scholarly journals QUOTAS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF EQUALITY, EQUITY AND JURIDICAL PLURALISM

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 187-202
Author(s):  
Aparecida Luzia Alzira ZUIN
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Affirmative Action ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Indigenous Students ◽  
Formal Equality ◽  
The One ◽  
Education In Brazil ◽  
Substantial Equality

This work aims to conceptualize formal equality and substantial (material) equality as the guiding principles for the formulation of affirmative action policies -- Quota Law (n. 12.711/2012). It differentiates between two types of equalities: formal and substantial, taking into account that the differences serve to the understanding of Quota Law's matter, allowing to assert that substantial equality is the one that best assures equity, the strengthening of human rights and the admission of a population historically excluded from public higher education in Brazil. In what concerns affirmative action, its political disposition and temporary character expose the foundations of Compensatory and Distributive Theories and the Principles of Legal Pluralism and Human Dignity. Accordingly, from an interdisciplinary perspective, the text points that today's quotas, despite a series of criticisms and oppositions, have mainly allowed the admission of black and indigenous students in federal institutions of higher education.

scholarly journals COMPARISONS OF COUNTERFACTUAL AFFIRMATIVE ACTION POLICIES AT THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (105) ◽  
Author(s):  
André Braz Golgher
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Affirmative Action ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Poor Students ◽  
Education In Brazil

Tertiary education attendance in Brazil varies remarkably among different population groups. In order to decrease inequalities and increase the proportion of minorities in public universities, many institutions of higher education in Brazil have implemented affirmative action policies since the 2000s. The main objective of this paper was to analyze different counterfactual affirmative action policies at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) based on simulations, measuring the proportion of minorities and the level of academic performance at this institution under each scenario. The current quota policy of 50% for students from public secondary schools, divided between four main groups (non-poor/non-minority; poor/non-minority; non-poor/minority; poor/minority), was shown to be well-designed to promote higher proportions of minorities among the student body. However, if academic performance is also taken into account, the best options would be either a quota policy of 50% divided between poor and non-poor students or a bonus policy based on a linear function of course competitiveness with an average bonus of 6%.

scholarly journals Differences in Entrepreneurial Skills of College Students in the Mexican Intercultural Context

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 120
Author(s):  
Marco Alberto Nunez Ramirez ◽  
Teodoro Rafael Wendlandt Amezaga ◽  
Maria Trinidad Alvarez Medina ◽  
Jorge Ortega Arreola
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
College Students ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Sustainable Rural Development ◽  
Indigenous Students ◽  
Entrepreneurial Skills ◽  
The One

The purpose of this study is to describe the development of entrepreneurial skills of college students in the intercultural context of Mexico. By a non-probability sampling method, a sample of 120 students from an intercultural institution of higher education in the Southeastern Mexico was selected, from which two groups (<em>Indigenous</em> and <em>Mestizos</em>) were obtained to perform the corresponding statistical analyses. The first group was integrated by indigenous students (<em>n </em>= 55) and the second group by mestizos (<em>n </em>= 65). For data analysis, the Student <em>t </em>test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used. The results showed no significant differences in the entrepreneurial skills between both groups. However, significant differences were obtained when considering the educational programs offered by the intercultural institution, where the program in sustainable rural development was the one that obtained a higher level regarding the development of entrepreneurial skills. This research contributes with empirical evidence to the knowledge on interculturality in this country.

scholarly journals EVALUATION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN UKRAINE: THEORETICAL PRINCIPLES AND GENERAL METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (37) ◽  
pp. 161-170
Author(s):  
W. Rudnytskyy ◽  
S. Svirko ◽  
A. Dykyi ◽  
O. Dyka ◽  
T. Trosteniuk
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Key Performance Indicators ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Complex Indicators

Abstract. The purpose of the article is to study the theoretical issues of determining the effectiveness of state higher educational institutions of Ukraine and the development of theoretical and methodological principles, as well as general methodological approaches to its evaluation. To implement it, the authors formed and proposed a supplement to the thesaurus of management of the concept of «key performance indicators» (Key Efficacy Indicators, KEI), which, in the context of the object of study, is proposed to understand a set of numerical indicators of public higher education. nature, which are the central element of the system of evaluation of its activities in terms of its effectiveness and efficiency in order to achieve certain goals of the state institution of higher education. In order to form a stable basis of the evaluation methodology, a classification of key performance indicators was formed according to 16 features, according to which the corresponding groups were identified and their characteristics were given. The outline of the methodology is based on the basic classification features of key performance indicators, in particular by: types (efficiency and effectiveness), degree of importance (major and minor) and areas of coverage (educational, research, financial, contingent, infrastructure, socio-ethical); it provides for the final definition of an integrated key performance indicator through the sum of complex indicators of efficiency and effectiveness or the sum of complex indicators of educational, research, financial, socio-ethical spheres, as well as areas of contingent and infrastructure. The final formation of the methodology for assessing the effectiveness of state institutions of higher education will optimally and deeply assess the activities of these entities, which will contribute to the actual implementation of all management functions in time and space to fulfill their mission, objectives and development goals. Keywords: key performance indicators, key еfficacy indicators, effectiveness, efficiency, public higher education institutions. JEL Classification M41, I23 Formulas: 11; fig.: 0; tabl.: 1; bibl.: 25.  

scholarly journals Promoting Character At Institutions Of Higher Education And In Their Academic Units

2005 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Harrison McCraw ◽  
Ara Volkan ◽  
Bruce Bird
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
College Graduates ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Short Version ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Market Place ◽  
Institutional Expectations ◽  
And Performance

Employers are highly interested in the character traits of college graduates. They recognize that these attributes will be an important determinant in the degree of success their organizations will experience. Unfortunately, a significant proportion of students enrolled in public institutions of higher education are not prepared academically, behaviorally, or emotionally for the college experience. In addition, lack of academic integrity on campus poses its own set of problems.  Employers also realize that special ethical obligations exist for employees with financial reporting responsibilities. Accountants are required to generate accurate and timely information to stakeholders both inside and outside of the organization. Employers are keenly interested in hiring accountants who are willing to assume the responsibility for promoting integrity throughout the firm.  To compete in today’s educational market place, many institutions of higher learning focus upon beautifully manicured grounds, impressively designed and technologically advanced buildings, and learned faculty. Alternatively, do these institutions dedicate adequate resources and expend the necessary levels of energies to promote character and other desirable traits in students? Isn’t character just as important in public higher education as critical analysis or technical skills?  This article proposes the development and use of creeds by departments, colleges, and/or universities to underscore the importance of character, scholarship, and performance to students. A creed is a statement of institutional expectations, beliefs, principles, and values. It is a public pronouncement of what a department, college or university holds to be important. It is meant to inspire and encourage commitment to stated ideals and help develop appropriate attitudes across campus. Two versions of a proposed creed, a long and short version, are presented.

scholarly journals Excepcionalidad meritocrática y política de acción afirmativa en la educación superior en Chile

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 136
Author(s):  
Jocelyn Briones ◽  
Daniel Leyton
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Affirmative Action ◽  
Working Class ◽  
Admission Policy ◽  
Affirmative Action Policy ◽  
Discursive Formation ◽  
Working Class Students ◽  
The One ◽  
The Right ◽  
The University

Based on Foucauldian notions such as discourse, regime of subjectification, and governmentality, the article analyzes one of the dominant discourses constituting the affirmative action policy in higher education in Chile. Our analysis is based principally on main documents associated to the discursive formation of the Support and Effective Access into Higher Education Program (PACE by its acronyms in Spanish), the main affirmative action program in that country. We argue that this program deploys a meritocratic exceptionality subjectification regime that governs inclusion and right to HE through a discursive chain that articulates notions of selectivity, excellence, quality, talent, sacrifice, responsibilization and critique against the dominant admission policy. This articulation is inscribed and mobilized in the discourses about working-class students, their families and schools, and the university. This makes possible, on the one hand, the legitimacy of the program as well as of their students as new constituencies with the right to HE, and on the other hand, the strategic foreclosure and invisibilisation of the structures of inequality that sustain the majority of working-class students and their knowledges excluded from HE.

scholarly journals The Question of World University Rankings, Or: On the Challenges Facing Contemporary Higher Education Systems

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-204
Author(s):  
Ivana Gačanović
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
University Rankings ◽  
Anthropology Of Science ◽  
World University Rankings ◽  
Anthropology Of Education ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The One ◽  
Methodology Of Science ◽  
University Reforms

In the context of the interrelatedness of the general methodology of science and the methodology of ethnology and anthropology, on the one hand, and the subject of research of the anthropology of science and the anthropology of education, on the other, as exemplified by the current European and Serbian university reforms, the paper considers one of the fundamental consequences of globalization – the increasing need to compare things on a global level. Comparison often involves easily quantifiable. The increasingly popular, and politically increasingly relevant, world university rankings are a case in point. By highlighting the phenomenon of the reduction of comparison to competition and the rehabilitation of positivism, the paper explores the way in which the reduction of criteria for "quality control" and "determining the excellence" of institutions of higher education through their ranking leads to the possibly irreversible reconceptualization of the concept of higher education, i.e. of the parameters that define it. the reduction of phenomena to just a few features, preferably those that are

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