scholarly journals Brain drain in higher education: Critical voices on teacher education in Yemen

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdulghani Muthanna ◽  
Guoyuan Sang
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Brain Drain ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
University Administrators ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Interpretive Analysis

Brain drain is a context-based issue and has direct impact on the quality of higher education for institutions where a significant number of instructors migrate to take up work in other countries. This is a critical problem in Yemen where higher teacher education programmes still lack teachers. Interpretive analysis of in-depth interviews with two university administrators and ten teacher educators revealed four key factors affecting the occurrence of brain drain: ineffective application of sabbatical leave regulations; failure to equalize returning teachers' salaries with those of their colleagues; lack of resources to support research; and the presence of internal and external conflicts. The study also provides insights for decreasing brain drain in Yemen.

Measuring Relative Effectiveness of Service Quality Factors Affecting Quality of Higher Education in India

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-46
Author(s):  
Anshuman Kaler
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Relative Effectiveness ◽  
Program Quality ◽  
Quality Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Input Quality ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education

The existing competitive environment in the education sector in India has forced higher education institutes to adopt ‘students as a customer' approach in educational delivery. The extant literature supports seven dimensions of service quality namely input quality, curriculum, academic facilities, industry interaction, interaction quality, support facilities, and nonacademic processes. The objective of the study was to measure the relative effectiveness of service quality factors as perceived by the Indian students. Focus group interviews were conducted with a group of technical and management students. Stratified judgmental sampling was used for the data collection. In the current study, it was observed that the factor of program quality plays a more dominant role than the factor of quality of life in determining the service quality in institutes of higher education. It is further observed that in the sub-dimension of program quality, the factor of curriculum and academic facilities are relatively more dominant than the factor of input quality.

Benchmarking Global Best Practices for Improving Higher Education Quality in Africa

2020 ◽  
pp. 72-90
Author(s):  
Harrison Adewale Idowu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
University Administrators ◽  
Significant Progress ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Quality ◽  
Asian Tigers

Given the deplorable state of higher education and the relatively poor attention given to education by African leaders and university administrators, the chapter interrogates global best practices in higher education and how Africa can key into this. Europe and the Asian Tigers, considered to have made significant progress in quality of higher education, are used as benchmarks for best practices in higher education. Relying on the review of extant relevant literature and document analysis, the chapter finds that practices such as massive inclusion of vocational and technical trainings in higher education curricula; increase budgetary allocations to higher education and policy implementation beyond mere formulation have impacted positively on higher education in Europe and among the Asian Tigers. As such, the chapter concludes that if Africa must make significant progress and improve on the quality of its higher education, it must begin to use these practices.

scholarly journals PENGEMBANGAN KAPASITAS : STRATEGI INTERNASIONALISASI PENDIDIKAN TINGGI DI INDONESIA

GEMA PUBLICA ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Retno Sunu Astuti
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Hands On ◽  
High Competence ◽  
The University

Higher education is one of the key factors in the effort to improve the lives and well-being of a nation. The experience of developed countries in Asia showed that the quality of higher education correlated significantly with the increased competence of human resources as a whole which eventually forms a high competence in the global competition. Globalization proactively answered by the governments in various parts of the world through international cooperation in the form of teaching, research, and dedication to the university in the form of the internationalization program. Through descriptive qualitative method enriched by quantitative techniques with intrinsic case study design (intrinsic case study), this research found that the success of internationalization is driven by capacity building supported by horizontal and hands on leadership. Therefore, the leadership of a university is not only an academic but it must be a manager who is able to read the signs of change.

scholarly journals Factors affecting job satisfaction of lecturers- evidence from Vietnamese universities

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 19-40
Author(s):  
Ngoc Thi Bui
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Job Characteristics ◽  
Fringe Benefits ◽  
Higher Education Management ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Education Management ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education

The quality of training is an important issue and is of special concern to universities. Lecturers has a pioneering role in innovation of higher education management since the quality of higher education is always associated with the quality of lecturers. Assessing job satisfaction of lecturers is a fundamental step for universities to improve quality and job satisfaction of lecturers as well as attract and retain qualified lecturers. This study aims at assessing job satisfaction of lecturers in Vietnamese universities. For the purpose of this study, quantitative research method was applied. The questionnaires were sent randomly to 131 lecturers from 48 universities in Vietnam via email and google doc. Then, data was analyzed by various tool including descriptive statistics, frequency, exploratory factor analysis and multiple regression analysis. The study examined four factors affecting lecturer job satisfaction include Facilities, Job Characteristics, Salaries and Fringe Benefits, Development Opportunities. Specifically, Job Characteristics have the strongest impact on lecturer job satisfaction while Salary and Fringe Benefits have the smallest impact on lecturer job satisfaction. The research on factors affecting job satisfaction of lecturers helps universities to develop appropriate policies in order to maintain and develop lecturers, as well as attract talents and prevent the “brain drain”.

scholarly journals CYBERBULLYING: IDENTIFICATION OF FACTORS AFFECTING THE QUALITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDONESIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-29
Author(s):  
Eliot Simangunsong
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Voice Communication ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Video Information ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Smartphone Use ◽  
The Impact

The use of cell phones has undergone a rapid change and will continue to change. Previously used for voice communication in the 1980s, now mobile phones have various functions so that they are known as smartphones. The various functions of this smartphone are not only used for a positive purpose, but also create new problems, such as cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is a type of social abuse by utilizing electronic gadgets such as smartphones. The growing population of smartphone owners among students raises new problems in the classroom. Misuse of smartphone use, especially in the perspective of cyberbullying, can result in disruption of the quality of learning in the classroom and the academic atmosphere on campus. Compared to traditional bullying, cyberbullying can happen anywhere and anytime. Text, photo or video information used in cyberbullies can be delivered directly to the target person. This research aims to study the factors why students conduct cyberbullying and the effects of cyberbullying. The result of analysis shows enough evidence that there is a misuse in the use of smartphones when in the classroom. Various factors have been identified such as high frequency of smartphone usage which is not related to lessons in class, chatting in social media and bullying for fun or joke. The negative effect of cyberbullying is mostly feel humiliated followed by worried and isolated. The results of this research help higher education institutions to anticipate the impact of smartphone use among students earlier and take appropriate steps or policies to maintain the learning process and quality learning atmosphere.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Students’ Understanding of the Quality of Higher Education

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irina Degtjarjova ◽  
◽  
Inga Lapiņa
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Rank Correlation ◽  
Educational Content ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Study Process

Students are the main stakeholders in the higher education area so their involvement is closely related to the quality of higher education. There are a lot of factors that affect the understanding of the quality of higher education. Factors are used for quality planning, assessment, assurance, control, improvement etc. The research question is: what factors affect students’ understanding of the quality of higher education? The research was conducted in two stages. During the first stage of the research, the concept of the quality of higher education was analysed by using literature review and focus group discussion. During the second stage, a questionnaire was developed and students of the Faculty of Engineering Economics and Management of Riga Technical University (RTU FEEM) were surveyed, the results of students’ survey were analysed by using Spearman rank correlation. The research shows that there are three groups of factors that affect students’ understanding of the quality of higher education: factors related to the study process (SP), support and resources (SR), and external factors and results (EFR). As a result of correlation analysis, SP factors have more internal correlations within the group, while SR and EFR factors more correlate with each other. The most significant factors that affect students’ understanding of the quality of higher education are the quality of educational content and professors’ competence. Some trends were observed: (1) factors with a small number of correlations have more internal correlations than intergroup correlations; (2) the more important is the factor, the greater is the number of relationships, and vice versa; (3) the more important is the factor, the closer are relationships, and vice versa. There is one exception recognised in the research: although the factor ‘Quality of educational content’, according to the students, is the most important factor, the correlation analysis shows that it has no statistically significant correlations with other factors.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Student Satisfaction with Higher Education Service Quality in Vietnam

2022 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 339-351
Author(s):  
Nguyen Chi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Educational Administration ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Education Services ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
National University

<p style="text-align: justify;">Higher education plays an important role in providing students with knowledge and skills to enter the labor market. The quality of higher education, the satisfaction of the quality of higher education has been concerned by many individuals and organizations. The study aims to explore the factors affecting student satisfaction with the quality of higher education services in Vietnam. Research data was collected from survey results by questionnaires from 396 students of An Giang University, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. SPSS 20, AMOS 24 software is used for analysis and evaluation of scales through Cronbach's Alpha reliability coefficient; exploratory factor analysis EFA; CFA confirmatory factor; SEM linear regression analysis to test the hypotheses. The results of the SEM model study show that there are six factors affecting student satisfaction with the quality of higher education services in Vietnam, including teaching staff; facilities and teaching facilities; ability to serve; educational activities; student support activities; education programs. From the research results, discussions on educational administration are proposed to improve student satisfaction with the quality of higher education services in Vietnam.</p>

scholarly journals Algorithm of constructing lectures in the training of future Specialists in the field of Preschool Education

2019 ◽  
pp. 71-76
Author(s):  
Knyazheva Iryna
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Information Transmission ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
National Strategy ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Technological Tools

Improving the quality of higher pedagogical education is an urgent need and social demand of society, as it is emphasized in the National Strategy for the Development of Education in Ukraine until 2021, the Concept for the Development of Teacher Education, in the Standards and Recommendations for Guaranteeing the Quality of Higher Education in the European Space. These documents focus on the need to review and modernize the traditional forms and methods of organizing the educational process of higher education institutions. One of these organizational forms and methods is a lecture that has maintained the function of direct information transmission for many centuries. The purpose of the article is to highlight the technological aspects and features for constructing and introducing lectures in the process of professional training of future specialists in the field of preschool education under studying conditions at a pedagogical university. The author describes the main functions of the modern lecture, identifies the reasons for the overriding need to review functions and modernize the methodology for constructing a lecture in a modern institution of higher education, and determines the directions of this modernization. The article presents in detail the algorithm of constructing lectures step-by-step; the author illustrates some examples of the application of the proposed technological tools in the course of teaching the discipline “Preschool Pedagogy”, which is an obligatory subject included into the educational and professional training program of Bachelor students majoring in specialty 012 “Preschool education”. Key words: future specialists in the field of preschool education, a lecture, pedagogical university, functions, technological tools, construction algorithm.

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