scholarly journals An Analysis of the Development Path of Institutional Research Facing University Data Governance — Based on the Enlightenment from Institutional Research of University of California

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoru Chen ◽  
Xiaodan Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Data Sharing ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Institutional Research ◽  
Data Governance ◽  
Development Path ◽  
Planning Policy ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
The Enlightenment ◽  
Data Culture

In the context of university data governance, the orientation of institutional research in China is to provide data support and services based on decision-making scenarios. The content and process of work are closely related to data. The research fields specifically involve university students and other affairs in teaching, teacher management, resource management and planning, policy, management and so on. At present, with the continuous improvement of the level of data governance in colleges and universities, the development of institutional research in colleges and universities is mainly faced with problems such as insufficient data awareness, poor data quality and lack of data sharing platform. Therefore, universities should attach importance to top-level design and establish "data-driven decision-making" mechanism, create a data culture and develop data-related standards, build comprehensive database and build data sharing platform.

Systems thinking, a consilience of values and logic

2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 259-274
Author(s):  
Sameer Kumar ◽  
Thomas Ressler ◽  
Mark Ahrens
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Qualitative Reasoning ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Problem Solving Process ◽  
Problem Solvers

This article is an appeal to incorporate qualitative reasoning into quantitative topics and courses, especially those devoted to decision-making offered in colleges and universities. Students, many of whom join professional workforce, must become more systems thinkers and decision-makers than merely problem-solvers. This will entail discussion of systems thinking, not just reaching “the answer”. Managers will need to formally and forcefully discuss objectives and values at each stage of the problem-solving process – at the start, during the problem-solving stage, and at the interpretation of the results stage – in order to move from problem solving to decision-making. The authors suggest some methods for doing this, and provide examples of why doing so is so important for decision-makers in the modern world.

scholarly journals An Exploratory Study of Research Data Governance in the U.S.

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-142
Author(s):  
Inna Kouper ◽  
Anjanette H Raymond ◽  
Stacey Giroux
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Science And Society ◽  
Data Governance ◽  
Knowledge Commons ◽  
Multiple Voices ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Commons ◽  
The U.S

AbstractMaking decisions regarding data and the overall credibility of research constitutes research data governance. In this paper, we present results of an exploratory study of the stakeholders of research data governance. The study was conducted among individuals who work in academic and research institutions in the US, with the goal of understanding what entities are perceived as making decisions regarding data and who researchers believe should be responsible for governing research data. Our results show that there is considerable diversity and complexity across stakeholders, both in terms of who they are and their ideas about data governance. To account for this diversity, we propose to frame research data governance in the context of polycentric governance of a knowledge commons. We argue that approaching research data from the commons perspective will allow for a governance framework that can balance the goals of science and society, allow us to shift the discussion toward protection from enclosure and knowledge resilience, and help to ensure that multiple voices are included in all levels of decision-making.

scholarly journals On the Enlightenment of Humanistic Curriculum Theory to the Reform of Ideological and Political Theory Course in Colleges and Universities

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Chen
Keyword(s):  
Political Theory ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Curriculum Theory ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Teaching Evaluation ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Basic Point ◽  
The Enlightenment ◽  
Teaching Content ◽  
Humanistic Curriculum

Humanistic curriculum theory has important guiding significance for the reform of Ideological and political theory course in Colleges and universities. This paper expounds the basic point of view of the humanistic curriculum theory, analyzes the problems existing in the teaching content, teaching methods and teaching evaluation of the ideological and political theory course in Colleges and universities at this stage, and puts forward some suggestions on the reform of the ideological and political course in Colleges and Universities under the guidance of the humanistic curriculum theory.

From Opacity to Transparency

2021 ◽  
pp. 240-271
Author(s):  
Sarosh Kuruvilla
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Data Sharing ◽  
Predictive Modeling ◽  
Predictive Models ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Private Regulation ◽  
Worker Participation ◽  
Evidence Based Decision Making

This chapter studies specific ways in which opacity can be reduced — through the use of niche institutions, by stimulating the internalization goals of private regulation, and through fostering a critical mindset. It draws attention to the varieties of transparency required and specifically to the integration and inclusion of workers in private regulation programs to stimulate internalization of goals, especially through worker participation in compliance auditing and through methods such as surveys by which workers' perspectives are heard. The chapter then highlights the need for more data sharing, data analysis, and predictive modeling and concludes with specific recommendations for the variety of actors in private regulation to move the institutional field from opacity to transparency. Only through data analysis can we generate the predictive models that allow for evidence-based decision making and identification of other means by which the coupling of private regulation programs with worker outcomes can be increased. Ultimately, workers and trade unions, in what has been called contingent coupling, can help “shrink the gap between practices and outcomes” for workers by leveraging the private regulation policies of brands.

scholarly journals A happy choice: wellbeing as the goal of government

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAUL FRIJTERS ◽  
ANDREW E. CLARK ◽  
CHRISTIAN KREKEL ◽  
RICHARD LAYARD
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Current Practice ◽  
Political Agency ◽  
The Political ◽  
Basic Case ◽  
The Enlightenment ◽  
History Of ◽  
Set Up

AbstractIn this article, we lay out the basic case for wellbeing as the goal of government. We briefly review the history of this idea, which goes back to the ancient Greeks and was the acknowledged ideal of the Enlightenment. We then discuss possible measures on which a wellbeing orientation could be based, emphasizing the importance of acknowledging the political agency of citizens and thus their own evaluations of their lives. We then turn to practicalities and consequences: how would one actually set up wellbeing-oriented decision-making and what difference should we expect from current practice? We end by discussing the current barriers to the adoption of wellbeing as the goal of government, both in terms of what we need to know more about and where the ideological barriers lie.

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