Neoliberal Technocracy and Opposition Exams for Hiring Tenured Full-Time Professors in a Mexican Public University

2020 ◽  
pp. 132-158
Author(s):  
Silvia Karla Fernández Marín ◽  
Florencia Peña-Saint-Martin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Public University ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Female Candidate ◽  
Neoliberal Policies ◽  
Formal Procedures

In this chapter, the introduction of technocratic neoliberal policies in Mexico, starting in the mid-1980s, and their repercussions in higher education are analyzed. Special focus is set on its negative consequences for hiring tenured full-time professors at public universities. A case study from a public university is used to demonstrate how suppressing candidates and arbitrarily favoring others through sham dealing are almost part of the formal procedures now. This case was used because access to all the documentation was granted, and it was possible to interview in depth a female candidate who was suppressed twice. Unfortunately, experiencing suppression, workplace bullying, and mobbing for some candidates is almost the norm now. Also, when suppressed, they are left in a powerless position with almost no resources to confront injustice.

scholarly journals The Educational Social Practices and their metaphors. Approaches to a reconstruction of meanings from critical perspectives

2020 ◽  
pp. 103-130
Author(s):  
Néstor Horacio Cecchi ◽  
◽  
Fabricio Oyarbide ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Movements ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Public University ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Social Commitment ◽  
The Public ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Meanings

For those of us who have been going through the public university for decades, a clear tendency in most of our institutions to rethink their senses, their missions, their functions, in sum: their must be. In these times and these contexts in which deep inequalities are made visible with absolute clarity, these tendencies to construct new meanings acquire a particular relevance. We understand that public universities in the exercise of their autonomy and as members of the State, must assume a leading role with a contribution that contributes to guaranteeing rights, in particular, of the subalternized sectors. This critical positioning is inescapable to consolidate the social commitment of our higher education institutios. This compelling transformative intention has a valuable background. In this sense, we warn that both in Argentina and in some of the countries of the Region, tendencies to consolidate, systematize, institutionalize processes of emancipatory articulation in their relations with the territory, organizations and social movements have been reproduced for some years, many of them, through curricularization processes in its different meanings. These experiences, dissimilar by the way, find the need to settle, to institutionalize themselves through various conformations that in some cases converge in Educational Social Practices or similar names, with different, unique formats, but with different meanings as well. That is why we propose to display, analyze, make visible some of the salient characteristics of these processes, the regulations, their singularities, similarities, the multiplicity of their feelings, in sum, their metaphors.

EFFECTIVENESS OF ACADEMIC TEACHING IN THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

2018 ◽  
Vol XX (1) ◽  
pp. 104-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piotr Pietrzak
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Euclidean Distance ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Academic Teaching ◽  
Empirical Verification ◽  
Agricultural Sciences ◽  
Squared Euclidean Distance

The paper discusses the effectiveness of teaching in fields representing agricultural sciences. Empirical verification was based on data taken from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The research is a pilot study and concerns 1935 graduates of 10 Polish public universities, who obtained a second-cycle full-time studies diploma in 2015. Cluster analysis was performed using Ward’s method and squared Euclidean distance. The conducted procedure allowed to distinguish three clusters of fields differing in level of effectiveness of teaching. In general, the highest effectiveness in the studied group of fields of science was characterized by those that were run through universities located in the capital and cities over 500,000 residents.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Image and Legitimacy in the Spanish Public University

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 148
Author(s):  
Cristina Del-Castillo-Feito ◽  
Encarnación González-Vázquez ◽  
Jaime Gil Lafuente
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Public University ◽  
Economic Resources ◽  
Complex Environment ◽  
Administrative Personnel ◽  
The Government ◽  
Spanish Public Universities ◽  
Talented Students ◽  
The Relationship

The correct management of intangible assets such as image and legitimacy can be crucial for the survival and success of organizations given the current competitive landscape. These variables have been analysed in the literature due to their importance, however additional research is still needed in order to clarify the way they relate. Spanish public universities operate in a complex environment, competing for economic resources from the government as well as for talented students, prestigious professors and competent employees at national and international levels. The aim of this paper is to analyse the relationship between image and legitimacy in the higher education context. For this purpose, a review on the literature regarding image and legitimacy will be carried out, followed by the analysis of the results obtained through a survey distribution to a variety of universities’ stakeholders (students, professors, administrative personnel, alumni and managers). To treat the data PLS SEM was used. The results confirm the proposed hypothesis on the influence that image has on legitimacy.

scholarly journals As cotas nas universidades públicas diminuem a qualidade dos ingressantes?

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (69) ◽  
pp. 652 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lara Vilela ◽  
Thiago Yudi Tachibana ◽  
Naercio Menezes Filho ◽  
Bruno Komatsu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Minority Students ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Public University ◽  
Quota System ◽  
Palabras Clave

<p>Este artigo utiliza os microdados do Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio (Enem) e do Censo da Educação Superior para, através de simulações sobre os efeitos das cotas, quantificar e qualificar estimativas do impacto causado pela política de cotas para acesso às universidades federais sobre a distribuição de notas do Enem de cotistas e não cotistas, as notas de corte e as médias de notas dos ingressantes. Os resultados mostram que a maior diversidade (de categoria administrativa do ensino médio, de renda e de raça) nas universidades federais, introduzida pelas cotas, não acarreta ingresso de alunos com notas significativamente menores quando comparado com o cenário sem cotas. Isso ocorre devido à existência de potenciais cotistas cujas notas se encontravam acima do último decil (décimo) de notas em número suficiente para preencher as vagas reservadas.</p><p><strong>Palavras-chave:</strong> Cotas; Universidades Públicas; Políticas Públicas; Desempenho Escolar.</p><p>  </p><p><strong>¿Las cuotas en las universidades públicas disminuyen la calidad de los ingresantes?</strong></p><p>Este artículo utiliza los microdatos del Examen Nacional de la Enseñanza Media (Enem) y del Censo de Educación Superior para, a través de simulaciones sobre los efectos de las cuotas, cuantificar y calificar estimaciones del impacto causado por la política de cuotas para acceso a las universidades federales sobre la distribución de notas del Enem de cuotistas y no cuotistas, las notas de corte y los promedios de notas de los ingresantes. Los resultados muestran que la mayor diversidad (de categoría administrativa de la enseñanza media, de renta y de raza) en las universidades federales, introducida por las cuotas, no acarrea ingreso de alumnos con notas significativamente menores cuando es comparado con el escenario sin cuotas. Esto ocurre debido a la existencia de potenciales cuotistas cuyas notas se encontraban por encima del último decil (décimo) de billetes en número suficiente para llenar las vacantes reservadas.</p><p><strong>Palabras clave:</strong> Cuotas; Universidades Públicas; Políticas Públicas; Rendimiento Escolar.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Do public university quotas lower the quality of entrants?</strong></p><p>This article uses microdata from the National High School Exam (Enem) and the Higher Education Census to make simulations of the effects of quotas, and quantifies and qualifies their estimated effects on the access of students to federal universities, including the distribution of Enem scores as well as the cutoff and average scores for quota and non-quota students. The results show that the greater diversity (in terms of public school, poor and minority students) in federal universities caused by the introduction of the quota system has not led to the admission of students with significantly lower scores when compared to the scenario without quotas. This is due to the existence of potential quota students whose scores are in the highest score decile in sufficient numbers to fill the reserved places.</p><strong>Keywords:</strong> Quotas; Public Universities; Public Policy; Academic Performance.

scholarly journals A Construal of the Understanding Level of Quality Assurance by Internal Stakeholders in Two Malaysian Universities

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 112
Author(s):  
Baboucarr Njie ◽  
Soaib Asimiran
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Internal Stakeholders

The “understanding” in terms of interpretation of quality assurance is essential for the acceptance, theorizing and the practical application of the methods proposed by it. A great deal of research papers have often pointed to the lack of understanding, among others, as the reason behind the inadequate nature of implementing quality assurance in higher education institutes. This paper examines the “understanding” levels of two key stakeholders in terms of the meaning they make out of the policy pronouncements on quality. It utilizes the qualitative case study scheme to provoke the thoughts of mainly the academic staff and their administrative counterparts in two public universities. The findings reveal that there exist differences which are mainly grounded on their role and experience in the scope of understanding the purposes served by quality, and the depths of quality management fulfillment among the two categories of stakeholders. This underpins the value of clarifying the philosophy of quality assurance to stakeholders and their involvement for better understanding and ownership.

scholarly journals Sustainability Practices of Higher Education Institutions in Hong Kong: A Case Study of a Sustainable Campus Consortium

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weiyan Xiong ◽  
Ka Ho Mok
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
External Impact ◽  
Sustainability Practices

Eight University Grant Committee (UGC)-funded public universities in Hong Kong positively and successfully responded to the global call for sustainability efforts in higher education institutions (HEIs). Various initiatives are transpiring within these eight campuses. The Hong Kong Sustainable Campus Consortium (HKSCC) was co-established by eight UGC-funded universities, which is an excellent example of integrating resources and efforts to achieve sustainable development goals and exert positive social impacts. Through interviews with HKSCC administrators and members and reviewing relevant documents, this study aims to examine the roles and challenges of HKSCC toward Hong Kong HEIs’ sustainability efforts, and present the good practices and achievements of HKSCC. Findings of this study reveal that although HKSCC and each UGC-funded university contribute in reaching the sustainability goals, they should pay considerable attention to the external impact of sustainability practices on communities and society. Moreover, we propose that the sustainable development of public universities in Hong Kong should look beyond the narrowed definition of sustainable development and broaden their roles to exert a social impact by addressing the negative consequences of the massification, privatization, and internationalization of higher education.

scholarly journals Hybrid Experiments in Higher Education

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 540-569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Lee Kleinman ◽  
Noah Weeth Feinstein ◽  
Greg Downey ◽  
Sigrid Peterson ◽  
Chisato Fukada
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Public University ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
Business Logic ◽  
Organizational Strategies ◽  
Political Climate ◽  
The Many ◽  
The University ◽  
Traditional Norms

In response to the many pressures facing public higher education, public universities are experimenting with business-oriented practices that seem likely to alter their nature and purposes. In this paper, we examine several hybrid experiments—new organizational strategies intended deliberately, sometimes explicitly, to hybridize the traditional norms and practices associated with academia and business at one emblematic public university. These cases illustrate how each hybrid experiment is a tacit response to existing norms and strategies that govern the university–business boundary, initiated as a hedge against the challenging fiscal and political climate. Taken together, they do not lead to a unitary and/or linear spread of business codes and practices. Instead, what some have referred to as “business logic” appears multifaceted, having many elements that are deployed, institutionalized, and perceived differently in different contexts, even within a single university.

The Role of Crowdfunding for New Funding Challenges in Public Universities: An Italian Case Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 097340822110626
Author(s):  
Elena Madeo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
The Public ◽  
Italian Case ◽  
Service Production

This article aims to understand how the public higher education sector is dealing with new challenges, like sustainability in services provision and delivery, which means to fulfil all the functions of a university. In order to fulfil their mission and be sustainable, the public higher education sector should start an innovation process, through which they can improve their resilience to socio-economic changes. Obviously, this involves new conditions in terms of service production, which can turn into co-production, collaboration within and outside the university’s organizational borders, and, eventually, partnerships with other organizations. This research studies in deep all these topics by investigating the case study of an Italian university, which has developed its own crowdfunding platform in order to sustain its functions. The results show some of the changes within the public universities’ fundraising culture. Moreover, though the results relate to the context of analysis, it would be interesting to develop this study by comparing public universities located in different countries.

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