scholarly journals An Integrating Model for Excellence: Mentorship to Enrich the Three Pillars of Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
S. Hallman ◽  
L. Massoud ◽  
D. Tomiuk
Keyword(s):  
Higher Learning ◽  
Traditional Classroom ◽  
Mentoring Relationship ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Master Level ◽  
Small Cohort ◽  
One To One ◽  
The Individual

How does one progress from protégé to professional to master? For thousands of years, it was accomplished by apprenticeship to a master, on a one-to-one or one-to-few basis. The advent of the industrial era necessitated training more people at a time than this model could accommodate; hence, the modern educational era. The traditional classroom model and coaching became standard. The disadvantage of this model, however, is that the nuance of the “master” is lost because it can only develop over a long-term, individual, guided, mentoring relationship. Although our institutions of higher learning successfully develop accomplished professionals with their three-tiered model of teaching, service, and research, these authors propose moving educators closer to the “master” level of skill by reincorporating the individual mentorship model in conjunction with small cohort coaching.

Online Doctoral Student Satisfaction

2017 ◽  
pp. 236-247
Author(s):  
Dara Levitch ◽  
Melanie Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Academic Advising ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Program Completion ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Academic Experience ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Specific Factors ◽  
The Individual

Institutions of higher learning invest a great deal of time and money on retention issues. Research has identified institutional variables significant to student retention. Current researchers suggest each institution conduct studies to determine the specific factors important to the population served. Increasing retention has considerable financial and economic benefits to the institution, as well as benefits to the individual, especially if it leads to program completion. Research of literature has also indicated that quality of faculty and academic advising communications are two important factors perceived by students as contributing to overall the academic experience.

Experimental Programs: Patterns of Characteristics of Successful Mathematics Teachers and Those Who Leave the Profession: A Case Study

1970 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-163
Author(s):  
June R. Chapin
Keyword(s):  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
The Public ◽  
Qualified Teachers ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
School Teaching ◽  
Term Basis ◽  
The Government ◽  
Auxiliary Personnel

A Shortage of secondary mathe-matics teachers has existed for many years.1 The supply and demand of mathe matics teachers is difficult to predict on a long-term basis because of the influence of various staff utilization plans, the use of auxiliary personnel, teacher withdrawals, misassignment of teachers, etc., but the shortage trend probably will continue. The public, the government,2 and institutions of higher learning are concerned about the availability of qualified teachers of mathematics for secondary school teaching.

E-story, or the New Hollywood Myth

2015 ◽  
Vol 70 (02) ◽  
pp. 255-260
Author(s):  
Claudia Moatti
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
The United States ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
New Hollywood ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Moral Crisis ◽  
Work First

Abstract David Armitage and Jo Guldi’s History Manifesto has sparked an important debate in the United States. This article criticizes three specific aspects of their work. First, it takes issue with their description of a “moral crisis” of history, which they postulate without any discussion of serious epistemological and political issues. Second, it calls into question their enthusiasm for technological solutions, an ideological stance highlighted by their call for a return to long-term history and large-scale syntheses relying on the crunching of vast quantities of digitized data. Finally, it interrogates their conception of the utility of history, a notion that reveals serious confusion between research, teaching, and popularization and supports their unquestioning acceptance of the direction taken by institutions of higher learning. Although the scientism and positivism expressed in their manifesto illuminate their lack of attention to, and perhaps simply awareness of, the slow construction and transmission of accumulated knowledge, they do reflect the prevailing intellectual nonchalance and philosophical regression. The authors’ vision would see the replacement of “history” by “e-story,” the dissolution of historicity and scholarly critique and their substitution by techno-chronology and marketing.

PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH: POST THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

INDIAN DRUGS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 57 (06) ◽  
pp. 5-6
Author(s):  
George Patani ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Online Technologies ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Technology Platforms ◽  
Education Industry ◽  
Dear Reader ◽  
New Methodologies ◽  
Academic Year

Dear Reader, A wave of new innovative ideas utilizing the power of aggregation and information technologies, resulted in large disruptions across various industries with the creation of large virtual companies like Uber, Ola, Airbnb, Oyo etc. These companies,which were less capital intensive grew very fast globally, secured attractive valuations and looked certain to be the trend for new businesses for various other industries. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought many of these businesses to a virtual standstill. Air travel, tourism and the hotel industry are some of the industries severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The education industry which has also been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic has been quick to adopt digital technologies to overcome the adversity it was faced with.The entire spectrum of the education industry including schools, colleges and institutions of higher learning have adapted online technologies and started the academic year in June as it did every year. This thrust of technology on the education sector has resulted in the growth of companies providing education technology platforms such as Byjus, Educomp, Topper etc.The long-term socio-cultural impact of these new methodologies on the students are yet to be evaluated.

The Role of Moral Education on the Dress Code in the Higher Learning Institution

Sains Insani ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-14
Author(s):  
Ira Meilita Ibrahim ◽  
Taufik A. Latif ◽  
Afi Roshezry Abu Bakar ◽  
Muthualagan Thangavelu
Keyword(s):  
Moral Education ◽  
Private University ◽  
Public University ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Private Institutions ◽  
Dress Code ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
The World ◽  
Definition Of

The advancement of European dress to the rest of the world was linked to the definition of civilization as “a stage of social development considered to be more advanced” and “polite and good-mannered”. The widespread of their fashion style in the 19th and 20th centuries influenced the way the rest of the world attire. The fashion trend and dressing style thus change the purpose of dressing through time. The dressing style in campuses especially in private institutions of higher learning is under particular scrutiny, as it is often said to be inappropriate for a learning environment. This study looked at the importance of moral education, and its role in implementing the dress code for students among university students especially between two types of university i.e. public university and private university. It looked on the dressing style of students, both male and female, and the factors that lead to their dressing pattern which is common among students. This study also advocated the students’ understanding of the content of dress codes in their learning institution and the role played by moral education in regard to dress code. The overall study highlighted students’ perception towards the implementation of the dress code and punishment in their learning institution. The methodologies used to carry out this study are questionnaires and interviews. This study will therefore ascertain the important of dress code among students at higher learning institution and the role of moral education in cultivating values in order to dress properly or decently. Key Words: moral education, dress code, higher learning institution, civilization.

A JOURNEY TO MEASURE STUDENT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BENEFITS: EVIDENCE FROM AUSTRALIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Ellen Chung ◽  
Hamish B Coates
Keyword(s):  
Community Engagement ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Factor Loading ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Student Community ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Final Questionnaire ◽  
Civic Skills ◽  
Career Skills

Community engagement is a phenomenon that has received increasing attention among institutions of higher learning in recent years, and students engaging with communities are generally seen as beneficial. Given this, surprisingly little is known about this form of engagement in Australian higher education, let alone methods to measure its benefits on students. This study discussed the development of the Student Community Engagement Benefits Questionnaire (SCEBS), a questionnaire that measures the perceptions of community engagement benefits among undergraduate students in Australia. The final questionnaire has 32 items allocated to four benefit scales: (1) Career skills, (2) Diversity skills, (3) Interpersonal skills, (4) Civic skills. Most benefit items had a factor loading of atleast 0.40 with its own scale. The results of the factor analysis revealed that the four scales accounted for 53% of the total variance. The alpha reliability coefficient for the four scales ranged from 0.79 to 0.91. Based on these findings, the Student Community Engagement Benefits Scale (SCEBS) is a valid and reliable instrument that can be used in the field of education. Undergraduate students also reported statistically significant changes in the four dimensions after participating in community engagement activities.

South Africa’s Institutions of Higher Learning

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 50-69
Author(s):  
Muhammed Haron
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Honors Program ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
The Social ◽  
Regional Universities ◽  
Muslim Communities ◽  
Insight Into

As a discipline, “Islamic studies” has attracted serious attention by a number of institutions of higher learning in predominantly nonMuslim societies. While southern Africa’s communities witnessed the inclusion of “Islam” as a subject in the faculties of theology at various regional universities as well as Christian seminaries, Muslim communities have clamored for the appointment of Muslim staff at universities to teach courses on Islam. On the whole, these educational developments bode well for the teaching and studying of Islam regionally, even though the purpose and objectives for doing so differ radically from one institution to the other. This essay first seeks to offer a brief insight into the teaching of “Islam” as a subject in theological/oriental/religious studies programs; it thereafter reflects upon “Islamic studies” as a social science discipline that has been included in the social science and humanities syllabus. It focuses on the BA Honors program to show the themes chosen for these programs and how scholars redesigned and changed these programs to meet modern needs. Apart from using “social change” as its theoretical framework, it also brings en passantinto view the insider/outsider binary that further frames the debates regarding the teaching and studying of Islam at these institutions in southern Africa generally and South Africa in particular. 

John W. Boyer, The University of Chicago: A History (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015), 676pp. ISBN: 9780226242514

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger L. Geiger
Keyword(s):  
Higher Learning ◽  
University Of Chicago ◽  
Democratic Institution ◽  
American Universities ◽  
American Higher Education ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of The University ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Chicago Press

This chapter reviews the book The University of Chicago: A History (2015), by John W. Boyer. Founded in 1892, the University of Chicago is one of the world’s great institutions of higher learning. However, its past is also littered with myths, especially locally. Furthermore, the university has in significant ways been out of sync with the trends that have shaped other American universities. These issues and much else are examined by Boyer in the first modern history of the University of Chicago. Aside from rectifying myth, Boyer places the university in the broader history of American universities. He suggests that the early University of Chicago, in its combination of openness and quality, may have been the most democratic institution in American higher education. He also examines the reforms that overcame the chronic weaknesses that had plagued the university.

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