scholarly journals Providing a Safe, In-Person, Residential College Experience During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott A. Travis ◽  
Aaron A. Best ◽  
Kristyn S. Bochniak ◽  
Nicole D. Dunteman ◽  
Jennifer Fellinger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
College Experience ◽  
Hybrid Approach ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Contact Tracing ◽  
Multiple Stakeholders ◽  
Residential College ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Person Experience

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, higher education institutions were forced to make difficult decisions regarding the 2020–2021 academic year. Many institutions decided to have courses in an online remote format, others decided to attempt an in-person experience, while still others took a hybrid approach. Hope College (Holland, MI) decided that an in-person semester would be safer and more equitable for students. To achieve this at a residential college required broad collaboration across multiple stakeholders. Here, we share lessons learned and detail Hope College's model, including wastewater surveillance, comprehensive testing, contact tracing, and isolation procedures that allowed us to deliver on our commitment of an in-person, residential college experience.

scholarly journals Providing a safe, in-person, residential college experience during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott A Travis ◽  
Aaron A Best ◽  
Kristyn S Bochniak ◽  
Nicole D Dunteman ◽  
Jennifer Fellinger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
College Experience ◽  
Hybrid Approach ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Contact Tracing ◽  
Multiple Stakeholders ◽  
Residential College ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Person Experience

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, higher education institutions were forced to make difficult decisions regarding the 2020-2021 academic year. Many institutions decided to have courses in an online remote format, others decided to attempt an in-person experience, while still others took a hybrid approach. Hope College (Holland, MI) decided that an in-person semester would be safer and more equitable for students. To achieve this at a residential college required broad collaboration across multiple stakeholders. Here, we share lessons learned and detail Hope College's model, including wastewater surveillance, comprehensive testing, contact tracing and isolation procedures, that allowed us to deliver on our commitment of an in-person, residential college experience.

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 A Study of Quality Assessment in Higher Education within the Context of Sustainable Development: A Case Study from Czech Republic

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 4769 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Vykydal ◽  
Martin Folta ◽  
Jaroslav Nenadál
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Quality Management System ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Success Factor

Quality has become an increasingly important and critical success factor at higher education institutions, particularly universities. Numerous discussions have been held about education quality in the context of sustainable development. However, the quality of that education strongly depends on the overall quality of the management system which operates at schools. The principal aim of this article is to present the approaches to the quality management systems’ development and their assessment at universities, and share some lessons learned from this area of research. Some possibilities of the ISO 9001 standard’s implementation, as well as the application of excellence models as a response to community demands, will be discussed, especially in the context of the recently-introduced Act No. 111/1998 Coll on Higher Education Institutions, which requires quality assurance and quality evaluation. A case study from The VSB-Technical University of Ostrava shows approaches, results and effects of the quality management system implementation.

scholarly journals Higher Education and Multinational Corporations Linkages: Establishing a Mutual Bond. Lessons for China from Redemocratized Hungary

2003 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 321-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kassie Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
The Relationship

This article examines several issues related to the relationship between higher education institutions and multinational corporations in countries such as Hungary that are undergoing historic economic and political shifts and to discuss implications from the findings for China. The findings suggest that, although Hungary and China differ culturally and in the shift in their political and economic changes, China can benefit from the lessons learned in Hungary.

scholarly journals Circular Economy in higher education ınstitutions: lessons learned from Brazıl-Colombıa network

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Úrsula Maruyama ◽  
Paloma Martinez Sanchez ◽  
Aline Guimarães Monteiro Trigo ◽  
Wladmir Henriques Motta
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Practical Implication ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Ecosystem Dynamics ◽  
University Campuses ◽  
Strategic Plans ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
The Difference

Goal: this paper goal is presenting sustainability experiences using Life Cycle Assessment perspective in two Latin America higher education institutions (HEI). What similarities do these HEI have in common regarding sustainability? What are the major challenges they face? In which way is Circular Economy effective on university campuses? Since universities face challenges posed by a changing and competitive environment, there ought to be sustainable management that is more appropriate to higher education institutions’ real environment, which is characterized by complexity, paradoxes, ambiguities, and conflicts. Methodology/Approach: Multiple Case Study. A resilience threshold of global ecosystem should be considered. Ecosystem dynamics require effort in mapping its functions. Results: the results considered that the difference between environmental approach failure and success lies in knowing how to realign their strategic plans. Limitations of the investigation: comparing private and public HEI and different levels of education (technical, undergraduate and graduate courses). Practical implication: the practical implication leads to an understanding that Circular Economy in HEI can be perceived as a guideline to innovation towards a more sustainable economy. Originality/value: the originality/value of this work is the ability of enabling scientists to empathize with both Brazıl and Colombia’s LCA perspectives in HEI.

Impact of the COVID-19 on Higher Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Francisco José García-Peñalvo ◽  
Alfredo Corell ◽  
Ricardo Rivero-Ortega ◽  
María J. Rodríguez-Conde ◽  
Nicolás Rodríguez-García
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Considerable Impact ◽  
Academic Year

The COVID-19 outbreak has a considerable impact on all business domains worldwide, almost with negative consequences. The digital transformation was already a requirement for all governments and institutions that this pandemic has accelerated to solve the confinement and the limitations to work and share the same spaces. Face-to-face higher education institutions moved towards an urgent and unplanned online teaching. After having closed one of the processes that has had the most significant impact on universities, the time has come to reflect and draw conclusions that will serve to face these institutions' future. A crisis always represents risks but also opportunities to change from a disruptive situation. This chapter reflects universities' futures from a strengths-weaknesses-opportunities-threats approach with the perspective of the experiences lived during the end of the 2019-2020 academic year by some face-to-face universities in Spain.

PHYSICAL STATE ASSESSMENT OF THE FIRST-YEAR FEMALE STUDENTS OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (6) ◽  
pp. 1457-1462
Author(s):  
Grygoriy P. Griban ◽  
Larysa M. Onishchuk ◽  
Svitlana V. Solohubova ◽  
Pavlo P. Tkachenko ◽  
Dmytro G. Oleniev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Physical State ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
State Assessment ◽  
Female Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Motivational Needs ◽  
Fitness Programs ◽  
Academic Year

The aim: Is to determine informatively significant indicators of the physical state of the first-year students of higher education institutions. Materials and methods: The study was conducted at Prydniprovska State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture in 2019-2020. The study involved 100 first-year female students of the main department between the ages of 17 and 18. The state of health of female students, their motivational needs, and the level of their physical development, physical fitness, and functional state were studied. Results: The study summarized knowledge and experience on the problem of selecting means for assessing the physical state of students, analyzed the motivational needs and health of female students, as well as identified informative indicators of the physical state of the female students by factor analysis. Conclusions: The study indicates the need for an obligatory survey on the health of the first-year female students at the beginning of the academic year; the inclusion of the elements of modern fitness programs in the curriculum of the Physical Education discipline and the organization of sectional classes in accordance with the results of the survey if possible in order to increase students’ motivation to attend classes and differentiate training in classes aimed at improving the physical state of female students.

Comprehensive quality assessment of Czech higher education institutions

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2/3) ◽  
pp. 138-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaroslav Nenadál
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Assessment Methodology ◽  
Pilot Testing ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Assessment Approach

Purpose – The paper aims to sum up the principal and original set of information related to the special project covered by Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, which was oriented to quality assurance and assessment at Czech higher education institutions. It brings main results and lessons learned from comprehensive quality assessment methodology pilot testing. Design/methodology/approach – Brainstorming conferences, seminars, comparative analysis, interviews, design review and validation were used by the expert team to develop and to test the comprehensive quality assessment methodology. Findings – The EFQM Excellence Model is the most comprehensive tool for quality assurance and quality assessment. It is pragmatic and practical, but it is necessary to adapt this model for effective use at Czech higher education institutions as a set of assessment criteria. The comprehensive quality assessment approach does not only examine what universities and other higher schools have achieved in the past (through lagging indicators), but it also includes assessment of their potential for the future through the so-called leading indicators. Research limitations/implications – The pilot testing of designed methodology of comprehensive quality assessment was performed within 12 Czech higher education institutions, but the lessons learned have common validity for any Czech higher education institution. Originality/value – The proposed methodology of comprehensive quality assessment is a quite new approach from the point of Czech higher education institutions view. It offers new and efficient tool for next higher schools and universities development.

scholarly journals Status and structure of morbidity of university students

2020 ◽  
pp. 98-102
Author(s):  
O. Kuznietsova ◽  
A. Korolevich ◽  
A. Filipsky
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
First Year ◽  
Medical Group ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
The Third ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Health Disorders ◽  
Academic Year

The physical education system of the students with chronic diseases, health disorders, congenital anomalies, and low level of physical development and physical fitness, does not sufficiently address efficiency restoration and ensuring normal life. The analysis of literature sources actualized the problem and conclusively proved the need for a comprehensive, systematic study of the health of young students. The aim of the study: to monitor the number of students with health disorders at higher education institutions. The research methods: literary, conceptual and comparative analysis; the analysis of the medical examination of students; pedagogical observation; statistical methods. The object of observation was the students of higher education institutions of a special medical group in the amount of 867 people. Studies conducted for a long time in the educational institution "PolesU", confirmed the superiority of cardiovascular diseases among other pathologies (22.15%). In the 2014/2015 academic year, diseases were recorded in 26.51% of students of the special medical group. The reduction in the number of students enrolled in SMG by the third year indicates that due attention is being paid to correcting their physical condition and improving their health. The largest number of students among those classified by health status as a special medical group was the first-year students.

scholarly journals The COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges Faced and Lessons Learned Regarding Distance Learning in Lebanese Higher Education Institutions

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 1259
Author(s):  
Maha Mouchantaf
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The Impact

In the past few months, due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak, most educational establishments in Lebanon, including schools and higher education institutions, made the transition to distance learning. This research sought to explore the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the challenges that it currently poses to higher education. More specifically, it aimed to evaluate the views of language teachers with regards to online teaching to better understand both its advantages and disadvantages in comparison to face-to-face education. The study also offered insight on the educator’s feedback and their presented solutions that will lead to a better experience with online learning. A quantitative cross-sectional online survey was implemented for the purpose of this study.

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