will use existing higher education research to describe changes in faculty demographics, the escalating demands placed on faculty in the work setting, and challenges that confront professors seeking tenure or administrative advancement. Boyer’s (1990) framework for bringing traditionally marginalized and neglected functions of teaching, service, and community engagement into scholarship is examined as a model for balancing not only teaching, research, and service, but also work with everyday life.

Setting the Vision for Campus Outreach and Engagement

2021 ◽  
pp. 274-284
Author(s):  
David M. Deggs
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
College And University ◽  
American Higher Education ◽  
University Leaders ◽  
Student Benefits

Outreach and engagement are essential functions of American higher education. Despite having historical commitment and missions aligned to community engagement, many colleges and universities struggle to prioritize community engagement efforts within and across institutions. Community engagement is often viewed as a lesser priority behind teaching and research and is thus an afterthought. This chapter explores the development of community engagement in American higher education in the 20th century and key initiatives that underscore its importance to fulfilling college and university missions and goals. Motivation and rewards for faculty along with student benefits are also explored. Finally, actions that should be taken by college and university leaders to ensure that community engagement is prioritized are discussed.

(Re) Defining Leadership in Higher Education in the U.S.

2017 ◽  
pp. 567-579 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine H. Monaghan ◽  
Marius Boboc
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Current Level ◽  
Board Members ◽  
University Administration ◽  
Business World ◽  
Leadership And Management ◽  
College And University ◽  
Academic Fields ◽  
Leadership In Higher Education ◽  
The U.S

Any attempt to operationalize the concepts of strategic leadership and management has to take into account contextual factors that help shape them including the current level of interplay demonstrated in a variety of business and academic fields. Today's information society has particular characteristics that extend some of the leadership principles that evolved into authentic, distributive, or visionary strands. While the business world and higher education represent realms that are significantly different from one another, allowing them to support each other would benefit CEOs, Board Members, and college and university administration alike in terms of supporting societal change in a convergent manner.

scholarly journals Conceptualizing Community Engagement: Starting a Campus-Wide Dialogue

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony M. Starke ◽  
Keristiena Shenouda ◽  
Deborah Smith-Howell
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Analysis Phase ◽  
Metropolitan Universities ◽  
The University ◽  
And Linguistics

Institutions of higher education are increasingly compelled to produce evidence that illustrates their contribution to society. In this age of demonstrating value added, self-assessment is critical for urban and metropolitan universities. This study will explore the design and implementation of a landscape analysis – phase one of an in-depth self-assessment – at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO). This process is intended to help universities gain a better understanding of how community engagement is conceptualized and institutionalized on their campus. A thorough understanding of the meaning of, and linguistics associated with, community engagement is imperative for the creation of community engagement measurement and assessment mechanisms. The authors will share the methodology and key findings, which include the discovery of domains of community engagement and acknowledgement of a spectrum of engagement. 

scholarly journals Differences in the Age-varying Association of School Belonging with Socioemotional Flourishing among Minority and Non-minority College and University Students

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas J. Parr
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Minority Students ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
White Students ◽  
School Belonging ◽  
Varying Coefficient Models ◽  
College And University ◽  
The U.S

School belonging is linked with socioemotional wellbeing and academic achievement, but an important question is whether school belonging or its effects vary for college or university students of minority identities. A number of outcomes associated with school belonging, including positive social relationships, perceptions of a fulfilling life, self-respect, optimism, and self-efficacy, are interlinked by the concept of socioemotional flourishing. This study aimed to assess the age-varying prevalence of and association between school belonging and flourishing among sexual or gender minority (SGM) and racial or ethnic minority (REM) students compared with non-minority students in the U.S. higher education setting. Data were drawn from a large national survey of U.S. college and university students ages 18–26, and were examined using varying-coefficient models to estimate the relation of school belonging and flourishing as a continuous function of age. SGM students (n = 6,718) had significantly lower belonging and flourishing than cisgender heterosexual students (n = 19,492) across all age points, and compared to white students (n= 16,444), REM students (n = 10,539) endorsed significantly lower belonging and flourishing at several age points. The association of belonging with flourishing was found to be significantly greater for SGM students than for cisgender heterosexual students across all ages, while age-varying associations for REM and white students were more complex. Findings of this study underline the unique importance and magnitude of the role of school belonging in socioemotional flourishing for SGM young adults, and highlight potential avenues for prevention of negative psychosocial and substance use outcomes among both SGM and REM college and university students.

scholarly journals Learning Approaches Related to Perception of Assessment in Students at Higher Education Level

sjesr ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 135-140
Author(s):  
Asima Jaffar ◽  
Dr. Saeed Anwar ◽  
Dr. Syed Manzoor Hussain Shah
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Alternate Assessment ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Assessment Task ◽  
Master Level ◽  
Assessment Procedures ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Assessment Strategies

The students' perception of classroom assessment impacts their approaches towards learning. Therefore, it is a demand for Higher education institutions to reassess their assessment procedures to face the challenges posed by the changing world, and to increase the competencies of the students for their workplaces in the future. The present study aims to correlate students’ learning approaches and their perception of assessment task at higher education level, using canonical analysis. The sample consisted of 468 master level students, selected randomly, of 10 general universities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Results showed that students relied on surface strategies, leading to cramming, which was allied with a high degree of authenticity of assessment. Alternate assessment strategies like peer and self-assessment can encourage conceptual learning in students and turn will help them become competent at the workplace.

Cross-culture outcomes of a brazilian professor Fulbright in the USA

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (50) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Marcelo Da Silva Leite ◽  
Celeste Gaia
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Cross Culture ◽  
College And University ◽  
Governmental Agencies ◽  
The Past ◽  
University Curriculum ◽  
Fulbright Scholar ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Higher Education Costs

Over the past decade due the expansion of globalization there has been an increasing emphasis on internationalization among faculty, administration and accrediting agencies in the Higher Education.  Although to promote internationalization in the Higher Education, costs are a big challenge, one way to have the international actions with low cost, it is seeking for grants from different governmental agencies and foundations.The Fulbright Scholar program provides a long-standing and externally-funded means for internationalizing college and university curriculum. This article is going to share the perspective   of a Brazilian Fulbright Scholar at an American college and the institution perspective of the Fulbright scholar participation at the College.

Student Perceptions of Face-to-Face and Online Discussions: The Advantage Goes To . . .

2008 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina A. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Affirmative Action ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Online Discussions ◽  
Political Tolerance ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Face ◽  
Online Setting ◽  
And Gender

Thirteen students in a graduate-level course on Historical and Policy Perspectives in Higher Education held face-to-face and online discussions on five controversial topics: Diversity, Academic Freedom, Political Tolerance, Affirmative Action, and Gender. Students read materials on each topic and generated questions for discussion that were categorized by Bloom’s taxonomy so that the level of questions in the two discussion settings would be closely parallel. Upon completion of each discussion, they answered questions that addressed depth and length of the discussion, ability to remember, and a self-assessment of how the student learned. Students’ assessments show a consistent preference for the face-to-face discussion but a small number of students preferred the online setting. However, what is perhaps more interesting is a minority of approximately one-third of the students who perceived no difference between the settings, or that the two settings were perhaps complementary.

ANALISIS KINERJA KEUANGAN IAIN PONTIANAK TAHUN 2014-2018 BERDASARKAN PENDEKATAN BALANCE SCORECARD

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
JATRIANA B2041142013
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Six Sigma ◽  
Balance Scorecard ◽  
The Balanced Scorecard ◽  
College And University ◽  
University Planning ◽  
Education Journal ◽  
Study Application

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengukur kinerja keuangan kampus IAIN Pontianak menggunakan pendekatan Balance Scorecard. Metode penelitian ini adalah kuantitatif dengan menggunakan statistika untuk menganalisis sampel yang digunakan sebanyak 664 orang mahasiswa dan 193 orang dosen dan pegawai. Hasil penelitian menyatakan bahwa variabel perspektif pelanggan, perpektif bisnis internal dan variabel perspektif pertumbuhan dan pembelajaran, masing-masing berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap peningkatan kinerja keuangan IAIN Pontianak.Kata Kunci : Balance Scorecard, IAIN Pontianak, Kinerja KeuanganDAFTAR PUSTAKA Andriyanto, R. W., & Metalia, M. (2010). Efektivitas Balanced Scorecard Dalam Maningkatkan Kinerja Manajerial Badan Usaha Milik Negara (Bumn). Jurnal Akuntansi dan Investasi, 11(2), 97-114.Arikunto, S. 1992. Prosedur penelitian: Suatu pendekatan praktik. Rineka Cipta.Bastian, Indra. 2006. Akutansi Sektor Publik, Suatu Pengantar. Jakarta: Airlangga.Brown, Cindy. 2012. Application of the Balanced Scorecard in Higher Education: Opportunities and Challenges - An Evaluation of Balanced Scorecard Implementation at the College of St. Scolastica. SCUP; Society for College and University Planning. www.scup.org/phe.html.Effendi, R. (2012). Pengukuran Kinerja Sektor Publik Dengan Menggunakan Balanced Scorecard (Studi Kasus Kanwil DJP Sumsel dan Kep. Babel). Jurnal Ilmiah Stie Mdp, 1(2), 67-73.Gaspersz, Vicent. 2002. Sistem Manajemen Kinerja Terintegrasi: Balanced Scorecard dengan Six Sigma untuk Organisasi Bisnis dan Pemerintah. Cet ke-3, Jakarta: Gramedia Pustaka UtamaHandayani, S. (2017). Analisis Balanced Scorecard Sebagai Tolok Ukur Kinerja Perusahaan Pada Pt Pos Indonesia ( Persero ) Lamongan. Jurnal Penelitian Ekonomi dan Akuntansi, II(3), 589-601.IAIN Pontianak. 2019. “Sistem Informasi Akademik Institut Agama Islam Negeri Pontianak.” Mahasiswa IAIN Pontianak. www.sia.iainptk.ac.id.Kaplan, S. Robert, and David P. Norton. 2000. Balanced Scorecard, Menerapkan Strategi Menjadi Aksi. Jakarta: Penerbit Erlangga.Karathanos, Dementrius, and Patricia Karathanos. 2005. “Appliying the Balanced Scoredard to Education.” Journal of Education for Business: 222–30.Kemenristek Dikti RI. 2019. “Pangkalan Data Pendidikan Tinggi:  Kementrian Riset , Teknologi, Dan Pendidikan Tinggi.” Tenaga Pendidik  IAIN Pontianak. www/forlap.ristekdikti.go.id.Kementrian Agama RI. 2019. “Seleksi Prestasi Akademik Nasional APerguruan Tinggi Keagamaan Islam Negeri.” SPAN PTKIN 2019. https://span-ptkin.ac.id.Mahsun, Muhammad. 2006. Pengukuran Kinerja Sektor Publik. 1st ed. Yogyakarta: BPFE.Mardiasmo. 2004. Akuntansi Sektor Publik. 1st ed. Yogyakarta: BPFE.Mulyadi. 2007. Balanced Scorecard, Alat Manajemen Kontemporer Untuk Pelipatganda Kinerja Keuangan Perusahaan. 1st ed. Jakarta: Penerbit Salemba Empat.Nugrahini, I. A. P., Ratnadi, N. M. D., & Putri, I. G. A. M. A. D. (2016). Penilaian Kinerja Berdasarkan Balanced Scorecard Pada Badan Penanaman Modal Dan Perijinan Daerah Kabupaten Tabanan. E-Jurnal Ekonomi dan Bisnis Universitas Udayana, 5(4), 829-856.Rollins, Andrea Mae. 2011. “A Case Study: Application of Balanced Scorecard in Hingher Education.” PhD Dissertation. San Diego State University.Singarimbun, Masri, and Sofian Effendi. 1989. Metode Penelitian Survey. Jakarta: LP3ES.Sugiono. 2005. Metode Penelitian Bisnis. Bandung: Alfabeta.Suta, I. W. P., & Dwiastuti, G. A. A. S. A. (2016). Pengukuran Kinerja Dengan Pendekatan Balanced Scorecard Pada Kantor Pusat Pt Bank Pembangunan Daerah Bali. Jurnal Bisnis Dan Kewirausahaan, 12(1), 32-41.Syarbaini, Khatib. 1986. “Fakultas Tarbiyah (Ketikan Manual).”Yassin, A., Musadieq, M. A., & Afrianty, T. W. (2016). Pengaruh Balanced Scorecard Dan Knowledge Management Terhadap Kinerja Karyawan Dan Kinerja Perusahaan (Studi Pada Karyawan Pt Semen Indonesia (Persero) Tbk). Jurnal Administrasi Bisnis, 33(2), 125-134.

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