ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF TEACHING SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND CIVIC SKILLS � A PILOT STUDY ON HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Fleaca
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Civic Skills ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Student Auditing of University Social Responsibility - Reform through Reflective, Experiential Learning?

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel Menezes ◽  
Márcia Coelho ◽  
Fernanda Rodrigues ◽  
Peter Evans ◽  
Brian Martin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Initial Data ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
European Universities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Teaching Support ◽  
The Impact

The emphasis on the social responsibility of higher education institutions emerged more systematically in the Post-Bologna European context. This paper presents an overview of a case study on a certificate in university social responsibility auditing, based on three European universities: Edimburgh, Kaunas and Porto. The goal is to develop an auditor training for students based on experiential learning, that is coherent and replicable in diverse contexts and that involves the various stakeholders. The project is based on a set of benchmarks of university social responsibility developed in the context of a European project, namely:  Research, Teaching, Support for Learning and Public Engagement; Governance; Environmental and Societal Sustainability; and Fair Practices. We will report on the initial data generated by the ESSA Project, in respect of student recruitment, baseline attitudes and the impact of participation in the training and the first audit.

Using Social Media to Facilitate Instruction and Increase Marketing in Global Higher Education

2018 ◽  
pp. 226-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael D. Richardson ◽  
Sarah G. Brinson ◽  
Pamela A. Lemoine
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Technology Proficiency ◽  
Technological Revolution ◽  
Marketing Social ◽  
Higher Education Instruction ◽  
The Impact

The technological revolution of the past two decades has changed global higher education, particularly with the impact of social media. There are two primary functions of social media in higher education: instruction and marketing. Social media offers higher education students an array of options to socialize, network, stay informed, and connected, but technology proficiency may not be the same for instructors. As social media use by students becomes more established, educators in higher education pursue methods to parlay expertise in instruction into increased opportunities to advertise and market higher education institutions. Social media's impact of instruction in higher education is undeniable. The next major focus is on social media as a robust recruiting instrument to increase enrollment in global higher education.

scholarly journals Does Employee Quality Affect Corporate Social Responsibility? Evidence from China

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 2692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shilu Sun ◽  
Tiantian Li ◽  
Hong Ma ◽  
Rita Yi Man Li ◽  
Kostas Gouliamos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Independent Directors ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Effect

This paper investigated the impact of employee quality on corporate social responsibility (CSR). Based on data from China A-share-listed companies for the years 2012–2016 and using ordinary least squares, our empirical results show that the educational level of the workforce, as a proxy for employee quality, is positively associated with CSR, which suggests that higher education can promote CSR implementation. Additional analyses found that this positive relationship is more pronounced in non-state-owned enterprises, enterprises in regions with lower marketisation processes, and firms with lower proportions of independent directors. This study extends the literature on human capital at the level of firms’ entire workforce and CSR by elaborating the positive effect of employee quality on CSR in the context of an emerging economy (China). The results suggest that it is necessary to consider the educational level of employees when analysing CSR, which is of strategic significance for corporate sustainable development.

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