Generational Expectations and Experiences of Higher Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 45-70
Author(s):  
Jennie Bristow ◽  
Sarah Cant ◽  
Anwesa Chatterjee
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
21St Century ◽  
The Other ◽  
Student Debt ◽  
Observation Study ◽  
The Public ◽  
Progressive Development ◽  
Public Imagination

This chapter draws on qualitative data from the Mass Observation Study and interviews with students to explore how members of the general public, and prospective and current students, frame the meaning of Higher Education, both in policy terms and according to their own experience. This analysis highlights a central contradiction within the position held by the 21st century University in the public imagination. On one hand, expansion is regarded as a progressive development, and there is a striking generosity and optimism in the ways that the provision of this experience for more young people is discussed. On the other, there are widespread concerns about the motivations and effects of massification, including the normalisation of student debt, the diminishing value of degrees, and the quality of education provided.

scholarly journals Arbeid in publieke en private sectoren vergeleken

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Smulders ◽  
Irene Houtman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
The Other ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
Public Sectors ◽  
Emotional Strain

Work in public and private sectors compared Work in public and private sectors compared During the past years, Dutch media made mention of work problems and social unrest in the public sectors. However, research did not focus very strongly on the quality of work in these sectors. Therefore the aim of this article is to describe working conditions and terms of employment in the public sectors in comparison with the private sectors in the Netherlands. The data used were gathered by TNO and Statistics Netherlands in 2010 with the annual Netherlands Working Conditions Survey. The 2010-sample contained 23.000 workers, representative for the Dutch work force.The analyses – centered on 10 public and 10 private sectors – show clearly that mental-emotional strain is higher in the public sectors than in private sectors. On the other hand, physical strain, dangerous work and irregular working hours, are encountered more frequently in the private sectors. In the public sectors employees work more with permanent contracts and in shorter working weeks. Work uncertainty is seen above average in the financial and commercial services and in the transportation sector, but also in government departments, the judiciary and the police. Feelings of burn out are found most often in the three educational sectors. Pay satisfaction is highest among workers in the financial services, higher education and government departments, and lowest in the police and the hotel and catering industry. On average overall work satisfaction is highest in the public sectors.In addition, the analyses show that the 10 public sectors cannot be seen as one whole; the same is true for the 10 private sectors. As far as the quality of work is concerned, government departments, local governments, provinces and higher education resemble commercial and financial services. But primary and secondary education, health care and the police differ significantly from the other public sectors.

Education and problems of the labour market

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (7) ◽  
pp. 25-36
Author(s):  
Mirosław Szreder
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Young People ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Academic Education ◽  
Adult Age ◽  
The Public

The aim of the article is to answer the question whether it would be appropriate to reduce the percentage of young people who decide to complete the higher education before taking up employment. Increasing lack of employees in Poland and the attempts undertaken by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in order to improve the quality of academic education by moving away from mass education, make this question extremely current. The research uses data for the years 2008—2017 taken from the resources of the OECD, Statistics Poland and the Public Opinion Research Center. The results of the conducted analyses, considering all levels of education, indicated that people who completed tertiary education, both in Poland and abroad, are characterised by the highest economic activity rate and are the most willing to take part in vocational programmes at an adult age. For many years, graduates of higher education institutions in Poland have been the least exposed to unemployment. Taking into account other benefits from education — in individual and social terms — the claim that the economic or social development of the country will be facilitated by the reduction of the percentage of young people obtaining higher education is not justified.

PENERAPAN iLEARNING SURVEY (iSur) DALAM MENINGKATKAN KUALITAS SISTEM INFORMASI SELAMA PROSES PEMBELAJARAN DI PERGURUAN TINGGI RAHARJA

CCIT Journal ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-354
Author(s):  
Untung Rahardja ◽  
Muhamad Yusup ◽  
Ana Nurmaliana
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
The Other ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Faculty Performance ◽  
Satisfaction Measurement ◽  
Valid Information

The accuracy and reliability is the quality of the information. The more accurate and reliable, the more information it’s good quality. Similarly, a survey, the better the survey, the more accurate the information provided. Implementation of student satisfaction measurement to the process of teaching and learning activities on the quality of the implementation of important lectures in order to get feedback on the assessed variables and for future repair. Likewise in Higher Education Prog has undertaken the process of measuring student satisfaction through a distributed questioner finally disemester each class lecture. However, the deployment process questioner is identified there are 7 (seven) problems. However, the problem can be resolved by the 3 (three) ways of solving problems one of which is a system of iLearning Survey (Isur), that is by providing an online survey to students that can be accessed anywhere and anytime. In the implementation shown a prototype of Isur itself. It can be concluded that the contribution Isur system can maximize the decision taken by the Higher Education Prog. By using this Isur system with questions and evaluation forms are submitted and given to the students and the other colleges. To assess the extent to which the campus has grown and how faculty performance in teaching students class, and can be used as a media Isur valid information for an assessment of activities throughout college.

The Influence of the Established Links between University Courses on the Quality of Teaching

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-48
Author(s):  
Jiří Rybička ◽  
Petra Čačková
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
The Other ◽  
Coherent System ◽  
University Courses ◽  
Quality Of Teaching ◽  
Education Courses ◽  
Initial Knowledge

One of the tools to determine the recommended order of the courses to be taught is to set the prerequisites, that is, the conditions that have to be fulfilled before commencing the study of the course. The recommended sequence of courses is to follow logical links between their logical units, as the basic aim is to provide students with a coherent system according to the Comenius' principle of continuity. Declared continuity may, on the other hand, create organizational complications when passing through the study, as failure to complete one course may result in a whole sequence of forced deviations from the recommended curriculum and ultimately in the extension of the study period. This empirical study deals with the quantitative evaluation of the influence of the level of initial knowledge given by the previous study on the overall results in a certain follow-up course. In this evaluation, data were obtained that may slightly change the approach to determining prerequisites for higher education courses.

scholarly journals Os Dois Lados da Mesma Moeda: Urbicídio e Juvenicídio na Realidade Brasileira

ILUMINURAS ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (47) ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovane Antonio Scherer ◽  
Marco Pereira Dilligenti ◽  
Ricardo Souza Araujo
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Right To The City ◽  
The Public ◽  
Resistance Movements ◽  
The Social ◽  
The City ◽  
Two Sides

O  presente artigo articula dois fenômenos aparentemente  distintos, o Urbicídio e o Juvenicídio, enquanto expressões da crise estrutural do capital., que se agrava no Brasil e nos demais países dependentes no atual quadro. A cidade é palco de um modelo neoliberal que segrega a classe trabalhadora dos direitos acessados nos grandes centros urbanos, sendo as periferias desprovidas de equipamentos públicos. As juventudes, mesmo que legalmente reconhecidas comosujeito de direitos, são vítimas da  ausência  de políticas sociais, principalmente nas periferias, territórios violados pelo Estado Penal. As políticas públicas até então constituídas promovem ações limitadas focadas no recrutamento de jovens no mercado de trabalho desassociadas de políticas públicas de proteção social básica, cada vez mais precarizadas. No entanto, as juventudes, plenas de potencialidades, podem protagonizar movimentos de resistência a este projeto societário, que exclui, encarcera e mata.Palavras-Chave: Juventudes, Território, Juvenicídio, Urbicídio THE TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN: Urbicide and Youthicide in Brasilian Reality.Abstract: The present article discuss two apparently distinct phenomena, Urbicide and Youthicide, as expressions of the structural crisis of capital, which is aggravated in Brazil and in the other dependent countries in the present conjuncture. The city is the stage of a neoliberal model that segregates the  working class, without right to the city  and  the social services.The youth, even if legally recognized as subject of rights, are victims of the absence of social policies, mainly in the peripheries, territories violated by the Criminal State. The public policies e promote limited actions focused on the recruitment of young people in the labor market disassociated with public policies of basic social protection, increasingly precarized. However, youths, full of potentialities, can carry out resistance movements to this project which excludes, imprisons and kills.Keywords: Youth,Territory,Youthcide, Urbicide

Determinants of Controlling in a Non-Public Higher Education Institution in Poland

2014 ◽  
pp. 342-350
Author(s):  
Elżbieta Janczyk-Strzała
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Other ◽  
Financial Security ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
Strategic Decisions

The basis of any business, including non-public Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), is financial security, which is ensured by achieving sufficiently high profits and financial liquidity. Especially in these times, a rapidly changing market, the competition, and the upcoming birth rate forces HEIs to optimize operational and strategic decisions. On one hand, it creates new opportunities for non-public HEIs, but on the other, it is a source of danger for the future of their operations. Therefore, they must not only overcome the difficulties encountered in everyday life but also try to respond to the challenges posed by their environment, demonstrating the special care to ensure the efficiency of their operations. They must not only try to increase the quality of offered services or manage their funds rationally but with equal attention should “invest” in modern management methods and concepts. Through the use of controlling, contemporary non-public HEIs are able to choose an optimum variant of decision facilitating the achievement of their goals. In view of the above, this chapter discusses the special considerations relating to controlling HEIs from the point of view of increasing their effectiveness.

Management Quandary

2020 ◽  
pp. 140-157
Author(s):  
Jerrid P. Freeman ◽  
Karen J. Haley
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Skill Acquisition ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Multiple Relationships ◽  
The Public ◽  
Education Leaders ◽  
Institutional Structures ◽  
Higher Education Leaders ◽  
Business Acumen

Higher education is changing in significant ways and cannot continue to operate in the same ways it once functioned. This multifaceted complexity requires leaders to manage and lead not only the business enterprise of higher education, but also societal demands within the context of multiple institutional structures and values. Every leader must understand their role in managing and how to be nimble enough to respond and adapt to the needs of society, students, and business while also developing the quality of education and experience that restores the faith of the public in higher education. Higher education leaders must be willing to take on the management quandary before them—maintain a strong business acumen, manage the multiple relationships inside and outside the Academy, and address the needs of society and business in knowledge and skill acquisition. The current climate presents a scenario where it is difficult for a leader who focuses heavily on only one element and lacks the historical perspective of higher education to be successful.

scholarly journals Two decades of change in Dutch university art libraries

2009 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 24-28
Author(s):  
Martien Versteeg
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Art History ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Public ◽  
Dutch Art ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Many ◽  
Library User

In 1987 Chris Smeenk wrote in this journal about the libraries of the Dutch art historical institutes. In the 22 years that have since passed many changes have occurred, perhaps most notably the merging of the many autonomous institute libraries into larger ones. Has this led to a more professional approach or was it caused by a search for more efficiency? Does this really matter? The fact is that Smeenk, or any other library user familiar with Dutch art history libraries, would hardly recognise the situation at the end of the first decade of the 21st century. Maybe he would complain about the disappearance of the traditional academic institute librarian, but on the other hand he might be cheered by many other developments, such as the more central role of services for the public. Let’s take a look....

Assessment of the condition of public transport stop infrastructure. Case study: Poznań’s district Łazarz

2018 ◽  
Vol 121 ◽  
pp. 181-190
Author(s):  
Łukasz Koperski ◽  
Paweł Zmuda-Trzebiatowski
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Visual Quality ◽  
Subjective Assessment ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Public ◽  
Additional Equipment ◽  
Basic Equipment

The paper addresses the issue of assessing the condition of the public transport stops infrastructure in urban areas. A set of eight criteria was used for the assessment. The first six criteria assess the occurrence of certain infrastructure elements categorized as: basic equipment; additional equipment; passenger information system; equipment increasing accessibility for people with disabilities; as well as equipment increasing security and safety. The other two criteria reflect the subjective assessment of the degree of destruction and visual quality of the stop. The method was used to assess 68 stops located in Poznań’s district Łazarz.

PATRIOTIC EDUCATION OF YOUTH IN THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION “DYNAMO”: HISTORY AND MODERNITY

2018 ◽  
pp. 135-142
Author(s):  
Olga Vasilevna BESKROVNAYA ◽  
Sergey Viktorovich IVANNIKOV ◽  
Sergey Vladimirovich NOVIKOV
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
The Public ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
Russian State ◽  
The Social ◽  
Patriotic Education ◽  
Younger Generation

The activity of society “Dynamo” in historical and modern aspects in solving the problem of patriotic education of youth as one of the fundamental tasks of the modern Russian state is considered. It is shown that throughout the public organization “Dynamo” history through the active involvement of children to a healthy lifestyle forms the younger generation of an active life position, the desire for physical development, sports achievements for the glory of Russia. The essence of the organization society “Dynamo”, designed along with other tasks to strengthen the physical and spiritual health of Russian citizens of different age groups, using a variety of organizational forms and health-saving technologies is revealed. We show the aspect of coaching work with the younger generation, in which special attention is paid to the patriotic education of young people and teenagers seeking sports achievements. Within the modern structure of the society “Dynamo” the system and quality of sports training in its divisions are analyzed. Traditionally the results are checked in the course of numerous competitions. The importance of Spartakiads and competitions of “Dynamo” society in patriotic education of young people, which encourage the desire for health, strength, beauty, readiness to defend the sports honor of Russia in the athletes, is shown.

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