Framing Student Perspectives into the Higher Education Institutional Review Policy Process

It is necessary and desirable to enhance student learning in higher education by integrating multiple perspectives during institutional policy reviews, yet few examples of such a process exist. This article describes an institutional assessment policy review process that used a questionnaire to elicit 269 students’ perspectives on a draft policy document. Among the key findings were a lack of focus on using assessment to inform instruction, and a lack of clarity around the purposes for assessment. Within the final policy, there seemed to be an absence of focus on assessment as supporting learning and informing instruction, although there was a significant focus on the role of assessment in measuring achievement, despite students’ emphasis on the former two characteristics. The study’s implications point to the important theoretical contributions students offer to institutional policy reviews, and the practical challenges institutions face in providing mechanisms that facilitate engagement and reflect shifts in culture.

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Education and Sustainable development: interplay and implications

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202020809010 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 208 ◽

pp. 09010

Author(s):

Ansgar Belke ◽

Andrei Zenkov ◽

Larisa Sazanova

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Higher Education Institutions ◽

Multiple Perspectives ◽

Development Goals

Universities and other Higher education institutions are more than ever on the cusp of disruptive and radical changes while struggling to keep their traditional remit from falling entirely into the hands of managers and accountants. This paper examines the role of (higher) education in achieving sustainable development goals and addresses the important changes facing higher education from multiple perspectives and divergent cultural viewpoints.

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The Role of Information in the Policy Process: Implications for the Examination of Research Utilization in Higher Education Policy

Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research ◽

10.1007/978-90-481-8598-6_1 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 1-49 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Erik C. Ness

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Education Policy ◽

Policy Process ◽

Higher Education Policy ◽

Research Utilization ◽

Role Of Information

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Effective Leadership Conceptualization in Higher Education Context

Sukkur IBA Journal of Management and Business ◽

10.30537/sijmb.v8i1.296 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 1-14

Author(s):

Sobia Shafaq Shah ◽

Asif Ali Shah ◽

Arjumand Bano Soomro

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Effective Leadership ◽

Faculty Members ◽

Department Head ◽

Research Approach ◽

Multiple Perspectives ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Inductive Research ◽

Sindh Province

The relevancy and significance of effective leadership has been emphasised in every setting, situation and context. The conceptualisation of effective leadership embedded in multiple perspectives due to the contextualised nature of leadership. The significance of higher education institutions and the necessity to manifest effective leadership in educational context entails empirical research and deep down understanding. Keeping in view the elusive nature of effective leadership and pivotal role of department head, this research endeavour aimed at exploring faculty members’ perceptions concerning their conceptualisation of effective department leadership. Drawn from inductive research approach, semi-structured interviews were conducted from twelve faculty members of public university of Pakistan, located in Sindh province. The study findings highlighted thirteen important behaviours in relation to manifesting effective leadership by department heads. Notably, the majority of highlighted leadership behaviours appeared closely aligned with various dimensions of transformational leadership. However, there is need to conduct further research studies with larger sample to endorse the effective leadership conceptualisation in Pakistani higher education context.

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The Role of Higher Education Institutions in Preparing Youth to Manage a Sustainability-Oriented Future Workplace

The Central European Review of Economics and Management ◽

10.29015/cerem.692 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (3) ◽

pp. 107-128

Author(s):

Mona Betour El Zoghbi ◽

Wim Lambrechts

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Higher Education ◽

South Africa ◽

Young People ◽

Data Collection ◽

Participant Observation ◽

Policy Document ◽

Collaborative Processes ◽

Environmental Events

Aim: This paper aims to highlight the different forms, levels and pathways of engagement with climate change and sustainability of young people living in different contexts of vulnerability and adaptability. It explores different perspectives and viewpoints of youth regarding complex and uncertain issues related to climate change and sustainability as well as their future role on the workplace.Research Methods: The critical interpretivist study was conducted in the Netherlands and South Africa, and participants were undergraduate and postgraduate university students from diverse socio-demographic and academic backgrounds in the two countries. The study applied various methods of data collection including focus groups, interviews, policy document reviews as well as participant-observation at several youth and environmental events and forums.Conclusions/Findings: Key findings highlight the importance of building resilience and empowering academic and civic platforms that enhance young people's competences to manage sustainability-oriented lifestyles and workplaces through critical, creative, and collaborative processes.

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Higher Education: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Trends and the Role of Federal Programs

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e531852006-001 ◽

2006 ◽

Author(s):

Cornelia M. Ashby

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Federal Programs ◽

Science Technology ◽

And Mathematics ◽

Education Science

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POLICY CHANGE – THE ROLE OF IDEAS AND POLICY ENTREPRENEURS

Jurnal Politik Pemerintahan Dharma Praja ◽

10.33701/jppdp.v11i2.398 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 63-72

Author(s):

Arwanto Arwanto ◽

Wike Anggraini

Keyword(s):

Policy Change ◽

Significant Role ◽

Policy Process ◽

Policy Entrepreneurs ◽

Multiple Streams ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Problem Framing ◽

Exogenous Factors ◽

The Relationship

ABSTRACT Understanding policy process involves many distinctive approaches. The most common are institutional, groups or networks, exogenous factors, rational actors, and idea-based approach. This paper discussed the idea-based approach to explain policy process, in this case policy change. It aims to analyse how ideas could assist people to understand policy change. What role do they play and why are they considered as fundamental element? It considers that ideas are belong to every policy actor, whether it is individual or institution. In order to answer these questions, this paper adopts Kingdon’s multi streams approach to analyse academic literatures. Through this approach, the relationship between ideas and policy change can be seen clearer. Ideas only can affect in policy change if it is agreed and accepted by policy makers. Therefore the receptivity of ideas plays significant role and it emerges policy entrepreneurs. They promote ideas (through problem framing, timing, and narrative construction) and manipulate in order to ensure the receptivity of ideas. Although policy entrepreneurs play significant role, political aspects remains the most important element in the policy process. Keywords: policy change, ideas, idea-based approach, Kingdon’s multiple streams, policy entrepreneurs.

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Dammed If You Don’t, But What If You Do? Breaching the Lower Snake River Dams in Washington State

Case Studies in the Environment ◽

10.1525/cse.2019.sc.1036402 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 1-12

Author(s):

Elizabeth C. Lopardo ◽

Clare M. Ryan

Keyword(s):

Policy Process ◽

Food Source ◽

Washington State ◽

Federal Agencies ◽

Snake River ◽

Environmental Groups ◽

Steep Decline ◽

Mitigation Techniques ◽

Economic Analyses

Four dams on the lower Snake River in Washington State generate hydropower and allow for regional agriculture and barge shipping to Portland OR. However, the dams impede the migration of local salmon populations (Oncorhynchus spp.), which are in steep decline, and drastically impact the populations of salmon and orca whales, for whom salmon are a primary food source. For years, environmental groups have argued for breaching the dams; other interests counter that the dams are too critical to the economy of the region to lose; and federal agencies assert that the dams can remain and salmon populations will recover with mitigation techniques. Scientific and economic analyses, litigation, and elected officials’ efforts have not been able to move the issue towards a solution. Readers will examine the interests of primary actors in the issue, how they influence the policy process, the role of scientific and economic analyses, and possible approaches for resolving the issue.

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