Language Barrier Faced by Hungarian Women Students and Teaching Staff in the Higher Education System in Serbia

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused restrictions and shutdowns affecting all industries worldwide. The scope of the steps taken to prevent the spread of the pandemic, universities in Turkey also began to provide distance education in March 2020. This process has provided an important experience in which the education system is questioned on the basis of educational infrastructure, lecturers and students. The experience of a nationwide transformation in such a short period of time in the education system is considered to be unique. In this study, it is aimed to create a decision support document by compiling this valuable experience and suggestions for further improvement of the higher education system. In this context, the opinions and recommendations of teaching staff regarding the distance education process were taken with the help of surveys which were responded by 744 lecturers from 84 universities of Turkey. As a result of the study, it was seen that factors such as the type of university, distance education experience, and age make a difference in the views of the lecturers towards distance education. In addition, the determinations and suggestions of the instructors that they stated by openended expressions were compiled under main headings. This process experienced offers an important opportunity to question the current educational structure and to improve it further. As also stated in the survey results, it is predicted that the weight of distance education in higher education will also increase at post-pandemic term. Therefore, it is thought that the necessary steps should be taken in the light of the experiences in order to make the next process more efficient

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Ethnic minority women in the Serbian academic community

European Journal of Women s Studies ◽

10.1177/1350506820958740 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 135050682095874

Author(s):

Karolina Lendák-Kabók

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Decision Making ◽

Ethnic Minority ◽

Glass Ceiling ◽

Education System ◽

Academic Community ◽

Minority Women ◽

Teaching Staff ◽

Higher Education System ◽

Ethnic Minority Women

The aim of this article is to discuss the position of ethnic minority women (Hungarian, Slovak, and Romanian) in relation to their career-building in the Serbian higher education system and reaching decision-making positions (such as rector, vice-rector, dean, head of department, etc.). The author defines two hypotheses: (1) that there are invisible biases (gender-based, ethnicity-based, and segregation-related) in the sciences that put ethnic minority women in a challenging position when attempting to build a career in academia, and (2) that these women encounter a glass ceiling when trying to reach more senior positions. The analysis is based on 16 semi-structured interviews conducted with Hungarian, Slovak, and Romanian female teaching staff employed at two Serbian universities. Intersectionality as a theoretical framework and method was used in the analysis of interviews, along with narrative analysis. Analysis of the interviews showed that ethnic minority women adopt specific strategies when discussing and explaining their difficulties and opportunities in the higher education system of Serbia. The intersectional analysis indicates that ethnic minority women struggle with invisible biases at the individual level, and, due to the horizontal segregation in sciences, have to overcome a situation of double jeopardy in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) studies. The findings suggest that women from ethnic minorities face a glass ceiling in relation to obtaining decision-making positions. Namely, such positions are usually only guaranteed to them within their own ethnic enclaves at departments with majority female staff. However, positions higher than these are rarely attainable.

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METHODOLOGY AND ORGANIZATION OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF STUDENTS OF ECONOMIC DIRECTION WITH THE USE OF DISTANCE LEARNING

Russian Journal of Management ◽

10.29039/article_5db8807b549cd1.34053984 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 121-125

Author(s):

Ольга Шнайдер ◽

Ol'ga Shnayder ◽

Марина Боровицкая ◽

Marina Borovickaya ◽

Лейла Бердникова ◽

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Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Distance Learning ◽

Education System ◽

Professional Training ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Educational Environment ◽

Teaching Staff ◽

Higher Education System ◽

Rapid Acquisition ◽

Main Components

The article is devoted to topical issues of methodology and organization of professional training of students of economic direction with the use of distance learning. Organization of professional training of students of economic direction taking into account the use of remote technologies is determined by the need to get acquainted with the theory and skills of using local and remote data containing various information. Currently, information flows are a strategic resource that facilitates the rapid acquisition of the necessary information. The introduction of information forms in the higher education system as distance learning resources is quite complex and important task aimed at reducing the time of classroom students and release of real time for them to obtain the necessary competencies. The article draws attention to the methodology and organization of distance education. The positive and negative aspects of virtual interaction in the educational environment of its participants are considered. The main innovation and pedagogical directions and conditions of studying the course and disciplines are determined. Innovative processes of the educational environment, impose new requirements for the professional training of teachers, defining and formulating the purpose, the scope of the educational environment based on the needs of students and meet the requirements of the education system. The main requirements of the educational environment should include compliance with educational standards aimed at improving the quality of professional training of students. Modernization of higher education has a positive impact on the activities of the teaching staff, improving and optimizing the main components of the learning process of students, expanding the theoretical and pedagogical methods and modeling educational institutions in an innovative educational system. The emergence of new forms of education is a natural process of the education system to the modern needs of society associated with changes in scientific,technical and information architectonics.

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COVID-19 AND EDUCATION MANAGEMENT: THE CASE OF SILESIAN REGION - POLAND

Environment Technology Resources Proceedings of the International Scientific and Practical Conference ◽

10.17770/etr2021vol2.6547 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 ◽

pp. 162-168

Author(s):

Luis Ochoa Siguencia ◽

Gilberto Marzano ◽

Renata Ochoa-Daderska ◽

Zofia Gródek-Szostak ◽

Anna Szeląg-Sikora

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Social Relations ◽

Education System ◽

Learning Experience ◽

Teaching Staff ◽

Teaching Methodology ◽

Higher Education System ◽

Face To Face ◽

E Learning ◽

Teaching Learning

COVID-19 outbreak has changed the economic and social relations and caused a critical impact on the higher education system. The closure of University campuses to prevent community transmission of the Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has shifted face-to-face classes to online learning, distance learning, e-learning, mobile learning, and social learning. E-Learning and virtual education may become an essential component of the higher education system in the next years. Accordingly, teaching staff had to adapt their teaching methodology and tools to eLearning tools and platforms for effective student engagement. This paper reports on a first study conducted from December 2020 to January 2021, involving one hundred Higher Schools teachers of Management in the Silesia Region.The study showed many serious problems related to the emergency teaching-learning experience since it was essentially based on the translation of face-to-face approach in the online environment.

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Evaluation of the role and opportunities of Russian high education system in reproducing of the digital economy juvenile potential

Perspectives of science and education ◽

10.32744/pse.2021.5.6 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 53 (5) ◽

pp. 80-94

Author(s):

Irina E. Ilyakova ◽

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Tatiana V. Clukhova ◽

Irina V. Moiseeva ◽

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Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Education System ◽

Digital Economy ◽

Digital Transformation ◽

Average Level ◽

Teaching Staff ◽

Average Increase ◽

Exogenous Variables ◽

Higher Education System ◽

Integral Indicator

Problem and purpose. Digital transformation is a key trend of the economic development. Russia still lags behind countries leading in the digitalization. Insufficient development of relevant skills is one of the constraints. The share of Generation Z (born in 1996 and later) will achieve 25% of the labor force by 2025. This statement emphasizes the need to develop competencies for the younger generation that respond to the requirements of the digital economy. The purpose of the study is to assess the contribution of the Russian higher education system to the reproduction of the juvenile potential of the economy in the context of its digital transformation, to identify constraining factors and develop basic recommendations aimed at eliminating them. Materials and methods. The study is based on the use of economic and mathematical methods, including factorial, correlation and regression analysis. The dynamic series of indicators characterizing the state of the investigated sphere in 2001–2019 have been studied. For analytical data processing, the software capabilities of the Statistica package are used. Research results. The author's system of indicators has been developed, which makes it possible to assess the role and capabilities of the higher education system for the reproduction of the juvenile potential of the digital economy – 18 indicators characterizing the financial and material-technical, intellectual, educational potential, the coverage of young people with higher education programs, the effectiveness system of higher education. The formula for calculating the integral indicator of the juvenile potential is mathematically substantiated. Modeling of the dependence of the integral indicator on a set of influencing factors has shown that with an increase in the number of teaching staff by 1 sigma, the integral indicator of juvenile potential will on average increase by 1.758 sigma while fixing other exogenous variables at a constant average level; with an increase in the number of personal computers used for educational purposes by 1000 students per 1 sigma, the integral indicator of juvenile potential will, on average, increase by 1.078 sigma, while fixing other exogenous variables at a constant average level. Discussion and conclusion. The study showed that for the formation of the juvenile potential of the digital economy of the Russian Federation, it is necessary to develop the human resources of higher education and its digital environment. To solve the designated tasks, a system of measures has been developed.

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The Role of Agencies in Creating Network Approach in Higher Education

Hrvatska i komparativna javna uprava ◽

10.31297/hkju.21.4.4 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (4) ◽

pp. 707-728

Author(s):

Jelena Dujmović Bocka ◽

Boris Bakota

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Empirical Study ◽

Public Administration ◽

Education System ◽

Public Services ◽

The State ◽

Teaching Staff ◽

Network Approach ◽

Higher Education System

An analysis of different aspects regarding the creation of networks within the Croatian higher education system is presented in the paper. The larger part of the paper refers to the analysis of public services in general and the network approach in public administration in particular. The state of the higher education system is presented through the inclusion of market and network principles and the establishment of numerous actors in this field by which effectiveness of this field of public administration is trying to be improved. The aim of the detailed examinations is to pro-vide an overview of all relevant actors whose interactions and roles resemble network-like relationships. To examine the starting hypothesis that neo-managerial approach leads to networking within the higher education system, an empirical study was conducted at the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, Croatia among the teaching staff and students. The final chapters of the paper present and discuss research results which principally support the initial assumptions.

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REASONS AND FACTORS THAT DETERMINE THE DECLINE IN THE NEED FOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING STAFF AND THE DEVALUATION OF THE PRESTIGE OF THE HIGHER SCHOOL TEACHING PROFESSION

BALTIC HUMANITARIAN JOURNAL ◽

10.26140/bgz3-2021-1001-0012 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (34) ◽

Author(s):

O.V VLASOVA ◽

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Russian Federation ◽

Education System ◽

Teaching Profession ◽

Teaching Staff ◽

Higher Education System ◽

Research And Teaching ◽

School Teaching ◽

The Russian Federation ◽

The Prestige

The problem of transformation of the higher education system in the Russian Federation in terms of developing scientific and pedagogical potential is quite acute. Copying the Bologna system without adapting to the Russian reality led to the formation of destructive consequences for the system of reproduction of scientific and pedagogical personnel of the country. Negative trends in the number of higher education institutions, demographic waves accompanied by a decrease in the number of students, changing market requirements for the value of higher education and its formalization have led to a reduction in the need for research and teaching staff. Among other things, the prestige of the higher school teaching profession has significantly decreased in society, which has become an additional factor for reducing the interest of talented young people in the teaching profession, and without the influx of talented creative personnel into the research environment, the country's human resources potential in general also falls, as well as its innovative potential. Many scientists negatively assess the reformation in the higher education system of the Russian Federation, focusing on criticism of changes that forced higher school teachers to work to achieve rating indicators, rather than developing their own intellectual potential and teaching. They negatively assess the Western experience in implementing generalized education standards, which, first, in Russia were not adapted to the country's original culture, and secondly, led not to solving problems in the higher education system, but to their aggravation.

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TRENDS AND CHANGES IN THE PERSONNEL POTENTIAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE COUNTRY

BALTIC HUMANITARIAN JOURNAL ◽

10.26140/bgz3-2021-1001-0056 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (34) ◽

Author(s):

N.M SERGEEVA ◽

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Human Resources ◽

Education System ◽

National Economy ◽

Service Sector ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Teaching Profession ◽

Teaching Staff ◽

Higher Education System ◽

Structural Problems

The Russian Federation is in the process of transition of the national economy to an innovative type of development. Unfortunately, this process is complicated by many negative factors, such as the aggravation of structural problems, a series of economic crises, a pandemic that occurred against the background of the spread of coronavirus infection, and many others. Higher education institutions are elements of the innovation infrastructure, on the one hand, and the subjects that contribute to its formation. With the reform of the Russian higher education system, and specifically with its transition to the Bologna model, there was a situation in which the progressive development of negative trends in the industry began. One of the most important problems that became more acute with the beginning of the reforms was the formation of human resources for higher education in the country. Many authors emphasize that with the penetration of service sector elements into the educational system, it lost its status, which later became one of the conditions for devaluing the value of the teaching profession in society. There is a reduction in the number of students and universities in the country, which leads to a reduction in the need for research and teaching staff. At the same time, there are irreversible changes within the personnel structure against the background of these reductions, mainly in the form of irrevocable loss of personnel from the higher education system and the lack of effective mechanisms for their replenishment. In the future, this will have a negative impact on the formation of the country's human resources potential, and as a result, may provoke serious problems in the transition of the national economy to an innovative type of development.

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Organizational Commitment and Characteristics of the Workplace

Land Forces Academy Review ◽

10.2478/raft-2019-0037 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 24 (4) ◽

pp. 297-302 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Raluca Rusu

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Job Satisfaction ◽

Organizational Commitment ◽

Education System ◽

Job Characteristics ◽

Teaching Staff ◽

Global Evaluation ◽

Higher Education System ◽

Number Of Factors

Abstract In this paper we will analyze the extent to which the organizational commitment of the teaching staff is influenced by a number of factors in the category of job characteristics, namely: professional satisfaction, trust in the higher education system, global evaluation of the quality of the faculty and perception on the availability of resources learning. Following the regression model realized, the hypothesis was confirmed, according to which job satisfaction fuels attachment to the organization more than other factors.

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Spirituality at workplace and its impact on academic performance: an empirical study among private higher education faculties of Delhi NCR

Journal of Organizational Change Management ◽

10.1108/jocm-08-2020-0248 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Jayashree Sapra ◽

Khushboo Khosla ◽

Garima Dungrakoti

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Academic Performance ◽

Organizational Performance ◽

Education System ◽

Higher Education Institutions ◽

Workplace Spirituality ◽

Teaching Staff ◽

Content Type ◽

Higher Education System ◽

The Impact

PurposeThe impact of workplace spirituality on organizational performance has continued to draw the attention of scholars and practitioners. Despite this enhanced attention, little is known about its the impact on academic performance. Addressing this gap in research, the purpose of this study is to empirically examine the impact of spirituality at workplace on academic performance among private sector higher education faculties in Delhi NCR.Design/methodology/approachThis study outlines the existing literature on workplace spirituality and academic performance and its relationship. The scale created by Petchsawang and Duchon (2009) has been used to measure workplace spirituality, whereas academic performance of faculties was measured by the scale created by Abubakar et al. (2018). Pearson correlation and linear regression have been used to depict the degree of relation and impact of spirituality on academic performance.FindingsThis study provides evidence that by practicing workplace spirituality, the performance of higher education faculties can be positively and significantly impacted. The result reflects that in the presence of compassion, mindfulness, meaningful work and transcendence, the academic organizational performance of higher education institutes is improved as there will be an enhancement in their academic reputation, employability of the graduate students, research work, internationalization, Nobel-prized and field medals, research grant, resources, infrastructure and community services.Research limitations/implicationsThe results of this study are subject to certain limitations, which can be addressed in future studies. Only four dimensions of workplace spirituality, i.e. compassion, mindfulness, meaningful life and transcendence, are taken into consideration. Also, the impact has only be studied on academic performance of higher education institutions. The results of this study cannot be used in a generalized context as the framework of this study is based on higher education faculties in Delhi NCR.Practical implicationsThe findings of this study would be a roadmap for higher education institutions or their faculties to improve performance with the assistance of spirituality at workplace.Social implicationsRetention of academic personnel is critically necessary so that the excellence of higher education is maintained. It is the need of the hour for these educational institutions to be more focused on improving the teaching staff efficiency. This is made possible through the development of an atmosphere that installs spirituality. The empirical findings of this research will enable academics as well as managers to understand how and to what degree faculties experience spirituality at workplace and its association with different outcomes.Originality/valueIndia's higher education higher education system is the third largest in the world, next to the USA and China. India's higher education system has expanded steadily, and India has over 1,000 universities as of 2020. Workplace spirituality for academicians is under-researched and neglected by organizations. It may further benefit those interested in employment learning.

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