scholarly journals The Challenges to Professional Standing among Academics

2015 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 10-15
Author(s):  
Donovan A. McFarlane
Keyword(s):  
Critical Factor ◽  
Human Values ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Cultural Transition ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Academic Standing ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
The University ◽  
Professional Standing

In this paper, the author looks at the challenges to professional standing among academics. Using Michael Zweig’s contention that, “The challenge to professional standing among academics is not only a question of tenure” (27), the author explores this perspective by examining the state of higher educational institutions and 21st. century trends and factors that affect academic standing across universities and colleges. The author views the changes in human values and profession, global cultural transition, and the changing face of the university from an intellectual to a corporate-oriented model among the factors affecting the professional standing of academics. The transition of the university from faculty-oriented and controlled to administrator-oriented and operated, is seen as a critical factor in this regard as advocated by authors Benjamin Ginsberg and Steven Johnson. Other factors affecting professional standing are related to traits including gender and race as evident from the works of Diggs, Garrison-Wade, Estrada, and Galindo. The author examines the perspectives of several authoritative writers and sources including Ginsberg, Readings, Newman, and Johnson on the university and faculty standing. The author concludes that as colleges and universities are increasingly confronted with new challenges, professional standing among academics will continue to be challenged.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Students’ Satisfaction Towards Bus Services in Campus

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 175
Author(s):  
Masnita Misiran ◽  
Hasimah Sapiri ◽  
Zahayu Md Yusof ◽  
Massudi Mahmuddin
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Structural Models ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Bus Services ◽  
The University ◽  
Students Satisfaction ◽  
Public Transport Services

The reliability of public transport services (e.g., bus) is a critical factor to be considered among public transport users. This factor is important for the consequences that come with unreliability will significantly increase unnecessary anxiety and discomfort. Such consequences include additional waiting time, late arrival at destinations, and missed connections. The ability of the system to follow the planned schedule and maintain consistent travel time are some of the factors that need to be in focus. In this study, we investigated satisfaction among students who reside in campus towards bus services provided by the university. Factor analysis and structural models were developed to achieve the research objective. Three factors havesignificant relationships with students’ satisfaction. The finding also indicated that bus services are an important requirement of the on-campus students.

scholarly journals A Qualitative Study of Team Level Factors Affecting Innovation

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Narges Balouchestani Asli ◽  
Majd Zouda ◽  
Kamran Behdinan
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Team Size ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Team Innovation ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
Support For Innovation ◽  
Knowledge Support ◽  
The University ◽  
Capstone Design

Innovation is a necessity to embrace possibilities and face challenges and problems in our continuously changing world. Multidisciplinary capstones can be a place for students to be innovative. Students not only get a chance to work on a real project from industry, but they also work with students from different disciplines. This diversity of knowledge and perspectives can lead to team innovation. This paper explores team level factors affecting innovation in 4th year multidisciplinary capstone design at the University of Toronto. This paper is a qualitative study that explores the effect of diversity of knowledge, support for innovation from supervisor and client, team size, and team vision on innovation. Our research sheds some light on what behaviors in teams lead to innovation. Supporting and encouraging these behaviors from educational institutions provides an environment for students to be more innovative

Application of the ontology toolkit in the management of marketing activity of higher educational institutions in Bryansk Oblast

2021 ◽  
pp. 6-10
Author(s):  
А.М. ЗАЙЦЕВ ◽  
В.С. ДАДЫКИН
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Marketing Activity ◽  
Higher Educational Institutions ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Digital Service ◽  
Educational Processes ◽  
Marketing Activities ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
The University

В данной статье рассматривается проблема применения инструментария онтологии в процессе управления маркетинговой деятельностью высших учебных заведений. Актуальность исследования обусловлена наличием множества вызовов и факторов внешней среды, влияющих на сферу высшего образования: сложная демографическая ситуация, снижение уровня реальных доходов населения, спад заинтересованности молодежи в получении высшего образования, возрастающая конкуренция среди российских вузов. Проводится обзор литературы, посвященной применению методов и средств онтологического анализа для управления образовательной деятельностью, использованию онтологий в образовательных процессах. Приводится трактовка понятия «онтология». Выделяются потенциальные направления использования онтологий, а именно в вычислительном и экономическом плане. Рассмотрены и проанализированы способы использования онтологий в образовательных процессах: моделирование и управление учебной программой, описание данных учащегося, описание предметных областей различных дисциплин, для оценки учебника. Отмечены особенности каждой из них. Исследование направлено на решение проблемы эффективного распределения финансов между выбранными вузом методами привлечения абитуриентов. Авторами был предложен новый способ использования онтологий – для управления маркетинговой деятельностью высших учебных заведений. Была разработана онтологическая модель управления маркетинговой деятельностью высших учебных заведений, которая является основой для разработки архитектуры данных будущего цифрового сервиса в рамках информационной системы университета. The article discusses the problem of using ontology tools in the process of managing marketing activities of higher educational institutions. The relevance of the study is due to the presence of many challenges and environmental factors affecting the field of higher education: a difficult demographic situation, a decreased level of real incomes of the population, a declined interest of young people in higher education, increasing competition among Russian universities. There is a review of the literature devoted to the application of methods and tools of the ontological analysis for the management of educational activities, the use of ontologies in educational processes. The interpretation of the concept of “ontology” is given. The potential directions of using ontologies are highlighted, namely in computational and economic terms. The ways of using ontologies in educational processes are considered and analyzed: modeling and management of the curriculum, description of student data, description of subject areas of various disciplines, for textbook evaluation. The features of each of them are noted. The research is aimed at solving the problem of effective distribution of finances between the methods of attracting applicants chosen by the university. The authors proposed a new way of using ontologies: to manage the marketing activities of higher educational institutions. An ontological model of marketing activity management at higher educational institutions was has been developed, which is the basis for the development of the data architecture of the future digital service within the university information system.

Policy Processes for Technological Change

2011 ◽  
pp. 34-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Smith ◽  
Brian Lewis ◽  
Christine Massey
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Mediated Learning ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The University

Universities, among the oldest social institutions, are facing enormous pressures to change. There have always been debates about the university, its purpose, its pedagogical program, and its relationship to other social and political structures. Today, these debates have been given renewed vigor and urgency by the availability of advanced information and communication technologies for teaching and learning. These include computers and computer networks, along with the software and telecommunications networks that link them together. When these technologies are used to connect learners at a distance, they are called “telelearning technologies.” When referring to their use more generally, to include local as well as remote teaching innovations, they are sometimes called “technology mediated learning” (TML). Despite much media attention and recent academic criticism, pressures on universities are facilitated, but not caused, by telelearning technologies. Change in universities is not simply a result of forces acting upon universities, but is the result of a complex interaction of internal and external drivers. The use of telelearning technologies intersects with a host of social, political, and economic factors currently influencing university reform. Technology, in this context, has become the catalyst for change, reacting with other elements in a system to spark a reaction and a change in form and structure. This chapter examines policy processes for the introduction of technology-mediated learning at universities and colleges. It is based on the results of a two-year research project to investigate policy issues that arise with the implementation of telelearning technology in universities and colleges. The focus was on Canadian institutions of higher learning, but the issues raised are common to higher educational institutions in other countries. The study scanned a large number of institutions, reviewed documents, and interviewed key actors including government and institutional administrators, faculty, and students, to discover the range of issues raised by the implementation of telelearning technologies. This chapter discusses these issues and findings.

scholarly journals SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTORS AFFECTING FEMALE HIGHER EDUCATION: AN ANALYSIS OF CHITRAL, PAKISTAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ihtisham Uddin, Dr. Ahmad Raza Khan, Dr. Fauzia Ghani `
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Women's Education ◽  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Cultural Taboos ◽  
The University

Higher education signifies the social and economic development of states. Higher education helps society excel in various professions and technical sectors. The progress and prosperity of a society primarily depend on education. Women's education holds prominence in the modern world. No society can develop or can sustain its development without educating its women. They make about 50% of the world’s population and their education connotes the development and progress of a society. Chitral is the least populated district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Due to its exceptional and unique social and ethnic diversity the area has an interesting position on the map of the world. The literacy rate in Chitral is higher among women as compared to other parts of KPK but still receiving higher education is very challenging for girls because of social, economic, infrastructural, and administrative inefficiencies. Social taboos and cultural norms have restricted women of different communities inside their homes and engaged them in household chores. Women in Chitral face many obstacles and challenges in receiving higher education. Social misconception about women's education, religious misapprehensions, and cultural taboos, negative perception of co-education, financial constraints, and lack of proper educational institutions are the significant factors that affect women's higher education. The University of Chitral is the only higher education institution established in 2017. There were no other higher educational institutions before the University of Chitral. The university is still not well developed to meet the demands of higher education especially women's education. This paper intends to highlight the status of higher education in Chitral, socio-cultural factors affecting higher education of women, the significance of higher education for women in Chitral, and concludes with recommendations and suggestions for a preferable way forward. The researchers had conducted a field survey in Chitral and the data collected has been used in this paper.

Hygienic assessment of learning environment conditions (by the example of higher educational institutions of the city of Ufa)

2020 ◽  
Vol 99 (4) ◽  
pp. 405-411
Author(s):  
Elena Ju. Gorbatkova
Keyword(s):  
Ionizing Radiation ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Higher Educational Institutions ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Republic Of Bashkortostan ◽  
Average Relative Humidity ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
The Republic ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The City

Introduction. The important factors affecting health and performance of young people are the conditions of education, in particular, a comfortable microclimate in the classrooms of higher educational institutions. Materials and methods. In view of the urgency of this problem, an analysis was made of the microclimate parameters of educational organizations of different profiles (Ufa city, the Republic of Bashkortostan). 294 classrooms were studied in 22 buildings of 4 leading universities in Ufa. A total of 3,822 measurements were taken to determine the parameters of the microclimate. The analysis of ionizing radiation in the aerial environment of classrooms. There was performed determination of radon and its affiliated products content. In order to assess the conditions and lifestyle of students of 4 higher educational institutions of the city of Ufa, we conducted an anonymous survey of 1,820 students of I and IV years of education. Results. The average temperature in the classrooms of all universities studied was 23.9±0.09 C. The average relative humidity in all classrooms was 34.2 ± 0.42%. Analysis of ionizing radiation (radon and its daughter products decay) in the aerial environment of the classrooms and sports halls located in the basement determined that the average annual equivalent equilibrium volumetric activity of the radon daughter products (EROA ± Δ222Rn) ranged from 28 ± 14 to 69 ± 34.5 meter, which meets the requirements established by SanPiN. Conclusion. The hygienic assessment of the microclimate parameters of educational institutions of various profile revealed a number of deviations from the regulated norms. The results indicate the need to control the parameters of the microclimate, both from the administration of universities, and from the professors. According to the results of the study, recommendations were prepared for the management of higher educational institutions in Ufa.

Structural Model of Service Quality Factors Affecting Loyalty Sustainability

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eman Al-erqi ◽  
◽  
Mohd Lizam Mohd Diah ◽  
Najmaddin Abo Mosali ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Quality Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Measurement Models ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

This study seeks to address the impact of service quality affecting international student's satisfaction towards loyalty tothe Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia(UTHM). The aim of thestudy is to develop relationship between service quality factor and loyalty to the university from the international students’ perspectives. The study adopted quantitative approach where data was collected through questionnaire survey and analysed statistically. A total of 246 responses were received and found to be valid. The model was developed and analysed using AMOS-SEM software. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) function of the software was to assessed the measurement models and found that all the models achieved goodness of fit. Then path analysis function was used to assessed structural model and found that service qualityfactors have a significant effect on the students’ satisfaction and thus affecting the loyaltyto the university. Hopefully the outcome form this study will benefit the university in providing services especially to the international students.

Some aspects of the pedagogical model of constructive geometric modeling

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denis Voloshinov ◽  
K. Solomonov ◽  
Lyudmila Mokretsova ◽  
Lyudmila Tishchuk
Keyword(s):  
Computer Graphics ◽  
Geometric Modeling ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
Teaching Methodology ◽  
Models Of Teaching ◽  
Software Product ◽  
The University

The application of constructive geometric modeling to pedagogical models of teaching graphic disciplines today is a promising direction for using computer technology in the educational process of educational institutions. The essence of the method of constructive geometric modeling is to represent any operation performed on geometric objects in the form of a transformation, as a result of which some constructive connection is established, and the transformation itself can be considered as a result of the action of an abstract cybernetic device. Constructive geometric modeling is a popular information tool for information processing in various applied areas, however, this tool cannot be appreciated without the presence of appropriate software systems and developed design techniques. Traditionally, constructive geometric modeling is used in the design of mechanical engineering, energy, aircraft and shipbuilding facilities, in architectural and design engineering. The need to study descriptive geometry at the university in recent years has something in common with the issues of mastering graphic packages of computer programs in the framework of the new discipline "Engineering and Computer Graphics". The well-known KOMPAS software product is considered the simplest and most attractive for training. It should be noted the important role of graphic packages in the teaching of geometric disciplines that require a figurative perception of the material by students. Against the background of a reduction in classroom hours, computer graphics packages are practically the only productive teaching methodology, successfully replacing traditional tools - chalk and blackboard.

scholarly journals Interview with Stuart Walker

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (43) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Marilia Riul ◽  
Ingrid Moura Wanderley ◽  
Maria Cecilia Loschiavo dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Mass Production ◽  
Social System ◽  
Design Research ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Human Values ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Design For Sustainability ◽  
The University

Stuart Walker is Professor of Design for Sustainability and Co-Director of the Imagination Lancaster design research Centre at Lancaster University. Focused on design for sustainability; product aesthetics and meaning; practice-based design research and product design that explores and expresses both human values and notions of spirituality. He was interviewed in his second visit to Brazil to attend the Conference and Workshop "Design and the national policy of solid waste: dialogues on sustainability," held in the Sustainability Laboratory (Lassu) at the University of São Paulo (USP) in 2013, an activity of the research project sponsored by CNPq: Product design, sustainability and national policy on solid waste, coordinated by Professor Maria Cecilia Loschiavo dos Santos. Through the suggested questions, Professor Stuart Walker built a severe critique of our social system of mass production and reminded us that values really matter to our journey.

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