Market, science and higher education in American universities. Review of R Geiger’s book “Knowledge and money”

The article considers the problem of the influence of market principles on the fields of science and higher education on a material provided by the United States’ experience in the commercialization of education, which is reflected in R. Geiger’s book “Knowledge and Money”. Geiger emphasizes that the extension of market principles to the academia leads to paradoxical results: increased funding and the quality of the student audience while reducing the enlightening and cultural functions of the university. The book sequentially explores the main aspects of this paradox, as well as its historical dynamics and the causes of it. The concluding part of the article briefly substantiates the relevance of the research conducted in the book in the Russian context of educational reforms, which include a significant expansion of the commercial sector in universities.

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Evaluation of the Academic Setting in Spain 1This study was financed by the University of Oviedo.

European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027/1015-5759.11.2.133 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 133-137 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Juan Fernández ◽

Miguel A. Mateo ◽

José Muñiz

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Decision Making ◽

Social Climate ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Academic Setting ◽

Teaching And Research ◽

Evaluation Questionnaire ◽

University Teachers ◽

The University

The conditions are investigated in which Spanish university teachers carry out their teaching and research functions. 655 teachers from the University of Oviedo took part in this study by completing the Academic Setting Evaluation Questionnaire (ASEQ). Of the three dimensions assessed in the ASEQ, Satisfaction received the lowest ratings, Social Climate was rated higher, and Relations with students was rated the highest. These results are similar to those found in two studies carried out in the academic years 1986/87 and 1989/90. Their relevance for higher education is twofold because these data can be used as a complement of those obtained by means of students' opinions, and the crossing of both types of data can facilitate decision making in order to improve the quality of the work (teaching and research) of the university institutions.

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The Early Years of the Jewish Presence at the University of Illinois

Religion and American Culture A Journal of Interpretation ◽

10.1525/rac.1992.2.2.03a00040 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 215-245

Author(s):

Winton U. Solberg

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

The United States ◽

Early Years ◽

Late Nineteenth Century ◽

Characteristic Form ◽

University Of Illinois ◽

American Higher Education ◽

Jewish Students ◽

The University ◽

The Church

For over two centuries, the College was the characteristic form of higher education in the United States, and the College was closely allied to the church in a predominantly Protestant land. The university became the characteristic form of American higher education starting in the late nineteenth Century, and universities long continued to reflect the nation's Protestant culture. By about 1900, however, Catholics and Jews began to enter universities in increasing numbers. What was the experience of Jewish students in these institutions, and how did authorities respond to their appearance? These questions will be addressed in this article by focusing on the Jewish presence at the University of Illinois in the early twentieth Century. Religion, like a red thread, is interwoven throughout the entire fabric of this story.

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“I Knew It Was Gonna Be Hard, but I Always Knew I Had Support From My Parents”: The Role of Family on Undocumented Students’ College Aspirations and Persistence

Journal of College Student Retention Research Theory & Practice ◽

10.1177/15210251211018826 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 152102512110188

Author(s):

Cinthya Salazar

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Undocumented Students ◽

The United States ◽

Public University ◽

College Aspirations ◽

Higher Education Research ◽

Research And Practice ◽

Postsecondary Success ◽

States Experience

Literature shows that undocumented students in the United States experience significant challenges to and through higher education. Only a few studies have uncovered the mechanisms that undocumented students use to persist in college; in particular, the role that family plays on their postsecondary success is understudied. In this qualitative study, I examine the role that family plays on undocumented students’ college aspirations and persistence. Findings from a sample of 16 undocumented students attending a four-year public university show that their families are the stimulus motivating them to pursue higher education, as well as the support system they can rely on to manage college barriers. However, the data also revealed that for a few participants, their families are a source of stress, resulting in additional challenges they must manage as they navigate higher education. I present these findings using participants’ vignettes and conclude with implications for higher education research and practice.

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Trend research of vitamin D receptor: Bibliometric analysis

Health Informatics Journal ◽

10.1177/14604582211043158 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 27 (4) ◽

pp. 146045822110431

Author(s):

Mohamed Abouzid ◽

Anna K. Główka ◽

Marta Karaźniewicz-Łada

Keyword(s):

Vitamin D ◽

Vitamin D Receptor ◽

Polycystic Ovary ◽

The United States ◽

Single Nucleotide ◽

Alcoholic Fatty Liver ◽

University Of Wisconsin ◽

The University ◽

Nucleolar Rna

Studies on vitamin D receptor (VDR) and its association with multiple disorders are expanding. This bibliometric study aims to find and summarize VDR-related publications, and compare them across various countries, organizations, and journals to demonstrate trends in VDR research. VOSviewer and Excel 2019 were used to classify and summarize Web of Science articles from 1900 to mid-2021. Total records of 8762 articles were analyzed, and maps of co-citations bibliometric keywords co-occurrence were designed. In conclusion, relative research interest and published papers related to VDR were growing in the past 30 years. The United States of America dominates the research regarding VDR. The highest quality of VDR research was achieved by the University of California System, University of Wisconsin System, and Harvard University. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol, PLoS One, and J Biol Chem are the leading three productive journals on VDR. Various aspects of vitamin D deficiency associated disorders and genetic studies regarding VDR, including single nucleotide polymorphism, gene variants, epigenome, long non-coding ribonucleic acid (lncRNA), and small nucleolar RNA host gene 6 are potentially the recent research hotspot in this field. Moreover, coronavirus disease, polycystic ovary syndrome, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, gut microbiota, gestational diabetes, systemic sclerosis, and chemoresistance are the trending medical conditions associated with VDR.

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Evaluating the performance of teaching staff members, a step towards teaching performance development of higher education in Sebha University

Journal of Pure & Applied Sciences ◽

10.51984/jopas.v20i3.1080 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

pp. 21-26

Author(s):

Zamzam Amhimmid Mare

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Faculty Members ◽

University Teaching ◽

Analytic Description ◽

Teaching Staff ◽

Teaching Performance ◽

Staff Members ◽

Performance Development ◽

The University

This study aims to show the importance of evaluating the teaching performance level of the University teaching members. It also aims to provide the suggested mechanisms for evaluating the teaching performance of the teaching staff members of Sebha University. This study was based mainly on documents and analytic description to collect information about the importance and ways of evaluating teachers with reference to some of the international experiences on teaching performance development. This study concluded that the absence of an experienced entity that would develop the teaching performance of faculty members is one of the main reasons for the weak teaching performance at Sebha University. Based on the results of the study, it is recommended that there should be a planned system based on measured standards and criteria for evaluating staff members to improve the quality of teaching in the higher education domain.

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Theoretical bases for academics’ potential development: foreign and domestic experience

Problems of Education ◽

10.52256/2710-3986.1-94.2021.01 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 5-19

Author(s):

Yurii Skyba ◽

Hanna Lebedynets

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

The European Union ◽

Association Agreement ◽

Intangible Resources ◽

Quality Of Higher Education ◽

Potential Development ◽

Organizational Information ◽

The University

Ensuring and improving the quality of teaching and learning, in particular the academics’ potential development, is reflected in strategic European and domestic documents, namely in the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union, the Paris Communiqué, the Strategy for Higher Education in Ukraine for 2021-2031 and others. The expediency for academics’ potential development is confirmed by the results of a national survey on the needs for the development of Ukrainian universities in the process of reforming higher education in the context of European integration. The article highlights the problems of academics’ potential development. Based on foreign and domestic experience, the theoretical bases for academics’ potential development, in particular the conceptual and terminological apparatus and structural components of teaching metacompetence are substantiated. The concept «potential of an academic» is defined as a set of intellectual, intangible resources, conditions and opportunities created for the production and accumulation of new knowledge, ideas, technologies, competencies and other productive properties at the university, which combines two levels of connections functioning in unity. The first level of connections are resources that are the result of past and present, and the second – opportunities, i.e. those abilities and connections that are future-oriented, constantly changing, evolving, forming new abilities, characteristics, including elements of the future development. The following components are distinguished in the structure of teaching metacompetence: prognostic; design; objective; innovative; pedagogical partnership; organizational; information and digital; reflexive; linguistic and communicative; inclusive; motivational; health-preserving; emotional-ethical and evaluative-analytical. The development of the above components of teaching metacompetence will help ensure the quality of higher education and increase the competitiveness of the university in the educational services market.

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FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERNAL SYSTEM OF EDUCATION QUALITY ASSURANCE AT THE UNIVERSITY AS A FACTOR OF STATE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Vìsnik Sumsʹkogo deržavnogo unìversitetu ◽

10.21272/1817-9215.2020.4-11 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 96-103

Author(s):

A. Artyukhov

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Economic Development ◽

Quality Assurance ◽

Foreign Students ◽

Education Institution ◽

The State ◽

Educational Services ◽

Socio Economic Development ◽

The University

The article is devoted to the description and analysis of factors that potentially and actually affect the socio-economic development of the state on the example of the higher education institution. It is established that at the system level the level of ensuring the quality of educational activities and the quality of higher education has a decisive influence on the formation of a positive image of a higher education institution. The results of a survey of students on the criteria for choosing a university to study are presented. Statistics on public funding of education in general and higher education in particular are presented and analyzed. It is established that, despite the formally high percentage of education funding from the level of GDP in absolute terms, the actual funding is low and needs to be strengthened by attracting external funding from customers. Attention is also paid to the state of development of educational services for foreign students. In a competitive environment at the national and international level, the decisive influence on the involvement of foreign students in the university is influenced by the structure of the training program, teacher qualifications, organization of the educational process in the classroom and so on. The article on the example of a higher education institution presents the main stages of formation and development of the internal system of quality assurance of education as an object of influence on the socio-economic development of the state. The development and/or improvement of internal quality assurance systems in universities is becoming a powerful basis for increasing university funding from external (personally involved) sources, reducing the outflow of applicants abroad and the successful provision of educational services to foreign students. At this stage, given the limited opportunities for funding of educational activities by the state (compared to EU countries), the successful implementation of the university development strategy is possible provided that systematic work is done to improve the quality of educational services for domestic and foreign citizens. As part of further research, it is planned to analyze the mutual impact of the education quality assurance system on the effectiveness of scientific activities, the provision of additional paid educational services, training for external customers and other sources.

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La rivalité entre de langues des colonisateurs (français et anglais)

Digital Press Social Sciences and Humanities ◽

10.29037/digitalpress.43283 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 ◽

pp. 00010

Author(s):

Cartalyna Napitupulu

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

The United States ◽

Cultural Preservation ◽

National Language ◽

Font Size ◽

National Assembly ◽

French And English ◽

Long Time ◽

Internationalization Of Education

For a long time French and English compete in international life. Globalization has led to the internationalization of education. With the desire of universities to become international universities, the position of foreign languages, such as English, French, German, Japanese become more important. In France as in other countries one of the most important languages is English. Hagège says that to impose one&#39;s language is also to impose one&#39;s thought. It seems that France is becoming more open to English. In addition to the growth of foreign languages, it is necessary to consider the consequences of internationalization for cultural preservation, the prestige of the national language, linguistic and cultural diversity and the quality of the university. Fioraso, the former French education minister, has published a law that is considered unacceptable for higher education unions. On May 22, 2013 teachers-researchers and students were mobilized, against the project of reform higher education examined at no charge by the National Assembly. Teachers-researchers and students were mobilized on Wednesday, May 22, to protest against the proposed reform of higher education examined at no charge by the National Assembly. In general, researchers who evaluate the internationalization of higher education tend to share the idea that internationalization opens opportunities that are more desirable than dangerous. This article discusses the influence of English, because of the internationalization of education in France and the domination of the United States. These two colonial languages continue to compete and the widespread use of English has been rejected by some people. Both have some prestige, English is Shakespear&#39;s tongue of a coast and French is the language of Molière.

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HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS SUBORDINATE TO THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE-A FORGE OF PERSONNEL FOR THE AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Проблемы управления качеством образования: сборник избранных статей Международной научно-методической конференции (Санкт-Петербург, Ноябрь 2020) ◽

10.37539/ko188.2020.60.22.009 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ирина Ивановна Широкорад ◽

Олеся Михайловна Фадеева ◽

Елена Геннадьевна Пафнутова

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Labor Market ◽

Education System ◽

Industrial Complex ◽

Higher Education System ◽

Productive Labor ◽

Level Of Knowledge ◽

The One ◽

The University

Система высшего образования развивается не в изоляции. Она находится в непосредственной зависимости от школьной системы и от рынка труда. С одной стороны, образовательные результаты, полученные в университете, зависят от уровня знаний и навыков, которые получили студенты на предыдущем этапе образования, с другой стороны, ожидаемое высокое качество жизни, которое является ключевой мотивацией для поступления в вуз для большинства населения, определяется состоянием и структурой рынка труда. Именно наличие спроса на продуктивную рабочую силу определяет результативность системы высшего образования. The higher education system does not develop in isolation. It is directly dependent on the school system and the labor market. On the one hand, the educational results obtained at the University depend on the level of knowledge and skills that students received at the previous stage of education, on the other hand, the expected high quality of life, which is a key motivation for entering the University for the majority of the population, is determined by the state and structure of the labor market. It is the demand for productive labor that determines the effectiveness of the higher education system.

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The Changing Mission and Nature of Partnerships in Public Universities

Handbook of Research on Teaching and Learning in K-20 Education - Advances in Educational Marketing, Administration, and Leadership ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-4249-2.ch042 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 726-741 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Marianne Robin Russo ◽

Kristin Brittain

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Public Education ◽

The United States ◽

Public University ◽

Public Higher Education ◽

The Public ◽

Academic Mission ◽

New Business ◽

K 12 ◽

The University

Reasons for public education are many; however, to crystalize and synthesize this, quite simply, public education is for the public good. The goal, or mission, of public education is to offer truth and enlightenment for students, including adult learners. Public education in the United States has undergone many changes over the course of the last 200 years, and now public education is under scrutiny and is facing a continual lack of funding from the states. It is due to these issues that public higher education is encouraging participatory corporate partnerships, or neo-partnerships, that will fund the university, but may expect a return on investment for private shareholders, or an expectation that curriculum will be contrived and controlled by the neo-partnerships. A theoretical framework of an academic mission and a business mission is explained, the impact of privatization within the K-12 model on public higher education, the comparison of traditional and neo-partnerships, the shift in public higher education towards privatization, a discussion of university boards, and the business model as the new frame for a public university. A public university will inevitably have to choose between a traditional academic mission that has served the nation for quite some time and the new business mission, which may have negative implications for students, academic freedom, tenure, and faculty-developed curriculum.

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