Assessing and Implementing a Sustainable Holistic Planning System

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik C. Backus ◽  
Stephen Bird
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Planning Systems ◽  
Pedagogical Tool ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Smart Community ◽  
Lake Placid

In 2019, the New York Olympic Region received the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Communities Certification (gold) for a rural multi-jurisdictional region comprised of Lake Placid Village, North Elba Town, the Olympic Regional Development Authority, and the Lake Placid School System. Much of the work involved in this initiative was executed by 14 undergraduate students and two faculty members from Clarkson University working in partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council, and four local jurisdictions. The endeavor was successful and unique in several facets. First, it provided an experiential project-based education in the application of a sustainable holistic planning system, LEED for Communities/Cities. Second, it demonstrates the value of a university collaboration with a rural region and its communities. Third, it developed the first rural regional model for smart community planning that integrated multiple jurisdictions and stakeholders. Finally, it provides a replicable template for implementation and operation by other communities with institutions of higher learning. A variety of challenges remain, however, for emerging sustainable holistic planning systems in metrics development, civic and stakeholder engagement, determination of efficacy, and implementation optimization. Readers will emerge with an improved understanding of sustainable holistic planning systems, knowledge of multi-jurisdictional planning concerns in sustainability metrics, and insight into implementation of these systems as a pedagogical tool and partnership mechanism.

A JOURNEY TO MEASURE STUDENT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BENEFITS: EVIDENCE FROM AUSTRALIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Ellen Chung ◽  
Hamish B Coates
Keyword(s):  
Community Engagement ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Factor Loading ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Student Community ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Final Questionnaire ◽  
Civic Skills ◽  
Career Skills

Community engagement is a phenomenon that has received increasing attention among institutions of higher learning in recent years, and students engaging with communities are generally seen as beneficial. Given this, surprisingly little is known about this form of engagement in Australian higher education, let alone methods to measure its benefits on students. This study discussed the development of the Student Community Engagement Benefits Questionnaire (SCEBS), a questionnaire that measures the perceptions of community engagement benefits among undergraduate students in Australia. The final questionnaire has 32 items allocated to four benefit scales: (1) Career skills, (2) Diversity skills, (3) Interpersonal skills, (4) Civic skills. Most benefit items had a factor loading of atleast 0.40 with its own scale. The results of the factor analysis revealed that the four scales accounted for 53% of the total variance. The alpha reliability coefficient for the four scales ranged from 0.79 to 0.91. Based on these findings, the Student Community Engagement Benefits Scale (SCEBS) is a valid and reliable instrument that can be used in the field of education. Undergraduate students also reported statistically significant changes in the four dimensions after participating in community engagement activities.

Land of Hope and Enterprise

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Alex Brummer
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
International Institutions ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Financial Centre ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Eu Referendum ◽  
The Uk ◽  
City Of London ◽  
The City

This chapter examines the contribution of recognized activities that make the UK economy, such as the progress in research, pharmaceuticals, technology, software, and innovation that can be traced back to the intellectual powerhouses of UK's institutions of higher learning. It recounts the UK's love–hate relationship with the City of London, wherein the banks are still blamed for the financial crisis of 2007–2009 and the subsequent stagnation and fall in incomes. It also cites finance as the highest UK earner of overseas income and is a magnet for international institutions. The chapter describes London as the biggest financial centre outside New York and has attracted even greater numbers of skilled financial traders since the EU referendum result of 2016. It explains how the UK financial sector accommodated trading, provided credit, and raised new capital for troubled firms and those seeking post-Covid-19 opportunities.

Success in School: A Research Agenda on Student Attrition and Retention in the SEEK Program

1993 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 437-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim C. Francis ◽  
Robert J. Kelly ◽  
Martha J. Bell
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Student Attrition ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Institutional Interaction ◽  
Culture Of Learning ◽  
Interaction Processes ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Success In Higher Education ◽  
The City

Success in higher education for minorities and disadvantaged students may be more closely linked with their sociopsychological adjustments to an institution than was previously thought. At the same time, the culture of institutions of higher learning may facilitate the assimilation of minority students through an apparatus of services that assists them academically and socially. This article examines the institutional interaction processes in the Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge Program (SEEK) among students, staff, and faculty at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (CUNY), and explores how assimilation into the institutional subculture may be enhanced. The research paradigm raises questions about how the school setting affects success or failure and how institutions offer their students resources that enable them to overcome the legacies of poverty and attitudes inimical to the culture of learning.

scholarly journals Estimating COVID-19 Cases on University Campuses Prior To Semester

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Fout ◽  
Jude Bayham ◽  
Margaret J Gutilla ◽  
Bailey K Fosdick ◽  
Heather Pidcoke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Recent Case ◽  
State University ◽  
University Campuses ◽  
Colorado State University ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Early Decision

AbstractFor many institutions of higher learning, the beginning of each semester is marked by a significant migration of young adults into the area. In the midst of the COVID19 pandemic, this presents an opportunity for active cases to be introduced into a community. Prior to the Fall 2020 semester, Colorado State University researchers combined student home locations with recent case counts compiled by the New York Times to assign a probability to each individual of arriving with COVID19. These probabilities were combined to estimate that there would be 7.8 new cases among the on-campus population. Comprehensive testing of arriving students revealed 7 new cases, which validated the approach. The procedure was repeated to explore what could happen if students had returned to campus after Fall break. The estimate of 48 cases corroborated the University’s early decision to transition to fully remote learning after break.

scholarly journals Leadership challenges of urban institutions of higher learning, which serve a predominantly diverse and multi-cultural student population

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
The United States ◽  
Student Population ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Leadership Challenges ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning

The topic of this research article examines the unique leadership challenges confronted by staff and faculty of higher education institutions that serve a predominantly diverse and multi-cultural student population in urban areas of the United States. Urban colleges and universities are found in the large metropolitan cities of the United States where students are from the area, as well as domestic and international. The study isolates five areas of concern that raise leadership challenges for these institutions of higher learning. Specific areas of challenge are the rising cost of tuition, retention, student preparedness for higher education, technology, and gainful employment. The exploratory research within this study was conducted primarily in the New York tri-state area. It is qualitative in nature and conclusions are based on research and observations of subjects directly affiliated with these institutions.

scholarly journals Effective Leadership and Readership as an Indicator for Academic Excellence in Nigeria Institutions of Higher Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (08) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adigwe , A.I ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Effective Leadership ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
National Development ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Academic Excellence ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning

Higher Education, no doubt, has been universally acclaimed as the bedrock for national development and effective Leadership as the drivers of academic excellence in the Institutions of higher learning in Nigeria. Qualitative teaching and learning remains the engine room that derives good governance and propels leadership positions. Leadership, however, cannot exist without Readership. The two are relatively interwoven. Leadership and readership has over the years become critical issues in organizational theory and practice. Thus, leadership and readership need to be taken up as a cause to be promoted in pursuit of academic excellence in the Institutions of higher learning in Nigeria. Reading is a great investment in one’s personal development and, by extension, in achieving desired academic excellence. In this research, concrete effort is made to clarify the key concept of Leadership and Readership as drivers of academic excellence in the Institutions of higher learning in Nigeria, especially in the Polytechnic System. The research equally investigates both internal and external factors militating against academic excellence in Nigeria citadel of learning and finally makes recommendations, among which is training and retraining of employees, discouragements of unnecessary political interferences in appointments into academic leadership positions, Staff recruitments, admission of undergraduate students and effective monitoring policy of civil service rules.

scholarly journals Implementing Multi-Media as a Pedagogical Tool in an EFL classroom: Benefits and Barriers

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Hashmi
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Pedagogical Tool ◽  
Computer Technologies ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Arab Students ◽  
Multi Media

<p>The implementation of computer technologies especially the use of multimedia and internet in Saudi Arabian education system has attracted Arab students a lot. They have shown great interest in using computers technology for foreign language learning because computer technologies have transformed their contemporary society, changing the way they live, work and learn. As a response to such societal transformation, computer technologies have been brought into classrooms where they are considered to be effective in enhancing students learning and addressing certain education problems (McGrail, 2005). The institutions of higher learning in Saudi Arabia have encouraged students and faculty members utilize multi-media and other related technologies for desired learning outcomes. Thus, the role of computers and Internet in language instruction has now become an important tool in an EFL classroom Saudi Arabia.</p>

scholarly journals INFLUENCE OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE ON CONTRACEPTIVE USE AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 965-970
Author(s):  
Obrenyi Eldah Ochieng ◽  
John Arudo
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Condom Use ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Addictive Behavior ◽  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Peer Educators ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Contraceptive Utilization

Studies have shown a relationship betweendrinking and ineffective contraception and condom use. The rate of binge drinking and ineffective contraception or ineffective condom use among college women was proved to be high. This article examined the influence of addictive behavior on utilization of contraceptives among undergraduate students. Addictive factors that were compared with utilization included attending club and parties, alcohol consumption, and smoking. The data used in analysis was based on stratified probability sample of 453 respondents interviewed in 2017 from Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST). Quantitative and qualitative data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The study revealed that there was a statistical significant relationship between respondent who frequently attended clubs and parties and contraceptives utilization (OR=0.48 95%CI 0.27-0.84, p=0.01). However, patronizing clubs and parties frequently reduced the probability of using contraceptives by 48% compared to those who did not frequent clubs or parties. Also, alcohol consumption was significantly associated with contraceptives utilization (OR=0.33: 95%CI 0.18-0.59, p=0.00). This result also revealed that respondents who consumed alcohol were 0.33 times less likely to use contraceptives than those who did not indulge in alcohol. Smoking was not statistically significantly associate with contraceptive utilization (p=0.85). The article recommends that HIV and AIDS peer educators should be tasked with educating on sexual and reproductive health and the importance of implementing specific programs in institutions of higher learning to limit the risks of addiction and partying, not only in terms of alcohol abuse, but also addictive behavior such as smoking.

scholarly journals Suicide among Undergraduate Students in Southeast Nigeria: An Empirical Evaluation of Durkheim’s Classifications of Suicide

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-50
Author(s):  
Samuel O. Okafor
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Empirical Evaluation ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
The Social ◽  
Parametric Statistics ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Altruistic Suicide

The Durkheimian sociological doctrine of suicide is classified into regulation/integration, high and low social currents, with four resultant suicide types such as egoistic, altruistic, anomic and fatalistic suicide. Across Nigeria and social classes, suicide types and circumstances according to the above classifications have become worrisome, warranting empirical investigation into the social wellbeing and suicide potentials in the social realm of Nigerian socio-economic and political landscape. As such, this study investigated the suicide tendency among undergraduate students in some selected institutions of higher learning in south-eastern Nigeria. The study adopted a survey design using a sample size of 2,200 students (17+). The study adopted parametric statistics for the test of the relationship of variables. In the overall findings, altruistic suicide tendency is high (60%), this is followed by anomic suicide tendency (47%), egoistic suicide tendency (46%) and fatalistic suicide tendency (41%). From the regression model (p< .05), altruistic suicide tendency was found to be predicted by family income and strong ties with family activities. Equally, anomic suicide tendency can be predicted by how many years the students have been in the school. Egoistic suicide tendency was found to be positively correlated with family income and source of sponsorship while fatalistic suicide tendency was found to be positively correlated with only family income.

The Role of Moral Education on the Dress Code in the Higher Learning Institution

Sains Insani ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-14
Author(s):  
Ira Meilita Ibrahim ◽  
Taufik A. Latif ◽  
Afi Roshezry Abu Bakar ◽  
Muthualagan Thangavelu
Keyword(s):  
Moral Education ◽  
Private University ◽  
Public University ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Private Institutions ◽  
Dress Code ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
The World ◽  
Definition Of

The advancement of European dress to the rest of the world was linked to the definition of civilization as “a stage of social development considered to be more advanced” and “polite and good-mannered”. The widespread of their fashion style in the 19th and 20th centuries influenced the way the rest of the world attire. The fashion trend and dressing style thus change the purpose of dressing through time. The dressing style in campuses especially in private institutions of higher learning is under particular scrutiny, as it is often said to be inappropriate for a learning environment. This study looked at the importance of moral education, and its role in implementing the dress code for students among university students especially between two types of university i.e. public university and private university. It looked on the dressing style of students, both male and female, and the factors that lead to their dressing pattern which is common among students. This study also advocated the students’ understanding of the content of dress codes in their learning institution and the role played by moral education in regard to dress code. The overall study highlighted students’ perception towards the implementation of the dress code and punishment in their learning institution. The methodologies used to carry out this study are questionnaires and interviews. This study will therefore ascertain the important of dress code among students at higher learning institution and the role of moral education in cultivating values in order to dress properly or decently. Key Words: moral education, dress code, higher learning institution, civilization.

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