The Fight for a Public University in Boston: Making a Public-Private Educational System

This article explores the conflict between US public and private higher educational institutions by tracing the long struggle for a public university in Boston between 1890 and 1980. This history reveals how the competitive relationship between public and private institutions was central to the formation of each sector, while also complicating a clear dichotomy between the two. Educational innovations such as state scholarships, teacher-training initiatives, university extension courses, and junior colleges are also recast in this story as strategies to limit, rather than expand, the public sector. Finally, this history should prompt a reinterpretation of the current neoliberal moment. Rather than view contemporary budget cuts and public-private partnerships as novel historical departures of the late twentieth century, they appear in this Massachusetts story as a return to a political landscape long hostile to public higher education.

Mental Health Education for Students from Junior Colleges Moving into Undergraduate Level in Private Colleges from the Perspective of Three-Dimensional Education

Good psychological quality is the basic requirement for college students in the new era. Students from junior colleges moving into undergraduate level in private colleges are a special group as they are already an important part of students in private colleges. Based on the mental health status of these students, private colleges have analyzed the issues of mental health education which include weak teaching staffs, lack attention, and traditional education methods. From the perspective of three-dimensional education, the psychological education work model in private colleges is explored to build an education team to promote the participation of all employees in the work of psychological education, strengthen the attention of college students who are moving into the undergraduate level, and to pay full attention to these students. Private colleges should try to innovate education methods and improve psychological education in all aspects.

Psychological Construction and Cultivation of New Entrepreneurs Using Industrial Cluster Theory and Multidimensional Structure Model

This study aims to analyze the influencing factors and training plans of cultivating new entrepreneurs in the new era based on industrial cluster theory. First, the status of the research on the correlation between psychological characteristics and entrepreneurial performance of new entrepreneurs is reviewed. Second, 200 new entrepreneurs in the Xi’an City of Shaanxi Province are randomly selected as the research objects. An empirical model of the correlation between entrepreneurial psychological characteristics and entrepreneurial performance is innovatively proposed. Finally, the questionnaire data are analyzed by correlation analysis and SPSS 26.0 (Chicago) statistical analysis. The results show that most of the entrepreneurs are between 30 and 50 years old, with a larger number of mens, and most graduate from junior colleges. The gender and education level of the new entrepreneurs have a little impact on their entrepreneurial performance (P > 0.05), whereas their age has a significant impact on their entrepreneurial performance (P < 0.05). Moreover, there is a significant correlation between the psychological characteristics of the entrepreneur and the two dimensions of entrepreneurial performance (development and profitability) (P < 0.05). This shows that the key to cultivating new entrepreneurs is to develop their age and psychological characteristics, which can enhance the entrepreneurial ability of new entrepreneurs and provide a basis for cultivating multidimensional entrepreneurial talents in new enterprises.

A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON ANXIETY AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS FROM RURAL AND URBAN AREAS

The objective of the present study was to compare the level of anxiety and difference between the rural and urban college students on the basis of dimensions of anxiety. A total number of 120 college students (Rural – 60 and Urban – 60) were selected from two Junior colleges in both rural and urban areas of Odisha State. In the present study, Sinha Anxiety Scale (1991) was used to collect the data. The obtained data was analysed by using ‘t’ test to find out the significant difference between rural and urban college students. Results revealed that in majority dimensions of anxiety, rural college students have more anxiety compared to urban college students

Development of an evidence-based guideline for improving self-assessment in Japanese junior colleges

Higher education can serve several functions for society. In principle, it aspires to push the boundaries of learning, teaching and our understanding of the world. It also aims to offer people an education which will give them access to more intellectually complex technical jobs. Japanese Junior Colleges are two or three-year higher education and awards an associate degree. They typically offer more vocational and job-related courses than 4-year colleges and universities. Assistant Professor Shinichi Yamazaki is a researcher at J.F. Oberlin University in Tokyo and principal investigator at one of the committees of the Japan Association for College Accreditation (JACA). JACA applies the National Survey for Junior College Students (NSJCS, Tandaiseichosa), which was based on research work leading by him and his team, to assess educational institutions. This research aims to develop an evidence-based guideline for Japanese junior colleges by the NSJCS.

A Study on Improving Personality Development Education in Korea Polytechnics

This paper investigates how personality education can be improved among technicians in Korea, proposing a methodology for improving personality education of technicians of Korea Polytechnics. The personality education course for technicians is implemented to improve and reinforce the current liberal arts education in Korea Polytechnics. The methodology proposed in this study includes comparing the personality education at Korea Polytechnics with that of other junior colleges. Furthermore, it included selecting the best volunteer club at college, participating in technical volunteer work abroad, awarding best readers at college, and introducing the best teaching program for enhancing student motivation in the English class. Based on the findings of implementing this methodology, the study recommends nine suggestions for improving personality education, drawing on four case studies from two campuses of Korea Polytechnics, Further research is required in this field before implementing these recommendations.