scholarly journals A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF MALAYSIAN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS’ RESPONSE TOWARDS COVID-19: SUSTAINING ACADEMIC PROGRAM DELIVERY

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-96
Author(s):  
NORZAINI AZMAN ◽  
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DORIA ABDULLAH
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Academic Program ◽  
Program Delivery

Learning Marketing in a Multicultural Context

2020 ◽  
pp. 131-146
Author(s):  
Duarte Xara-Brasil ◽  
Manuela Carvalho ◽  
Sandra Nunes
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Brand Management ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Team Building ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Mobility Programs ◽  
Local Students

There has been an increasing degree of internationalization of several higher education institutions mainly under the ERASMUS context. Those mobility programs bring important gains in terms of students' competences to the Higher Education Institutions and to the employers, but there are also many constraints associated with the student's mobility process. The Setubal Brand Management is a multicultural pedagogical project that also promotes interpersonal skills and encourages a greater integration in the region and with local students. It includes students with diverse educational and cultural backgrounds. In this chapter, several specific pedagogical approaches were taken into account, such as: development of specific contents; implementation of different team-building actions; the inclusion of facilitating elements of communication; and the constitution of multicultural groups. A critical analysis of student perceptions and the sharing of the project with colleagues and with the academic community allowed implementation of several improvements.

Representation of international students in the Portuguese press: Are immigrants welcome?

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 137-154
Author(s):  
Thais França
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
International Students ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
News Stories ◽  
National Media ◽  
The Media

Since the 2000s, the Portuguese government and higher education institutions have been making significant changes to their strategies for attracting international students. While scholars have given extensive consideration to how these changes have increased the number of international students, less attention has been paid to how the national media have represented these new arrivals. Hence, in this article, following the analysis of 103 news stories published in two leading Portuguese newspapers, we investigate the representation of international students in the Portuguese press to analyse how the media portrayed this population from 2006 to 2019. As student mobility became more visible in Portuguese migration and education policies, media focus on this phenomenon increased. Based on a critical analysis discourse framework, our results outline a positive narrative about international students that both reinforces Portugal’s image as an attractive destination for skilled youths and highlights the contribution of international students to the country’s development.

scholarly journals On the “Assessment Morass” in Higher Education: A Program Level Perspective of Alignments and Tools

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed A. Shallal
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Academic Program ◽  
Accreditation Standards ◽  
Outcome Based Education ◽  
Insight Into

A taxonomy of assessment types practiced in higher education institutions (HEIs) in general is briefly reviewed, focusing on specific methods and tools commonly employed at the academic program level with student learning in mind. The approach is aimed at complementing the efforts being currently exerted to initiate outcome-based education (OBE) environments in HEIs in the region by drawing attention to some issues that may be observed along the path of obtaining insight into achieving satisfactory results and providing suitable feedback. Suggestions are forwarded aiming at enhancing procedures being employed leading to improvements in various academic institutional and programmatic aspects which quality assurance (QA) and accreditation standards/criteria demand.

scholarly journals Partnership as Educational Policy Imperative: An Unquestioned Good?

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. e1814
Author(s):  
John I'Anson ◽  
Sandra Eady
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Educational Context ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Relational Practices ◽  
Good For ◽  
Signature Event

“Partnership” is often promoted as an unquestioned “good” for higher education institutions in relation to its various stakeholder organizations. This paper seeks to problematize this uncritical valorization through a critical interrogation of the concepts and socio-material practices associated with partnership. In the name of partnership, new forms of governance are inaugurated that have far-reaching effects. More specifically, this paper is concerned with a critical analysis of partnership in relation to a longitudinal study of the relational practices between a university and five local authorities within a Scottish educational context. In particular, we trace how a “signature event” transformed a partnership assemblage, from one characterized by a grammar of participation, to a formal partnership aligned with a set of principles that we characterize as a grammar of representation. We argue that this transition led to a new assemblage that enacted new accountabilities, performativities, and alignments under the sign of partnership.

TEOLOŠKE VISOKOŠKOLSKE USTANOVE I AUTONOMIJA UNIVERZITETA

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dejan Matić ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Social Significance ◽  
The Future ◽  
Study Programs ◽  
Service Activity ◽  
Critical Consideration

This paper discusses the problem of autonomy of higher education institutions in the context of the current Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Higher Education. The current situation in our higher education requires an analysis of precisely those proposed norms that regulate the work of higher education institutions that implement academic study programs in the field of theology of one of the traditional churches and religious communities. In addition, the need for such critical consideration, in itself, arises due to the undoubted and immeasurable social significance that service activity in higher education, by the nature of things, quite objectively possesses. Precisely for the stated reasons, this paper is dedicated to the critical analysis of the proposed proposed regulations, as well as to pointing out possible directions for overcoming similar problems in the future, in order to provide service activities in the field of higher education with much-needed stability.

scholarly journals Critical Analysis of the Applicability of the ISO 9001 Standard in Higher Education Institutions

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-120
Author(s):  
Reckson Kamusoko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Quality Management System ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Iso 9001 ◽  
Administrative Services ◽  
Quality Culture ◽  
Seven Principles

This paper analyses the applicability of the ISO 9001 standard in higher education institutions (HEIs). The ISO 9001standard, initially developed for application in industry, sets the requirements for implementing a quality management system (QMS) in an organisation. Over the years, the standard has been adapted to the higher education (HE) sector as a model for quality assurance and enhancement. In this study, the standard is analysed based on a framework with the following variables; 1) Importance of the philosophy of the standard in HE, 2) Suitability to HE, 3) Ease of implementation, 4) Effect on quality assurance and enhancement and 5) Effect on quality culture. The mechanisms of how the standard affects quality management are also presented. The analysis shows that ISO 9001 is based on a philosophy that resonates with general approaches to quality assurance in HEIs. The seven principles of the standard provide a good base for an effective QMS. The standard is suitable to HEIs as its provisions can be adapted to the peculiarities of this sector. Although there is some considerable workload exerted by the standard, it can be applied with ease. There is both theoretical and empirical basis for the standard to embolden quality assurance and enhancement in HE. Both academic provision and administrative services can benefit from the standard. The standard can promote and strengthen quality culture in HEIs, more so where staff show deep engagement with the processes of the standard. It is concluded that the ISO 9001 standard provides a framework for a QMS that is applicable to the HE sector.

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