scholarly journals The performance evaluation of teachers of Higher Public Education in East Timor: the need for a new model.The evaluation of the lecturing performance in East Timor

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Abílio António Freitas Belo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
East Timor ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
The Public ◽  
National Human

<p>The evaluation of the lecturing performance in East Timor is a key part of the Timorese education system that declares, in accordance with the Law on Education (2008), that higher education is oriented towards the development of national human resources. Higher education institutions are therefore called upon to provide a wider public service and simultaneously more efficient and with better results. However, the evaluation of professors in the public higher education sphere follows the exact same procedures and criteria that are being applied to all public servants of Timorese administration. This article aims to argue there is a real need for the implementation in the higher education institutions of an assessment tool that meets the specific role and goals of public higher education institutions, thus filling a gap in the study of lecturer’s performance evaluation in East Timor.</p>

scholarly journals Web accessibility analysis of the Universities and Public Polytechnic Schools of Guayaquil applying the NTE INEN ISO / IEC 40500: 2012 Standard

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (27) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Luis Rodríguez V ◽  
José Antepara B ◽  
Luis Braganza
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
Web Content ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Four Blocks ◽  
Evaluation Metric ◽  
The University ◽  
The City

Introductionthe purpose of analyzing the way in which electronic public administration is presented in the environment of Public Higher Education, for which the accessibility of web content is evaluated by applying the Ecuadorian standard NTE INEN ISO / IEC 40500: 2012. These criteria will serve as a basis for the necessary adjustments in the interfaces. Objectiveto promote an inclusive service. The selected websites correspond to the University of Guayaquil, Agraria del Ecuador, Escuela Politécnica del Litoral and the Arts, all of them of a public nature and settled in the city of Guayaquil. Materials and methodsinvolves five pages of each website as a representative sample. The research has a non-experimental character, transversal design and descriptive type. For this evaluation metric, only the 38 criteria that comply with compliance levels A and AA were taken into account. Automatic and manual tools for the measurement of accessibility are applied to the criteria, excluding the user test. Resultsare presented in four blocks where the levels of accessibility found in the four universities are described. Discussion The websites of the Public Higher Education Institutions of Guayaquil on average have a level of accessibility. ConclusionThe websites of the Public Higher Education Institutions of Guayaquil on average have a deficient level of accessibility in the application of the NTE INEN ISO / IEC 40500: 2012 Standard.

Risks in Implementing EU-Funded Projects in Romanian Public Higher Education System

2016 ◽  
pp. 413-441
Author(s):  
Paul Rinderu ◽  
Catalin I. Voiculescu ◽  
Demetra Lupu Visanescu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Organizational Structure ◽  
Education System ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Systemic Risks

The current study, after shortly introducing the manner in which the National Strategic Reference Framework has being conceived for meeting the EU Regional and Cohesion objectives, presents in a concise manner the architecture of the Operational Programmes in Romania for the financing exercises 2007-2013 and 2014-2020. The first financing exercise has been critically analysed and a list of systemic risks is presented, in connection to the lessons learned for the new financing exercise. Further on, the paper presents the main directions under which the public higher education institutions accessed EU funds via various projects and identifies the main institutional risks for their implementation. The authors consider defining risk institutional profiles for a significant lot of public universities by introducing “soft” and “hard” sets of indicators. After assessing these profiles, recommendations for adapting the organizational structure will be depicted in order to help a softer implementation of the accessed projects.

Knowledge Management and Its Impacts on Organisational Performance: An Empirical Research in Public Higher Education Institutions of Vietnam

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (02) ◽  
pp. 1950015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Ngoc-Tan ◽  
Aleš Gregar
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
Organisational Performance ◽  
The Public ◽  
Specific Scale

Studies that acknowledge the association between knowledge management (KM) and organisational performance (OP) are replete in extant literature. However, there are few of them providing empirical evidence of this relationship especially in academia. Multiple conjectures are made about this little-known relationship. This paper aims to explore the impacts of KM on OP in the public higher education institutions (HEIs) of Vietnam. Results of the studies were generated based on survey data collected in 30 universities located in three regions of Vietnam during 2017 by means of structured questionnaire. The hypothesised relationships between KM and OP are tested using structural equation modelling (SEM). Findings of the research showcase that KM does exert its impacts but not on all dimensions of OP in the public HEIs of Vietnam. Besides adding to the literature on performance management in academia by demonstrating the impacts of KM as a managerial tool for increasing OP, the paper also presents measurement dimensions with specific scale items measuring KM and OP of a HEI. Avenues for future research are also recommended.

scholarly journals The evaluation of the Higher Education lecturer competences in East Timor: a student inquiry

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abílio António Freitas Belo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
East Timor ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
The Public ◽  
National Strategic Plan ◽  
National University ◽  
The Impact

<p>Several studies have demonstrated the impact that the quality of teacher education has on teaching and student performance. The assessment of the competences of higher education teachers by students is one way of assessing the quality of teachers and, therefore, the quality of public higher education itself. It is therefore pertinent to carry out empirical studies that make it possible to understand how students evaluate teachers' competences.</p><p>The objective of this study was to evaluate the competences of higher education teachers in the public university of East Timor, based on the students' opinion. Using a random sample of 342 students enrolled in four of the nine faculties of the National University of East Timor (UNTL), surveys were carried out to evaluate the pedagogical, professional, social and personality traits of teachers. The results showed a positive evaluation by the students, although the objectives of the National Strategic Plan for Education 2011-2030 (METL, 2011) have not yet been fully achieved.</p>

scholarly journals Formación en Traducción e Interpretación en los Servicios Públicos en los Programas Oficiales de Grado Impartidos en España

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 235-245
Author(s):  
Fátima Camacho Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Short Paper ◽  
Educación Superior ◽  
The Public ◽  
Educacion Superior

Resumen: Las labores de mediación lingüística e intercultural que se desarrollan en los servicios públicos españoles son por lo general improvisadas y en numerosas ocasiones se recurre a personas que no han recibido una formación especializada para ejercer como mediadores, traductores o intérpretes. Actualmente se imparten en España más de una veintena de títulos oficiales de grado en materia de traducción e interpretación. Por consiguiente, lo más idóneo sería aprovechar esta amplia oferta formativa con miras a proporcionar unos servicios de mediación lingüística e intercultural de calidad en la Administración pública española. En este breve artículo se analizan los planes de estudio de cada una de estas titulaciones oficiales y se recopilan diferentes asignaturas de especialización en mediación intercultural, traducción e interpretación en los servicios públicos con el fin de proporcionar una visión general de las propuestas formativas que ofrecen las instituciones de educación superior actualmente. El objetivo es presentar una visión actualizada y general de las competencias específicas que se contemplan en los planes de estudio de estas titulaciones y que se pretende que los estudiantes desarrollen tras cursar las asignaturas seleccionadas en la combinación lingüística inglés-español.  Abstract: Linguistic and intercultural mediation activities performed in the public services of Spain are usually ad hoc and carried out by people who have not received specialised training to work as mediators, translators or interpreters. More than twenty BA degrees in translation and interpreting are currently taught in Spain. Therefore, it would be desirable for the Spanish public Administration to take advantage of such a broad training offer in order to provide quality linguistic and intercultural mediation services. In this short paper, the syllabi of each of these official courses are examined to compile different specialisation modules in public service intercultural mediation, translation and interpreting in order to provide an overview of the training proposals currently offered by higher education institutions. The aim is to provide an updated overview of the specific competences mentioned in the syllabi of these courses and that students are supposed to develop after completing the selected modules in the language combination English-Spanish.

scholarly journals Foundation phase teacher provision by public higher education institutions in South Africa

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Whitfield Green
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Management ◽  
Education Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
Mother Tongue Instruction

The study reported in this paper investigated foundation phase teacher provision by the public universities in South Africa, with a view to carefully and accurately determine the extent to which foundation phase teacher provision matched national as well as provincial needs. The study draws on data obtained through a survey of teacher provision at the public higher education institutions (HEIs), conducted by the national Department of Education (DoE) in 2009, as well as from data relating to teacher education qualifications and programmes in the Higher Education Management Information System (HEMIS).The study confirmed perceptions that the number of new foundation phase teachers being produced by the public higher education institutions (HEIs) falls short of national and provincial needs, and that the provision of African language foundation phase teachers is particularly problematic, especially in the context of mother-tongue instruction in the early years.

scholarly journals SOURCES OF FINANCING TASKS FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS: FINDINGS IN LIGHT OF THEIR REPORTING

2020 ◽  
pp. 155-176
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Pisarska
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Public Institution ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Research Results ◽  
The Public ◽  
Higher Institution

The purpose of this study is to recognize the share of self-generated sources of financing for activities of public higher education institutions as part of their general stream of financing. Therefore, the key question that will be answered in this study is: how is the structure of financing sources of a studied institution of higher education formed? In the theoretical section, findings were based on the results of literature research. In turn, in the empirical part, findings were based on the results of a case study supported by observation in a multi-field participating university. The entity's financial statements were also used. On the basis of the research results, the structure of financing sources for the studied public institution of higher education was determined, indicating the possibility of using the entity's financial reporting for this purpose. It was noticed, based on the classification of the sources of financial supply indicated in the literature, that they are heterogeneous – drawn from both the public and private sectors. An increase in the share of funds supplied from the private sector was also revealed. In turn, private sources mainly came from fees related to the teaching process. Private sources also included those from commercialization of research results. The research presented in the study has provided new knowledge about the structure of the financing sources of a public education of higher institution in the context of current conditions for its functioning. In particular, the research helps supplement the existing scarcity of knowledge about the share of self-generated financing for a public higher education institution in the general financing stream of its activities.

Incentives for Polish higher education institutions to improve real estate efficiency

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 214-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Rymarzak
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Real Estate ◽  
Financial Distress ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Government ◽  
Polish Higher Education ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyse the appropriateness of incentives used by governments for Polish public higher education institutions (HEIs) to be more efficient in real estate and how these incentives can be strengthened.Design/methodology/approachA closed-ended questionnaire was sent to all public HEIs in Poland. Of the 132 questionnaires sent, 57 were successfully completed and returned, representing a response rate of 43 per cent.FindingsAnalysis of empirical data demonstrates that when considerable public funds, both national and European, were distributed to extend and upgrade academic infrastructure, Polish HEIs have had no obligation to show how they manage the assets entrusted to them, and the government has not created adequate incentives to encourage efficiency in the use of HEIs real estate. This may have resulted in a significant, yet not always justified, increase in the space at their disposal. In view of a demographic decline, the low level of internalisation of Polish HEIs, the decreasing level of funding from the public purse and the growing operation and maintenance costs of the buildings, an oversupply of space may cause financial distress to some establishments. This may affect the future of the whole system of higher education.Practical implicationsThis paper can be a resource for HEI chancellors, financial directors and campus managers, as well as HEI funding and supervisory institutions.Originality/valueThis paper highlights the need to strengthen incentives for public HEIs in Poland to foster their greater efficiency in resource allocation and utilization. Greater transparency in HEI operations and the improvement of the POL-on system may contribute to more efficient use of university assets.

Internal marketing and customer-contact employees’ attitudinal outcomes

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 124-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arleen Hernández-Díaz ◽  
Theany Calderon-Abreu ◽  
Maria Amador-Dumois ◽  
Mario Córdova-Claudio
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Internal Marketing ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Internal Communication ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
Customer Contact ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public

Purpose Higher education institutions, particularly in the case of public universities, face the challenge of creating more value in an environment of increasing requirements and limitations. The purpose of this paper is to explore the relation of internal marketing (IM) with employees’ attitudinal outcomes, which aim to stimulate and retain motivated and customer-conscious contact employees. Design/methodology/approach Survey data of 94 customer-contact employees in a public higher education institution were analysed using partial least squares path modelling to explore and predict key target constructs. Findings The results demonstrate the relationship between customer-contact employees’ service empathy (SE), institutional IM initiatives and employees’ attitudinal outcomes in the public sector, specifically higher education institutions. Research limitations/implications The current study relies on self-reported data and a small sample of customer-contact employees working only on enrolment-related areas. Further studies should be designed for theory confirmation and generalizability of the results. Practical implications Top managers in public higher education institutions must encourage organizational identification through IM initiatives, such as well-established internal communication procedures. Academic management should continuously train and retain customer-contact employees that have developed SE and a sense of belonging to the organization. SE must be incorporated in the job descriptions and training of customer-contact employees. Originality/value The study contributes to the limited literature on the use of IM and SE in the public sector, specifically higher education institutions.

scholarly journals THE GROWTH OF PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION: AN OVERVIEW IN THE CONTEXT OF LIBERALISATION, PRIVATISATION AND MARKETISATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fayyaz Hussain Qureshi ◽  
Sarwar Khawaja
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Private Colleges ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Private Higher Education ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Private Colleges And Universities

<p>Economic policies encouraging private ownership (liberalisation, privatisation and marketisation) have allowed Private Higher Education Institutions (PrHEIs) to proliferate in most parts of the world, particularly since the 1990s. The number of private colleges and universities continues to grow in most countries at a remarkable rate, partly reflecting the demand for greater choice and more flexibility, which PrHEIs are able to offer. In some countries, PrHEIs even outnumber public higher education institutions (PuHEIs) or are at least expected to do so within the next decade. This is particularly the case in emerging and developing countries. The worldwide expansion of private higher education can be illustrated by the fact that one in three students globally is now enrolled in PrHEIs, and there are very few places in the world where public monopolies continue to prevent the emergence of alternative providers from the private sector. In the UK, the Government recognises that private, for-profit higher education institutions, the majority of which award degrees in conjunction with state universities, typically function more efficiently and work harder to improve the student experience. Their appeal among non-traditional students dovetails perfectly with Government rhetoric to make higher education more accessible and widen participation. A legal framework has been created that makes it easier for challenger institutions to enter the market and compete with the public higher education sector. A more streamlined, student-focused approach to the regulation of higher education in the UK is also designed to stimulate further growth and competition in the HE sector, ensuring that private colleges and universities remain a viable alternative to the public sector. </p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0886/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

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