scholarly journals Changes In Higher Education: How To Address The Learning Needs Of The Latino Population

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Armin Harbrecht ◽  
Presha E. Neidermeyer ◽  
Tracy L. Tuten
Keyword(s):  
Latino Students ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
The United States ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
American Business ◽  
Teaching Techniques ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Changing Demographics

Institutions of higher learning in the United States are facing challenges associated with changing demographics. Latino students are making up an increasing portion of the incoming student body than previously.  The unique cultural characteristics of Latino students will require adaptations to the teaching techniques typically used in American business schools.  The unique environment in business schools provides opportunities and challenges for Latino students and their instructors.  We use Hofstede’s cultural classifications in order to map the characteristics of Latino students and suggest six business teaching suggestions designed to increase the learning outcomes for the Latino students.

scholarly journals The Effect Of Diversity Mandates: The Case Of Mississippi Institutions Of Higher Learning

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Hochradel ◽  
Jamye Long ◽  
Cooper Johnson ◽  
Haley Wells
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Past Research ◽  
The United States ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Diverse Student Body ◽  
Diverse Student ◽  
The University

After more than 40 years since the University of Mississippi integrated its student body and the passage of civil rights and affirmative action legislation throughout the United States, universities are confronting the issue of developing not only a diverse student body, but also a diverse faculty, staff, and administration.  In the intervening years, much research has been conducted in the area of diversity within universities.  Past research focused on the attitudes towards diversity, necessity and benefits of diversity, and student initiatives to address these issues.  However, the vast majority of diversity research centers on human resources issues.  In 2006, Commissioner Tom Meredith of the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) charged the Mississippi higher education institutions with increasing the diversity of faculty, staff, and students.  The purpose of this study is to investigate the diversity among these institutions and to determine the effect of the mandate by the IHL on the diversity of employees and students at these universities.  Data analysis includes a report of the current diversity status and analysis of change based on the mandate.  This study concludes with a discussion of the results, implications of these results, and directions for future research.

Some Thoughts on the Socratic Method

1984 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 6-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ethan M. Fishman
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Political Scientist ◽  
Socratic Method ◽  
Teaching Techniques ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Question And Answer ◽  
History Of ◽  
Pedagogic Tool ◽  
The University

The Socratic method was the major pedagogic tool at the first great Western university, Plato's Academy, and continues to be respected, at least in theory, by teachers at our institutions of higher learning. Yet today many of Plato's heirs in the university community seem to hold several perhaps innocent but nonetheless serious misconceptions concerning the Socratic technique. As a political scientist interested in the history of political philosophy, I have developed some thoughts on this subject in response to repeated inquiries by colleagues and students alike.One popular inaccuracy describes the Socratic method as an openended question and answer process. Actually, the Socratic approach has a singular purpose, namely the search for truth, and it is this explicit goal rather than an informal procedure of give and take which distinguishes the Socratic method from other teaching techniques.

The World before (and Shortly after) Wharton

2019 ◽  
pp. 14-52
Author(s):  
Steven Conn
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
The United States ◽  
University Of Pennsylvania ◽  
American Business ◽  
Wharton School ◽  
The Social ◽  
University Degree ◽  
The University

This chapter examines why educational leaders and businessmen in the United States thought it was a good idea to establish business schools in the first place. The answer often offered at the time was that American business itself had grown so big and complex by the turn of the twentieth century that a new university-level education was now required for the new world of managerial work. However, the more powerful rationale was that businessmen wanted the social status and cultural cachet that came with a university degree. The chapter then looks at the Wharton School of Finance and Economy at the University of Pennsylvania, which was founded in 1881 and became the first business school in the United States. All of the more than six hundred business schools founded in the nearly century and a half since descend from Wharton.

Introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Steven Conn
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
The United States ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
American Business ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Professional Business ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
Definition Of

This introductory chapter provides an overview of American business schools. While at one level business schools stand as of a piece of the way American universities have grown and evolved since the end of the Civil War, they stand apart from the rest of higher education in three, interconnected ways. First, they have consistently disappointed even their most enthusiastic boosters—failing to develop a definition of professional business education, failing to develop a coherent, intellectually vibrant body of knowledge, unable to agree on what the raison d'être of business schools ought to be—to an extent simply not true of any other academic pursuit. Despite this, of course, business schools have flourished on U.S. campuses and continue to do so. Second, the late nineteenth-century revolutions in higher education fostered a change in how universities were funded and governed. For the businessmen who now presided over higher education, a business school on their campus might hold a special place in their hearts. Finally, business schools serve as the handmaids to corporate capitalism in the United States in a way that no other campus enterprise does.

An Examination of How Legal Status Affects Enrollment and Graduation Rates

2019 ◽  
pp. 130-148
Author(s):  
Florence Nyemba
Keyword(s):  
Legal Status ◽  
Immigrant Students ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
The United States ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Immigration Reform ◽  
Immigration Status ◽  
College Degrees ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Large Numbers

This chapter explores the educational choices of immigrants and how the issue of legal or immigration status contributes to social inequality in the United States classrooms and institutions of higher learning. Immigrants within U.S. population have increased dramatically, yet their educational attainment remains small in comparison to native-born Americans. Although large numbers of immigrant students graduate from high school, their path to higher education remains difficulty with fewer getting college degrees. Drawing on literature from multiple disciplines, the issue of immigration status in relation to immigrant education is examined. The chapter recommends the adoption of immigration reform legislations that create better pathways to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and progressive educational provisions. This chapter benefits immigrants and educational leaders in institutions of higher learning.

Growing a University’s Technological Infrastructure

2011 ◽  
pp. 86-99
Author(s):  
Stephen R. Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
Higher Learning ◽  
Maturity Model ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Technological Infrastructure ◽  
Administrative Services ◽  
Planning Models ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Strategic Plans ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

This chapter considers concepts, planning models, and related processes associated with infrastructure growth at institutions of higher learning. The author offers various definitions of infrastructure, describes an infrastructure maturity model, and discusses strategies and models for related strategic planning. In addition, the chapter provides portions of actual strategic plans related to infrastructure. The chapter closes with a description of how the author’s home institution has grown its technological infrastructure in order to provide required administrative services, communications, and instruction to a growing student body engaged in an expanding curriculum. The impact of infrastructure growth on the university community is also discussed.

Persian Language Instruction

1972 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-29
Author(s):  
M. A. Jazayery
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Complete Information ◽  
The United States ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
General Evaluation ◽  
Persian Language ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning

This survey of Persian language instruction in the United States and Canada does not pretend to be exhaustive in coverage, or to present the most up-to-date and complete information in all aspects. A questionnaire was sent in June 1971 to some 28 institutions of higher learning where Persian was known or suspected to be taught at the time. It was divided into 8 sections, each containing a number of specific questions. The section headings were: I. Background Information; II. Objectives of Persian-Language Teaching; III. Teaching Methods; IV. Teaching Materials; V. Teaching Staff; VI. Degrees and Curricula; VII. Applied Research; VIII. Recommendations and General Evaluation. The list of the institutions was compiled from various sources, including MESA bulletins.

scholarly journals Terror.edu

2010 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-162
Author(s):  
Uppinder Mehan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Professional Role ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
University Of Houston ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
The University

The Society for Critical Exchange held its first Winter Theory Institute from11-14 February 2010 at the University of Houston-Victoria, located inVictoria, Texas. Eleven scholars from a variety of disciplines and fromacross the United States came together to present and discuss their currentwork on questions regarding the affect terror and terrorism are having oneducation in higher education. The participants presented their work by turn,and all took part in the intense two days fully devoted to the discussions.Some of the questions we hoped to address included the following: Howhave institutions of higher learning responded to the specter of terror? Howshould academe respond? What is our professional role in a terroristicworld? ...

Awareness of Breastfeeding Laws and Provisions of Students and Employees of Institutions of Higher Learning in Georgia

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 323-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Kojo Anderson ◽  
Evan Johnson ◽  
Nicole Motoyasu ◽  
Whitney E. Bignell
Keyword(s):  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
The United States ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
University System Of Georgia ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Initiative Program

Background: Over the past 2 decades, southern states in the United States have recorded the lowest breastfeeding rates. It is not known whether awareness of breastfeeding laws and provision of resources play any role in their breastfeeding practices. Research aims: The aims were (a) to describe awareness of breastfeeding laws and provisions by students and employees of institutions of higher learning in the state of Georgia, (b) to describe awareness by race and ethnicity, and (c) to determine factors associated with awareness of breastfeeding laws and provisions among students and employees within Georgia institutions of higher learning. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey of students ( n = 1,923) and employees ( n = 1,311) associated with five institutions within the University System of Georgia ( N = 3,271) was completed. Convenience sampling was used. Data were collected through Qualtrics. Chi-square test was used to examine differences between groups, while logistic regression was used to examine associations. Results: Participants included 33.3% undergraduate, 26.2% graduate students, 24.6% staff, 14.2% faculty, and 1.7% administrators. Over two thirds were female and white. Almost one third reported having a child or children. Awareness of breastfeeding laws and provisions was very low among respondents, with 26.6 and 9.6% aware of federal and state provisions, respectively. While less than 10% were familiar with the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative program, 52.6% reported their institution provides a supportive environment for breastfeeding. Being a student and being a minority were negatively associated with awareness of laws and provisions that support breastfeeding. Conclusion: The need for focused efforts on increasing awareness of legislative and institutional provisions and support for breastfeeding exists.

Some Important Collections of Catholic Missionary Journals in North America

1979 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 345-348
Author(s):  
David Henige
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North America ◽  
The United States ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
White Fathers ◽  
Oblates Of Mary Immaculate ◽  
Early Returns ◽  
White Father

Readers may be interested to know that there are several little-known depositories of African-related Catholic missionary journals in the United States and Canada. Since these materials were not usually disseminated very widely when published, they are almost never to be found in academic and research libraries, nor, therefore, in the standard locating tools like Union List of Serials and its supplements. Because of this an effort is now being made to find at least one location in North America for each of the more than four hundred relevant journals. Likely possibilities include provincial and mother houses, teaching seminaries, monasteries, and provincial archives, as well as the libraries of institutions of higher learning affiliated with particular missionary orders. Although this project is very far from complete (and almost certainly will never attain the rather quixotic goal mentioned above) some early returns are in and several important collections have been identified. This note discusses the most useful of these, which relate to the White Fathers, the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, the Scheutists, and the Verona Fathers. African historians need no introduction to the value of the published White Father materials. The White Fathers served throughout most of Africa and they published more than any other order on the peoples among whom they served. Many of their writings have been used by Africanists, but it remains true that the correspondence, reports, and articles which appeared in their own numerous journals have not been extensively consulted, no doubt because these journals are not widely available.

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