Students’ Perceptions on the University Social Responsibilities of a Malaysian Private University: Does Gender Matter?

The current study aims to identify the role of financing higher education in Nigerian universities in the state of Kano and its impact on sustainable development. The study problem lies in the low funding of higher education in Nigerian universities, which will negatively affect the sustainability of higher education and sustainable development. The importance of the study is highlighted by highlighting the importance of financing higher education in Nigerian universities and the sources of obtaining this funding as one of the most important factors through which students can complete their studies. The study followed the qualitative approach with the aim of obtaining more accurate information about traditional higher education financing sources and its impact on the sustainability of education and achieving sustainable development. The study population reached the number of three Nigerian universities, which are a governmental, federal and private university, to learn about the impact of financing higher education in Nigerian universities on sustainable development. The sample of the study was about three out of five of those responsible for financing higher education in Nigerian universities. Also, the study followed unstructured or open interviews in order to obtain more information about financing higher education and whether or not it is suitable for the idea of a monetary endowment. The results of the study showed that the sources of financing for higher education in traditional Nigerian universities are varied, including what can be obtained through the endowment and donations fund that can be made through community initiatives, and the results of the study also indicated that the idea of a monetary endowment faces great challenges in its application, so the idea is subject to acceptance and rejection. According to the nature of the university and the nature of the subjects taught. The study recommended the necessity of expanding the study of the impact of financing higher education in Nigerian universities by expanding the scope of study to include all Nigerian states.

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Accessibility of Internet Based Electronic Resources: A Content Analysis of Public and Private University Library Websites in Bangladesh

Indian Journal of Information Sources and Services ◽

10.51983/ijiss.2019.9.2.629 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 28-33

Author(s):

Shamima Yesmin .

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Early Stage ◽

Private University ◽

Easy Access ◽

University Libraries ◽

Electronic Resources ◽

Public And Private ◽

University Library ◽

Library Websites ◽

The University

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the websites of university libraries to ascertain that libraries are effectively utilizing their respective websites to provide easy access to all electronic resources available in the library. The objective was also to a represent a comparative analysis between public and private university library websites regarding the presence of electronic resources with their easy access via the internet. For the purpose of this study, a research instrument in the form of comprehensive checklist of eighteen e-resources was developed to evaluate their accessibility in the websites of public and private university libraries. Twenty university library websites, comprised of ten top-ranked public and ten top-ranked private universities in Bangladesh, were studied for data collection using content analysis method. The findings demonstrate that the presence of e-resources on selected university library websites is still in its early stage, but it has been growing rapidly. The private university library websites are ahead of public university libraries in terms of the integration of web-resources. It is hoped that the findings of this paper will serve to assist the University librarians and other similar institutions in choosing, selecting and acquiring the most appropriate format of information resources, and making these available to their websites, which will both satisfy the needs of their library users and fit within their library budget.

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KEGIATAN WORKSHOP UNTUK MENINGKATKAN JUMLAH MAHASISWA PROGRAM STUDI TEKNIK

ARTEKS Jurnal Teknik Arsitektur ◽

10.30822/artk.v2i2.145 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 89

Author(s):

Carolina M. Arch ◽

Amandus Jong Tallo

Keyword(s):

Current Trend ◽

Social Study ◽

Private University ◽

Student Interest ◽

Prospective Students ◽

Study Program ◽

Public And Private ◽

Related Data ◽

The Social ◽

The University

Minat calon siswa pada program studi teknik di perguruan tinggi swasta dan negeri semakin berkurang. Data menunjukan hanya 14% mahasiswa yang memilih program studi teknik. Pada lingkup yang lebih kecil, jumlah peminat mahasiswa teknik di salah satu universitas swasta hanya 25% dibandingkan program studi ilmu sosial. Tujuan dari dilakukannya penelitian ini adalah untuk merumuskan penyebab rendahnya minat calon mahasiswa terhadap program studi teknik sekaligus mencoba untuk menyusun solusi-solusi aplikatif yang sudah dicoba, teori-teori yang relevan, yang dirasa dapat membantu dalam memecahkan masalah. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah deskriptif kuantitatif. Data yang digunakan berasal dari hasil kuesioner mahasiswa baru dan data-data terkait dengan jumlah mahasiswa baik ditingkat kopertis III maupun di internal Universitas ABC. Berdasarkan hasil analisis data, ditemukan bahwa program studi teknik yang menjadi minat masyarakat kini adalah program studi teknik yang memiliki social senses, diantaranya Teknik Arsitektur, PWK dan Desain Produk. Sejalan dengan teori 4 (empat) unsur dibalik popularitas ketokohan seseorang, hal tersebut didasari akan trend calon mahasiswa terhadap daya tarik ilmu sosial yang bisa menemukan problem solving, kesuksesan public figure, dan industry branding. Upaya meningkatkan jumlah peminat program studi teknik, dapat dilakukan lewat kegiatan workshop dosen keilmuan kepada calon mahasiswa secara langsung serta open house universitas. Kata kunci: kuliah, minat, strategi, teknik Title: Workshop to Increase the Number of Students at Engineering Study Program Interest of prospective students toward engineering courses both in public and private universities keep decreasing. Data shows that only 14% of students choose engineering courses. In smaller scale, in one private university, students interest taking the engineering course are only 25% compared to student interest on taking the social courses. Purpose of this research was to conclude the reasons why student’s interest toward engineering courses are low, and to comprise some proven solutions, related theories, in order to help solving the problems. Method used in this research is descriptive quantitative. Data used comes from new student’s quisionaire, and related data with student’s number studying engineering course in Kopertis III and in the internal of ABC University. Data analysis showed that current engineering courses which have more students, are engineering courses with social senses such as Architecture, Regional Planning, and Design Product. Along with the theory of 4 (four) aspecs behind the popularity of a figure, all caused by the current trend of prospective student’s interest towards the social study attractiveness which leads to problem soving, the existence of success’s public figures, and industry branding. Direct workshop between lecturer and prospective students, and doing open house in the university could be strategies to increase the numbers of prospective student who want to take engineering course. Keywords: lecture, interest, strategy, technique

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E Resources vs Prints Usages and Preferences by Undergraduates in a Private University Nigeria

DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology ◽

10.14429/djlit.39.2.13885 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 39 (2) ◽

pp. 125-130

Author(s):

Jerome Idiegbeyan-ose ◽

Goodluck Ifijeh ◽

Ayooluwa Aregbesola ◽

Sola Owolabi ◽

Eyiolorunshe Toluwani

Keyword(s):

Information Needs ◽

Private University ◽

User Preferences ◽

Sources Of Information ◽

Electronic Resources ◽

Test Of Hypotheses ◽

Print Materials ◽

Study Population ◽

Teaching Learning ◽

The University

Electronic and print resources usages and preferences among undergraduates of Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State, Nigeria has been examined. The study population consist of all undergraduates of the University, from which a sample of 250 that is 10 percent of the population was selected. The instrument used for data collection was a questionnaire. 231 copies of the questionnaire were completed and returned, representing 92.45 per cent response rate. Results from the study revealed that 110 (47.6 %) of the respondents preferred print resources, while interestingly, the same number 110 (47.6 %) preferred electronic resources; 11(4.8 %) of the participants did not provide any response to the question. It therefore implies that both print and electronic resources are complementary in meeting the information needs of undergraduates. However, majority of the respondents indicated that they usually supplement print materials with electronic resources or vice versa. The test of hypotheses revealed that user preferences were influenced by demographic factors such as age, course and level of study. Libraries should maintain hybrid collections, as both resources were found to be relevant sources of information for teaching, learning and research is recommended.

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PENGARUH EFEKTIVITAS KEPEMIMPINAN DAN KINERJA DOSEN DALAM PENINGKATAN MUTU TERHADAP STRATEGI PEMASARAN PERGURUAN TINGGI DI ERA REVOLUSI INDUSTRI 4.0

Jurnal Muara Ilmu Ekonomi dan Bisnis ◽

10.24912/jmieb.v4i1.7487 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 98

Author(s):

Dwi Faqihatus Syarifah Has ◽

Eka Srirahayu Ariestiningsih ◽

Nur Cahyadi

Keyword(s):

Marketing Strategy ◽

Leadership Effectiveness ◽

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Private University ◽

Influential Factor ◽

Primary Data ◽

Significance Level ◽

Operational Activities ◽

The University

Pemimpin menjadi ujung tombak yang menentukan keberhasilan suatu organisasi. Begitu pula yang terjadi dalam pendidikan tinggi. PTS sebagai sarana meningkatkan kualitas sumber daya manusia dihadapkan kepada persaingan yang lebih ketat diantara PTS dan PTN. Hal tersebut menyebabkan PTS perlu mengadopsi strategi pemasaran yang digunakan dalam industri non pendidikan. Salah satu unsur dalam meningkatkan kualitas pendidikan, selain pimpinan adalah kinerja dosen, untuk dapat menjamin terjadinya penguasaan ilmu pengetahuan dan teknologi maka tingkat keprofesionalan kinerja dosen harus ditingkatkan pula. Pengelola PTS harus mulai menjalankan kegiatan operasionalnya dengan berorientasi pada mutu kinerja PTS yang ditunjang dengan kepemimpinan yang efektif, dan kinerja dosen, sehingga mereka dapat memenangkan persaingan atau paling tidak bertahan dalam menghadapi persaingan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh antara efektifitas kepemimpinan dan kinerja Dosen dalam peningkatan Mutu terhadap Strategi Pemasaran PT. Data terdiri dari data primer dan data sekunder. Penelitian dilakukan pada bulan Mei di Perguruan Tinggi X dengan sampel 22 responden. Analisis Data menggunakan Analsis Deskriptif dan Regresi Linier. Hasil penelitian menyebutkan Efektifitas Kepemimpinan dan Kinerja Dosen mempunyai pengaruh dengan tingkat Signifikansi 0,013 dan 0,043. Faktor yang paling besar pengaruhnya terhadap Peningkatan Mutu PT adalah Efektifitas Pimpinan. Hasil penelitian ini sesuai dengan kondisi yang terjadi di Perguruan Tinggi X yang resmi diakuisisi oleh Universitas Y dan menjadi Fakultas Kesehatan Universitas Y. Private University as a means of improving the quality of human resources is faced with tighter competition between Private University and Public University. This causes Pruvate University to adopt a marketing strategy used in non-education industries. One of the elements in improving the quality of education, in addition to the leadership is the performance of lecturers, to be able to guarantee the mastery of science and technology then the level of professional performance of lecturers should be improved as well. Private University Manager must start their operational activities with the quality which oriented performance of Private University which is supported by effective leadership, and the performance of lecturers, so that they can win the competition or at least survive in Against competition. This study aims to analyze the effect of leadership effectiveness and the performance of lecturers in improving the quality of the Marketing Strategy of University. Data consists of primary data and secondary data. The study was conducted in May at University X with a sample of 22 respondents. Data Analysis using Descriptive Analysis and Linear Regression. The results is Effectiveness of Leadership and Lecturer Performance has an influence with a significance level of 0.013 and 0.043. The most influential factor on University Quality Improvement is Leadership Effectiveness. The results of this study are in accordance with the conditions that occurred in the University X which was officially acquired by the University Y as the Univerity Y at Health Faculty.

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Roles of Christian campus fellowships in the fight against cultism in Nigerian universities

Verbum et Ecclesia ◽

10.4102/ve.v42i1.2316 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 42 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Collins I. Ugwu ◽

Onyekachi G. Chukwuma

Keyword(s):

Social Work ◽

Data Analysis ◽

Juvenile Delinquency ◽

Personal Communication ◽

Tertiary Institutions ◽

Social Responsibilities ◽

Secondary Sources ◽

The University ◽

Descriptive Method ◽

University Community

Cultism is prevalent in most tertiary institutions in Africa. There is no gainsay that this vice is generally unacceptable from both socio-cultural and religious viewpoints. Unfortunately, despite the detrimental tendencies associated with it, some students actively engage in it. Hence, various governmental and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have risen to campaign against cultism in tertiary institutions. The thrust of this research, therefore, is to investigate the roles of Christian campus fellowships in the fight against cultism amongst students of Nigerian universities, with reference to the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). It also explores the challenges which the activities of cult groups pose to the university community. Utilising the descriptive method of data analysis, this work discovered that Christian campus fellowships are both a significant and a veritable tool in the fight against cultism in the UNN. As part of her primary and social responsibilities, Christian campus fellowships preach and teach against cult activities in tertiary institutions. They also intervene through some philanthropic gestures and other ecclesiastical activities which are primarily geared towards inculcating right values and godly characters in students, encouraging students who are members of cult groups to denounce their membership and also discouraging students from joining cult groups. The data for this research were drawn from both primary (personal communication) and secondary sources (books, journals and internet materials). The major finding of this article reveals that Christian campus fellowships in the UNN, have made remarkable strides in the campaign against the involvement of students in cultism.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: The article explicitly lays bare the contributions of Christian campus fellowships in order to bring cult practices to a barest minimum amongst students of the UNN. The study contributes to modern discourses on juvenile delinquency with respect to disciplines such as religion, sociology, social work and psychology.

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Students’ Attitude toward Carbon Footprints of a Leading Private University in India

Management and Economics Research Journal ◽

10.18639/merj.2019.735006 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Manvi Khandelwal ◽

Vinamra Jain ◽

Ashok Sharma ◽

Sanjeev Bansal ◽

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Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Carbon Footprint ◽

Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽

Online Survey ◽

Private University ◽

Asia Pacific ◽

Shared Services ◽

Carbon Footprints ◽

Education In India ◽

The University

Asia-Pacific is currently in charge of almost half of the worldwide carbon outflows and thus causing harm to the environment. So, in order to reduce t he carbon outflow, it is important to calculate or know the carbon dioxide emissions of Indian students perusing higher education in India and analyze the attitudes of students to reduce carbon footprint levels in the university campus. For this purpose, data were collected by conducting an online survey from 200 students pursuing higher education in a leading private university to assess individual carbon footprint per student by using the calculator developed. Findings revealed that higher awareness level of individual footprints positively impacted their behavior toward carbon footprint reduction as students are willing to avail shared services available in campus.

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As classes populares no curso de Pedagogia descobrindo-se periferia

REVISTA DE CIÊNCIAS DA EDUCAÇÃO ◽

10.19091/reced.v0i0.732 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 149-162

Author(s):

Fabiana Eckhardt

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Popular Education ◽

Private University ◽

The State ◽

Palabras Clave ◽

Popular Classes ◽

The University ◽

Center Periphery

Este artigo apresenta parte de um estudo qualitativo de cunho participativo, realizado entre os anos de 2013 e 2017, e traz uma reflexão sobre a crescente inserção de sujeitos das classes populares no curso de Pedagogia de uma universidade privada localizada na região Serrana do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Para o desenvolvimento do texto, busca-se situar a chegada desses estudantes na universidade e, em diálogo com as experiências desses sujeitos, os estudos decoloniais e a pedagogia do oprimido, visualizar o deslocamento do sentimento de humilhação para o sentimento de periferia. Entre o desejo de pertencimento e a sensação de inadequação, estudantes se movem no cotidiano do curso de Pedagogia e demonstram outras possibilidades de compreensão do processo formativo. Tomando a relação centro-periferia (DUSSEL, 2006) como metáfora, este texto sinaliza como resultado outra compreensão acerca da formação de professores oriundos das classes populares. Palavras-chave: Curso de Pedagogia. Democratização da educação. Educação Popular The popular classes in the Pedagogy course discovering yourself as periphery AbstractThis subject is part of a qualitative study of participatory nature carried out in the Pedagogy course of a private university in a city in a moutain region of the state of Rio de Janeiro, between the years 2013 and 2017, dealing with reflection about the growing isertion of subjects from popular classes. For the development of the text, I seach to situate the arriving of this studants in the university and, in dialogue with those experiences, the Decolonial Studies and the Pedagogy of the Opressed visualize the displacement from the humiliation feeling for the periphery feeling. Between the desire for belonging and the sensation of indequacy, the students move in a daily couse of pedagogy and showing anothers possibilities of comprehension about their formation. Taking the relaction center-periphery (DUSSEL, 2006) as a metaphor, at this article, signals as the results another comprehension about the formation of teachers from popular classes. Keywords: Pedagogy course. Democratization of education. Popular Education. Las clases populares en el curso de Pedagogía si descubriendo periferia ResumenEste artículo presenta parte de un estudio cualitativo de cuño participativo realizado entre los años 2013 y 2017 y trae una reflexión sobre la creciente inserción de sujetos de las clases populares en el curso de Pedagogía de una universidad privada ubicada en la región serrana del estado de Río de Janeiro. Para el desarrollo del texto, busco situar la llegada de esos estudiantes en la universidad y, en diálogocon las experiencias de esos sujetos, los Estudios Decoloniales y la Pedagogía del Oprimido visualizar el desplazamiento del sentimiento de humillación hacia el sentimiento de periferia. Entre el deseo de pertenencia y la sensación de inadecuación, los estudiantes se mueven en el cotidiano del curso de pedagogía y demuestran otras posibilidades de comprensión del proceso formativo. Tomando la relación centro--periferia (DUSSEL, 2006) como metáfora, este texto, señala como resultado otra comprensión acerca de la formación de profesores oriundos de las clases populares. Palabras clave: Curso de Pedagogía. Democratización de la educación. Educación Popular.

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Reorganizing Information Technology Services in an Academic Environment

Organizational Achievement and Failure in Information Technology Management ◽

10.4018/978-1-878289-83-4.ch012 ◽

2000 ◽

pp. 214-232

Author(s):

Marcy Kittner ◽

Craig Van Slyke

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Private University ◽

Organizational Restructuring ◽

Chief Academic Officer ◽

Advantages And Disadvantages ◽

Information Technology Services ◽

Technology Services ◽

It Support ◽

Available Technology ◽

The University

Primarily due to ongoing changes in available technology and financial constraints at a four-year, private university, the Information Technology Department has gone through several iterations of organizational restructuring over the last ten years. The need for IT support for both the academic side of the University and the administrative side has been met by two different structures during this time. At times, the technology needs for the entire University have been supported by one common department that reports directly to the President. At other times, the support has been provided by two separate departments-the academic side reporting to the Chief Academic Officer (CAO) and the administrative side reporting to the CFO. Because of advantages and disadvantages of each of these structures and turnover of the President, CFO and CAO positions, the use of these two structures has alternated several times. The most recent president has emphasized a technology-friendly and up-to-date campus as one of his primary goals. This emphasis precipitated an analysis of the existing systems with recognition of the need to keep IS strategies in line whether supported by one department or two.

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