Clustering University Programs in Accounting to Enhance Selection Productivity: Precursor to Recommendation System Development

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-79
Author(s):  
Abdullah Alawadhi ◽  
Paul E. Byrnes
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Recommendation System ◽  
Doctoral Programs ◽  
System Development ◽  
Application Process ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Clustering Techniques ◽  
Specific Subset ◽  
The University ◽  
Gaining Insight

ABSTRACT Selecting prospective programs in higher education can be a problematic and inefficient task for applicants. In particular, one of the most significant challenges entails locating a specific subset of programs likely to be a good fit. In this paper, clustering techniques are employed in evaluating a specifically created data set of AACSB-accredited doctoral programs in accounting so as to aggregate them by type. In so doing, one is then better positioned to identify which schools best align with his/her relevant characteristics and objectives, thus gaining insight concerning the most appropriate subset of schools to initially consider for application purposes. This approach provides meaningful differentiation between the various program types, offers a means for improving productivity relative to the university application process, and demonstrates promise as an initial foundation for eventual construction of a program recommendation system for use in ostensibly any program application initiative within the higher education domain.

Professional community and student engagement in higher education: rethinking the contributions of professional staff

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaw Owusu-Agyeman ◽  
Enna Moroeroe
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Engagement ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Professional Community ◽  
Professional Staff ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Service Culture ◽  
The University

PurposeScholarly studies on student engagement are mostly focused on the perceptions of students and academic staff of higher education institutions (HEIs) with a few studies concentrating on the perspectives of professional staff. To address this knowledge gap, this paper aims to examine how professional staff who are members of a professional community perceive their contributions to enhancing student engagement in a university.Design/methodology/approachData for the current study were gathered using semi-structured face-to-face interviews among 41 professional staff who were purposively sampled from a public university in South Africa. The data gathered were analysed using thematic analysis that involved a process of identifying, analysing, organising, describing and reporting the themes that emerged from the data set.FindingsAn analysis of the narrative data revealed that when professional staff provide students with prompt feedback, support the development of their social and cultural capital and provide professional services in the area of teaching and learning, they foster student engagement in the university. However, the results showed that poor communication flow and delays in addressing students’ concerns could lead to student disengagement. The study further argues that through continuous interaction and shared norms and values among members of a professional community, a service culture can be developed to address possible professional knowledge and skills gaps that constrain quality service delivery.Originality/valueThe current paper contributes to the scholarly discourse on student engagement and professional community by showing that a service culture of engagement is developed among professional staff when they share ideas, collaborate and build competencies to enhance student engagement. Furthermore, the collaboration between professional staff and academics is important to addressing the academic issues that confront students in the university.

scholarly journals Recommendation system for selecting universities in Indonesia using Google Maps API services

2018 ◽  
Vol 197 ◽  
pp. 03013
Author(s):  
Aldy Rialdy Atmadja
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Recommendation System ◽  
Education Level ◽  
School Students ◽  
Google Maps ◽  
Searching Method ◽  
The University ◽  
Senior High School Students

University is the highest education level to be achieved by many people in Indonesia. Finding information about universities is often required by Senior High School students to continue their studies. This information contains the university name, location and the quality of the majors. Distance is one of the factors that becomes the consideration for many people to pursue the higher education. Thus, the use of supporting technology to search the nearest campus will be needed by these students. The purpose of this research is to design the system that can facilitate the students in Indonesia in choosing the nearest university based on majors, accreditation, city, and province. The searching method to get the nearest location is also done by Google Maps API Service. The amount of data to be used in this research are from DIKTI that include list of universities and majors in Indonesia. The results of this study expect the college recommendation can be used as a reference for students in choosing college at college.

scholarly journals Networking of Strategic Partnerships in Higher Education: Prerequisites and Readiness of Universities

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga A. Baturina ◽  
Tatyana V. Terentyeva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
System Development ◽  
Strategic Partnership ◽  
Network Approach ◽  
Strategic Partnerships ◽  
Modern Education ◽  
Priority Task ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Partner Relations ◽  
The University

The priority task of the modern education system development is the organization of a comprehensive partnership, which, among other things, implies the development of network interactions between the university and various economic entities. In this regard, the need to apply new forms of partnerships is actualized, in which openness and readiness of partners for equal, effective and multilateral interaction is in the first place. However, at present, not all economic entities are ready to implement such a form of partner relations. The article examines the tendency of networking in higher education and the level of their development from the perspective of openness. In this work, we tested the methodology for a university readiness evaluation to form and develop a strategic partnership based on the network approach using the example of leading universities of the Russian Federation.

scholarly journals Information Management in a Collaboratively-Developed Approach to Enterprise Resource Planning—A Higher Education Perspective

Information ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 146
Author(s):  
Tareq Salahi Almigheerbi ◽  
David Ramsey ◽  
Anna Lamek
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
System Development ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Initial Study ◽  
Process Maps ◽  
Formal Study ◽  
Methodological Assessment ◽  
The University

This paper is a part of an exploratory study with the goal of investigating the applicability of collaboratively-developed enterprise resource planning (the CD-ERP approach) within Libyan public universities. Since it is being proposed in order to overcome the topical issue of information system (IS) development in Libyan higher education (LHE), Libyan universities were investigated to assess IS performance while using the approach of methodological assessment. Accordingly, three public universities were chosen to be studied, namely the University of Tripoli (UOT), Misurata University (MU), and Sirte University (SU). The UOT was run as an initial study to identify practical problems in conducting a formal study. Previous papers have discussed the use of a formal study, in which a methodological assessment of IS performance at Libyan universities was conducted. The findings from all three cases are discussed and analyzed on the basis of selected techniques and models. This analysis indicates the low level of the ISs implemented in LHE at the university level, as well as the lack of system development capabilities within these universities. This paper focuses on the management of information flow between universities during student exchange. Business process maps are presented, and improvements based on the CD-ERP approach are proposed.

scholarly journals METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO ALLOCATION UNIVESAL COMPETENCES, FORMED IN THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF A HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION

2017 ◽  
pp. 85-89
Author(s):  
O. O. Andronnikova ◽  
N. S. Bezzubova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
System Development ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Educational Work ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
Training Activities ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
The University

The article features problems of modernization of Russian education and proposed solutions to problems and offers solutions. It offers possible direction of education system development and analysis of existing methodological approaches to the concept of "universal competence". It focuses on the concept of "competence" and "universal competence" in the system of modern education. The technology of formation of universal competencies through educational activities is described, together with experience in the implementation of educational activities in higher education institutions aimed at competence approach. The article features generalized theoretical and empirical experience of higher education institutions to allocate a system of universal competence. We outline a set of core universal competencies required for successful professional and personal fulfillment of a specialist in the humanities, including Department of Psychology graduates. The basic components of the system of universal competence include personal characteristics and the ability to implement the acquired skills, knowledge and experience. The article offers a number of types of educational activities, in which universal competence can be formed. It was found that in the framework of the educational work at the university it is necessary to form the universal competence of the student, not only through training activities, but also through a system of different activities throughout the training period.

Islam on Campus

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Scott-Baumann ◽  
Mathew Guest ◽  
Shuruq Naguib ◽  
Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor ◽  
Aisha Phoenix
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Religious Institutions ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Political Discourses ◽  
University Life ◽  
Western Scholarship ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The University ◽  
Muslim Identities

This book explores how Islam is represented, perceived and lived within higher education in Britain. It is a book about the changing nature of university life, and the place of religion within it. Even while many universities maintain ambiguous or affirming orientations to religious institutions for reasons to do with history and ethos, much western scholarship has presumed higher education to be a strongly secularizing force. This framing has resulted in religion often being marginalized or ignored as a cultural irrelevance by the university sector. However, recent times have seen higher education increasingly drawn into political discourses that problematize religion in general, and Islam in particular, as an object of risk. Using the largest data set yet collected in the UK (2015–18) this book explores university life and the ways in which ideas about Islam and Muslim identities are produced, experienced, perceived, appropriated, and objectified. We ask what role universities and Muslim higher education institutions play in the production, reinforcement and contestation of emerging narratives about religious difference. This is a culturally nuanced treatment of universities as sites of knowledge production, and contexts for the negotiation of perspectives on culture and religion among an emerging generation. We demonstrate the urgent need to release Islam from its official role as the othered, the feared. When universities achieve this we will be able to help students of all affiliations and of none to be citizens of the campus in preparation for being citizens of the world.

scholarly journals Moodle LMS: Positive and Negative Aspects of Using Distance Education in Higher Education Institutions

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (SPE2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Evgeny Evgenievich Egorov ◽  
Maria Petrovna Prokhorova ◽  
Tatiana Evgenievna Lebedeva ◽  
Olga Aleksandrovna Mineeva ◽  
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Tsvetkova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
System Development ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Basic Functions ◽  
The University

In the survey, the respondents evaluated the basic functions of the Moodle LMS, popular in teaching, gave a description of the advantages and disadvantages of this system and evaluated potential areas of system development in educational practice of the University. The conclusions have been made about the need to implement blended learning using the Moodle LMS, which combines various types of distance and classroom work for students.

scholarly journals The University Recommendation System for Higher Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 1692-1696
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Recommendation System ◽  
Historical Data ◽  
Specific Item ◽  
The University

Recommendation system has become a requirement in today’s world. This recommendation system is spread over large sectors right from education, entertainment, health, business etc. The University Recommendation System is a system which recommend right university for the students based on their GRE, TOFEL score. Due to rapid increase in data and lack of learning in education filed, students often halt selecting wrong universities. Thus, there is a need of recommendation system which is trained to understand the user’s requirements and suggests them that suitable university which they need. Typically, recommendation mechanisms are used based on user’s historical data. It helps the user to discover information and settle on right choices where they do not have the required learning to judge a specific item. This paper explores the flow, types and uses of recommendation system in education.

scholarly journals Rancang Bangun Sistem Dashboard Akreditasi Program Studi (APS) Standar 5 Berbasis KPI

Repositor ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Hariyady Hariyady ◽  
Amalia Pradya Paramita ◽  
Wahyu Andhyka Kusuma
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
System Development ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
University Management ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
Study Programs ◽  
Storage Format ◽  
The University

Accreditation is one form of approval and feasibility of universities or study programs conducted by the National Higher Education Accreditation Agency (BAN-PT). The purpose and benefits of higher education institution accreditation are to provide assurance that accredited tertiary institutions have met the quality standards set by BAN-PT. In order to be able to monitor and evaluate all activities to achieve the expected accreditation value, a management application is needed that is able to integrate the entire contents of supporting data one form of visualization that can describe it is the dashboard system. This research intend to establish an Accreditation Management Information System application with a dashboard appearance in the web-based Muhammadiyah University of Malang. This application is constructed using HTML, PHP, and Codeigniter Framework by using the MySQL storage format as a database. The development method used in system development is the Spiral development model. The results of this research are that the dashboard system can provide an overview of the position of accreditation values of the University, Faculty and Study Program, so that parties from each University management, Faculty and Study Program can take action to prepare and improve values to face future accreditation assessments. AbstractAccreditation is one form of approval and feasibility of universities or study programs conducted by the National Higher Education Accreditation Agency (BAN-PT). The purpose and benefits of higher education institution accreditation are to provide assurance that accredited tertiary institutions have met the quality standards set by BAN-PT. In order to be able to monitor and evaluate all activities to achieve the expected accreditation value, a management application is needed that is able to integrate the entire contents of supporting data one form of visualization that can describe it is the dashboard system. This research intend to establish an Accreditation Management Information System application with a dashboard appearance in the web-based Muhammadiyah University of Malang. This application is constructed using HTML, PHP, and Codeigniter Framework by using the MySQL storage format as a database. The development method used in system development is the Spiral development model. The results of this research are that the dashboard system can provide an overview of the position of accreditation values of the University, Faculty and Study Program, so that parties from each University management, Faculty and Study Program can take action to prepare and improve values to face future accreditation assessments.

Doctoral Training of Psychology Students in France

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Roland-Lévy
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Programs ◽  
Psychology Students ◽  
Doctoral Training ◽  
University System ◽  
The Third ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
The University ◽  
Psychology Doctoral ◽  
Phd Programs ◽  
Phd Program

Abstract: The aim of doctoral programs in psychology is to help students become competent psychologists, capable of conducting research and of finding suitable employment. Starting with a brief description of the basic organization of the French university system, this paper presents an overview of how the psychology doctoral training is organized in France. Since October 2000, the requisites and the training of PhD students are the same in all French universities, but what now differs is the openness to other disciplines according to the size and location of the university. Three main groups of doctoral programs are distinguished in this paper. The first group refers to small universities in which the Doctoral Schools are constructed around multidisciplinary seminars that combine various themes, sometimes rather distant from psychology. The second group covers larger universities, with a PhD program that includes psychology as well as other social sciences. The third group contains a few major universities that have doctoral programs that are clearly centered on psychology (clinical, social, and/or cognitive psychology). These descriptions are followed by comments on how PhD programs are presently structured and organized. In the third section, I suggest some concrete ways of improving this doctoral training in order to give French psychologists a more European dimension.

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