scholarly journals A Partnership of Un-Equals: Global South–North Research Collaborations in Higher Education Institutions

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Keneilwe Molosi-France ◽  
Sinfree Makoni
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Global South ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Research Partnerships ◽  
The North ◽  
Research Collaborations ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
The World ◽  
Learning Institutions ◽  
Research Resources

With the realisation that institutions of higher learning may play a powerful role in transforming the world, research partnerships between institutions in the Global South and North have gained popularity. These partnerships are meant to empower and strengthen the contribution of higher learning institutions and bridge the North/South knowledge divide. Considering the limited access to research resources in the Global South, it is anticipated that these partnerships will create research opportunities for scholars. However, while it can be acknowledged that the research partnerships can be of benefit to African institutions and economy, there are practical challenges that limit the success of most research partnerships. Using the authors’s experience this article explores and describes issues that surround research collaborations between institutions of higher learning in the Global South and North.

Native Approaches to Decolonising Education in Institutions of Higher Learning

2000 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Polly Walke
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Native Peoples ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
The World

A growing number of Native scholars are involved in decolonising higher education through a range of processes designed to create space for Indigenous realities and Indigenous ways of managing knowledge. Basing their educational approaches on Indigenous ontologies and epistemologies, they are developing Indigenist approaches within higher education. Ward Churchill (1996:509), Cherokee scholar, explains that an Indigenist scholar is one who:Takes the rights of indigenous peoples as the highest priority …who draws on the traditions – the bodies of knowledge and corresponding codes of value – evolved over many thousands of years by native peoples the world over.

The Context, Design, and Impact of System-Wide Assessments to Enhance Effectiveness in the Higher Colleges of Technology of the United Arab Emirates

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Marshall “Mark” Drummond ◽  
Matthew A. Robby
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Colleges Of Technology ◽  
The World ◽  
Effective Assessment

This paper examines the use of System-wide Assessments, an innovative initiative to enhance the accountability, quality, and effectiveness within the Higher Colleges of Technology of the United Arab Emirates. The authors review the historic and contemporary influences on college/university assessments and the key forces or factors which have shaped development and need of Outcome Assessments. The paper summarizes the literature on the best practices for assessment and promoting changes. The paper describes the objectives, structures, and processes involved with random use of System-wide Assessments among the 17 Federal colleges. A survey of 80 Deans and Chairs reports the perceptions and ratings of the process and impact of System-wide assessments. The lessons learned are described and inform recommendations for key components of an effective assessment system to promote accountability and improvement in higher education. Findings have significance for leaders of institutions of higher learning throughout the Middle East and the world.

scholarly journals Back to the Cave: Cold, Hungry and Cruel? An epithet for the World Bank’s neoliberal economy project

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Veronica G. Caparas
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Global South ◽  
Economic Downturn ◽  
Migrant Labour ◽  
The North ◽  
Strong State ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
The World ◽  
Neoliberal Development

In this article, I show that the World Bank, along with other international financial institutions, is the primary architect of neoliberal policy of privatizing the formation of higher education and the migration of skilled labour from the Global South to the Global North. The Bank, through development gurus and theories orchestrating the pro-North development agenda, systematically manoeuvres the neoliberalization of higher education and migrant labour from the 1980s to the late 2000s with the promise of democracy, equity, justice and prosperity. Despite massive doses of The Bank-prescribed neoliberal development pills, the majority of the world’s population has yet to experience the promise. The Global South, through three selected countries that see the wisdom of wielding strong state roles in delivering social services, is able to partly parry the deadly sting of the 2008 global economic downturn. The South, immersed as it is in the North’s development agenda as shown in selected literature, has become a doppelganger of the North. In determining the South’s dynamic in service delivery, I turn to Habermas’ communicative rationality that likewise brings to bear similarly framed thoughts as the yardstick of the South’s critical voice against the North’s continuing espousal of neoliberal policy. It is this critical voice that further cultivates people’s micropolitics of beliefs, gender and language, and cries out “no” to The Bank-prescribed neoliberalized higher education and migrant labour – a prescription that leads to and simulates a “back-to-the-cave” circumstance.

scholarly journals Prototyping Data Warehouse System for Ministry of Higher Education in Saudi Arabia

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 74
Author(s):  
Saleh Rehiel A Alenazi ◽  
Abd Ghani Gholamdin ◽  
Ayed Rheal A. Alanzi ◽  
Ebrahim Mohammed Al-Matari
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Data Warehouse ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Managerial Decision ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Higher Institution ◽  
Learning Institutions ◽  
Ministry Of Higher Education

One of the major issues confronting the ministry of higher education in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the procedures for taking managerial decision making on their institutions of higher learning. Thus, there has not been empirical study on the integration of institutions of higher learning’s repository to the ministry of higher education as the stakeholder. Since data warehouse is described as a system that capable of storing and exploring large amount of information from various data sources, this paper design a prototyping data warehouse for the ministry of higher institution of learning so as to facilitate searching and decision making on concerned institution. The XAMPP web server was used to design the data warehouse due to its embedded PHP and MySQL functions. Hence, the result presents a prototype that integrates the repositories of some higher learning institutions with the ministry of higher institution of learning in Saudi Arabia Kingdom.

scholarly journals Corruption and Administration of Higher Education Institutions in Nigeria

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Amini-Philips, Chinyere ◽  
Ogbuagwu, Chukwuma
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Education Administration ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Ethical Standards ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Learning Institutions

Corruption in this paper refers to absurd or deviant disposition of people in institutions of higher learning whichviolates the ethical standards. The prevalence of corruption in tertiary institutions is viewed to negate the core values ofeducation at this level. Major themes discussed included definition of corruption, corruption in Nigerian society andhigher learning institutions, highlighting the various aspects and shapes of corruption in Nigerian higher institutions.Dimensions of corruption identified included students, lecturers, non-academic staff and administrators. The shapes ofcorruption among students included bribing of lecturers for unmerited grades, cultism, examination malpractice,attacks on lecturers for stopping students from indulging in examination malpractice, fiscal extortion from innocentstudents by fellow students who form themselves into “lecturers’ boys”. Forms of corruption among lecturers includeddemanding huge amount of money, sex from female students for high grade, etc. Among non-teaching staff, the shadesof corruption included monetary extortion from students before they see their results, demanding of money fromunsuspecting parents in the guise that they are lecturers with a promise to secure admission for their children/wards,they also act as agents for lecturers, receiving money from students for higher grades after examination. At theadministrator's level, shades of corruption included misappropriation and misapplication of fund meant for capitalprojects, offer of admission to undeserving students for a fee while deserving candidates are by-passed, amongst others.Impact of corruption on higher education administration was discussed and means that can be adopted or adapted tocurb the menace were suggested.

Editorial Note

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 7-12
Author(s):  
Tom Ondicho
Keyword(s):  
Higher Learning ◽  
Editorial Note ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
The World ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Acceptance Rates ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Learning Institutions

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has continued to wreak havoc on all people in the world regardless of their gender, creed, race, or class. It has also caused massive disruptions to all social, cultural, political, and economic activities and ruined the livelihoods of many people, especially in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Despite the availability of vaccines, many countries are contending with insufficient supplies and low acceptance rates, leaving many people vulnerable to new waves of the pandemic. Governments across the world have been forced to renew some of the previous restrictions to flatten the curve of infections. Closing learning institutions, businesses, workplaces, recreational centres and activities and confining citizens to their homes has had an unprecedented negative effect on economies, markets, and supply chains, leading to skyrocketing rates of unemployment and poverty. The COVID-19 crisis has also altered the working conditions in most institutions of higher learning forcing many researchers, academics, and students to put their fieldwork and data collection on hold and thus, to delay writing their project reports. In a nutshell, many research projects have either been disrupted or suspended or stalled due to the pandemic.

scholarly journals Higher Learning and City Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (1-3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis Sibanda
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Global South ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
City Development ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Global North ◽  
Learning Institutions ◽  
Post Industrial ◽  
The City

ABSTRACT The paper explores the use and contribution of institutions of higher learning in innovative city development strategies through knowledge production. Higher learning institutions in the Global North have become central in the redevelopment of post-industrial cities that can no longer depend on heavy industries but knowledge through the adoption of triple helix models. In the Global South, higher learning institutions have lagged in leading redevelopment initiatives. This paper uses an exploratory approach in examining how universities, through knowledge production and dissemination, can lead the growth agenda in the city development. It makes use of East London as a case study where knowledge-driven initiatives have the potential to reinvent the city. The paper concludes that, by embracing knowledge-based approaches, great opportunities exist for collaborations between the city and universities in the growth and redevelopment of East London, and other cities in the Global South.

The Role of Moral Education on the Dress Code in the Higher Learning Institution

Sains Insani ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-14
Author(s):  
Ira Meilita Ibrahim ◽  
Taufik A. Latif ◽  
Afi Roshezry Abu Bakar ◽  
Muthualagan Thangavelu
Keyword(s):  
Moral Education ◽  
Private University ◽  
Public University ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Private Institutions ◽  
Dress Code ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
The World ◽  
Definition Of

The advancement of European dress to the rest of the world was linked to the definition of civilization as “a stage of social development considered to be more advanced” and “polite and good-mannered”. The widespread of their fashion style in the 19th and 20th centuries influenced the way the rest of the world attire. The fashion trend and dressing style thus change the purpose of dressing through time. The dressing style in campuses especially in private institutions of higher learning is under particular scrutiny, as it is often said to be inappropriate for a learning environment. This study looked at the importance of moral education, and its role in implementing the dress code for students among university students especially between two types of university i.e. public university and private university. It looked on the dressing style of students, both male and female, and the factors that lead to their dressing pattern which is common among students. This study also advocated the students’ understanding of the content of dress codes in their learning institution and the role played by moral education in regard to dress code. The overall study highlighted students’ perception towards the implementation of the dress code and punishment in their learning institution. The methodologies used to carry out this study are questionnaires and interviews. This study will therefore ascertain the important of dress code among students at higher learning institution and the role of moral education in cultivating values in order to dress properly or decently. Key Words: moral education, dress code, higher learning institution, civilization.

PENDIDIKAN ETIKA REKA BENTUK DALAM PROGRAM INDUSTRI KREATIF DI INSTITUSI PENGAJIAN TINGGI MALAYSIA [DESIGN ETHICS EDUCATION FOR CREATIVE INDUSTRIES PROGRAMMES IN MALAYSIAN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS]

2022 ◽  
pp. 118-134
Author(s):  
MOHD AFIQ RIDHWAN TARMIZU ◽  
BALAMURALITHARA BALAKRISHAN ◽  
MUHAMMAD FADHIL WONG ABDULLAH
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Ethics Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Creative Industry ◽  
Ethical Aspects ◽  
Design Ethics ◽  
Ethical Education ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Industry Professionals

Nowadays, the creative industry is rapidly developing with various technologies and creativity moving forward. However, problems and issues involving ethical aspects are still often seen on social media, television and print media, it clearly shows the lack of values and ethical aspects of the individual in the production of designs. Therefore, this study is conducted to propose the guidelines on ethical education design for creative industry programs in the institutions of higher learning. The objective of this study is to evaluate students' behavior towards design ethics among students of higher education institutions, evaluate teaching practices implemented by educators of higher education institutions as well as to assess challenges related to design ethics faced by creative industry professionals in submitting proposal regarding ethical education guidelines for creative industry programs. This study uses quantitative method which is the survey method in which questionnaires are distributed to respondents. For the sampling of studies, which is stratified sampling that refers to individual specific characteristic features in terms of his/her involvement in the creative industry. The numbers of respondents were 164 for the students, 108 respondents for the teaching staff and 89 respondents were from creative industry professionals. The findings of this study that are based on the mean value and standard deviation from the data collected through the survey study, show that students' behavior on ethical aspects is an important aspect of design ethics. Meanwhile, for the lecturers, the teaching practices implemented show that ethical aspects are a crucial element in the teaching sessions. Next, for the creative industry professionals, ethical aspects are considered as an important element in facing the challenges regarding design ethics. This is explained through the findings of students, lecturers and creative industry professionals through high recorded mean value. Therefore, it is clear that ethical aspects are a vital element to these three groups. Thus, a guideline on ethical education design for creative industry programs in institutions of higher learning is produced through the findings. Hence, this study provides a module on design ethics education that can be practiced in creative industry programs in Institutions of Higher Learning in Malaysia.

ANALYSIS OF COMMUTE CHARATERISTICS AND RESIDENTIAL LOCATION CHOICE OF IIUM GOMBAK CAMPUS EMPLOYEES OF MALAYSIA

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Abdul Mohit ◽  
Mootaz Munjid Mustafa
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Location Choice ◽  
Residential Location ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Residential Location Choice ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
Residential Characteristics ◽  
Learning Institutions

Higher learning institutions, particularly uni versities, are important nodes which can help in decentralizing the monocentric stigma of urban areas by encouraging employment and housing growth in metropolitan areas. The case study Gombak Campus of international Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), located 15 kilometres to the north-west of Kuala Lumpur City, is currently an employment node in the Klang Valley region. Being a node of employment, it is expected to generate residential development in the vicinity of its location by supporting the determining two fac tors of residential location - commuting cost and rent. Although there are certain truths that rent and commute cost are important determinants in households' residential location, other factors also influence residential location decision making. This paper, therefore, attempts to identify an array of factors and the extent to which these factors influence commute and residential attributes of the employees of IIUM Gombak Campus. Findings of this study reveal that there is a significant relationship between commute behaviour and residential characteristics and a number of other factors nonnally overlooked by the mainstream residential location choice models.

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