The University as a World Institution

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
David John Frank ◽  
John W. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Global Society ◽  
Local Organizations ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
Cultural Content ◽  
The University ◽  
Public Society

This chapter reflects on the university's sweeping expansion and its centrality in a contemporary global society built on liberal and neoliberal institutions. It delineates multiple dimensions of expansion, giving special attention to the growing cultural content included in the university and in a public society deeply intertwined with the university. It also talks about entities that claim explicit university status and to those whose credentials and content are clearly oriented to the university world. The chapter assesses how local organizations gain their authority and credibility through their membership in a great imagined and now global institution known as the university. It also discusses how extraordinary expansion characterized the relationships between the university and society.

Reflections on the Global Knowledge Society

2020 ◽  
pp. 127-146
Author(s):  
David John Frank ◽  
John W. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Social Experience ◽  
Knowledge System ◽  
Shared Knowledge ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
Global Society ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cultural Content ◽  
The University

This chapter analyzes the resultant model of a knowledge society dependent on the credentials and cultural content provided by the university. It describes universalistic rationalism as the defining characteristic of knowledge society, which is more than the differentiation theorists have sometimes imagined. It also reflects on the properties of a society that depends so heavily on a knowledge system that so often in the past seemed exotic and far removed from ordinary social experience. The chapter focuses on the nature of knowledge and conceptions of society as they are capitalized in knowledge society. It discusses the postwar dominance of a liberal order as an imagined image of a global society rooted in shared knowledge and massive schooling that has some properties of a binge.

Chronicle

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 445-445
Author(s):  
Editorial Board
Keyword(s):  
70Th Anniversary ◽  
Local Organizations ◽  
The University ◽  
Anniversary Celebration

April 30 this year the 70th anniversary of the birth of prof. physiology of Kazan University. Nikolai Alexandrovich Mislavsky. The faculty elected a committee for the organization of the anniversary celebration consisting of: the rector of the University, prof. V.V. Chirkovsky, deputy. Dean Venerable I. S. Alufa, prof. M. N. Cheboxarov and A. V. Vishnevsky, a representative from students N. V. Inyushkin and one of the doctors working in the laboratory prof. N. A. Mislavsky. The committee was instructed to expand its membership by inviting representatives of other faculties of the Kazan University and local organizations, as well as nonresident and foreign scientists.

scholarly journals An overview of thriving through transformation

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boyd Dirk Blackwell
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
New South ◽  
Human Existence ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Competing Interests ◽  
Biennial Conference ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
The University

The articles published in this special issue come from the blind peer review and refinement of papers presented to the biennial conference of the Australia New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics (ANZSEE) held at the University of New England (UNE) in Armidale, New South Wales (NSW), Australia on 19-23 October 2015. All papers jointly contribute to helping transform the human existence toward one that is socially, culturally, environmentally, ecologically, economically and politically sustainable. Transforming our human existence to meet these multiple dimensions of ‘true’ sustainability is a difficult task, balancing potentially competing interests and, inevitably, involving trade-offs between these dimensions.

Urban History Group Meeting

Urban History ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 11-18
Keyword(s):  
Urban History ◽  
Economic History ◽  
Local History ◽  
General Level ◽  
Group Meeting ◽  
Local Organizations ◽  
To Come ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time ◽  
Lunch Time

This was the tenth anniversary meeting of the Urban History Group though only the sixth occasion on which there had been a formal programme of papers. So many came – over 160 – that we felt for the first time the loss of the old intimate, bantering style of discussion, and slipped instead into more formal speeches pitched for the most part on a rather more general level than we have had before. It was possible this year to miss people altogether in the corridors and even in the bars. At any moment one expected to come across a knot of specialists earnestly planning a splinter group, as we had done ourselves one lunch-time at the Sheffield conference of the Economic History Society in 1963. It was an opportunity to reflect on the implications of growth in other ways, for the University Bookshop had arranged an exhibition of some 500 books on various aspects of urban history to celebrate the last decade of print, to which the Standing Conference on Local History added a hundred titles more from their recent exhibition on the publications of local organizations in this field.

scholarly journals Respecting the privacy of hospitalized patients: An integrative review

2018 ◽  
pp. 096973301875983 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tayebeh Hasan Tehrani ◽  
Sadat Seyed Bagher Maddah ◽  
Masoud Fallahi-Khoshknab ◽  
Abbas Ebadi ◽  
Farahnaz Mohammadi Shahboulaghi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Hospitalized Patients ◽  
Integrative Review ◽  
Patient Privacy ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
Conventional Content Analysis ◽  
Antecedents And Consequences ◽  
Rehabilitation Sciences ◽  
The University

Background: Privacy is a complicated and obscure concept, which has special meanings in the healthcare environment; therefore, it is essential for healthcare providers to fully understand this concept. However, there is no universally accepted definition for this concept in the texts, and it has been interpreted differently, based on its application. Aim: To analyze and provide a clear and scientific definition for respect of privacy of hospitalized patients and identify the common aspects of this concept. Research design: This study was conducted using the Whittemore and Knafl’s modified framework as a conceptual analysis method. Ethical consideration: This study was approved by the Research Council of the University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences. We have respected the ethical requirements required regarding the sources and authorship. Research context and data sources: Using integrative review, a search was performed using national and international databases, including CINAHL, Scopus, Medline, Web of Science, and ISI (with no date restriction). The keywords employed during the search process were “privacy of patients,” “confidentiality,” “and patients’ rights.” In total, 1345 articles were retrieved from the databases. After the elimination of repetitive studies and with regard to the study objectives, 124 articles, 3 books, and 4 theses were entered into the study. The data were analyzed using the conventional content analysis approach. Findings: The results were extracted in the form of four, seven, and two themes related to attributes such as physical, informational, social, and psychological and the antecedents and consequences of respecting patient privacy, respectively. Conclusion: Respect for hospitalized patient privacy contains multiple dimensions. Factors affecting the achievement of this concept include individual backgrounds, nature of the disease, and rule of paternalism. The fulfillment of patient privacy leads to such consequences as protection and improvement of human dignity as well as improved communication between the patient and the health team.

scholarly journals How Engaging Are You? Empirical Evidence from Malaysian Research Universities

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (04) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Mohamad Rahimi Mohamad Rosman ◽  
Mohd Nasir Ismail ◽  
Mohamad Noorman Masrek
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Research Universities ◽  
Traditional Concept ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Gender Study ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
Frequency Independent ◽  
Study Mode ◽  
The University ◽  
Research Domain

Digital library engagement is the extensive use of digital library features and services. Contrary to the traditional concept of usage, DL engagement evaluates the use of an information system based on multiple dimensions; affective, cognitive, and behavioural. Presently, there is scarce evidence and research on the level of DL engagement. Lack of such evidence caused under-utilization of DL resources. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the level of DL engagement in the context of Malaysian research universities. A quantitative study was conducted; an instrument was distributed to postgraduate students at five Malaysian research universities. A total of 492 responses were recorded and descriptively analyses using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 24. Frequency, Independent sample t-test, and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were performed to identify significance difference and mean distribution of data among the participating universities. Results show that respondent’s age and research domain showed a significant effect on DL engagement, while gender, study mode, level of study, semester, and the university did not show any significant effect on DL engagement.

Feminist or 'racist or whatever' : exploring mixed messages in (post)feminist 'women's comedy'

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Robyn Stacia Swink
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
Cultural Content ◽  
Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Mixed Messages ◽  
The University

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation uses feminist critical discourse analysis of five popular "women's comedy" texts, interviews with eighty-nine viewers of those texts, and cultural content surrounding the texts in order to understand the cultural context of women's comedy including how it contributes to and reflects emerging discourses of race, gender, and feminisms. Specifically, I examine Tig Notaro's stand-up special Tig Notaro: Boyish Girl Interrupted (2015), Ali Wong's stand-up special Ali Wong: Baby Cobra (2016), Ghostbusters (2016), Trainwreck (2015), and a live stand-up performance by Leslie Jones. By using an intersectional lens to analyze the ambiguous characteristics of the current postfeminist media environment and the inherently ambiguous features of comedy, this project explores the complexity of discursive formations including the potentially contradictory ways that women's comedy engages with discourses of gender, race, and feminisms.

scholarly journals A hierarchical (multicomponent) model of in-group identification: adaptation of a measure to the Brazilian context

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luana Elayne Cunha de Souza ◽  
Tiago Jessé Souza de Lima ◽  
Luciana Maria Maia ◽  
Ana Beatriz Gomes Fontenele ◽  
Samuel Lincoln Bezerra Lins
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Group Identification ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
The University ◽  
Multicomponent Model

Abstract The aim of this study is to adapt the multidimensional in-group identification scale (MGIS) to the Brazilian context by gathering evidence of its psychometric properties. A total of 663 people from two samples participated in the study. In sample 1, we measured the identification of Brazilians with the region of the country where they live. In sample 2, we measured the identification of students with the university which they attend. Confirmatory factor analyses were performed on both samples to compare the models previously proposed by the original authors of the measure. The obtained results confirmed the validity of the hierarchical and multidimensional factor structure proposed by the original authors. The scale proposed here can be used to measure multiple dimensions of in-group identification in Brazil.

scholarly journals New coronavirus: what does nursing have to learn and teach in times of a pandemic?

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (suppl 2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marli Terezinha Stein Backes ◽  
Karini Manhães de Carvalho ◽  
Evangelia Kotzias Atherino dos Santos ◽  
Dirce Stein Backes
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
Biological Warfare ◽  
Open Communication ◽  
Communication Tools ◽  
Global Society ◽  
Complexity Thinking ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
New Knowledge

ABSTRACT Objective: To promote a theoretical reflective analysis of what nursing has to learn and teach to global society in times of OVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Reflective theoretical essay aimed at contributing new knowledge and raising new questions, based on the assumptions of Edgar Morin’s complexity thinking, subsidized by readings of texts extracted from electronic databases, as well as speeches by health professionals available in open communication tools. Results: COVID-19 reiterates that the biological warfare of the current pandemic is not fought with nuclear or fire weapons, but with care in its multiple dimensions: physical, emotional, spiritual, family, social, political and economic. Final considerations: Nursing has to learn and teach global society that its main object of work, care, is related to the expansion of systemic interactions and associations and the capacity to strengthen the interlocution with complex reality.

scholarly journals Africa’s Destiny and Higher Education Transformation

2021 ◽  
pp. 215-219
Author(s):  
Barnabas Nawangwe
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
13Th Century ◽  
Global Society ◽  
Advanced Society ◽  
Ancient Civilizations ◽  
The University ◽  
Higher Education Transformation ◽  
Education Transformation

AbstractAfrica, the cradle of mankind and civilization, presents the best example of a people falling from the most culturally and technologically advanced society to the most backward and marginalized. While other ancient civilizations like China, Babylon, and India either transformed and survived or persisted in the case of China, the Egyptian civilization was destroyed and was never to recover. The University of Sankore at Timbuktu, established in the 13th century and recognized by many scholars as one of the oldest universities on earth, is testimony to the advancement in scholarship that Africa had attained before any other civilization. But that is all history. Instead, Africa remains the most marginalized continent, viewed by many as a hopeless sleeping giant without any hope for awakening and moving forward as part of a modern global society.

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