scholarly journals THE IMAGE OF A HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION, ITS STRUCTURE AND HIERARCHICAL LEVEL: THE CASE OF THE VILNIUS UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ECONOMICS

Ekonomika ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 89 (3) ◽  
pp. 105-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Mackelo ◽  
Greta Drūteikienė
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Hierarchical Level ◽  
Study Quality ◽  
Student Survey ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Vilnius University ◽  
Constant Improvement

The aim of higher education institutions has been recently broadening, which in turn fostered the competitiveness in attracting students, teachers and financing. Unmistakably, higher education institutions are able to attain these goals only via constant improvement of study quality. Nevertheless, the swelling scale of competition at the country’s and international levels in the higher education sector highlights the image of a higher education institution as another considerable factor.This article presents a specified concept of the image of an organization. This concept is specified while considering the peculiarities of higher education institutions; based on it, the conception of a higher education institution’s image is characterized, its main typologies are distinguished, a structural model and hierarchical levels are presented. The theoretical premises are supported by a student survey of the Faculty of Economics of Vilnius University, one of the most prestigious higher education institutions in Lithuania.

scholarly journals Studijų kokybės įtaka aukštųjų mokyklų įvaizdžiui

2009 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 68-81
Author(s):  
Birutė Galinienė ◽  
Algirdas Miškinis ◽  
Albinas Marčinskas ◽  
Greta Drūteikienė
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
University Education ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Study Quality ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Vilnius University ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The University

Europos aukštojo mokslo erdvės kūrimas skatina šio kontinento aukštąsias mokyklas susimąstyti apie aukštojo mokslo konkurencingumo ir jo vertės didinimą. Tai pasiekti Lietuvos aukštosios mokyklos gali tik nuolat gerindamos studijų kokybę,savo įvaizdį ir reputaciją. Šiame straipsnyje aptariamos bendrosios studijų kokybės ir įvaizdžio gerinimo aukštosiose mokyklose teorinės prielaidos, jas iliustruojant tyrimų, kurie buvo atlikti visame Vilniaus universitete ir atskirai Ekonomikosfakultete, duomenimis. Visuose Vilniaus universiteto padaliniuose 2005–2006 m. atlikome keturis didelio masto tyrimus (įvertinome vidinį Vilniaus universiteto įvaizdį, studentų požiūrį į studijų kokybę, pradedančiųjų studijuoti Universitete ir jų tėvų lūkesčius, tų lūkesčių pokyčius po pirmojo studijų pusmečio) ir identifikavome pagrindines problemines sritis. Siekdami nustatyti šių problemų priežastis, mėginome pažvelgti dar giliau – atlikome tyrimą viename Vilniaus universiteto padalinyje (Ekonomikos fakultete), kuriuo aiškinomės, kokie veiksniai daro įtaką aukštosios mokyklos įvaizdžiui ir kaip Universiteto įvaizdis siejasi su siūlomų studijų kokybe.Reikšminiai žodžiai: studijų kokybė, įvaizdis, aukštoji mokykla.The impact of study quality on the image of a higher education institutionBirutė Galinienė, Algirdas Miškinis, Albinas Marčinskas, Greta Drūteikienė SummaryIssues concerning the image and reputation strengthening of higher education institutions have recently been given an important consideration in Lithuania and other European countries. In the article we will discuss the fundamentals of the university education quality and image strengthening in theoretical premises, and illustrate them using data of studies performed at the Vilnius University. The research results demonstrate that the quality of studies is the main factor in determining the image of a higher education institution. Key words: study quality, image, higher education institution.

scholarly journals Promotion of the quality of life of workers in a higher education institution: a scope review

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 254-264
Author(s):  
Isaura Sousa ◽  
Márcia Gouveia ◽  
Tatyanne Rodrigues ◽  
Fernando Lopes Silva Júnior ◽  
Ana Maria Ribeiro dos Santos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
Qualitative Synthesis ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Worker Health

The present study aimed to map the evidence to provide an overview of actions implemented/executed and scales used in public higher education institutions to promote worker health. A scoping review based on the PCC (Population, Concept, and Context) mnemonic was conducted in PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus and Virtual Health Library (VHL). Population included workers from a higher education institution, the concept referred to studies focusing on the assessment of quality of life and health promotion actions and the context to higher education institutions. Electronic searches were held on December 2019. A qualitative synthesis of the data extracted from included studies (i.e. author, year, study design, sample, country, aims, action implemented/performed, thematic focus, evaluation) was performed. Electronic searches retrieved 3,330 articles that were screened by tittles and abstracts. Of these, 34 studies were fully appraised, of which four reported that actions implemented/executed related to sedentariness, posture and stress. The studies show 49 scales were identified to measuring at least one quality of life item. Through this scoping review the available evidence to provide an overview of actions implemented/executed and scales used in public higher education institutions to promote worker health. Future studies should consider more rigorous designs and objective measures to measure the quality of life of these professionals, and develop target interventions based on factors associated with the work. It is also necessary to evaluate whether the strategies work.

Intranet as a Quality Manual in Higher Education

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 33-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juha Kettunen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Management Personnel ◽  
Flow Charts ◽  
Process Architecture ◽  
And Control

This study describes how the Intranet of a higher education institution can be used as a quality manual. The study is based on process management. The process architecture can be used as a structure for the Intranet. This Intranet also includes detailed process descriptions and makes them available for management, personnel, and students. The flow charts and process cards provide managers with more awareness and control over their responsibilities and ensure that the objectives and high quality can be achieved. The results of this study are useful for those who want to develop quality manuals for higher education institutions.

scholarly journals In search of a Ukrainian term for Bologna process acquis

2019 ◽  
pp. 3-13
Author(s):  
Olena Orzhel
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
National Level ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Acquis Communautaire ◽  
National Systems

The purpose of article is to justify the rationale for applying the term «Bologna acquis» to nominate the corps of documents generated in the course of Bologna process that resulted in the formation of European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and community of higher education stakeholders who share and operate by Bologna values, principles, norms and guidelines. The author compares «Bologna acquis» with acquis communautaire, Council of Europe acquis, Schengen acquis, proves that all four have a lot of in common and draws a conclusion that the use of term «Bologna acquis» is acceptable and reasonable. The article demonstrates that Bologna acquis - similar to acquis communautaire and Council of Europe acquis - is divided into two large types: those that have a binding character and those of a non-binding nature. Nevertheless, non-binding Bologna acquis cannot be ignored by the community to whom it is addressed and is to be considered in the course of reforms and modernization of national systems of higher education and higher education institutions as its constituents. Comparison of Bologna acquis with acquis communautaire, Council of Europe acquis, Schengen acquis is the novelty of the article, as well as delineation of similar features between the four above mentioned acquis. The author mentions that the purpose of all four (among other things) is the formation of a community that voluntarily participates in the generation of acquis and agrees to live by its rules and norms. One of conclusions has practical significance: while formation of EHEA and its community simultaneously takes place at the supranational, national and institutional levels, the speed of integration of each separate higher education institution may differ; accordingly different scenarios could emerge: a certain higher education institution may integrate with EHEA faster than the national system of higher education in general, and vice versa: while the national systems of higher education has advanced in integration with EHEA, some higher education institutions will be lagging behind reforms at the national level.

scholarly journals Indicators of Evaluating Productivity and Frugality of Usage of Budget Funds by Higher Education Institutions

2019 ◽  
pp. 20-28
Author(s):  
A. Didyk ◽  
Y. Pogorelov
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Matrix Methods ◽  
Quantitative Form ◽  
Higher Institutions ◽  
Calculation Ability ◽  
Quantitative Indicators

There are existing approaches to evaluate the results of higher education institutions activity described in the article. Legislative basis of the task of evaluating productivity and frugality of using budget funds by higher education institutions is built. Content of notions “productivity” and “frugality” concerning usage of budget funds is specified. To evaluate productivity and frugality of usage of budget funds by higher education institutions necessary instrumental tools are formed. They contain requirements for indicators, descriptive and phenomenological approaches, structural and matrix methods. Some requirements for indicators to evaluate productivity and frugality of usage of budget funds by higher education institutions are suggested. They are informational adequacy, content stability, coherence, quantitative form, simplicity of calculation, unambiguousness of calculation, ability to find primary data for calculation etc. There are main kinds of activity of higher education institutions considered to evaluate productivity and frugality of usage of budget funds. They are educational, innovative, scientific, and methodical activities. There are some quantitative indicators suggested for every considered kind of activity of higher education institutions in the article. To find risks of unproductive and non-frugal usage of budget funds by higher institutions necessary facts and signals are suggested. Existence of such facts and signals in activity of any higher education institution can be considered as evidence of additional risks including risks of corruption.

scholarly journals Features of providing the efficiency of social and labor relations of university personnel by its outsourcing

2019 ◽  
pp. 25-29
Author(s):  
Kseniia KOVTUNENKO ◽  
Oleksandr KOVALENKO ◽  
Olena STANISLAVYK
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labor Relations ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Achievement Level ◽  
Labor Management ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Management Personnel ◽  
University Personnel ◽  
Additional Costs

Introduction. Under conditions of today the labor management system in the institution of higher education is tasked with finding new more effective forms of labor, how to increase the motivation of workers, material and moral interest of employees in work, reduce or even eliminate potential conflicts, how to ensure consistency in management personnel activities and performers, etc. Purpose. The purpose of the article is to investigate the features of ensuring efficiency of social and labor relations of university personnel during its outsourcing. Results. The features of ensuring the effectiveness of social and labor relations of the higher education institution personnel during its outsourcing are considered. The main problems that affect the effectiveness of social and labor relations during outsourcing the personnel of higher education institution are highlighted. The basic criteria and corresponding indicators of social and labor relations optimization and labor processes during outsourcing of the personnel of higher education institution are characterized: economic, social, psychophysiological, technical. It is noted that the results of this study may be useful to specialists dealing with the problems of increasing the efficiency of outsourcing and its use in higher education institutions under modern conditions. Conclusion. The effectiveness of social and labor relations during outsourcing the higher education institution personnel is defined as the aggregate usefulness and benefit of its implementation in relation to the additional costs of its implementation, as well as when comparing with the previous result of the activity. By its essence optimization of labor processes comes down to achieving complex of economic, social, psychophysiological and technical goals, about achievement level of which necessary to draw a conclusion on the basis of certain criteria. The concrete expression of these criteria through a system of empirical indicators needs further elaboration, so there is a need to develop the method for evaluating effectiveness of social and labor relations when outsourcing the higher education institution personnel.

scholarly journals Validating the Scale of the New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) in Brazilian University Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. e16410413947
Author(s):  
José Francisco dos Reis Neto ◽  
Celso Correia de Souza ◽  
Taner Douglas Alves Bitencourt ◽  
Cristiano Miranda Cupertino ◽  
Patrício Lauro de Melo Neto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Environmental Attitudes ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
New Ecological Paradigm ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Ecological Paradigm

This article brings within two purposes. First it validated the scale of the New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) and then analyzed the ecocentrist and anthropocentric attitudes of university students from a Brazilian higher education institution. The original NPE scale of 15 items was used, in the form of a questionnaire and applied in a sample of 241 university students. Before the self-completion of the questionnaires, the university students did not receive the basic concepts of environmental attitudes. Confirmatory factor analysis techniques were used to test the structural model and statistical procedures to describe the sample as to its properties of similarities between the groups of students. The NEP was reduced to 13 items, proving to be reliable and valid to investigate structured and multidimensional environmental attitudes of university students. When analyzing the segmentation of university students, it was identified that women presented a more intense ecocentrist attitude than men. For the other segmentation groups in relation to age range, area of knowledge, semester in progress and course period, they did not present statistically significant differences. However, overall, the scores of university students indicated more ecocentrist than anthropocentrist attitudes. The convenience sample of part of the courses offered by the higher education institution may cause a bias in the research, considering as a limitation of this study. However, with the confirmation of the two-factor model, the results indicate consistency and guide future research to activities related to the environment, such as sustainable tourism, preservation against environmental impacts, among others.

scholarly journals APPLICATION OF NEURO-FUZZY MODELS IN THE SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING THE PROFESSIONAL ABILITIES OF APPLICANTS

2021 ◽  
pp. 107-113
Author(s):  
Yuliia Riabchun ◽  
Roman Skrypak ◽  
Olena Riabchun ◽  
Iryna Aznaurian
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Fuzzy Inference ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Inference System ◽  
Intellectual System ◽  
Neuro Fuzzy ◽  
Fuzzy Neural

The work is devoted to solving a problem of assessing the professional abilities of entrants to higher education institutions. The subject of the study is the process of automatic support of entrants' decisions in conditions of fuzzy uncertainty caused by the need to communicate "online". The object of the study is a supporting means of the decisions of applicants to choose the direction of study "online". The main purpose of the work is to substantiate the technology of decision support for choosing a direction of study using an infocommunication system, the work of which has based on a neuro-fuzzy output system. Particular attention has paid to overcoming the problems that accompany the creation of infocommunication systems, which has designed to support decision-making on the choice of field of study in conditions of unclear uncertainty caused by the limitation of offline communication. The article presents the results of a study of the criteria for admission to higher education institutions in different countries. The structural model of the Specialized Intellectual System of Identification of Abilities of Entrants has offered. The system has designed to support the decision to choose a specialty of higher education institution. It has shown that to substantiate the recommendation conclusion based on the results of professional game; it is advisable to use a fuzzy neural network Takagi-Sugeno-Kanga. To solve the problem of substantiation of expert decisions at the stage of formation of a priori base of rules of fuzzy knowledge base of fuzzy inference system, it is expedient to use Mamdani model, which operates with linguistic variables and fuzzy sets.

scholarly journals Pedagogic technology of formation of readiness for self-development in students from the occupied territories and delimitation line in the east of Ukraine in conditions of temporarily displaced higher education institutions

2021 ◽  
Vol 11(73) ◽  
pp. 39-53
Author(s):  
Vitalii Kurylo ◽  
◽  
Iryna Trubavinab ◽  
Olena Karamana ◽  
Viktoriia Stepanenkoa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Self Management ◽  
General Level ◽  
Safety Zone ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Occupied Territories ◽  
Professional Self

The topicality of the research is connected with the need to develop a technology of preparing students for learning for life, developing their professional self-development at a temporarily displaced higher education institution in conditions when students’ primary and basic needs are insufficiently satisfied. The methods of the research included analysis, synthesis, comparing, systemizing, interviewing, pedagogic experiment, modelling, prognostication, mathematic statistics methods. The level of the analyzed phenomenon turned out much lower than that in students from the safety zone by the following parameters: self-management, gnostic, motivation, moral-and-will, and communicative components of readiness, conditions, mechanisms, and general level of self-development. The scientific novelty: the efficiency of such a technology was proved and justified, and its content was revealed.

scholarly journals Methodological aspects of digital communication of higher education institutions.

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 340-348
Author(s):  
Yuliya Synytsina ◽  
Askhat Bekishev
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Digital Communication ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
Communication Policy ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Methodological Aspects

The article substantiates the need to study the methodological aspects of digital communication as a separate higher education institution and in the country as a whole. It is determined that one of the tools to increase the competitiveness of educational institutions is the development of communication policy and the use of modern digital technologies. And also that the formation of digital communication policy of higher education institutions is a key issue for the promotion of educational services at this stage of the country's development. The target audience of the market of educational services for the main users of the official site of the higher educational institution is outlined. The main tasks of information and social technologies in education, which provide general computerization of students and teachers, are listed. The author highlights the main components of educational sites and their general characteristics. The author also formed a complex analysis of the site using modern methods of analysis: general characteristics, design and description of the site; qualitative for quantitative analysis of the site; analysis of the site in accordance with the requirements for the sites of educational institutions at the legislative level regarding the disclosure of information; results of psychological verbal-communicative method of site research; SEO analysis (search engine promotion) of the site. The article presents the results of the application of the proposed comprehensive analysis on the example of a specific site of a higher education institution, namely the site of the State Dnipropetrovsk University of Internal Affairs, with a thorough explanation of the results. According to the results of the study, the author came to the conclusion that the development of communication policy using integrated marketing tools, namely site development, is achieved by successfully promoting higher education institutions in the market of educational services, image formation and competitiveness of educational institutions.

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