scholarly journals Let’s Celebrate the Humane in the Humanities

Humanities ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 109
Author(s):  
Thomas Willard
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Good ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Free Society ◽  
Humane Education ◽  
Economic Collapse ◽  
Funding Cuts ◽  
The U.S

The economic collapse in the U.S. during the Covid-19 pandemic has aggravated the problems caused by a generation of funding cuts to institutions of higher education and, with these cuts, the increasing costs for students and their families. The current problems raise anew the questions of what public good is created both by programs in the Humanities and by all forms of higher education. They are not new questions, but the responses often bring out the importance of humane education to a free society. Courses in the Humanities develop more than the skills in communication and critical thinking that employers say they value. Such courses contribute to the personal development, character formation, and emotional intelligence that create a healthy and productive society. The benefits of such education are considerable, but cannot be measured in a strictly business model of higher education such as is often used by institutions balancing budgets, as well as by the overseers to which they report, including regents, politicians, and community affiliates.

Pragmatics information in selected Business Chinese (BC) textbooks in the U.S.

2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-217
Author(s):  
Shuai Li
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Business Communication ◽  
Learning Objective ◽  
Pragmatic Competence ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
The U.S

Pragmatic competence, the ability to conduct socially appropriate communication, plays an important role in influencing the success of business communication. This study examined the availability of explicit pragmatics information and related exercises in eight Business Chinese (BC) textbooks used in the U.S. institutions of higher education. The quantitative and qualitative findings showed that only a few textbooks explicitly listed pragmatics as a learning objective. Meanwhile, while explicit pragmatics information was provided in the BC textbooks, substantial variations were found across different subcategories of pragmatic features as well as across textbooks; moreover, the quantity of explicit pragmatics information and the ways of presenting and practicing various pragmatic features, as afforded by these textbooks, may not allow full-fledged development of pragmatic competence among learners.

scholarly journals Knowledge Marketplaces: An Analysis of the Influence of Business Models on Instructors’ Motivations and Strategies

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 142-158
Author(s):  
Matthieu Tenzing Cisel ◽  
David Pontalier
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Mixed Method Approach ◽  
Method Approach

Unlike MOOC platforms such as Coursera or edX, which typically partner with institutions of higher education, online knowledge marketplaces allow anyone to broadcast courses and charge for them. In this article, we investigate, through a mixed-method approach, the motivations and strategies of the instructors of Udemy and Skillshare. Semi-structured interviews and a quantitative analysis of the characteristics of Skillshare’s courses, obtained using a Web scraper, suggest that while a significant proportion of the marketplace’s instructors are outreach driven, the majority are income driven. They develop strategies to maximize their revenues, notably by adapting the characteristics of their courses, such as the number of videos, to the business model of the platform. Courses are shorter on Skillshare than on Udemy, where instructors’ incomes are proportional to the number of registrations. We hypothesize that the latter platform’s business model incentivizes instructors to create longer courses in order to attract wider audiences.  

scholarly journals Unexploited Efficiencies In Higher Education

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry C. Eyring
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Cost Efficiency ◽  
Instructional Delivery ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Extended Version ◽  
Brigham Young University ◽  
College Attainment ◽  
Cost Efficiencies ◽  
Cost Efficient ◽  
The U.S

In Unexploited Efficiencies in Higher Education, Henry C. Eyring, a junior majoring in Economics at Brigham Young University-Idaho, argues that one way that the U.S. can compete globally in college attainment is to decrease cost-per-graduate. He explains how many stakeholders in higher education stand to benefit from unexploited cost-efficiencies. Eyring cites strategies implemented by Brigham Young University-Idaho as examples of ways that institutions of higher education can become more cost-efficient in producing graduates. Administrators at Brigham Young University-Idaho utilize a model called the Graduate Fishbone that quantifies the effect of alterations to policy, retention, and instructional delivery at Brigham Young University-Idaho on cost, students served, and annual graduates produced. That model allows analysis of the efficacy of cost-efficiency promoting strategies, and is available electronically from the author upon request. An extended version of this paper with additional charts and explanation is also available electronically from the author upon request.

Distance Learning Course Design

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jillian L. Wendt ◽  
Deanna Nisbet ◽  
Amanda Rockinson-Szapkiw
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
International Students ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Preliminary Research ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
The U.S

Research has extensively provided insight regarding best practices for designing distance learning courses at U.S. institutions of higher education. However, with the increase in course offerings to students abroad and with the documented challenges that international students enrolled in U.S. courses face, it is important to consider whether current frameworks for course design support the needs of international learners. Unfortunately, little research exists that examines this facet of culturally responsive course design and development. This chapter presents what is currently understood regarding international learners enrolled in U.S. courses, an overview of the most widely utilized frameworks for course design in the U.S. context, what preliminary research suggests regarding support for international learners, and practical implications and areas in need of further exploration.

scholarly journals Universities run for, by, and with the faculty, students and staff: Alternatives to the neoliberal destruction of higher education

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Wright ◽  
Davydd J. Greenwood
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Good ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Matrix Form ◽  
The Public

After analysing the organisational pathologies and societal ills created by the neoliberalisation of universities, the article engages in an organisational critique of the pseudo-business model currently in use. It poses as a solution the re-creation of universities as trusts, with a model of beneficiary ownership, a matrix form of organisation and renewed relations with society. For inspiration it looks to beneficiaryrun organisations on the model of the John Lewis Partnership or the Mondragón University. The article explains why such beneficial matrix organisations are superior to current universities and how they offer an opportunity to recreate universities for the public good.

The Need for Quality Aviation Safety Graduates: An Educational Challenge

2005 ◽  
Vol 49 (7) ◽  
pp. 751-754
Author(s):  
Thomas R. Weitzel ◽  
Thomas R. Chidester ◽  
Roger A. Mason
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Federal Aviation Administration ◽  
The United States ◽  
Aviation Safety ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Spring Semester ◽  
Educational Challenge ◽  
Air Carriers ◽  
The U.S

The authors investigated a previously unaddressed problem within curricula of the United States (U.S.) aviation institutions of higher education. Graduates of these institutions were not being prepared to work within safety departments of the U.S. air carriers involved with one or more of the five current, voluntary Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) programs. To ascertain the need for a solution, a subjective instrument was developed and personally administered to 13 participants within the industry. The qualitative results were interpreted, and, in combination with the knowledge gained from the immersion of a professor within a research organization, resulted in the curricular placement of some of the aforementioned content on one campus of one U.S. aviation university during the spring semester of 2005.

scholarly journals USING STORETELING AS AN INNOVATIVE METHOD DURING THE PROCESS OF TEACHING SOCIAL AND HUMANITARIAN DISCIPLINES IN MEDICAL HEIs

2021 ◽  
pp. 79-85
Author(s):  
M. Kiriachok ◽  
O. Horai ◽  
O. Antonov
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Pedagogical Practice ◽  
Teaching Aids ◽  
Innovative Method ◽  
Medical Institutions

The article presents the results of scientific analysis of the concept of "storytelling" as a method of teaching, and substantiates its effectiveness in the process of teaching social science and humanitarian disciplines in medical institutions of higher education. Based on the analysis of scientific sources conducted, it was concluded that the method of storytelling provides a wide space for teachers and students allowing their creative cooperation, which results in deep knowledge and personal development of the student. It also helps to increase motivation to learn, creates a healthy psychological microclimate in the team, amplifies and stimulates students’ achievement. The importance of storytelling in the formation of communication skills in future medical professionals is determined; the effectiveness of using this innovative method at different stages of practical training is substantiated; the approximate structure of sample story is determined, as well as the variants of plot that can be used in accordance with the educational purpose are described in detail, and examples of practical implementation of stories in the context of teaching social sciences and humanities in medical institutions of higher education are provided, namely: "Ukrainian language (professionally oriented)", "History of medicine". The possibilities of using technical teaching aids, online tools and mobile applications to create stories and their use in pedagogical practice are identified. The further prospects of scientific research in a certain direction, which may relate to measuring the effectiveness of the method of pedagogical storytelling by conducting a survey among students and/or teaching staff with the further statistical analysis of the data obtained, as well as the formation of guidelines for effective use of storytelling in educational sphere of the Healthcare industry.

scholarly journals Role Exit from the Military: Student Veterans’ Perceptions of Transitioning from the U.S. Military to Higher Education

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dara Naphan ◽  
Marta Elliot
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Student Veterans ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Civilian Life ◽  
Framework Analysis ◽  
Role Exit ◽  
Military Student ◽  
The U.S

This paper presents a qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews with eleven student veterans about transitioning from the U.S. military to civilian life and to a midsized, public university. The U.S. military and American institutions of higher education are significantly different, and these differences make adaptation for student veterans more difficult. The purpose of this research was to understand what this transition was like for student veterans and the factors that affected how they negotiated the move back home. Using framework analysis (Ritchie & Spencer, 1994), we noted five themes of student veterans’ military service that impacted their transition: (a) task cohesion; (b) military structure; (c) military responsibilities and release anxiety; (d) combat experience; and (e) social cohesion in combat units. We describe each of these themes and explain how they influenced student veterans’ experiences in school. We conclude with suggested policy implications for institutions of higher education. Keywords: Military, Combat, Student Veterans, Higher Education, Total Institution, Role Exit, Framework Analysis.

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