Efficiency and fairness criteria in the assignment of students to projects

Teamwork has increasingly become more popular in educational environments. With the also increasing mobility trends in the educational sector, internationalization and other diversity features have gained importance in the structure of teams. In this paper, we discuss an assignment problem arising in the allocation of students to business projects in a master program in Norway. Among other problem features, the students state their preferences on the projects they most want to conduct. There are also requirements from the companies that propose the projects and from the program administration. We develop a bi-objective approach to consider efficiency and fairness criteria in this assignment problem. We test the model using real data of 2017 and 2018, in joint collaboration with the administrative staff of the program. In light of the good results, our proposed solutions have been implemented in practice in 2019 and 2020. The implementation of these solutions have been beneficial for the administration, the students, and the companies.

Evaluasi Sistem Informasi Administrasi Terhadap Kualitas Pelayanan dan Kinerja Program Studi

The administrative information system is a website-based information system that is used to assist the administrative activities of the Computer and Information Technology Education Program (P.TIK) of the IKIP PGRI Pontianak. The purpose of this study was to determine the service quality and performance of the P.TIK study program after implementing the study program administration information system. The method used in this research is a survey method with a descriptive evaluative research approach. The research sample consisted of 185 students of P.TIK IKIP PGRI Pontianak using purposive sampling technique by selecting students who had used the study program administration information system. The data collection tool used was a closed questionnaire with data analysis techniques using descriptive statistics. The results showed that the service quality and performance of the study program after using the administrative information system were in the very good category

Applying “Stages of Readiness to Change” Model to dentists’ decisions to participate in Medicaid: An exploratory study

Background The Stages of Readiness to Change (SOC) behavioral model describes behavior change as a process and distinguishes individuals based on their current behavior and readiness to change that behavior. SOC can be used to improve dentists’ participation in a state public dental benefit program (Medicaid) by targeting them at different SOC with interventions, strategies, and tools tailored to those stages. Therefore, this study assessed the usefulness of using SOC to describe dentists’ attitudes towards and participation in Medicaid. Dentists’ participation in Medicaid is of interest to policymakers, and this study demonstrates a method to identify potential opportunities for intervention. Methods A modified SOC algorithm used data from a periodic survey of Iowa Dentists to categorize dentists (N = 514) into: 1) Pre-contemplation, 2) Considering participation (SOC contemplation and preparation), 3) Acting ( SOC action and maintenance), and 4) Risk of relapse (at risk for discontinuing participation). The four SOC stages were compared using ANOVA and Post hoc Tukey test among : Practice characteristics, Dentists Altruism scale, Attitude about Program Administration scale, Attitude about Medicaid patients scale and Perception of Importance of Medicaid Problems scale. Results Among survey respondents, 36% were categorized as pre-contemplation, 6% were considering Medicaid participation, 12% were acting as Medicaid providers with minimal risk of relapse, and 46% were participating and at risk of discontinuing. Dentists’ attitudes towards program administration, Medicaid patients, and access to care varied across the SOC cycle. Conclusions Nealy 46% dentists in this analysis were identified as at risk of discontinuing participation – a much larger proportion than dentists considering Medicaid participation. Categorizing dentists using this approach has important implications for programmatic interventions. For example, policymakers targeting our study population could focus their efforts on reducing the likelihood of dentists dropping out of the program, with less emphasis targeting dentists in the Precontemplation stage.

DILEMATIKA DISKRESI KEUANGAN, KEBIJAKAN YANG DIANGGAP TABU

ABSTRAK Diskresi merupakan hal yang umum dalam penyelenggaraan negara, terkecuali yang berkaitan dengan keuangan negara. Diskresi keuangan sangat dibatasi pelaksanaannya di Indonesia dan bahkan dikhawatirkan rentan terjadi korupsi menjadi kondisi yang mengintai pejabat administrasi negara. Dalam praktiknya, diskresi keuangan justru dimaksudkan untuk memecahkan permasalahan, stagnasi, serta menyiasati agar suatu program berjalan atau agar tujuan yang diinginkan cepat tercapai dengan memperhatikan kepentingan masyarakat umum. Sehingga, ada beberapa hal terkait diskresi keuangan yang menjadi pertanyaan, pertama, bagaimana kedudukan diskresi keuangan sebagai salah satu bentuk kebijakan publik dalam pandangan normatif? Kedua, bagaimana batasan-batasan diskresi keuangan yang seharusnya diterapkan agar tercapai tujuan dari kebijakan publik yang dirumuskan? Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode penelitian normatif dengan hasil dari penelitian mengedepankan prinsip money follow program berdasarkan ketentuan-ketentuan diskresi sebagai berikut: dilakukan oleh pejabat struktural merangkap politik, tidak dapat dilakukan terhadap program rutin, dapat dipertanggungjawabkan terhadap APBN dan APBD secara wajar, dan tidak boleh melebihi 0.1% dari total keseluruhan anggaran tahunan kementerian/lembaga/daerah.Kata kunci: diskresi keuangan; money follow program; penyelenggaraan negara. ABSTRACT Discretion is common in administration of state, with the exception matters relating to financial state. Financial discretion is severely restricted in Indonesia and there are close to corruption lurks state administration officials. In practice, financial discretion is precisely intended to solve problems, stagnate, and find shortcuts so that a program can work or get around something so that the desired goals are quickly achieved by paying attention to the interests of the general public. So, there are several things related to financial discretion which are questions, first, how is the position of financial discretion as a form of public policy in the normative view? Second, how are the limits of financial discretion that should be applied in order to achieve the objectives of the formulated public policy? The research method used is a normative research method with the results of the research prioritizing the principle of money follow programs based on the provisions of discretion as follows: carried out by structural and concurrent political officials, cannot be carried out in routine programs, accounted for the APBN and APBD fairly, and may not be exceeds 0.1% of the total annual ministry/agency/ regional annual budget.Keywords: financial discretion; money follow program; administration of state.