Case study: a decade of changes in a small environmental engineering graduate program

For a small graduate program in environmental engineering in a rural state in the US, it is important for the program curriculum to stay in the mainstream. While resident student enrollment is approaching a steady level, international student enrollment increases steadily, this is due in part to the out-of-state tuition waiver provided to the students. Part-time students are a significant part of the program, these students have special needs that are different from traditional full-time students that must be taken into consideration in program planning. A small program provides an attentive atmosphere for students’ learning, but it also has problems that a larger program would not encounter, such as competitiveness, personal conflicts, program identity, etc. Despite success in the past, the program is likely to merge with other related programs in the university during times of budget restrictions.

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THE ATTITUDE OF THE PEDAGOGICAL SPECIALITIES’ STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA TO THE STUDY COURSE OF CIVIL DEFENCE

SOCIETY INTEGRATION EDUCATION Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference ◽

10.17770/sie2020vol2.4953 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 ◽

pp. 227

Author(s):

Juris Porozovs ◽

Aija Dudkina

Keyword(s):

First Aid ◽

Full Time ◽

Self Assessment ◽

First Year Students ◽

Study Programs ◽

Part Time Students ◽

Part Time ◽

Management Students ◽

Civil Defence ◽

The University

In Latvia the Civil Defence course is a compulsory course for all higher education study programs. The aim of the study was to find out the attitude of the students of pedagogy specialties of the University of Latvia towards the Civil Defence course, to study the students' self-assessment of understanding the most important topics of the Civil Defence course and the most important insights learned by students during acquiring the Civil Defence course. To find out the attitude of the pedagogical specialties students towards the Civil Defence course, a questionnaire of the first-year students was carried out after the acquisition of the course. The responses of full-time and part-time students were compared. The results of the questionnaire showed that the majority of the surveyed students have understood the importance of the Civil Defence course and they consider that this course is necessary for all study programs. After completing the course, most students have understood the most important topics of the Civil Defence course. The majority of surveyed students consider that topics related to national defence should be included in the Civil Defence course. As the most interesting topics students have found first aid, disasters and their classification and disaster management. Students believe that Civil Defence knowledge is needed for being aware of how to deal with emergencies, if necessary, to be able to provide first aid and for better understanding of the functioning of the civil defence system in Latvia. Students see an opportunity to combine the acquiring of Civil Defence course with the mastering of another study course.

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APPLIED GERONTOLOGY: HOW STUDENTS ADDRESS LONELINESS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igz038.901 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. S241-S241

Author(s):

Eric Schoenmakers

Keyword(s):

Applied Sciences ◽

Educational Program ◽

Local Community ◽

Full Time ◽

Opportunities To Learn ◽

University Of Applied Sciences ◽

Part Time Students ◽

Part Time ◽

The University

Abstract Fontys University of Applied Sciences offers an Undergraduate program in Applied Gerontology. Full-time and part-time students are trained in gerontology and in applying this knowledge in developing and implementing products and services in order to improve quality of life of older adults. In our vision, students learn in practice. Therefore, the educational program largely consists of authentic projects for real organizations in the local community. In one of these ongoing projects, students research loneliness in the local community. A network of organizations, which communicates intensively with the University, is involved. For these organizations, students study how clients and employee’s think about (coping with) loneliness, write testimonials about interventions, and advise in improving the services of organizations. For students, these kind of projects offer opportunities to learn in practice. For the community, students’ involvement means extra manpower to further develop services and society as a whole.

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Adapting Planning Education to Changing Student Demands

Journal of Planning Education and Research ◽

10.1177/0739456x8800800108 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 19-23

Author(s):

James F. Foerster ◽

George C. Hemmens

Keyword(s):

Degree Programs ◽

Full Time ◽

Student Needs ◽

Student Body ◽

University Of Illinois ◽

Part Time Students ◽

Part Time ◽

The University ◽

Student Demands ◽

The Impact

The planning curriculum established at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) in 1973 was designed to serve the needs of full-time students. Since then many changes have occurred both in the curriculum and in the composition of the student body, and now degree programs are jointly offered to both full-time and part-time students. This paper focuses upon program changes instituted over time in response to a changing student clientele, the impact of these changes on graduation rates, and suggestions for responding to changing student needs.

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Логопедическое обследование детей с нарушением произносительной стороны речи (ринолалия, ринофония, дизартрия, ДЦП) : учеб.-метод. пособие

10.12731/er0486.09112021 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Elena A. Larina

Keyword(s):

Speech Therapy ◽

Speech Disorders ◽

Speech Pathology ◽

Full Time ◽

Part Time Students ◽

Part Time ◽

The University ◽

And Control ◽

Independent Work ◽

Speech Therapists

Еducational methodical manual guide is intended for full-time and part-time students enrolled in special (defectological) education 44.03.03, training profile Speech therapy. The manual consists of two sections, they contain a description of the sequence of stages of speech therapy examination of children with SSD (severe speech disorders), the structure of drawing up a speech therapy opinion, a summary on the topic, questions and control tasks for independent work, a list of references and a glossary. The educational-methodical is intended for students of the defectology department of the university, practicing speech therapists, specialists in the field of speech pathology. Published by the decision of the educational and methodological commission of the university.

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Using the University Student Depression Inventory to Investigate the Effect of Demographic Variables on Students' Depression

Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling ◽

10.1375/ajgc.18.2.195 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 195-209 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Nigar G. Khawaja ◽

Krystle Duncanson

Keyword(s):

Demographic Factors ◽

Student Population ◽

University Student ◽

Law Students ◽

Full Time ◽

Student Groups ◽

Financial Position ◽

Part Time Students ◽

Part Time ◽

The University

AbstractDepression is a problem in the student population and may impact students of any age, gender and ethnicity. Previous studies have indicated student demographic characteristics are associated with depression; however, these studies have not utilised scales specifically designed to measure depression in the student population. The aim of the present study was to use the recently developed University Student Depression Inventory (USDI; Khawaja & Bryden, 2006) to examine the effect of demographic factors on student depression. Australian university students (N = 287) completed the USDI and a demographic form that measured student age, gender, ethnicity, year-level, faculty, enrolment status, relationship status, employment-status, satisfaction with their financial position and accommodation. A series of t tests and one-way ANOVAs indicated depression was higher among females, students enrolled part-time, students working full-time, and those enrolled in the Faculty of Law. Students who were satisfied with their financial position and accommodation were significantly less depressed than those who were unsatisfied. The findings highlight the varying effect of different demographic factors on depression using the USDI. These findings are important for identifying and developing strategies to assist those student groups who may be at a greater risk of developing depression.

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Nursing students' attitudes about their profession

Journal of Health Sciences ◽

10.17532/jhsci.2021.1480 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Amela Salihović ◽

Jasmina Mahmutović ◽

Suada Branković

Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Correlation Factor ◽

Nursing Profession ◽

Full Time ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Convenience Sample ◽

Positive Attitudes ◽

Part Time Students ◽

Part Time ◽

The University

Introduction: Positive attitudes toward the nursing profession among nursing students improve the sustainability of the profession. Studying the attitudes of nursing students toward nursing is of great importance, as it can indicate their remaining in the profession. This study aimed to determine the attitudes of nursing students toward the nursing profession.Methods: This was a cross-sectional, descriptive, analytical study. The research was conducted at the Faculty of Health Studies at the University of Sarajevo from May to June 2019. The study involved a convenience sample of 107 currently enrolled Bachelor of Nursing students from the 1st to the 4th (and final) year of full-time study and part-time students in the Baccalaureate of Nursing Care program at the University of Sarajevo. The students voluntarily and anonymously completed a questionnaire consisting of demographic information and the Nursing Image Questionnaire.Results: Overall, 107 students participated in the research. Their mean age was 23 years old (standard deviation, 5 years). Spearman’s correlation factor shows a statistically significant correlation between the scores and the mode of studying (full-time or part-time) (rho = −0.200*, p = 0.039) and whether respondents working in the profession or not (rho = 0.249*, p = 0.010).Conclusion: The attitudes of future Bachelor of Nursing toward the nursing profession were very positive. Full-time students had more positive attitudes toward the profession, compared with part-time students, although the difference was not statistically significant.

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The Concept of Nontraditional Student

Vocational Training Research And Realities ◽

10.2478/vtrr-2017-0004 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 40-60

Author(s):

Treinienė Daiva

Keyword(s):

Nontraditional Students ◽

Social Roles ◽

Nontraditional Student ◽

Full Time ◽

Older Students ◽

Learning Differences ◽

Status Characteristics ◽

Part Time ◽

Definition Of ◽

The University

Abstract Nontraditional student is understood as one of the older students enrolled in formal or informal studies. In the literature, there is no detailed generalisation of nontraditional student. This article aims to reveal the concept of this particular group of students. Analysing the definition of nontraditional students, researchers identify the main criteria that allow to provide a more comprehensive concept of the nontraditional student. The main one is the age of these atypical students coming to study at the university, their selected form of studies, adult social roles status characteristics, such as family, parenting and financial independence as well as the nature of work. The described features of the nontraditional student demonstrate how the unconventional nontraditional student is different from the traditional one, which features are characteristic for them and how they reflect the nontraditional student’s maturity and experience in comparison with younger, traditional students. Key features - independence, internal motivation, experience, responsibility, determination. They allow nontraditional students to pursue their life goals, learn and move towards their set goals. University student identity is determined on the basis of the three positions: on the age suitability by social norms, the learning outcomes incorporated with age, on the creation of student’s ideal image. There are four students’ biographical profiles distinguished: wandering type, seeking a degree, intergrative and emancipatory type. They allow to see the biographical origin of nontraditional students, their social status as well as educational features. Biographical profiles presented allow to comprise the nontraditional student’s portrait of different countries. Traditional and nontraditional students’ learning differences are revealed by analysing their need for knowledge, independence, experience, skill to learn, orientation and motivation aspects. To sum up, the analysis of the scientific literature can formulate the concept of the nontraditional student. Nontraditional student refers to the category of 20-65 years of age who enrolls into higher education studies in a nontraditional way, is financially independent, with several social roles of life, studying full-time or part-time, and working full-time or part-time, or not working at all.

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The Fractured “I”: An Autoethnographic Account of a Part-Time Doctoral Student’s Experience With Scholarly Identity Formation

Qualitative Inquiry ◽

10.1177/1077800420918895 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 107780042091889

Author(s):

Erin Leach

Keyword(s):

Identity Formation ◽

Lived Experience ◽

Doctoral Students ◽

Full Time ◽

Doctoral Socialization ◽

Scholarly Identity ◽

Part Time ◽

The University ◽

Affective Dimensions ◽

Poetry Collection

This autoethnographic poetry collection provides an entry into the socialization of part-time doctoral students by centering the lived experience of the author, a part-time doctoral student employed full-time at the university where she studies. In the writing of this poetry collection, the author sought to enter into conversation with the doctoral socialization literature and to uncover the various parts of her fractured identity. Through an examination of her own fractured identity, the author engages with the places where scholarly identity formation is stalled in part-time doctoral students especially in comparison with their full-time peers and considers affective dimensions of the work of scholarly identity formation.

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Manajeman Mahasiswa Part-Time: Best Practice Perpustakaan UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta

Pustakaloka ◽

10.21154/pustakaloka.v8i1.452 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 71

Author(s):

Ida Nor'aini Hadna

Keyword(s):

Program Implementation ◽

Evaluation System ◽

Best Practice ◽

Program Planning ◽

Monitoring And Evaluation ◽

Student Activities ◽

Student Management ◽

Part Time Students ◽

Service Activity ◽

Part Time

Abstrak; Makalah ini ditulis dengan tujuan untuk menjelaskan tentang manajemen mahasiswa part-time yang telah dilakukan oleh Perpustakaan UIN Sunan Kalijaga. Hal ini perlu disampaikan karena masih banyak perpustakaan Perguruan Tinggi di Indonesia yang belum memberdayakan mahasiswanya untuk ikut bersama-sama mengelola perpustakaan melalui kegiatan mahasiswa part-time. Dalam makalah yang ditulis berdasarkan best practice ini akan dijelaskan berbagai hal dalam pengelolaan mahasiswa part-time, yaitu mulai dari (1) perencanaan program; (2) pelaksanaan program; (3) hasil pelaksanaan program; (4) sistem monitoring dan evaluasi; (4) dampak pelaksanaan program; sampai pada (5) perubahan sebagia akibat pelaksanaan program.Berdasarkan hasil penelitian ini, maka diketahui bahwa program rutin kegiatan mahasiswa part-time di Perpustakaan UIN Sunan Kalijaga ini tidak hanya bermanfaat bagi perpustakaan UIN Sunan Kalijaga dalam memperlancar kegiatan layanan, tetapi program ini juga bermanfaat bagi mahasiswa itu sendiri, yaitu selain membuat mereka menjadi merasa bangga, juga membuat mereka menghargai waktu, membagi waktu belajar dan bekerja. Selain itu, bagi yang sudah bekerja setelah lulus, pengalaman selama menjadi mahasiswa part-time juga menjadi modal yang berharga dalam bekerja.Abstract; The aim of this paper is to explain the part-time student management that has been done by UIN Sunan Kalijaga Library. It needs to be submitted because many college libraries in Indonesia haven’t empower their students to participate together to manage the library through part-time student activities. In this paper that based on best practice will be explained various things in part-time student management, from (1) program planning; (2) program implementation; (3) program implementation result; (4) monitoring and evaluation system; (5) program implementation impact; until (6) change as a result of the implementation of the program. Based on this research, noted that part-time students routine program activities in UIN Sunan Kalijaga Library is not only useful for UIN Sunan Kalijaga Library to facilitate the service activity, but this program is useful for the students themselves, which in addition will make them proud, also make them appreciate the time, manage their time for study and work. Moreover, for them who have been working after graduation, the experience during being a part-time student also becomes a valuable asset in working.

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Levels of Knowledge in Nursing Students on Hemodynamic Monitoring

Croatian Nursing Journal ◽

10.24141/2/5/1/3 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 29-39

Author(s):

Josip Brezić ◽

Biljana Kurtović ◽

Adriano Friganović

Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Hemodynamic Monitoring ◽

Work Experience ◽

Health Sciences ◽

Full Time ◽

Monitoring Methods ◽

Adequate Level ◽

Part Time ◽

Level Of Knowledge ◽

The University

Introduction. Hemodynamic monitoring is of great importance because it covers all vital organic systems and their functioning, and any error in the interpretation of the monitored parameters can lead to a drastic deterioration of the patient’s condition and cause death. Aim. The aim of this study was to determine the levels of knowledge about hemodynamic monitoring of full-time and part-time students of the first, second, and third year of the undergraduate study of nursing at the University of Applied Health Sciences in Zagreb. Methods. A cross sectional study was conducted. The survey subjects were students at the University of Applied Health Sciences in Zagreb (N=280) in the period between December 2020 and February 2021. For the purposes of the study, the authors created a questionnaire that students filled in using an online platform, and the results of the questionnaire were anonymous. Results. The research found that most students have an adequate level of knowledge in the field of hemodynamic monitoring. By determining differences in knowledge of part-time and full-time nursing students, it was observed that students with work experience showed statistically significantly better results (p<0.05). Conclusion. The conducted study showed an adequate level of knowledge of nursing studies, since a high number of students, outside of their faculty obligations, have not been in contact with hemodynamic monitoring. The specificity and complexity of work in the intensive care unit comes from a particularly vulnerable population of patients who require maximum care, which is why nurses need continuous education, skill improvement, and training regarding new monitoring methods.

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