Microbial contamination of mobile phones in an academic community of a higher education institution in Araguari (MG).

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aline Baldo ◽  
Ana Flávia Maximiano Freitas ◽  
Renata Cristina Cezário Santos ◽  
Herbert Cristian de Souza
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Microbial Contamination ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Higher Education Institution

scholarly journals Employee Engagement Factors in A Higher Education Institution

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 187-200
Author(s):  
Ahmad Azmy
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Employee Satisfaction ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Academic Quality ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Supervisory Relationships ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Planning Culture

This reseach analyzed factors that correlated with employee engagement in a higher education institution. The object of this research was the lecturers and employees with the total of 100 people. There were measured on how to produce academic quality accompanied by excellent service to students. Dimensions used were compensation, leadership and organizational planning, culture and corporate communication, job environment, supervisory relationships, employee satisfaction and training, development, and resources. The process of collecting data was through the questionnaires. The research method used Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). In the results, all dimensions used have a significant influence on employee engagement because of p-values <0,05 and t-tables > t-statistics. The supervisor relationship dimension has the highest correlation of 66,5%, and employee satisfaction has the lowest correlation of 13,8%. Higher education institutions must increase employee engagement to maintain productivity and performance. Employee engagement is one of the keys to the success of educational institutions to produce exceptional academic quality and services for the entire academic community.

scholarly journals The Influence of Quality Leadership and Quality Commitment to Performance of Higher Education Institution

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 1637-1645
Author(s):  
Andi Arif ◽  
Aan Komariah ◽  
Johar Permana ◽  
Asep Sudarsyah
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Study Programs ◽  
Higher Education Organizations ◽  
State Higher Education

The aim of this study is, to reveal the influence of quality leadership and quality commitment on the performance of higher education organizations. The sample in this study consisted of academic community (educators and education staff) from 44 study programs in 5 state higher education institutions in the Province of Bangka Belitung Islands. The results showed that, there was a positive significant influence on quality leadership on organizational performance. In addition, there is a positive significant influence too on staff quality commitment to organizational performance through quality leadership. So as improving organizational performance, the elements of higher education leadership must be more quality oriented and also need to be supported by academics whose are committed to quality

scholarly journals READING BEYOND THE STROKES: A SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS OF EDITORIAL CARTOONS ON A CAMPUS NEWSPAPER OF A HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION IN THE PHILIPPINES

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Benjamin Baguio Mangila
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Semiotic Analysis ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Cultural Discourses ◽  
Editorial Cartoons ◽  
Campus Newspaper

Editorial cartoons have an unchallenged history as a unique and important artefact in both political and cultural discourses. In journalism, they offer varied insights and may eventually alter beliefs and opinions, influence politics, trigger discussions, and give life to ideas. This paper investigates the signs and meanings of editorial cartoons published in a campus newspaper of a tertiary school in the Philippines. It anchors on Chandler’s semiotic concepts in analyzing the editorial cartoons that incorporate both the Saussurean dyadic concept of signs, signifier and signified, and the Peircean triadic concept of signs as symbolic indexical, and iconic. It also considers Leymore’s idea of the figure and ground, which identifies the primary, secondary, and tertiary signifiers based on their importance or impact on editorial cartoons. Analysis shows that editorial cartoons contain all types of signifiers, primary, secondary, and tertiary, which work together to effectively convey the intended meanings to its target readers. These signifiers also possess certain characteristics as being symbolic, indexical, and iconic and they blend together to enrich the editorial cartoons’ intended meanings. Furthermore, these editorial cartoons illustrate the newspaper’s perceptions as well as its stand on various issues and concerns relating or affecting the students and the whole academic community. Although these editorial cartoons are only published in the campus newspaper, they do not only deal with important local issues and concerns but in the national and global spheres as well.

Balancing countervailing processes at a Lithuanian university

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 327-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liudvika Leisyte ◽  
Mantas Vilkas ◽  
Egle Staniskiene ◽  
Daiva Zostautiene
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Organisational Learning ◽  
Academic Excellence ◽  
Central Administration ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand how the countervailing processes for enhancing academic excellence based on professional norms are balanced out with the market-oriented processes of standardisation and performance management in a university. Further, the authors aim to explore how and if organisational learning occurs in balancing these processes. Design/methodology/approach The longitudinal, inductive three-year study of a higher education institution in Lithuania was used to understand how a higher education institution based on the norms of academic excellence was balanced out with the market-oriented processes and what mechanisms of leaning took place during the process. The authors drew upon three data sources – archival materials, observation and interviews with academic staff and administrators – to capture the processes of rebalancing and learning. Findings A complex balance is observed between the strive for academic excellence and market relevance. Market relevance has been the dominant reform tone for the central administration of a Lithuanian university (LTU), while maintenance of academic excellence prevailed among academic staff. The LTU manages the countervailing processes by standardising, financialising, surveying and disciplining. The rebalancing resulted in dissent from the academic community. Organisational learning could be observed in the example of the introduction of a new examination procedure, while it could not occur during the process of new performance management system introduction. The process led to mutual distrust between the academic staff and the management of the LTU. Originality/value This study contributes to the literature on organisational learning in higher education, showing how an eager entrepreneurial university engages in the reform process and how it engages in the complex balancing of countervailing processes of academic excellence and market relevance. The authors contribute with empirical evidence on how rebalancing processes in a professional organisation works and what limitations it faces. The study shows the vital multi-stakeholder involvement and understanding of the process of change. The authors further contribute to the discussion on the adoption factors of performance-based systems and the process of institutionalisation using a longitudinal perspective as called for in previous research.

How (Not) to Lead Academia

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Abambres
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Student Assessment ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Academic Leadership ◽  
Academic Department ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Role Assignment ◽  
Professional Career

This work reports several issues found by the author throughout his professional career, concerning academic leadership. Topics like (i) out-of-field teaching/researching, and (ii) time management in faculty hiring or new role assignment, are addressed. Besides, the author describes which fundamental decisions he´d take if he could manage a higher education institution or academic department. The topics covered are crucial for the success of any higher education institution, such as (a) hiring, (b) social engagement, (c) student assessment, (d) open mindedness, (e) prompt communication, (f) passion in work, and (g) freedom / trust.

Students’ and Applicants’ Social Perceptions of the Risks of Educational Environment at Higher Education Institution

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (11) ◽  
pp. 56-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. V. Lyalyuk ◽  
O. R. Tuchina
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Institution ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Expert Assessment ◽  
Risk Category ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Investigation Methods

Educational system is the most important social institution, which provides the development of a personality and frames his/her worldview and the conception of subjective well-being. Despite the large number of studies on the issue of psychological and pedagogical security of educational environment, the sphere of higher education still remains underexplored. The available empiric material has not received sufficient methodological justification and conceptualization. This article aims to provide the conceptualization of the risk category as applied to the educational environment of a higher education institution, as well as empiric investigation of the risks within the educational environment as viewed by applicants and students.Materials and methods. 213 applicants and 547 students of the Kuban State Technological University took part in the survey. The following investigation methods were used: expert assessment, interview, questioning, content analysis, analysis of means method, cluster analysis and factor analysis.Investigation results. Comparative examination of the manifestation degree of risks within the educational environment as viewed by applicants and students of higher education institution showed significant differences in the assessment of risk by these groups of respondents. From the point of view of applicants, the main risks are connected with social and psychological aspects of the educational environment of a higher education institution, relations within student groups and interaction with teachers, as well as with the issues related to the educational management and leisure arrangement. As viewed by the students, the risks within the educational environment include external and social and psychological risk factors, motivating risks and risks arising from the learning process organization and management and the related issues. Applicants’ notion of the risks within the educational environment of a higher education institution was mainly influenced by information they received from media and by the opinion of their relatives and age mates.Consideration and conclusions. It was proved that the applicants’ idea of the risks within the educational environment of a higher education institution is determined by the opinion of people they know personally, however it changes during the process of studying in higher education institution and acquiring their own experience of being within the environment. The investigation results allow creating a model of psychological and pedagogical security within the educational environment of a higher education institution. This model makes it possible to forecast main risks of the educational environment, their development, and evolvement and find solution to them. 

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