The Evolution of Artistic Higher Education in Communist Romania between 1948 and 1989

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-142
Author(s):  
Valentin Maier
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Decorative Arts ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Statistical Reconstruction ◽  
Statistical Evolution

Abstract: Although communist regimes gave priority to technical higher education, artistic higher education also received a small, but constant share of the allocated study places and resources. This study outlines both the general features of this field, and its statistical evolution. After 1948, artistic higher education (music, fine and decorative arts, film, theatre and television) went through many changes in order to adapt to communist requirements. This paper presents some of the most important changes, what caused them, as well as their consequences. The statistical reconstruction of artistic higher education mainly focuses on the last 30 years of communism, on full-time studies and on four important indicators: total number of students, freshmen, graduates and total number of teaching staff.

scholarly journals Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Life of Higher Education Students: A Global Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 8438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksander Aristovnik ◽  
Damijana Keržič ◽  
Dejan Ravšelj ◽  
Nina Tomaževič ◽  
Lan Umek
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Emotional Life ◽  
Professional Career ◽  
Improved Performance

The paper presents the most comprehensive and large-scale study to date on how students perceive the impacts of the first wave of COVID-19 crisis in early 2020 on various aspects of their lives on a global level. With a sample of 30,383 students from 62 countries, the study reveals that amid the worldwide lockdown and transition to online learning students were most satisfied with the support provided by teaching staff and their universities’ public relations. Still, deficient computer skills and the perception of a higher workload prevented them from perceiving their own improved performance in the new teaching environment. Students were mainly concerned about issues to do with their future professional career and studies, and experienced boredom, anxiety, and frustration. The pandemic has led to the adoption of particular hygienic behaviours (e.g., wearing masks, washing hands) and discouraged certain daily practices (e.g., leaving home, shaking hands). Students were also more satisfied with the role played by hospitals and universities during the epidemic compared to the governments and banks. The findings also show that students with certain socio-demographic characteristics (male, part-time, first-level, applied sciences, a lower living standard, from Africa or Asia) were significantly less satisfied with their academic work/life during the crisis, whereas female, full-time, first-level students and students faced with financial problems were generally affected more by the pandemic in terms of their emotional life and personal circumstances. Key factors influencing students’ satisfaction with the role of their university are also identified. Policymakers and higher education institutions around the world may benefit from these findings while formulating policy recommendations and strategies to support students during this and any future pandemics.

scholarly journals Taking over someone else's design: implications for the tutor's role in networked learning

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mireia Asensio ◽  
Janice Whatley ◽  
Chris Jones
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Learning Resources ◽  
Networked Learning ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Common Situation

This paper reflects on the experiences of a particular tutor taking over a specific course. It is an example of a common situation found in higher education (HE) institutions, when newly appointed or temporary part-time or full-time staff are hired to teach courses that have been designed and developed by other members of teaching staff. The experience of this particular tutor may help us to illuminate the role that tutors have more generally in networked learning environments. For the purpose of clarification, we define networked learning as 'learning in which C&IT is used to promote connections between one learner and other learners, between learners and tutors, between a learning community and its learning resources'.DOI:10.1080/0968776010090307 

scholarly journals ОЦІНЮВАННЯ КАДРОВОГО ЗАБЕЗПЕЧЕННЯ СИСТЕМИ ОСВІТИ: РЕГІОНАЛЬНИЙ АСПЕКТ

2019 ◽  
Vol 137 (4) ◽  
pp. 8-21
Author(s):  
Тетяна Михайлівна Власюк
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Positive Trend ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Staffing Level

This article provides an assessment of the staffing level in Ukraine’s education system by the following criteria: number of academic and teaching staff dynamics for higher education institutions of Ukraine (III–IV accreditation levels) and their concentration by regions; the dynamics of postgraduate and doctoral programs performance indicators and research degree students concentration by regions; the structure (the ratio) of full-time employees in the area of education against the overall employment structure by types of business activity; employee movement indicators in Ukraine’s education system. A comprehensive integrated assessment of quantitative and qualitative dimensions of human resources is critical in terms of reflecting the current state and trends in the education system development. Based on the evaluation results, it is revealed that the number of academic and teaching staff in education institutions tends to decrease over the years, as well as the number of employees having research degrees and academic ranks. The negative downward trend has also been observed in the number of postgraduate students in the analyzed period. It is reported that the highest concentration of personnel engaged in higher education is observed in the city of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv, Dnipropetrovsk and Odessa regions. The Analysis of employee movement in the education sector showed that in 2018, the intensity of education staff inflow exceeded the intensity of its outflow, which is a positive trend that contributes to reducing the load per vacancy. To retain and enhance the staffing capacity, it is recommended to reduce the academic workload for University teaching staff as an incentive to facilitate their further realization as researches; create sectoral clusters with the involvement of education entities that will contribute to increasing funding for research and technological development; to motivate more active participation of higher education institutions in a range of international research programs, grant and scholarship schemes and competitions which will help to boost academic staff mobility and exchange of best practice among international partners.

scholarly journals Substantiation of the Content of the Regional Educational Program of Professional Development of Educators «Effective Teaching Methods»

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1 (339)) ◽  
pp. 221-232
Author(s):  
Iryna Trubavina ◽  
◽  
Anna Martyniuk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Effective Teaching ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Experimental Testing ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Scientific Basis ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Learning Content

The article reveals the relevance of the program for training pedagogical and scientific-pedagogical employees of secondary and higher education institutions in effective teaching methods. The article defines the scientific basis (approaches) to the development of content programs: competence, activity, system, personality-oriented, androgynous, pragmatic approaches, theories of learning content. Also substantiated on the basis of scientific approaches and a survey of major stakeholders in the Kharkiv region (teachers of secondary schools education, research and teaching staff of higher education institutions, heads of educational institutions) the content of such a program, guidelines for its implementation, to the forms and methods of teaching. The main methods of teaching the program there are active, interactive and independent methods. The main forms of the program are training in a microgroup, training. The article presents the content of the regional educational program through 3 modules: «The concept of effective teaching methods for students of general secondary education», «The essence of teaching methods and conditions of their application», «Features of effective teaching methods in different disciplines». Prospects for further research are experimental testing of the program and its correction for distance, blended, full-time learning.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the efficiency of Russian universities: Do we need to change the paradigm?

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 84-125
Author(s):  
E. V. Romanov
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Research Universities ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
The University

Introduction. The principles of managerialism have been actively applied in the field of higher education and science in Russia in the last decade. However, to a certain extent, such principles contradict the strategic goals for the breakthrough socio-economic, scientific and technological development of the country. Innovative development of the scientific and educational sphere is one of the conditions for this breakthrough. In this regard, the research works on the evaluation system of universities are becoming very relevant today. Thus, the evaluation system of universities allows the managers to perform a strategic function rather than a “fiscal” one - the formation of the strategic orientations of innovative development in the institutions of higher education within the framework of the implementation of the national development goals of Russia.The research aims to prove the statement that the existing system of evaluation of the efficiency of universities does not allow for a full objective assessment of their innovative potential and forms strategic guidelines, which do not correlate with the implementation of the goals for the breakthrough scientific and technological development of Russia. Moreover, the research is aimed to formulate the proposals for an approach to the evaluation of the activities of universities, according to which the basic performance indicators and their corresponding performance indicators are determined.Methodology and research methods. The research work was carried out based on a systematic approach. General scientific methods were used: an analytical review of scientific literature and the content of regulatory documents, comparison and generalisation (results of the evaluation of the efficiency of 215 universities under the Ministry of Education and Science according to the monitoring of universities in 2019, indicators of 34 federal and national research universities (monitoring 2016-2018)), induction (based on the analysis of the dynamics of the measurement of the average Unified State Exam (USE) score of applicants for technical universities, there is no correlation between this indicator and the employment of graduates), synthesis (formulation of the proposals for an approach to evaluate the activities of universities).Results and scientific novelty. The analysis of the existing approach to the evaluation of the efficiency of the activities of universities carried out within the framework of monitoring shows that the indicators are mainly input characteristics; thus, it does not give an idea of the independent achievements of the university, its contribution to the development of the country and the region. The author analysed the indicators of the Order by the Ministry of Education and Science № 475 (28.06.2020), under which the effectiveness of universities and their managers will be evaluated. It was found that the majority of “peripheral” technical universities have an “innate” sign of “inefficiency” - the average USE score of incoming applicants is less than 60, which was recorded during almost all monitoring measurements in 2013-2019. This leads to a zero rating on one of the indicators of the efficiency of educational activities and creates a false idea of the potential of organisations since the employment rates of graduates in the vast majority of universities in this category are above the threshold values. An analysis of the indicators of federal and national research universities (monitoring in 2016-2019) allows us to conclude that universities with a fairly low share of full-time teachers (up to 50 %) in the total number of teaching staff and the estimated number of research and teaching staff rates are significantly higher than their full-time number. Therefore, such universities can achieve fairly high rates of publication activity. A similar phenomenon is observed in higher education institutions, where the estimated number of vacancies is less than the full-time number of research and teaching staff (“vacancy manipulation effect”). Meanwhile, the income from the use of the results of intellectual activity, as the reflection of the university ability to develop commercially attractive products for the vast majority of universities, tends to zero. Based on the analysis of the income structure of federal and part of national research universities, the author proves that it is not correct to compare universities in terms of the volume and rate of income from income-generating activities.It is required to change the methodology for the evaluation of universities, i.e. to highlight performance indicators and their corresponding performance indicators (as the ratio of results achieved and costs). A correct assessment assumes the comparability of universities in terms of expected performance and the implemented “target function”: federal, national research, anchor universities, “ordinary” universities. Three groups of performance indicators are proposed to assess: a) the contribution of the university to the training of competent specialists with a developed system of values; b) the ability of the university to generate and disseminate new knowledge; c) the prospects for the reproduction of human resources at the university. Since the problem of personnel reproduction is of national importance, it is necessary to radically revise the principles of university funding: the state should finance the number of staff units justified by the university to ensure quality implementation of the main activity (during 4 years, at least).Practical significance. The research findings can be employed to adjust the development strategy of the scientific and educational sphere.

THE FACTORS OF CAREER SELF-DETERMINATION OF STUDENTS OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-20
Author(s):  
Inna Yeung
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Young Person ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Actual Problem ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Right

Choice of profession is a social phenomenon that every person has to face in life. Numerous studies convince us that not only the well-being of a person depends on the chosen work, but also his attitude to himself and life in general, therefore, the right and timely professional choice is very important. Research about factors of career self-determination of students of higher education institutions in Ukraine shows that self-determination is an important factor in the socialization of young person, and the factors that determine students' career choices become an actual problem of nowadays. The present study involved full-time and part-time students of Institute of Philology and Mass Communications of Open International University of Human Development "Ukraine" in order to examine the factors of career self-determination of students of higher education institutions (N=189). Diagnostic factors of career self-determination of students studying in the third and fourth year were carried out using the author's questionnaire. Processing of obtained data was carried out using the Excel 2010 program; factorial and comparative analysis were applied. Results of the study showed that initial stage of career self-determination falls down on the third and fourth studying year at the university, when an image of future career and career orientations begin to form. At the same time, the content of career self-determination in this period is contradictory and uncertain, therefore, the implementation of pedagogical support of this process among students is effective.

“Where is Our Space Within this Ivory Tower?” The Teaching Experiences of Black Women Faculty in Education Programs

2021 ◽  
pp. 194277512110022
Author(s):  
Tomika L. Ferguson ◽  
Risha R. Berry ◽  
Jasmine D. Collins
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Black Women ◽  
Culturally Relevant ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Women Faculty ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Culturally Relevant Practices ◽  
Black Women Faculty

Black women faculty represent a small percentage of full-time faculty in higher education and are often invisible, marginalized, and expected to perform duties beyond teaching, research, and service. Yet, their success in higher education positions them as possibility models for change on their campuses. The purpose of this study is to investigate the experiences of three Black women faculty who teach in graduate education programs. Specifically, we examined how teaching using culturally relevant practices may cause Black women faculty to negotiate their identity within higher education organizational structures. Using a theoretical framework informed by Black feminism and the Culturally Relevant Leadership Learning Model, three salient themes were identified: roles and responsibilities, resistance, and limitations within the academy. Implications for practice include the creation of identity specific support for Black women faculty and attention be given to faculty and student readiness prior to engaging in culturally relevant practices beyond critical self-reflection.

scholarly journals Multi-Class Assessment Based on Random Forests

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 92
Author(s):  
Mehdi Berriri ◽  
Sofiane Djema ◽  
Gaëtan Rey ◽  
Christel Dartigues-Pallez
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Machine Learning ◽  
Random Forests ◽  
Learning Algorithm ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithm ◽  
Process Data ◽  
Training Courses ◽  
Education Courses

Today, many students are moving towards higher education courses that do not suit them and end up failing. The purpose of this study is to help provide counselors with better knowledge so that they can offer future students courses corresponding to their profile. The second objective is to allow the teaching staff to propose training courses adapted to students by anticipating their possible difficulties. This is possible thanks to a machine learning algorithm called Random Forest, allowing for the classification of the students depending on their results. We had to process data, generate models using our algorithm, and cross the results obtained to have a better final prediction. We tested our method on different use cases, from two classes to five classes. These sets of classes represent the different intervals with an average ranging from 0 to 20. Thus, an accuracy of 75% was achieved with a set of five classes and up to 85% for sets of two and three classes.

The career paths of social marketing doctoral graduates

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Dao Truong
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Marketing ◽  
Career Paths ◽  
Research Collaboration ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Doctoral Graduates ◽  
Content Type ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
The Social

Purpose Although the social marketing field has developed relatively quickly, little is known about the careers of students who chose social marketing as their main subject of study. Such research is important not only because it reveals employment trends and mobility but also because it informs policy making with respect to curriculum development as well as raises governmental and societal interest in the social marketing field. This paper aims to analyse the career pathways of doctoral graduates who examined social marketing as the subject of their theses. Doctoral graduates represent a special group in a knowledge economy, who are considered the best qualified for the creation and dissemination of knowledge and innovation. Design/methodology/approach A search strategy identified 209 doctoral-level social marketing theses completed between 1971 and 2015. A survey was then delivered to dissertation authors, which received 117 valid responses. Findings Results indicate that upon graduation, most graduates secured full-time jobs, where about 66 per cent worked in higher education, whereas the others worked in the government, not-for-profit and private sectors. Currently, there is a slight decline in the number of graduates employed in the higher education, government and not-for-profit sectors but an increase in self-employed graduates. A majority of graduates are working in the USA, the UK, Australia and Canada. Overall, levels of international mobility and research collaboration are relatively low. Originality/value This is arguably the first study to examine the career paths of social marketing doctoral graduates.

Determination of criteria for assessing the quality of training future specialists for higher education

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ludmila Sokorutova ◽  
Natalia Prodanova ◽  
Inna Ponomareva ◽  
Oleg Volodin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Professional Employee ◽  
Professional Fields

PurposeThe most important problem for higher education in the post-COVID period is the production of highly qualified specialists for the labor market. The purpose of this study is to determine effective criteria for assessing the quality of training of future specialists and the adequacy of their readiness to solve real problems of the future specialty.Design/methodology/approachA study was carried out among students in order to determine some of the most important characteristics of them as future specialists. Based on the survey results, non-academic indicators were identified that participants perceive as significant for a highly professional employee. The empirical study included 300 undergraduate students from four universities (66% women and 34% men aged 20–21). All participants represent full-time training.FindingsThe survey showed that the participants identified the ability to learn and personal development as the most significant personal qualities.Originality/valueMany criteria for assessing the quality of training of specialists in different professional fields have not been precisely defined. Several ways of solving this problem can be proposed: developing criteria for assessing quality in hiring; revising the methods of work of universities; presenting to students the criteria for development in the profession or adopting international criteria for assessing pedagogical quality.

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