Contemporary Challenges Affecting the University-Industry Linkage in Higher Education institution of Ethiopia: Case of Ambo University

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
The University ◽  
University Industry

scholarly journals Customer Experience Management: A Study of Mechanic versus Humanic Clues and Student Loyalty in Nigerian Higher Education Institution

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 6563
Author(s):  
Taiye Tairat Borishade ◽  
Rowland Worlu ◽  
Olaleke Oluseye Ogunnaike ◽  
Deborah Oluwaseun Aka ◽  
Joy Ifiavor Dirisu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Private University ◽  
Customer Experience ◽  
University Management ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Ogun State ◽  
Customer Experience Management ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
The University

This study surveyed customer experience management (CEM) and student’s loyalty in higher education institution (HEI) sector using a private university in Ogun State, Nigeria as a case study. The primary intent of this study was to determine the roles of humanic and mechanic clues on student’s loyalty. The two hypotheses formulated to address the research questions and objectives raised in this study were analysed with Categorical Regression, which is also known as CATREG analysis. This study applied survey research design and the data were spawned via designed questionnaire. An overall of 215 copies of the questionnaires were regained from the student of the private university in Ogun State. Multi-stage sampling methods were engaged in this study. The research findings of this study show that mechanic clues significantly influence students’ retention, while humanic clues significantly influence students’ disposition to endorse the institution of higher education to others. As part of the recommendations of the study, it was suggested that the university management should deliberately focus on mechanic clues in terms of providing a conducive environment, especially one that is clean for its students at all times.

scholarly journals Students’ Attitudes Towards the Use of Wikipedia: A Teaching Tool and a Way to Modernize Teaching

Área Abierta ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 309-325
Author(s):  
Đorđe Stakić ◽  
Marija Tasic ◽  
Marko Stanković ◽  
Milena Bogdanović
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Teaching Tool ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Term Papers ◽  
Standard Term ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
The University

This paper presents a research on students’ attitudes towards the use of Wikipedia in teaching. The sample was comprised of students from the Pedagogical Faculty in Vranje, a higher education institution affiliated with the University of Niš, Serbia. Students were assigned to write articles on Wikipedia as an alternative to writing their standard term papers. That way the Wikipedia content became significantly enriched. They positively evaluated Wikipedia as a teaching tool. The results confirmed that students preferred creating articles on Wikipedia to writing standard term papers. Those results may contribute significantly to further improvement and modernization of university teaching.

scholarly journals Academic Staff Practices and Challenges of Publishing:

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-42
Author(s):  
Abatihun Alehegn
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Academic Publishing ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Inadequate Information ◽  
Lack Of Commitment ◽  
The University ◽  
Descriptive Survey

This article reports on the findings of a study undertaken to establish practices and challenges to academic publishing at a higher education institution in Ethiopia. A descriptive survey design was employed and con- -venience and purposive sampling were used to select the sample. The data were gathered by means of a questionnaire with closed- and open-ended questions and were analysed using descriptive and thematic analysis. The results show that, despite the benefits of publishing, not all academics in the university are publishing in local and international journals due to a number of challenges. These include a lack of commitment and motivation, lack of experience and exposure to publishing, and inadequate information,knowledge and skills to access accredited journals. Academics also suffer from work overload, a lack of support from the university to publish, and challenges emanating from journals themselves. It is recommended thatthe university, the Ethiopian Ministry of Science and Higher Education and other relevant stakeholders should collaborate to address this situation. Key words: academics, academic publishing, higher education institution, challenges, practices, university

scholarly journals The Conceptual Principles for the Creation and Functioning of Innovation-Active University

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (515) ◽  
pp. 117-127
Author(s):  
O. V. Rayevnyeva ◽  
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V. Y. Yermachenko ◽  
M. M. Berest ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Strategic Model ◽  
The Creation ◽  
High Level ◽  
The University

The article is aimed at developing the conceptual principles for the creation and functioning of innovation-active university (IAU) as a modern strategic model of higher education institution in conditions of transformation and digitalization of society. A number of problems and contradictions are allocated and systematized, causing the need to transform the traditional university into an innovation-active, entrepreneurial structure, the activity of which consists in the interaction of the university with the economy, public administration bodies and society. It is determined that the formation of a new paradigm for the development of the higher education system raises the need for innovation-active universities in the form of entrepreneurial organizations that have a resource willingness to promote accelerated development of both the economy and society through intensive transfer of new, generated at the university knowledge and technology on the basis of partnership with key stakeholders. On the basis of studying the conceptual basis of the emergence and development of the IAU, a number of hypotheses of building an innovation-active university were developed, a system of conceptual provisions and principles of its functioning was formed. The purpose and objectives of the innovation-active university are defined, the system-forming directions of its innovation activity are allocated and characterized. On the basis of the carried out researches, the framework for the creation and development of the IAU was formed, containing a list of components of the internal environment and the factors that ensure their support on the basis of development of entrepreneurship and innovation. Prospects for further research in this direction are the development of a mechanism for the functioning of an innovation-active university, which will ensure the effective transformation of higher education institution on the basis of innovation and entrepreneurship development and will contribute to maintaining a high level of its competitiveness in the educational space.

scholarly journals ADAPTATION OF STUDENTS TO RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES BASED ON THE USE OF THE UNIVERSITY HACKATHON ECOSYSTEM

Management ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-76
Author(s):  
Iryna Goncharenko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Scientific Activity ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Design Assessment ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
The University

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES. For student youth the process of entering the profession and harmonization of interactions with professional environment and future professional activity is the key moment of life activity. This process, according to the majority of modern researchers, is a certain complexity and contradiction both for students and for higher education institution, as well as social institutions and organizations acting as social customers.METHODS. The study of the process of adaptation of student youth to research and professional activity was carried out on the basis of the Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design. Assessment of students' expectations regarding studies, the level of students' awareness of the future professional and scientific activity was carried out with the help of the University Hackathon Ecosystem toolkit. Processing of the obtained results of the survey was carried out on the basis of the "Methodology of research of students' adaptability to dual education in higher education". The methodology includes two scales: adaptability to professional activity and adaptability to research activity.FINDINGS. The following directions of training are distinguished: professional, social and research, as well as stages of adaptation to professional training: learning identification, learning-professional activation, professional-value reflection. Integration of these directions allows us to organize activities that ensure formation of necessary professionally important qualities (competences) in students (graduates), agreed with potential employers and demanded by the corresponding profession. The conducted experiment on the basis of Hackathon-ecosystem of the university was carried out taking into account the directions of training and their corresponding adaptation criteria: professional direction – activity-result and motivation-value criteria; humanitarian – communication-professional criterion; research – personal-creative criterion.CONCLUSION. Students' adaptation to future professional and research activities can be defined as one of the most urgent social problems at the pre-production stage. This is due to the fact that the student spends one of the main periods of his life in a higher education institution, since it is at this time he is formed as a professional and as a person, masters the necessary competencies in order to achieve a certain professional and research level. At this stage the professional intentions of the individual and the requirements of the profession come into alignment, i.e. there is an adaptation to professional and research activities.

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