Getting Ready and Leading Higher Education in the times of COVID-19: An interview with Professor DrOsman Hasan (Pro-Rector Academics)National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-27
Author(s):  
Prof. Dr. Osman Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Design Approach ◽  
Personal View ◽  
National University ◽  
Talent Strategy ◽  
The Times ◽  
The One

Purpose: The purpose of this viewpoint is to present an interview with Professor Dr Osman Hasan (Pro-Rector Academics) to get his perspective on getting ready and leading higher education in the times of COVID-19. Design/ Approach/Methodology: A semi structured interview was conducted. Findings: This viewpoint type of paper is the one person’s personal view/ perspective, albeit, the person has a tremendous success in a top ranked national university with over a decade or experience as a fulltime researcher and academic. Originality/Value: This viewpoint reflects the valuable considerations for leaders in higher education sector. Keywords: Future of HEI, COVID-19, Teaching, Attracting Talent, Strategy, Paper type: Viewpoint

Research into the Training of College Students’ Abilities to Create, Innovate and Pioneer

2012 ◽  
Vol 591-593 ◽  
pp. 2262-2265
Author(s):  
Su Han ◽  
Xiao Feng Han
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
College Students ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Knowledge Innovation ◽  
The Times ◽  
The One

The 21st century is the one in which knowledge innovation promotes economic development. Our country and society earnestly need a lot of talents who have the abilities of creation, innovation and pioneering. In order to meet the challenge of the times, it is highly necessary for colleges and universities to carry out the education to create, innovate and pioneer. Higher education should undertake the mission of training and improving college students’ such abilities so as to make good preparations for their future. In this paper, combined with the above situation, the authors analyze the characteristics of creating, innovating and pioneering talents, probe into the main points of the creative, innovative and pioneering education and put forward the concrete measures to foster such talents.

scholarly journals DEACTUALIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION ON THE EXAMPLE OF STUDYING FOREIGN LANGUAGES

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-142
Author(s):  
Oleksii Nalyvaiko ◽  
Olena Kalistova ◽  
Danylo Poliakov
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Study Programs ◽  
National University ◽  
Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute ◽  
The Times ◽  
The Cost

The article analyzes the main reasons for de-actualization of higher education in Ukraine on the example of teaching foreign languages. The authors identified four main reasons for the deactualization of higher education: a difficult socio-economic situation caused by an incompetent organization of the production forces of the Ukrainian economy, low quality of educational services, depopulation of the Ukrainian population and a decrease in the quality of the teaching staff, a permanent increase in the cost of higher education. To confirm our assumptions, we carried out an introduction of students from different parts of Ukraine who study a foreign language. We interviewed six respondents from different universities across Ukraine about the topic: V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Horlivka Institute for Foreign Languages, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Kyiv National Linguistic University, National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute” and Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University. Every respondent was given a name (A-F) in order to keep their anonymity. We have presented the results of the interview. Students say that problems do not always depend on universities, but personal traits of students and teachers and modern tendencies in labor market. We gave some recommendations: the curriculum must be corrected in favor of main subjects or even subjects that will make graduates more appropriate for some posts than people without degree; teaching staff must have special pedagogical degree in order to improve their pedagogical skills; universities need to employ native speakers of taught languages; universities need to elaborate such study programs that will make their graduates more attractive candidates in labor market. The main conclusion must be so: the system of higher education has to keep up with the times and change itself according to labor market, students’ beliefs and modern tendencies in science and technology.

scholarly journals Students’ readiness for international academic mobility programs: Evidence from Faculty of English Linguistics and Literature, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNUHCM

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 52-67
Author(s):  
Le Tan Cuong
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Academic Mobility ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Mobility Programs ◽  
National University ◽  
Using Data ◽  
High Level

As a major aspect of internationalization, international academic mobility has been among the most discussed issues in higher education worldwide in recent years. However, while more and more institutions in many countries show substantial interest in implementing international academic mobility programs, the practices seem to be surprisingly in slow progress in Vietnam higher education . The current study, therefore, aims to fill up the gap by exploring the reality of implementing international academic mobility programs and surveying students’ readiness as well as expectations for international academic mobility programs in the setting of the faculty of English Linguistics and Literature, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University- HCM city. Using data from a semi-structured interview with the faculty dean, a semi-structured interview with 5 students having just coming back from an international academic mobility program to the Philippines in early 2020 and a questionnaire among 78 students coming from 4 continuous cohorts, the findings evidence that (1) Intra-national mobility programs outperform the international ones, (2) Students expect more orientational activities and support from the faculty, (3) Students show high level of readiness for international academic mobility programs, (4) Students are more open-minded in choosing where to go and what to do during international academic mobility programs. Recommendations are well elaborated at the latter part of the study as references for institutions that are considering internationalizing their curricular. The study hopefully sheds light on the feasibility of implementing international academic mobility programs in the setting of Vietnam higher education.

scholarly journals EUROPEAN ACCREDITATION AGENCY’S VIEW ON KAZAKHSTAN’S ENGINEERING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY HIGHER EDUCATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Andreas Ahrens ◽  
Martin Foerster ◽  
Jelena Zascerinska ◽  
Iring Wasser
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
European Accreditation ◽  
Interpretive Paradigm ◽  
Fourth Component ◽  
The One ◽  
Future Work

In the era of digital economy, there is an urgent need in highly qualified engineering and Information Technology (IT) specialists in Kazakhstan. The aim of the research is to analyse the needs of higher education in the field of engineering and IT in Kazakhstan underpinning elaboration of implications for higher education in the field of engineering and IT in Kazakhstan. The empirical study was carried out in October 2019. Exploratory study was implemented. Interpretive paradigm was employed in the present work. Non-structured interview served as the basis for data collection. Content analysis was performed for data analysis. Findings of theoretical analysis allow extending three-component model on needs analysis, namely experts’ perspective, educators’ perspective, and students’ perspective by the fourth component, namely community perspective. Implications for higher education in Kazakhstan are formulated as following: universities delivering higher education in the field of engineering and IT in Kazakhstan need to balance academic and practical components in their study programmes; interaction between educators and students, on the one side, as well as enterprises, companies and industry, on the other side, should be enhanced in higher education in the field of engineering and IT in Kazakhstan. Directions of future work are proposed. 

scholarly journals Aspectos pedagógicos y curriculares por considerar en el rediseño de un plan de estudios de posgrado con énfasis en docencia universitaria

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Sindy Susana Alvarado-Herrera ◽  
German Eduardo González-Sandoval ◽  
Yarina Paniagua-Cortés
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Graduate Program ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Master's Program ◽  
Master's Programs ◽  
Master's Degrees ◽  
Leadership In Higher Education ◽  
National University ◽  
The One

 This project addresses the publications of a group of renowned authors in order to highlight important aspects to be considered by the Education Master’s Program in Higher Education and Teaching of the National University of Costa Rica as part of its improvement strategies in teacher education, taking into account the most recent tendencies related to internationalization, mobility, accreditation, academic management and shared leadership in higher education. The paper aims to portray a proposal that fulfills the needs of the Costa Rican master’s programs in higher education and teaching by approaching this country’s reality in terms of what the programs offer. It is a bibliographic research paper, which sources have been published for no longer than 10 years and are truly groundbreaking in regard to the graduate program trends that guide this production. Moreover, as part of the contextualization needed, all master’s degrees in higher education and teaching offered in the country are taken into consideration. As a result of this research, it can be concluded that these programs are pertinent, especially the one offered by the National University of Costa Rica, and it is evident that disseminating the program’s highlights and achievements through processes that respond to quality criteria for graduate programs truly needs to be encouraged.

Trends and tensions of higher education at a rural Japanese national university

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Rausch
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Policy ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Educational Governance ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
National University ◽  
The One ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

This article examines the impact of contemporary higher education policy at a rural university in Japan. Hirosaki University, although a national university with an attached medical school, is far from the centre of academia in Japan, with a comparatively low ranking among national universities in Japan, and severe budget constraints. The policies that influence the trajectory of the university simultaneously illustrate two dimensions. On the one hand, they reflect global trends of neoliberal higher educational governance as these unfold in a leading nation-state within Asia. On the other hand, they show how policies originating within central government ministries and dictated by population and budget dynamics yield a highly localised outcome that forces a peripheral university to concentrate its efforts predominantly in its own community.

Academic Casualization in the UK

2018 ◽  
Vol 93 ◽  
pp. 221-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Parfitt
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
The Other ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Exponential Rate ◽  
Student Fees ◽  
The One ◽  
The Uk

AbstractThe casualization of academic work is a deepening problem at UK universities. From the late 1990s, the number of academics working on non-permanent, non-full-time contracts has skyrocketed, even as student fees have increased at an exponential rate. This casualization has generated resistance on the lower rungs of the academic ladder. On the one hand, the union for the higher education sector, the UCU, has tried without much success to stem the tide of casualization. On the other, casual academic staff have tried to organise on their own to resist casualization at a local level.

scholarly journals Transition to Higher Education for Students with Autism: Challenges and Support Needs

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 201
Author(s):  
Maximus M. Sefotho ◽  
Charity Neejide Onyishi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Major Theme ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Transition To Higher Education ◽  
Social Difficulties ◽  
The One

Increasing pieces evidence suggest that learners with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their families experience limiting challenges in their transition at different developmental and academic levels in life. It is not clear, however, what the specific challenges that limit their successful transition are, despite parents' and teachers' efforts to support them. The current study sought to investigate the factors challenging students with ASD in transitioning to higher education. The study adopted a phenomenological qualitative research design with a total of 10first-year students with ASD in higher education institutions in Nigeria. The one-on-one interview was conducted, guided by a semi-structured interview schedule. Data collected were analyzed using content analysis, through the inductive thematic procedure. The results revealed five main themes, which include: academic functioning difficulties, social difficulties, structural issues, mental health problems, and lack of resources and supports. Each major theme was discussed based on the emerging subthemes. The findings of the study suggest an increased need for academic, social, materials, and environmental supports for students with ASD who transition to higher education institutions. More supports should be put in place to help learners with autism develop personal resources that will encourage their success in higher education institutions.

Problems of Science and Its Effectiveness

2011 ◽  
pp. 151-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Varshavsky
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Management ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Russian Science ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Scientific Results ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Academic Sector

The article considers current problems of Russia´s science. Special attention is paid to external factors that negatively influence its effectiveness including considerable lag in public management sector. The issues of opposing higher education sector to the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) are also discussed. A number of indicators of the Russian science and its academic sector effectiveness are presented. The expediency of comparing scientific results with R&D expenditures is shown. The problems connected with using bibliometric methods are discussed. Special attention is paid to the necessity of preserving and further developing Russian science including RAS.

From Scarcity to Abundance: Achieving Quality-Assured Mass Higher Education

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter P. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Other ◽  
Secondary System ◽  
Mass Higher Education ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
One Year ◽  
The One

The United States is in a bind. On the one hand, we need millions of additional citizens with at least one year of successful post-secondary experience to adapt to the knowledge economy. Both the Gates and Lumina Foundations, and our President, have championed this goal in different ways. On the other hand, we have a post-secondary system that is trapped between rising costs and stagnant effectiveness, seemingly unable to respond effectively to this challenge. This paper analyzes several aspects of this problem, describes changes in the society that create the basis for solutions, and offers several examples from Kaplan University of emerging practice that suggests what good practice might look like in a world where quality-assured mass higher education is the norm.

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