scholarly journals Graffiti on the Walls of Institutions of Palestinian Higher Education: Motives and Behavior: الكتابة على جدران مؤسسات التعليم العالي الفلسطينية - الدوافع والسلوك

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Majed Khaleel Aljibrine, Samir Ahmad Abu-Zunied
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Psychological Factor ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Simple Random Sample ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Exploratory Approach ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Academic Year

The study aimed to identify the motives and behavior standing behind writing on the walls of institutions of higher education from the point of view of university students in Hebron Governorate. The researchers used the descriptive exploratory approach and the qualitative method through the structured interviewing tool. They developed a scale consisting of (19) items. Respondents asked to identify and order the most important (10) items from their own perspectives. The population of the study consists of (21813) subjects, the total of students according to official statistics issued in the second semester of the academic year (2019-2018) from the four universities in Hebron Governorate: Palestine Polytechnic University, Hebron University, Al Quds Open University with its three branches (Hebron, Yatta and Dura), and Palestine Technical University (PTU) Al- Aroub Branch. For the purpose of the study, a simple random sample of 679 students selected. The outcome of the study concluded that respondents identified and ordered the most important (10) items. They indicated that the "Psychological factor or drive", item 1, is the most important one, and (the motive of rumor, deception and dissemination of lies), item 7, is the last one while the (economic motive), item 19, is the least drive. In light of these results, the researchers present some useful recommendations. Forming expert committees at the universities is badly needed. Committees should be entitled with certain duties as: observing the writings of the students on the walls of the Palestinian higher education institutions, understanding their contents, identifying the needs of students, educating students about the importance of preserving university property, and prohibiting writing on its walls.

scholarly journals Revenue efficiency in higher education institutions under imperfect competition

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 282-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geraint Johnes ◽  
John Ruggiero
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Imperfect Competition ◽  
Monopolistic Competition ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Revenue Efficiency ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Modelling Process ◽  
Selection Of

A number of studies have considered the evaluation of efficiency in higher education institutions. In this paper, we focus on the issue of revenue efficiency, in particular ascertaining the extent to which, given output prices, producers choose the revenue maximising vector of outputs. We then relax the price taking assumption to consider the case in which the market for some outputs is characterised by monopolistic competition. We evaluate efficiencies for English institutions of higher education for the academic year 2012–13 and find considerable variation across institutions in revenue efficiency. The relaxation of the price-taking assumption leads to relatively small changes, in either direction, to the estimated revenue efficiency scores. A number of issues surrounding the modelling process are raised and discussed, including the determination of the demand function for each type of output and the selection of inputs and outputs to be used in the model.

scholarly journals Forming a conceptual understanding of Mathematics at students of technical universities

2020 ◽  
pp. 77-90
Author(s):  
Elena V. Kuznetsova ◽  
◽  
Natalia Yu. Zhbanova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Probability Theory ◽  
University Students ◽  
Computer Modeling ◽  
Conceptual Understanding ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Specific Nature ◽  
Global Challenges

The global challenges that humanity is facing today pose the task of higher education to prepare a specialist with fundamental training and the ability to learn throughout life. Fundamentalization of education is not possible without the formation of students' conceptual understanding of the material studied. This problem is quite relevant in the study of mathematics due to the specific nature of this science. The researchers' lack of a unified point of view in determining the essence of the conceptual understanding of mathematics does not allow practitioners to develop tools for assessing the level of conceptual understanding among university students. The purpose the article is to identify and formulate the essential characteristics and pedagogical conditions for the formation of a conceptual understanding of mathematics, as well as to explore the possibilities and effectiveness of the integration of computer modeling as an instrument of forming a conceptual understanding in the process of teaching probability theory to students of technical universities. The study showed that a computer workshop, developed based on identified pedagogical conditions and taking into account the didactic capabilities of ICT in the educational process, is an effective means of developing conceptual understanding when studying a course in probability theory. Students whose curriculum included a workshop with elements of computer modeling have a more excellent knowledge of methodologically significant knowledge and the ability to relate previously learned material to new problems.

scholarly journals COVID-19 in Connecticut institutions of higher education during the 2020-2021 academic year

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivia Schultes ◽  
Victoria Clarke ◽  
A David Paltiel ◽  
Matthew Cartter ◽  
Lynn Sosa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Contact ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Residential Students ◽  
Interpersonal Contact ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
University Campuses ◽  
Vaccination Rates ◽  
Residential Student ◽  
Academic Year

Background: During the 2020-2021 academic year, many institutions of higher education reopened to residential students while pursuing strategies to mitigate the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission on campus. Reopening guidance emphasized PCR or antigen testing for residential students and social distancing measures to reduce the frequency of close interpersonal contact. Connecticut colleges and universities employed a variety of approaches to reopening campuses to residential students. Methods: We used data on testing, cases, and social contact in 18 residential college and university campuses in Connecticut to characterize institutional reopening strategies and COVID-19 outcomes. We compared institutions' fall 2020 COVID-19 plans, submitted to the Connecticut Department of Public Health, and analyzed contact rates and COVID-19 outcomes throughout the academic year. Results: In census block groups containing residence halls, fall student move-in resulted in a 475% (95% CI 373%-606%) increase in average contact, and spring move-in resulted in a 561% (441%-713%) increase in average contact. The relationship between test frequency and case rate per residential student was complex: institutions that tested students infrequently detected few cases but failed to blunt transmission, while institutions that tested students more frequently detected more cases and prevented further spread. In fall 2020, each additional test per student per week was associated with a reduction of 0.0014 cases per student per week (95% CI: -0.0028, -0.000012). Residential student case rates were associated with higher case rates in the town where the school was located, but it is not possible to determine whether on-campus infections were transmitted to the broader community or vice versa. Conclusions: Campus outbreaks among residential students might be avoided or mitigated by frequent testing, social distancing, and mandatory vaccination. Vaccination rates among residential students and surrounding communities may determine the necessary scale of residential testing programs and social distancing measures during the 2021-2022 academic year.

scholarly journals Resisting, Reaching Out and Re-imagining to Independence: LPN’s Transitioning towards BNs and Beyond

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherri Melrose ◽  
Paul M. Wishart
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Grounded Theory ◽  
University Students ◽  
Research Program ◽  
Vocational Training ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Nursing Role ◽  
The Core ◽  
Core Variable

AbstractLittle is known about the process of how nurses transition between vocational training and institutions of higher education. Understanding this process provides educators with the knowledge to support new groups of university students making this transition. Grounded theory (GT) was used to explore and understand this process. Three studies from a 7-year research program were used as data. The analysis led to the generation of a GT illuminating the process of students transitioning from post-LPN to BN. This GT illustrates how students overcome difficulties encountered moving to a more complex nursing role. The students’ main concern was a lack of independence. The core variable, which resolves this main concern, and which emerged from the analysis of the data is developing independence. There are three sub-core variables, resisting, reaching out and re-imagining which support this core variable of developing independence.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS PROBLEMS IN TRANSLATING ENGLISH INTO INDONESIAN PROVERBS: AT XI TH GRADE AT SMA MUHAMMADIYAH MATARAM IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2014-2015

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Rima Rahmaniah ◽  
Rini Anggriani
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Grammatical Errors ◽  
Academic Year

The purpose of this study is to know the students problemsin translating English into Indonesian proverbs. The writer took the population consist 1 teacher and taken theentire sample that consist of 13 students. The research method applied was a qualitative method by translating proverbs text which is consist 20 items. The result shows that there were eight kinds of problems on  the translation of English proverb into Indonesian, they are (1) the meaning error on using article, (2)  plural, (3) participle, (4) modal auxiliary, (5) demonstrative, (6) gerund, (7) adjective, and (8) comparative degree. This also describe that the students of SMA Muhammadiyah Mataram still have difficulties in translating skill. The students made the grammatical errors in translating English proverb because they have different point of view from the researcher, they are overloaded with many different tasks, they do not think that grammar point is important, the point is more difficult for them than it seems, and they do not know the function of certain grammar.

scholarly journals Information management, information technology and behavior and values relation to information in higher institutions (HEI) of Belo Horizonte

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Solange Madalena Souza Macedo ◽  
Ricardo Rodrigues Barbosa
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Information Technology Management ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Management Information ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Belo Horizonte ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Higher Institutions

The paper presents the results of a study about information management, information technology management and behaviors and values concerning information in Brazilian institutions of higher education. The ‘information orientation’ (IO) model, developed by Donald A. Marchand, William J. Kettinger and John D. Rollins (2000) was adopted as a conceptual basis for the study. The data was collected through questionnaires filled by 83 (eighty-three) managers of higher education institutions (HEI) located in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The results show that, as perceptions of their managers, HEI are oriented towards information, although this guideline varies according to the dimensions of the construct of the HI Model, which has as central information management, information technology and informational values and behaviors. It was noted that the managers of HEI perceive each of these elements, there is a predominance of HEI Information Technology.

scholarly journals Navigating the Transition from Higher Education to the Labour Market: A Wake-Up Call for University Students

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-37
Author(s):  
Peter J. Wells ◽  
Silvia Florea
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
School To Work ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Recent Event ◽  
First Job ◽  
Job Finding ◽  
Labour Market Entry

Abstract Many studies describing the transition from school to work focus on national patterns of labour market entry and in so doing, they often simplify the complex transition processes and job finding requirements involved. Our paper sets out to look at some transition obstacles and paths from higher education to the labour market from the graduates’ point of view as expressed during a recent event held at LBUS. We hold that in Romania the first job upon education is hampered by graduates across all disciplines having no or little work-based experience, thus marking national transition patterns/pathways as less compatible with those in other European countries.

scholarly journals Satisfaction with Self and External Regulation of Learning in Higher Education Students in Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 5914
Author(s):  
Lucía Herrera Torres ◽  
Mara Rachel Souza-Soares de Quadros ◽  
Laura C. Sánchez-Sánchez ◽  
Tamara Ramiro-Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Education Students ◽  
External Regulation ◽  
Study Techniques ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Type Of Institution ◽  
Academic Year

The satisfaction of university students with the variables that regulate their learning provides very valuable information to improve the quality of teaching processes. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the learning of Brazilian university students, exploring both self-regulation variables, such as study techniques; and more external regulation variables, namely, satisfaction with the teaching–learning process and with the infrastructure, based on three variables: gender, the institution of higher education and the academic year of the students. To achieve this, 560 students of the Pedagogy degree were evaluated with two questionnaires: a questionnaire of satisfaction with the educational infrastructure and the teaching–learning process and a questionnaire on study techniques. Statistically significant differences were obtained, especially depending on the type of institution and the academic year. The students of private schools and earlier academic years were the ones who obtained the most satisfaction with the study techniques and with the infrastructure. Those from private centers also expressed more satisfaction with the teaching–learning processes. These results provide greater knowledge about the processes of self-regulation and external regulation of university learning and of their satisfaction with them, which can contribute to improving educational policies in Brazil.

scholarly journals Projeto de bancadas didáticas para laboratório de instalações elétricas

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Angélico Loreto Teixeira ◽  
Lucas Giuliani Scherer ◽  
Ana Alice Timm Gorretti
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Electrical Engineering ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Important Form ◽  
Design And Construction

The high cost of assembling laboratories for higher education is a challenge when there is a contingency of resources. An alternative to overcome the high cost in the development of the basic structures of the teaching laboratories, is the designing and implementation of laboratory workbenches, built with the help of teachers, technicians and university students. In this work will be approached the project of didactic workbenches for the laboratory of electrical installations, capable of attending the most varied menus, as well as courses such as Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Architecture and Urbanism, among others. Analyzing from a financial point of view, there is an economy above 90%, compared to commercial didactic workbenches in market. In addition, taking into account the teaching-learning aspect of the students, the benefits are greater, since the very design, design and construction of the benches represent an important form of practical learning. In addition, the workbench aims to increase the degree of complexity of the tasks compared to the existing equipment in the market, since it encompasses more concepts. For the acquisition of materials, it is suggested the use of institutional resources or partnership with public and private companies.

scholarly journals Academic degrees in the Polish People’s Republic. Part 1. Lower academic degrees

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krystyna Wojtczak
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Exceptional Case ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
School Graduate ◽  
Doctoral Studies ◽  
Academic Degree ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Academic Degrees

In the period researched in this article (1947–1990) the principles of awarding academic degrees were far from stable (or uniform). What is more, difference between individual degrees were of multiple character. In the initial years shortly after the Polish People’s Republic was formed, a lower academic degree was award ed to every higher school graduate. From 1951on this term referred to degrees awarded to science candidates, and as of 1958 to a degree of a doctor. Secondly, the requirements needed to be satisfied in order to qualify for individual degrees differed and were changing. Thirdly, on and off there were instances where ex emptions were made from the generally binding principles governing awarding of academic degrees, especially in the case of a science candidate and a doctor. Those exemptions, or exceptional treatment, was justified by a reference to an exceptional case. Fourthly, lower academic degrees could not always be obtained in every discipline, and the list of the discipline that qualified candidates for a degree was neither closed nor stable. Fifthly, the rights granted to scientific councils of institutions of higher education, and later to scientific councils of units operating within the Polish Academy of Sciences as well, were also changing, mostly to meet the conditions and requirements which those unites were obliged to fulfil. Sixthly, depending on the role and position of other bodies or organs involved in the process (the minister competent for schools of higher education, the Main Council of Higher Education, or the Central Qualifications Committee) their say and role was also changing. For the sake of a certain simplification, it may be stated that solutions adopted as a result of the reforms of 1947 and 1951were comparable, while those implemented in subsequent years, particularly by acts on higher education of 1958, 1982 and 1985 and the act of 1965 on academic degrees and scientific titles as later amended, differed considerably from earlier solutions. The assessment, from a legal point of view, of the conditions of awarding lower academic degrees in the period researched would, however, have been incom- plete if the organisation of doctoral studies as well as the manner of their delivery leading to the preparation and submission of a doctoral dissertation by a degree candidate, had been examined as well. This issue will be the subject of the second part of this article.

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