scholarly journals Unexploited Efficiencies In Higher Education

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry C. Eyring
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Cost Efficiency ◽  
Instructional Delivery ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Extended Version ◽  
Brigham Young University ◽  
College Attainment ◽  
Cost Efficiencies ◽  
Cost Efficient ◽  
The U.S

In Unexploited Efficiencies in Higher Education, Henry C. Eyring, a junior majoring in Economics at Brigham Young University-Idaho, argues that one way that the U.S. can compete globally in college attainment is to decrease cost-per-graduate. He explains how many stakeholders in higher education stand to benefit from unexploited cost-efficiencies. Eyring cites strategies implemented by Brigham Young University-Idaho as examples of ways that institutions of higher education can become more cost-efficient in producing graduates. Administrators at Brigham Young University-Idaho utilize a model called the Graduate Fishbone that quantifies the effect of alterations to policy, retention, and instructional delivery at Brigham Young University-Idaho on cost, students served, and annual graduates produced. That model allows analysis of the efficacy of cost-efficiency promoting strategies, and is available electronically from the author upon request. An extended version of this paper with additional charts and explanation is also available electronically from the author upon request.

scholarly journals Let’s Celebrate the Humane in the Humanities

Humanities ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 109
Author(s):  
Thomas Willard
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Good ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Free Society ◽  
Humane Education ◽  
Economic Collapse ◽  
Funding Cuts ◽  
The U.S

The economic collapse in the U.S. during the Covid-19 pandemic has aggravated the problems caused by a generation of funding cuts to institutions of higher education and, with these cuts, the increasing costs for students and their families. The current problems raise anew the questions of what public good is created both by programs in the Humanities and by all forms of higher education. They are not new questions, but the responses often bring out the importance of humane education to a free society. Courses in the Humanities develop more than the skills in communication and critical thinking that employers say they value. Such courses contribute to the personal development, character formation, and emotional intelligence that create a healthy and productive society. The benefits of such education are considerable, but cannot be measured in a strictly business model of higher education such as is often used by institutions balancing budgets, as well as by the overseers to which they report, including regents, politicians, and community affiliates.

Pragmatics information in selected Business Chinese (BC) textbooks in the U.S.

2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-217
Author(s):  
Shuai Li
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Business Communication ◽  
Learning Objective ◽  
Pragmatic Competence ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
The U.S

Pragmatic competence, the ability to conduct socially appropriate communication, plays an important role in influencing the success of business communication. This study examined the availability of explicit pragmatics information and related exercises in eight Business Chinese (BC) textbooks used in the U.S. institutions of higher education. The quantitative and qualitative findings showed that only a few textbooks explicitly listed pragmatics as a learning objective. Meanwhile, while explicit pragmatics information was provided in the BC textbooks, substantial variations were found across different subcategories of pragmatic features as well as across textbooks; moreover, the quantity of explicit pragmatics information and the ways of presenting and practicing various pragmatic features, as afforded by these textbooks, may not allow full-fledged development of pragmatic competence among learners.

If Higher Education Is a Right, and Distance Education Is the Answer, Then Who Will Pay?

2008 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina A. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
The United States ◽  
State Governments ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
The People ◽  
Cost Efficiencies ◽  
Negative Conclusion ◽  
The U.S

If higher education is a right, and distance education is the avenue for making higher education universally available, then who shall pay? This article asks (1) can state governments in the United States afford to fund this initiative and (2) can public higher education institutions in the U.S. fund this effort through capitalizing on cost-efficiencies of online learning? To answer the first question, data on funding of higher education by states are reviewed and a negative conclusion reached. To answer the second question, research on methods for achieving cost-efficiencies through online learning is reviewed and a cautious positive conclusion is reached, assuming states and institutions are willing to invest in the people and processes, and the time, effort, and will, that makes achieving efficiencies possible.

Distance Learning Course Design

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jillian L. Wendt ◽  
Deanna Nisbet ◽  
Amanda Rockinson-Szapkiw
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
International Students ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Preliminary Research ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
The U.S

Research has extensively provided insight regarding best practices for designing distance learning courses at U.S. institutions of higher education. However, with the increase in course offerings to students abroad and with the documented challenges that international students enrolled in U.S. courses face, it is important to consider whether current frameworks for course design support the needs of international learners. Unfortunately, little research exists that examines this facet of culturally responsive course design and development. This chapter presents what is currently understood regarding international learners enrolled in U.S. courses, an overview of the most widely utilized frameworks for course design in the U.S. context, what preliminary research suggests regarding support for international learners, and practical implications and areas in need of further exploration.

scholarly journals IF HIGHER EDUCATION IS A RIGHT, AND DISTANCE EDUCATION IS THE ANSWER, THEN WHO WILL PAY?

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina A. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
The United States ◽  
State Governments ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
The People ◽  
Cost Efficiencies ◽  
Negative Conclusion ◽  
The U.S

If higher education is a right, and distance education is the avenue for making higher education universally available, then who shall pay? This article asks (1) can state governments in the United States afford to fund this initiative and (2) can public higher education institutions in the U.S. fund this effort through capitalizing on cost-efficiencies of online learning? To answer the first question, data on funding of higher education by states are reviewed and a negative conclusion reached. To answer the second question, research on methods for achieving cost-efficiencies through online learning is reviewed and a cautious positive conclusion is reached, assuming states and institutions are willing to invest in the people and processes, and the time, effort, and will that make achieving efficiencies possible.

scholarly journals Cost Efficiency of Banks in Croatia

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 12-26
Author(s):  
Ivan Huljak
Keyword(s):  
Cost Efficiency ◽  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Consolidation Process ◽  
Banking Efficiency ◽  
Frontier Analysis ◽  
Administrative Costs ◽  
Cost Efficiencies ◽  
Cost Efficient ◽  
The Cost

Abstract Foreign and larger banks in Croatia are generally considered to be more cost efficient compared with domestic and smaller banks. However, those views are often based on data from financial statements that can be misleading due to simultaneous consolidation process on the market and the existence of economies of scale. To contribute to the Croatian banking efficiency literature, we construct a panel of individual bank data for 1994-2014 period and conduct a frontier analysis to calculate bank specific X-efficiency. Our results suggest that efficiency scores depend on the cost definition as domestic and smaller banks are more efficient in managing administrative costs compared with foreign and larger banks but equally efficient in managing total costs. Results indicate that average bank relative efficiency increased on two occasions: one in the late 90s in the period of banking crisis and subsequent “market cleansing” and to a lesser extent in the period marked with financial crisis. Although the differences between bank cost efficiencies seem small, we conclude that the area is worth further research as significant gains in bank earnings could be achieved by increasing efficiency.

The Need for Quality Aviation Safety Graduates: An Educational Challenge

2005 ◽  
Vol 49 (7) ◽  
pp. 751-754
Author(s):  
Thomas R. Weitzel ◽  
Thomas R. Chidester ◽  
Roger A. Mason
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Federal Aviation Administration ◽  
The United States ◽  
Aviation Safety ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Spring Semester ◽  
Educational Challenge ◽  
Air Carriers ◽  
The U.S

The authors investigated a previously unaddressed problem within curricula of the United States (U.S.) aviation institutions of higher education. Graduates of these institutions were not being prepared to work within safety departments of the U.S. air carriers involved with one or more of the five current, voluntary Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) programs. To ascertain the need for a solution, a subjective instrument was developed and personally administered to 13 participants within the industry. The qualitative results were interpreted, and, in combination with the knowledge gained from the immersion of a professor within a research organization, resulted in the curricular placement of some of the aforementioned content on one campus of one U.S. aviation university during the spring semester of 2005.

scholarly journals IF HIGHER EDUCATION IS A RIGHT, AND DISTANCE EDUCATION IS THE ANSWER, THEN WHO WILL PAY?

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina A. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
The United States ◽  
State Governments ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
The People ◽  
Cost Efficiencies ◽  
Negative Conclusion ◽  
The U.S

If higher education is a right, and distance education is the avenue for making higher education universally available, then who shall pay? This article asks (1) can state governments in the United States afford to fund this initiative and (2) can public higher education institutions in the U.S. fund this effort through capitalizing on cost-efficiencies of online learning? To answer the first question, data on funding of higher education by states are reviewed and a negative conclusion reached. To answer the second question, research on methods for achieving cost-efficiencies through online learning is reviewed and a cautious positive conclusion is reached, assuming states and institutions are willing to invest in the people and processes, and the time, effort, and will that make achieving efficiencies possible.

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