scholarly journals University Presidents and the Politicians

1977 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Ernest Sirluck
Keyword(s):  
University Presidents ◽  
University Autonomy ◽  
Provincial Level ◽  
Primary Sector ◽  
Public Protest ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Public Reaction ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

This commentary does not deal with politicians within the university or at the federal or municipal levels, limiting itself to persons, whether elected or appointed, in government office at the provincial level. In addition to the university's "primary " area of interaction with government (Universities Minister, Grants Commission, Premier), there is an important "secondary "area (for example, Health, Agriculture, Energy and Resources, Industry, Labour, etc.) where there must be co-operation but where differing responsibilities imply different objectives. Examples are given to show that on the government side there has in recent years been a diminishing concern to prevent such differences from becoming clashes. In the "primary " sector the direction in which the relationship has moved in recent years has been downward. Public reaction against the universities and disunity within them have combined to invite government infringement upon university autonomy and abridgement of commitments; examples are given. The reasons for the absence of public protest are analyzed. A general conclusion is that a university's relations with government reflect pri- marily the realities of power and influence of the moment.

scholarly journals Embodying the Site: the Here and Now in Site-Specific Dance Performance

2005 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 367-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Hunter
Keyword(s):  
Creative Process ◽  
Dance Performance ◽  
Site Specific ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Spirit Of Place ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

In this article, Victoria Hunter explores the concept of the ‘here and now’ in the creation of site-specific dance performance, in response to Doreen Massey's questioning of the fixity of the concept of the ‘here and now’ during the recent RESCEN seminar on ‘Making Space’, in which she challenged the concept of a singular fixed ‘present’, suggesting instead that we exist in a constant production of ‘here and nows’ akin to ‘being in the moment’. Here the concept is applied to an analysis of the author's recent performance work created as part of a PhD investigation into the relationship between the site and the creative process in site-specific dance performance. In this context the notion of the ‘here and now’ is discussed in relation to the concept of dance embodiment informed by the site and the genius loci, or ‘spirit of place’. Victoria Hunter is a Lecturer in Dance at the University of Leeds, who is currently researching a PhD in site-specific dance performance.

scholarly journals Gender as a Moderator and its Moderating Effect on Relationship between Face Book Usage and the Academic Performance of Government University Undergraduates in Sri Lanka

2019 ◽  
pp. 15-20
Author(s):  
P.D.V. Charika Wickramaratne ◽  
Dr. Syed Helmy Seyd Abu Bakar ◽  
Prof. Jeong Chung Phuoc
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Group Analysis ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Male Undergraduate ◽  
The Government ◽  
The University ◽  
University Undergraduates ◽  
The Relationship

From this Article, it is considered that the moderating effect of gender, for Facebook usage, and the academic performance of government university undergraduates in Sri Lanka. From 984 government university undergraduates were the respondents of this study, and the respondents were from the University of Peradeniya, University of Kelaniya, University of Colombo, and University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Gender is a moderate variable for the study. And there are 534 male undergraduate respondents, and 450 female respondents responded to the questionnaire. Using a multi - group analysis method identified the moderating effect on both male and female groups. According to the analysis results, proved that gender moderates the relationship between social media usage (Facebook) and the academic performance of the government university undergraduates in Sri Lanka.

scholarly journals THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AND ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION OF UNIVERSITI KUALA LUMPUR – TEKNOPUTRA ALUMNI

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-155
Author(s):  
Nazatul Shima Abdul Rani ◽  
K. Sarojani Krishnan ◽  
Zulkifli Saidun ◽  
Haniza Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Unemployment Rate ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
The Government ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose: The unemployment rate among graduates is considered high in Malaysia despite concerted efforts taken by the Malaysian government in resolving the issue.  If this issue is not tackled immediately by the government, the unemployment rate may soar and hence lead to social problems in the country. The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intention of Universiti Kuala Lumpur TEKNOPUTRA Alumni. Methodology: An online survey was conducted to explore if there is a relationship between entrepreneurship education the graduates had received at the university and their entrepreneurial intention to become entrepreneurs. About 50 graduates responded to the survey and they consisted of male and female graduates most of who were aged between 20 and 25 with less than 2 years of working experience. The sample had ventured into service types of business while others were sole proprietors, and most of them have been involved in their business for less than 5 years. Results: Cronbach Alpha values for the reliability analysis of items for entrepreneurship education (α=0.953) and entrepreneurial intention (α=0.893) show that the items are reliable. Inferential statistics, that is Pearson r correlation was run to determine the relationship between the independent variable, entrepreneurship education and the dependent variable entrepreneurship intention. Implications:  Pearson Correlation analysis shows that there is a positive and significant relationship between entrepreneurship educations with entrepreneurial intention among TEKNOPUTRA Alumni. In short, this implies that most of the TEKNOPUTRA Alumni agreed that entrepreneurship education they had received at the university has influenced their entrepreneurial intention to become entrepreneurs.

scholarly journals Cosmopolitan Civility: understanding power and difference

2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Jakubowicz
Keyword(s):  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Small Extent ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Fiscal Discipline ◽  
Radical Reform ◽  
The Arts ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The University

The 4 Rs conference at the University of Technology Sydney in October 2008 took place less than a year after the election of the Rudd Labor government. The moment is important to capture – the government had been swept into office on a wave of hostility to the Howard conservatives, but it did not have a mandate for radical reform. Its promises had carefully targeted key constituencies – skilled workers, small business, the urban “chattering” classes, people in education, in health and in the arts (to a small extent). The government was committed to fiscal discipline with a more humane face, its great vision summarised under the rubric of “social inclusion”.

The University of Tetova: A Glorious Temple Built on the Nation’s Sacrifice for Culture and Justice Acknowledgement

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Lulzim Murtezani ◽  
Kushtrim Ahmeti
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Communist Regime ◽  
Academic Values ◽  
Ethnic And Cultural Identity ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The University ◽  
Historical Periods ◽  
Archival Study

In different historical periods, famous people have sacrificed themselves on behalf of their substantial beliefs in the function of promoting scientific knowledge. Likewise, many of them, with an uncompromising piety have contributed to the establishment of institutions to ensure its advancement. Not long ago, by the end of the 20th century, in a Macedonian town – now North Macedonia, in Tetovo - the first Albanian-language university was founded as a product of citizens’ collective willpower for ethnic and cultural identity actualization in the field of education. It is fairly said that its founding history is hurtful and atypical for a higher education institution. Therefore, through this article we will tend to elaborate the specificities of its evolution by describing two development stories based on the collected data using the archival study method. In the first one, we will give light to some of events of essential importance of its establishment, in a time and context of communist regime that led an ethnic groups marginalization politics in a multiethnic society. Our focus will be the police actions by the government of the time in order to brutally crush the pro-University civic movement, which led to murder and imprisoning of Albanian intellectuals, professors and youngsters, but with unsuccessful epilogue. Subsequently, we will present the second story of this major national project: from the moment if its institutional legalization in 2004 to the present. Today, this university represents the nucleus of the Albanian emancipation in RNM, by promoting social, multicultural and especially scientific and academic values. At the end we will emphasize the vision, strengths of this University, such are women empowering, intercultural dialogue and its internationalization.

scholarly journals Presidential Address: Visions and Revisions: The View from the Presidents’ Offices of Ontario Universities Since the Second World War

2006 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
H. Blair Neatby
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
University Presidents ◽  
Presidential Address ◽  
Liberal Arts College ◽  
Second World War ◽  
World War ◽  
The Government ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The University ◽  
Second World

Abstract Ontario universities have been transformed since the 1940s. University presidents have played a crucial role in shaping these changes. In the 1950s they defended the concept of the liberal arts college, partly because other options seemed too risky. In the 1960s the government provided the finances and the presidents, separately and jointly, responded to the diverse demands of governments, faculties, and students. By the 1970s, the institutions had adapted to expansion, to a shift in balance between teaching and research, and to an emerging provincial system without any major crises or characters. Since the 1970s the government's policy of financial constraint has dominated discussions, with related debates on accessibility and private sector research. The university presidents have not yet defined new goals which the government considers realistic.

Social Work in Cuba

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
David L. Strug
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Vulnerable Populations ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Economic Reforms ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Government ◽  
The University ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This entry discusses the development of social work in Cuba since the revolution of 1959. It describes a community-oriented social work initiative created by the government in 2000 to identify vulnerable populations and to address their needs for support services. It also discusses a social work educational initiative begun at the University Havana in 1997. Together these two initiatives transformed social work in Cuba. This entry also notes that Cuba implemented major economic reforms in 2008 and it discusses the relationship of these reforms to the closure in 2011 of the two social work initiatives noted above. How social work will develop in Cuba in the future is unclear. Information for this entry comes from research the writer has conducted on the development of social work in Cuba over the past decade and from a review of the relevant literature.

scholarly journals Do Firm’s Organisational Slacks Influence the Relationship between Corporate Lobbying and Corporate Financial Performance? More Is Not Always Better

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Woon Lin
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Panel Data Analysis ◽  
Dynamic Panel Data ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
Corporate Financial Performance ◽  
Corporate Lobbying ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Zero Sum ◽  
The Relationship

A political involvement in any organisation has often proved to be profitable for such firms that are seeking support and favourable regulatory conditions. Though many studies have investigated the effect of the corporate lobbying activities on the organisations, no clear results have been achieved. In this study, we have investigated the lobbying expenditure of some of the most famous United States (US)-based companies, which support the U.S. government during 2007–2016. Primarily, we tested the relationship between the corporate lobbying and the Corporate Financial Performance (CFP), with the help of a dynamic panel data analysis, which is based on the System Generalised Methods of the Moment (SYS-GMM). The results of this study indicated that the corporate lobbying did not increase the probability of gaining more support from the government in comparison to the firms that did not use any lobbying techniques. Furthermore, the findings showed that corporate lobbying is a component of the zero-sum political agenda that cannot be accurately evaluated and does not contribute towards the improvement of the CFP. This study introduced the important component of organisational slack and noted that the corporate lobbying could significantly destroy the CFP if the organisational slack was high.

scholarly journals ORGANIZATIONAL AND ACADEMIC AUTONOMY OF KHARKIV IMPERATOR UNIVERSITY (1804-1835)

2020 ◽  
pp. 26-37
Author(s):  
Mokliak
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Education Student ◽  
University Autonomy ◽  
Academic Autonomy ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
The Government ◽  
High Level ◽  
The University

The peculiarities of the development of organizational and academic autonomy of Kharkiv Imperial University in 1804–1835 are highlighted. It is shown that during the specified period the dynamics of the university autonomy process was characterized by a decrease in independence. It is proved that during 1804–1814 the institution was characterized by a high level of personnel autonomy. There were appointment and dismissal of teachers and officials, training of professors), managerial and educational autonomy (opening schools, finding teachers, writing textbooks, attracting local funds for educational needs), teaching autonomy ( teachers' free choice of sources for preparation for classes, high level of academic freedoms), publishing autonomy (printing in their own printing house) and student autonomy. The reasons for the change in attitudes towards the university and its independence after 1815 are analyzed (news of the murder of a history teacher by a German student, as a result - fears of youth free-thinking by the Ministry of Education, interference in university life, division of society into supporters and establishments of higher education). The events that became natural for that time are covered. They are the attack of the government and the most reactionary figures (O. Sturdza, M. Magnytskyi, D. Runich, I. Laval, etc.) on higher education and on university autonomy, ignoring the provisions of the democratic statute of 1804, publication in periodicals of articles directed against the independence of universities; dismissal of qualified teachers, reduction of the quality of higher education, etc. The level of organizational and academic autonomy in 1815–1835 is characterized (subordination of the university administration to the trustee, who now controlled all issues of the university; introduction of strict censorship; restriction of freedom of teaching; departure of foreign professors abroad; lack of teaching staff; superior treatment of students; loss of other privileges, etc.). The role of academic freedoms in the development of the student's personality is shown (self-preparation of higher education seekers, fundamental professional training, respect for academic virtues, gratitude of the university). Key words: organizational autonomy, academic autonomy, university, academic freedoms, higher education, student training.

N. I. Pirogov and the Reform of University Government, 1856-1866

Slavic Review ◽  
1972 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-51
Author(s):  
William L. Mathes
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
School Districts ◽  
University Reform ◽  
Systematic Treatment ◽  
Primary And Secondary Education ◽  
The Government ◽  
The University ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Russian Universities

The opinions of Nikolai Ivanovich PirOgov (1810–81) provided the basis for much of the widespread debate on the “university problem” which preceded the adoption in 1863 of the General Statute of Russian Universities. Though Pirogov's equally important views on primary and secondary education and his general pedagogical philosophy have been examined in some detail, there is no systematic treatment of his views on university reform. The purpose of this article is to help elucidate those views, to demonstrate the relationship of Pirogov's ideas on university government to his activities as curator of the Odessa and Kiev school districts, to define the limits within which Pirogov's ideas were acceptable to the government of Alexander II and to a majority of the professorial community, and to compare his recommendations for reform with the statute of 1863 and with events which immediately followed its implementation.

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