scholarly journals The impact of the covid-19 crisis on higher education

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-26
Author(s):  
Ivan Luchian
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Economic Situation ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The current pandemic crisis is unique in its kind, becoming a global cataclysm with a multilateral impact and an extended spread over time. Affecting all aspects of human activity, this crisis has inevitably affected the higher education system, and its consequences are manifesting both locally and internationally. The purpose of this paper was to establish the influence of crisis on the economic situation of higher education institutions. After studying of different institutions reports, analytical presentations of authors from different countries, as well as the author's communication with colleagues from different educational institutions during online academic meetings, it became possible to compile a complex picture of economic consequences of the COVID-19 crisis on higher education system. The research results showed an extremely uneven spread of the economic effects of the pandemic crisis. Thus, the least COVID-19 crisis has affected universities in industrially developed countries and the disastrous impact will manifested in developing countries. In addition, a dependence of evolution of economic situation of educational institutions of a complex of important factors was detected. It is about of change in living standard of the population, the capacity of the local authorities to manage the consequences of the pandemic, the changes in higher education policies, presiding students to do higher education, managerial ability to manage the economic and financial status of higher education institutions and others. Likewise, certain ways of solving economic problems have been outlined.

Lifelong Learning: Attitudes of Slovenian Higher Educators toward Accreditation of Prior Learning Experiences

2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 375-398
Author(s):  
Doris Gomezelj Omerzel ◽  
Nada Trunk Širca ◽  
Arthur Shapiro ◽  
Mateja Brejc ◽  
Steve Permuth
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Education System ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Prior Learning ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
The Impact

This article focuses first on fundamental trends weakening the European—specifically, the Slovenian—economy and social structure, which are creating a two-class system consisting of an undereducated/uneducated population unable to compete for employment in an economy increasingly requiring more education to update employees’ skills. Learning and education have become an imperative for people wishing to upgrade their employability to counter increasing unemployment and the impact of an aging society. The study next addresses its purpose—to discover higher educators’ and folk high school educators’ perceptions of an initiative developed to address this social and economic problem, namely, by creating a lifelong learning approach to accredit informal and experiential learning experienced outside the formal higher education system. A national Slovenian conference was organized to focus on these issues. A convenience sample of participants attending this conference were asked to what extent they perceive and expect Slovenian higher education institutions and other educational organizations to accredit nonformal and experiential learning and what criteria and conditions are necessary for a successful initiative. The study explores the European social model, which aims to improve employability to avoid increasing the two-class social system of uneducated and undereducated citizens as the economy increasingly requires more highly educated employees. Although a third of the respondents were unaware of the issues of such an approach to lifelong learning, participants overall perceived that creating a flexible education system, including procedures for validating previous education and other forms of knowledge, should be one of the objectives of higher education institutions, as well as other institutions engaged in adult education. To be effective, the system must be developed and implemented in partnership with employers, individuals, and educational institutions. This article describes the situation with respect to recognizing prior learning in European Union countries and the Slovenian reactions to them. Moreover, it presents results of empirical survey research into the motivation of participants in educational institutions to cooperate in the system established to validate nonformal and informal learning. Respondents recognized a need for and supported developing a system of accrediting lifelong learning experiences. A lifelong learning policy appears to include the three dimensions of innovation, social inclusion, and active citizen participation. The concepts of the learning society, the knowledge society, and lifelong learning have been relatively slow to emerge to become significant influences in Slovenian higher educational attendees’ perceptions as national goals for higher education. A huge discussion among participants manifested support for such an enterprise as a social good, and they recommended forming a commission of higher education institutions to develop a system consisting of a common framework within which accreditation could be implemented to meet increasing social employment needs affecting Slovenian society, with one major criterion: that it be fair and just. Another recommendation was to include employers, individuals, and higher education reference groups in developing the system.

Spirituality at workplace and its impact on academic performance: an empirical study among private higher education faculties of Delhi NCR

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayashree Sapra ◽  
Khushboo Khosla ◽  
Garima Dungrakoti
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Education System ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Workplace Spirituality ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe impact of workplace spirituality on organizational performance has continued to draw the attention of scholars and practitioners. Despite this enhanced attention, little is known about its the impact on academic performance. Addressing this gap in research, the purpose of this study is to empirically examine the impact of spirituality at workplace on academic performance among private sector higher education faculties in Delhi NCR.Design/methodology/approachThis study outlines the existing literature on workplace spirituality and academic performance and its relationship. The scale created by Petchsawang and Duchon (2009) has been used to measure workplace spirituality, whereas academic performance of faculties was measured by the scale created by Abubakar et al. (2018). Pearson correlation and linear regression have been used to depict the degree of relation and impact of spirituality on academic performance.FindingsThis study provides evidence that by practicing workplace spirituality, the performance of higher education faculties can be positively and significantly impacted. The result reflects that in the presence of compassion, mindfulness, meaningful work and transcendence, the academic organizational performance of higher education institutes is improved as there will be an enhancement in their academic reputation, employability of the graduate students, research work, internationalization, Nobel-prized and field medals, research grant, resources, infrastructure and community services.Research limitations/implicationsThe results of this study are subject to certain limitations, which can be addressed in future studies. Only four dimensions of workplace spirituality, i.e. compassion, mindfulness, meaningful life and transcendence, are taken into consideration. Also, the impact has only be studied on academic performance of higher education institutions. The results of this study cannot be used in a generalized context as the framework of this study is based on higher education faculties in Delhi NCR.Practical implicationsThe findings of this study would be a roadmap for higher education institutions or their faculties to improve performance with the assistance of spirituality at workplace.Social implicationsRetention of academic personnel is critically necessary so that the excellence of higher education is maintained. It is the need of the hour for these educational institutions to be more focused on improving the teaching staff efficiency. This is made possible through the development of an atmosphere that installs spirituality. The empirical findings of this research will enable academics as well as managers to understand how and to what degree faculties experience spirituality at workplace and its association with different outcomes.Originality/valueIndia's higher education higher education system is the third largest in the world, next to the USA and China. India's higher education system has expanded steadily, and India has over 1,000 universities as of 2020. Workplace spirituality for academicians is under-researched and neglected by organizations. It may further benefit those interested in employment learning.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THE CONTEXT OF THE INTERNATIONAL RATING SYSTEM

2018 ◽  
Vol 117 (6) ◽  
pp. 7-13
Author(s):  
Roman Y. Koshushko ◽  
Antonina M. Verhun
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Rating System ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Further Development ◽  
The Evaluation System

The study examines and analyzes the existing requirements for higher education institutions as well as academic and teaching staff of higher education institutions. The paper presents a system of university assessment indicators used to evaluate the leading world universities performance along with the chart displaying the impact of the evaluation system on its further development.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEM OF EXTERNAL PROVISION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN UKRAINE: THE PAST, TODAY AND THE FUTURE

2019 ◽  
pp. 36-42
Author(s):  
V. Loza
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Education System ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
External Quality Assurance ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
External Quality ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The Law

The article presents the development of the system of external quality assurance of higher education in Ukraine. In particular, the positive and negative tendencies of the formation of the external security system in the post-Soviet period are considered, the situation of the present proceeding from the analysis of the Laws of Ukraine “On Higher Education” 2014 is outlined and "On Education" 2017, as well as the ways and prospects for its further transformation.In the first decade of Ukraine's independence, there has been a decline in the quality of higher education. The education management system of this period was, in fact, a Soviet model adapted to the needs of the transition period. Attempts by the state to further establish an effective institution of state accreditation of higher education institutions for a number of objective reasons (state monopoly on the decision of the conditions of accreditation of higher education institutions, non-competitiveness, opacity and non-accountability of the accreditation mechanism, corruption) revealed its inefficiency. The main trend in the higher education system of the late 1990s and early 2000s was the quantitative growth of higher education institutions, which was accompanied by a decrease in the quality of education and a significant imbalance of graduates' specializations to the needs of the labor market. Obvious losses were suffered by such advantages of Ukrainian education as fundamentality, systematic and practical orientation.The first steps aimed at improving the external quality assurance system of higher education was the Bologna Process, to which Ukraine joined in 2005, committing itself to make appropriate changes to the national education system and to join the work on setting priorities in the process of creating a single European Higher Education Area. The next key round of positive changes and integration processes in the European Union in the higher education system was the adoption of the Law of Ukraine "On Higher Education" of July 1, 2014, in which one of the important innovations was the creation of a National Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education and an attempt to legitimize the idea of independent institutions of assessment and quality assurance of education. The Law on Education, adopted on September 5, 2017, provided new opportunities for the development and enhancement of its competitiveness for education seekers, educators and educational institutions. The law has substantially distributed the powers and areas of responsibility of the authorities in education, significantly expanded the public's right to participate in the management and control of the activities of educational institutions and authorities, etc. The strategy of development of civic education for the period up to 2022 aims to form a holistic system of education, to create appropriate conditions for the functioning of the education system, implementation of the system of monitoring the quality of education and assessment of civic competences.The above points to the future positive changes in the creation of an effective system of external quality assurance of higher education aimed at joining the European educational, scientific and professional space.

Certain aspects of the system of public administration of universities: World practices and the Ukrainian dimension

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-105
Author(s):  
Oleksandr M. Nepomnyashchyy ◽  
Oleksandra A. Marusheva ◽  
Yurii H. Prav ◽  
Oksana V. Medvedchuk ◽  
Iryna A. Lahunova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Education System ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Academic Mobility ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
State Management ◽  
Research Activities

The article deals with determining ways to improve the system of public administration of educational institutions in order to ensure competitiveness. Were analysed the main trends in the regulatory support for the activities of higher education institutions in the article, as a result of which the basic innovations of the Law of Ukraine “On Higher Education”, which became the basis for the formation of systems of academic mobility, virtue and autonomy, were defined. The main problems of development of higher education system in Ukraine were identified, consisting of imperfect management mechanisms, inefficient system of financing and incomplete implementation of processes of academic autonomy defined by law. The main approaches to reforming the higher education system in Ukraine were analysed, as a result of which the role of the public administration system in the regulation and coordination of higher education institutions were determined. Today this system is not flexible and therefore cannot be effective. The creation of approaches to the rating of higher education institutions determines the format of redistribution of funds in the system of state financing of education. This system will motivate educational institutions to improve the quality of the educational process, research activities, academic mobility, partnerships, the level of material and technical resources of the educational process, the level of employment of graduates in the specialty and the like. These indicators provide motivation to improve the performance of higher education institutions, but do not fully solve the problem of lack of funding, in particular for innovation. Low pay for faculty members also affects the educational process negatively. Thus, the article gives recommendations on the possibility of increasing the effectiveness of the system of state management of universities, which consists in creating opportunities to attract financial resources of partners of higher educational institutions, cooperation of education and business, simplification of the system of development of grants and financial cooperation with foreign educational institutions

Educational Entrepreneurs in Tamil Nadu - A Profile

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Siluvai Raja
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Education System ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
The United States ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The Third ◽  
The World

Education has been considered as an indispensable asset of every individual, community and nation today. Indias higher education system is the third largest in the world, after China and the United States (World Bank). Tamil Nadu occupies the first place in terms of possession of higher educational institutions in the private sector in the country with over 46 percent(27) universities, 94 percent(464) professional colleges and 65 percent(383) arts and science colleges(2011). Studies to understand the profile of the entrepreneurs providing higher education either in India or Tamil Nadu were hardly available. This paper attempts to map the demographic profile of the entrepreneurs providing higher education in Arts and Science colleges in Tamil Nadu through an empirical analysis, carried out among 25 entrepreneurs spread across the state. This paper presents a summary of major inferences of the analysis.

STUDENT’S SELF-GOVERNMENT IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM AND ITS IMPACT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL ACTIVITY OF STUDENTS AND TRAINING OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.G. Khvostov ◽  
◽  
N.R. Getaova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Education System ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Professional Staff ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
And Training

The article explores the concept, objectives and principle of student’s self-government in the system of modern higher education in the Russian Federation. The paper analyzes the impact of student’s self-government on the development of student’s social activity and the formation of a socially adapted personality among students, also the impact on the training of professional staff.

STATUS QUO OF A ‘LEAN UNIVERSITY’ CONCEPT IN KYRGYZSTAN

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 23-30
Author(s):  
Jyldyzbek Jakshylykov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Lean Principles ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The World

The Kyrgyz higher education institutions are failing to meet the newly emerging challenges. Despite the efforts and jobs done, the effective results are not being achieved in the education and research sphere as desired. In this article, we give the examples of “Lean principles” implementations around the world as one of the solutions to the above mentioned challenge. In the last part of the article, we discuss a status quo of these principles in Kyrgyz higher education system.

Accreditation and ranking of higher education institutions (HEIs): review, observations and recommendations for the Indian higher education system

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerald Ozee Fernandes ◽  
Balgopal Singh
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Academic Quality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Global Ranking ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The World ◽  
Indian Higher Education

PurposeThe higher education system has been entrusted globally to provide quality education, especially to the youth, and equip them with required skills and capabilities. The visionaries and policymakers of the countries around the world have been working relentlessly to improve the standard of the higher education system by establishing national and global accreditation and ranking bodies and expecting measuring performance through setting up accreditation and ranking parameters. This paper focuses on the review of Indian university accreditation and ranking system and determining its efficacy in improving academic quality for achieving good position in global quality accreditation and ranking.Design/methodology/approachThe study employed exploratory research approach to know about the accreditation and ranking issues of Indian higher education institutions to overcome the challenges for being globally competitive. The accreditation and ranking parameters and score of leading Indian universities was collected from secondary data sources. Similarly, the global ranking parameters and scores of these Indian universities with top global universities was explored. The performance gaps of Indian university in global academic quality parameter is assessed by comparing it with scores of global top universities. Further, each domestic and global accreditation and ranking parameters have been taken up for discussion.FindingsThe study identified teaching and learning, research and industry collaboration as common parameter in the accreditation and ranking by Indian and global accreditation and ranking body. Furthermore, the study revealed that Indian accreditation and ranking body assess leniently on parameters and award high scores as compared to rigorous global accreditation and ranking practice. The study revealed that “research” and “citations” are important parameters for securing prestigious position in global ranking, this is the reason Indian universities are trailing. The study exposed that Indian academic fraternity lack prominence in research, publication and citations as per need of global accreditation and ranking standards.Research limitations/implicationsThe limitation of this study is that it focused only on few Indian and global accreditation and ranking bodies. The future implication of this study will be the use of methodology designed in this study for comparing accreditation and ranking bodies’ parameters of different continents and countries in different economic development stages i.e. emerging and developed economies to know the disparity and shortcomings in their higher education system.Practical implicationsThe article is a review and comparison of national and global accreditation and ranking parameters. The article explored the important criteria and key indicators of accreditation and ranking that would provide an important and meaningful insight to academic institutions of the emerging economies of the world to develop its competitiveness. The study contributed to the literature on identifying benchmark for improving academic and higher education institution quality. This study would be further helpful in fostering new ideas toward setting up of contemporary globally viable and acceptable academic quality standard.Originality/valueThis is possibly the first study conducted with novel methodology of comparing the Indian and global accreditation and ranking parameters to identify the academic quality performance gap and suggesting ways to attain academic benchmark through continuous improvement activity and process for global competitiveness.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document