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Journal articles on the topic "Academics/standards"
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Alonzo, Dennis, Negin Mirriahi, and Chris Davison. "The standards for academics’ standards-based assessment practices." Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education 44, no. 4 (2018): 636–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2018.1521373.
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Nie, Ping, Allison B. Collins, and Shanping Wang. "China's Progress with IFRS Convergence: Interviews with Chinese Professors." Issues in Accounting Education 28, no. 2 (2013): 277–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.2308/iace-50392.
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ABSTRACT: The focus of this paper is to examine China's process of convergence with international accounting standards, through a review of the history and through the experiences of its accounting academics. The review of China's accounting history establishes a framework for understanding the current standards. The experiences of Chinese academics during the convergence process are of particular interest to other academics, and offer insight into the training and development of an internationalized accounting profession. To gain insights from the Chinese academics, we conducted interviews with ten professors, and solicited comments, suggestions, and advice from these academics. These academics report between 6 to 50 years of experience in Chinese accounting education. The focus of our interviews was to gain an understanding of the forces and circumstances that characterized the period during which China changed from an internal, rules-based accounting system to a system that has now achieved significant progress toward convergence with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The insights from these Chinese accounting professors will be of interest to educators in other countries that are dealing with IFRS-related issues in their curriculum.
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Jensen, Gwenda. "The IPSASB's recent strategies: opportunities for academics and standard-setters." Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management 32, no. 3 (2020): 315–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jpbafm-04-2020-0050.
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PurposeThe purpose of this article is to contribute to an ongoing dialogue between practitioners and academics. This article describes the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) recent strategies and highlights the IPSASB's increasing outreach to academics.Design/methodology/approachThis is a practitioner's viewpoint which reflects the IPSASB's publicly available documents, and the opinions of a practitioner directly involved in the IPSASB's work and International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) development.FindingsThe findings are that the IPSASB has increased its outreach to academics and now academics have more opportunities to engage with the IPSASB and IPSAS developments. The IPSASB's strategy has remained relatively constant over time, focusing on IPSAS to address public sector-specific issues, alignment with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and reduction of differences between IPSAS and Government Finance Statistics (GFS) reporting guidelines.Research limitations/implicationsThe limitations of this article (which are also its strength in terms of fitness for purpose) are that as a practitioner's viewpoint it provides a brief overview and personal judgments, rather than an empirical analysis of developments applying a theoretical framework.Practical implicationsThe practical implications were IPSASB's increased outreach to the research community providing opportunities for academics to have increased input into IPSAS development, with likely benefits to researchers and the IPSASB.Social implicationsPractitioners’ engagement with academics supports increased understanding of the respective views leading to better outcomes for practitioners and academics working in the area of public sector financial reporting and its regulation.Originality/valueThis article is the first to (a) describe the IPSASB's increasing outreach to academics during 2019–2020 and (b) compare the IPSASB's strategies for the period of 2019–2023, with its strategies since the beginning of IPSAS developments in 1996–1997.
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Abdul Kadir, Kadzrina, Darwina Ahmad Arshad, and Johanim Johari. "Resistance to Change of Academics towards Accreditation." Journal of Business and Social Review in Emerging Economies 2, no. 2 (2016): 127–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.26710/jbsee.v2i2.29.
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When universities makes the decision to go for accreditation to improve performance standards, there has been an impact on academics who are involved in the process. The literature suggests that for accreditation such as business programs such as AACSB, both positive and negative impact could occur for academics. This paper gives an overview on three areas of literature that is pertinent to this topic: resistance to change, accreditation impact on the university, and accreditation impact on business academics with balanced scorecard to measure accreditation impact.
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Sarrico, Cláudia S., and Margarida M. Pinheiro. "The characteristics of Portuguese management academics and their fit with teaching accreditation standards." Management Decision 53, no. 3 (2015): 533–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/md-10-2013-0524.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the debate on the quality and accreditation of management education by examining the fit between the characteristics of current management academics in Portugal and recognised accreditation standards. For purposes of comparison, the authors use both general Portuguese teaching accreditation standards and specific international standards for management education. Design/methodology/approach – The authors analyse indicators of staff career positioning, tenure status, full time vs part-time, age, degree qualifications, field of training, level of academic inbreeding, internationalisation, research activity, professional activity, and the number of hours taught per week. The authors also examine the relationship between them, in light of accreditation standards, for all academic staff teaching in management degrees submitted for compulsory accreditation by the Portuguese accreditation agency. Findings – The reality found in this study shows gaps between the actual attributes of management academics and what can be considered appropriate attributes, according to the general consensus found in the literature and which is duly mirrored in common “qualified faculties” accreditation standards by Portuguese and international standards (AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS). Research limitations/implications – The findings relate to the Portuguese situation and the analysis developed should be extended to other contexts. Also, while the data, which were collected through a census, has a wide national scope, it only covers one academic year. Practical implications – This work has policy setting implications for degree accreditation and for developing capacity during the transitional periods when universities implement the mandatory minimum standards. It can also help universities to benchmark themselves against their peers as a diagnostic tool for elaborating improvement plans. Social implications – The massification of higher education has led to legitimate concerns about the quality of the services provided, and consequently accreditation procedures were devised to restore trust. However, policy makers must be aware of the impacts of their actions, namely the effects of degree accreditation, as their goals need to be achieved with the minimum negative impact on academic work. Originality/value – The authors work sheds light on the characteristics of those who teach management and how they align with the current accreditation policies that affect academia globally and, in the process, presents empirical evidence from Portugal, which is at a relatively early stage in the accreditation process.
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Glasper, Alan, and Debbie Fallon. "Have the NMC educational standards become overly adult-centric?" British Journal of Nursing 30, no. 11 (2021): 684–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2021.30.11.684.
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Emeritus Professor Alan Glasper, from the University of Southampton, and Debbie Fallon, Chair of the Children's and Young People's Nursing Academics of the United Kingdom group, explore concerns raised by academic nurses regarding the Nursing and Midwifery Council standards for pre-registration nursing education
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Townsley, Matt. "Considering Standards-based Grading." Journal of School Administration Research and Development 4, no. 1 (2019): 35–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.32674/jsard.v4i1.1941.
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 Rather than awarding points for a combination of worksheet completion, quiz performance, in-class participation, and essay writing, standards-based grading separates academics from non-academic factors and communicates students' progress towards mastery of course or grade-level standards. Some secondary schools are moving towards standards-based grading (SBG) in an attempt to produce more consistent grading practices, however the empirical evidence resulting from this change is mixed. The purpose of this article is to describe principles of standards-based grading, empirical support of SBG, and several common challenges secondary school leaders may face when considering this philosophical shift. Future research recommendations include exploring the perspectives of college students who graduate from high schools using SBG to understand the longer-term successes and shortcomings of the grading system.
 
 
 
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Acuna, Tina, Jo-Anne Kelder, Glenn McDonald, and Amanda Able. "Implementing the Threshold Learning Outcomes for Agriculture at university." Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability 7, no. 1 (2016): 2–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.21153/jtlge2016vol7no1art585.
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The national Learning and Teaching Academics Standards statement for agriculture (AgLTAS) defines the nature and extent of the discipline; and provides threshold learning outcomes (TLOs) that define what a graduate should know, understand and do at graduation. The AgLTAS standards are endorsed by the Australian Council of Deans of Agriculture and can be used to communicate to potential and current students the minimum standards of their degree, but can also be used to inform curriculum design. While the AgLTAS document provides explanatory notes to assist educators to further understand the intent of the TLOs there are no exemplars on how the AgLTAS standards can be implemented. This paper presents two case studies of how academics at the University of Tasmania and the University of Adelaide used the AgLTAS to map their respective agriculture curricula. Curriculum mapping was used to evaluate the links between the curriculum and the target learning outcomes, and to identify gaps and areas for improvement. Results include the curriculum maps but also a survey of academic staff and their reactions to the TLOs, plus a reflective commentary on what we believe are the next steps and implications of the AgLTAS for curriculum development, industry engagement and graduate employability in the agriculture discipline.
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Tran, Tuan. "Letter from President of UMP." MedPharmRes 2017, no. 1 (2017): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.32895/101217/suffix.
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Diep Tuan President of University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Department of Pediatrics - UMP Since our founding in 1947, the University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City (UMP) has consistently worked hard to be a well-established and highly ranked university in Vietnam and the region. We aspire to provide a healthy scientific environment for our students, faculty and researchers. UMP is committed to advance scientific research and innovation, providing our community with the necessary tools in order to achieve these aspirations. The MedPharmRes journal represents a major step that UMP has undertaken to provide a stage for academics to spread, promote, discuss their ideas and research. MedPharmRes is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal that is dedicated to publishing cutting-edge research that will help and promote change in the practice of medicine. We believe that science should be available to everyone and to prevent any limitations in the publishing process, UMP will sponsor publication associated fees between 2017 and 2018. This will allow academics from all backgrounds to submit for publication in our Journal. MedPharmRes applies high standards towards the peer- review process to ensure strict standards in methodological design and valid results. We emphasize the accuracy of research methodology and high ethical standards. Our live online, blinded review process will allow both reviewers and authors to discuss the manuscript which will allow fair and accurate review of the submission, ensuring that the journal’s high standards are met. In this inaugural issue, we would like to thank all the editorial and peer reviewers for their efforts. We hope that academics from around the world will choose to publish their research in this Journal, in order to promote high quality research, contributing to the development and advancement of of medical practice in Vietnam and around the world.
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Sugahara, Satoshi, and Kim Watty. "Global convergence of accounting education." Asian Review of Accounting 24, no. 3 (2016): 254–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ara-01-2014-0009.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the overall perceptions of accounting academics from Japan and Australia about global convergence of accounting education; and their beliefs about the contextual factors affecting the goal of global convergence. Design/methodology/approach The sample of this research was collected via a questionnaire-based survey of accounting academics who were teaching at the undergraduate and postgraduate level in tertiary institutes in Japan and Australia. This study adapted the questionnaire originally used by Sugahara (2013) to extend the survey of accounting academics in Japan, to accounting academics in Australia. The questionnaire administered in this research asked their overall perceptions regarding the convergence of accounting education and associated contextual factors. Findings Findings reveal some similarities and differences across contextual factors that influence academic perceptions about global convergence. Further the authors identify a link between academic position and respondent views of global convergence. Originality/value The findings of this cross-country study provide insights for the International Accounting Education Standards Boards (IAESB) about the views of a key stakeholder group, accounting academics. Further the authors recommend the development of a communications strategy that targets accounting academics, and better explains the work of the IAESB and the intended value of global convergence using IES.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Academics/standards"
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Nieder, Lauren E. "Effects of an Academic Enrichment Program on Elementary-Aged Students' Performance." Scholar Commons, 2019. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7871.
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The goal of this research was to develop a greater understanding of the effectiveness of enrichment programs outside of the school setting. This study was also intended to contribute to the broader understanding of the mechanism of student school-related stress, reported by parents, as it relates to student academic performance, specifically in a population which primarily consists of students and parents who are of Asian-Indian-American descent. With rising standards and intensifying pressure on students to be academically successful, it is necessary to examine the stress students experience due to their academics, as well as its effects on their academic performance. Participants in this study included twenty 1st through 5th grade elementary students who attend weekly classes at one of three local academies where the after-school academic enrichment program is offered. Data from those students participating in both math and English was accounted for separately, resulting in 34 total student subjects which can be utilized for this study (N = 34). After performing bivariate logistic regression, the models did not reach significance (p > .05), therefore it cannot be said that an increase or decrease in dependent variable of students’ school grades can be predicted that any of the following independent variables: homework completion, length of enrollment, and academy homework scores,. The perceptions of the parents, in addition to those of the children experiencing these stressors should be studied further.
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Root, Jenny R., Victoria F. Knight, and Pamela J. Mims. "A Guide to Addressing Multiple Priorities in Core Content Instruction for Students With Severe Disabilities." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/306.
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Instruction in academic core content provides students with moderate to severe disabilities a full educational opportunity that promotes current and future options in the community and can complement acquisition of daily living skills. However, high school teachers face many challenges in balancing instructional priorities given the mission to ensure all students are college and career ready. This article describes methods for designing instruction that is relevant, meaningful, and addresses multiple priorities during academic core content instruction for high school students with moderate to severe disabilities.
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Strauss-Keevy, Monique. "Perceptions of accounting academics on the delivery of pervasive skills under the SAICA Competency Framework." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/8795.
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M.Comm. (Auditing)<br>2009, SAICA released its Competency Framework. The Competency Framework detailed specific competencies to be achieved at entry point into the profession, but placed specific emphasis on pervasive qualities and skills. The competencies in the Competency Framework now form the foundation of SAICA’s qualification model, which will be assessed in the revised Part I and Part II in 2013 and 2014 respectively. As a consequence, SAICA-accredited academic providers are now being tasked to deliver not only specific competencies, but also pervasive qualities and skills. No research had been conducted on the views of individual academics at SAICA-accredited academic programmes on the delivery methods that result in the acquisition/development and assessment of SAICA’s pervasive qualities and skills, as well as on the challenges related to the delivery of these competencies. Thus, there was significant pressure on academic providers to respond to SAICA’s requirements in the Competency Framework, and, in the context of this dissertation, to respond vis-à-vis pervasive qualities and skills. The research problem was addressed by following a two-pronged approach, which firstly entailed conducting an extensive literature review and then performing empirical work. The literature review identified delivery methods that are recognized by IFAC, applied by CAGE member bodies’ and used in the accounting profession to equip candidates with pervasive qualities and skills. The empirical work solicited the views of individual academics at SAICA’s accredited academic programmes on delivery methods that may be applied in the transfer of pervasive qualities and skills, and on the challenges associated with this debate. This study found that an array of delivery methods must be used in the delivery of competencies, and formulated 19 acquisition/development and 17 assessment methods that may be applied by academic providers in addressing SAICA’s pervasive qualities and skills, and by HODS in drafting policies that address these competencies. In addition, this dissertation highlighted the inconsistencies between academics providing instruction on the undergraduate programme and their honours counterparts. It was emphasized that competence is a continual process, and that the onus to deliver all SAICA’s competencies rests with the academic providers during their education programmes. Furthermore, the research findings make a significant contribution to the existing body of knowledge on pervasive qualities and skills.
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Narayadu, J. "An empirical study of the effectiveness of a performance management system for academics at Technikon Southern Africa." Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/2402.
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It has come to the attention of the researcher while being involved in the tertiary education industry, that the current performance management system for academics is considered ineffective because it: • Does not provide meaningful, timely feedback • Is impossible to administer in an equitable manner • Is driven by numbers • Is focused too closely on rewards The impact of this performance management system is as follows: • It generates low moral • It discourages teamwork • It does not foster trust • It generates avoidance of assessment • It has an adverse effect on productivity • It discourages risk taking • It encourages quest for higher visibility • It produces feelings of being judged rather than being appreciated The study focussed on the question of: • How the performance management system at TSA affects employee attitudes? • How employee attitudes towards the performance management system affects their performance? The objectives of the study are to: • Determine the attitudes of the academics at TSA towards the performance management system • Determine how service delivery might be transformed by implementing an effective PMS • Determine the supporting/preventing factors of the existing PMS at TSA • Identify areas for improvement and produce recommendations for future performance management practice at TSA.<br>Thesis (MBA)-University of Natal, 2003.
Books on the topic "Academics/standards"
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Ryzhikova, tamara. Marketing in the aerospace field. INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1003199.
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The tutorial provides an overview of the main methodological approaches to the analysis of the market of rocket and space technology and services on the basis of its specific features, methods of evaluating competition and its justification, the reinterpretation of basic marketing tools and approaches in combination with innovative ideas and methods of achieving high economic results in the space market.
 The main aim is to provide future marketers with the necessary material, methods, technologies and tools with which to solve various problems related to the understanding of the structure of the space market, the company's place in the market, its competitive position and overall competitiveness.
 Meets the requirements of Federal state educational standards of higher education of the last generation.
 Intended for undergraduates and academics in aerospace orientation, postgraduate students, marketing analysts, marketers, corporate executives and agencies of the military-industrial complex.
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Ranzi, Gianluca, ed. Time-dependent behaviour and design of composite steel-concrete structures. International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2749/sed018.
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<p>Steel-concrete composite structures are widely used throughout the world for buildings and bridges. A distinguishing feature of this form of construction is the combination of concrete and steel components to achieve enhanced structural performance. <p>The time-dependent response of concrete and its infl uence on the service behaviour and design of composite structures are the main focus of this SED. For the fi rst time, a publication combines a state-of-the-art review of the research with the available design specifi cations of Europe, Australia and New Zealand, and USA. This publication intends to enhance the awareness of the service response of composite structures and of the latest research and standards’ developments. It is aimed at designers and researchers alike. <p>The review of research available in open literature is provided and arranged according to structural typologies, i. e. slabs, beams, and columns. It serves as background information for current service design rules and provides insight into the most recent research advancements. The review of available design guidelines presents the similarities and differences of the recommended service design procedures infl uenced by concrete time effects. Selected case studies of building and bridge projects show possible design approaches and the rationale required when dealing with the time-dependent response and design of composite structures. The authors of this publication are design engineers and academics involved in the service design and research on the time-dependent response of composite structures.
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Deeming, Christopher, ed. Minimum Income Standards and Reference Budgets. Policy Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447352952.001.0001.
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Research into minimum income standards and reference budgets around the world is compared in this illuminating book. From countries with long established research traditions to places where it is relatively new, the book sets out the different aims and objectives of investigations into the minimum needs and requirements of populations, and the historical contexts, theoretical frameworks and methodological issues that lie behind each approach. For policymakers, practitioners and social policy and poverty academics, this essential review of learnings to date and future prospects for research is all the more relevant in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, testing health and social protection systems around the globe.
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Budzikiewicz, Christine, Bettina Heiderhoff, Frank Klinkhammer, and Kerstin Niethammer-Jürgens, eds. Standards und Abgrenzungen im internationalen Familienrecht. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.5771/9783748904274.
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The second ‘Dialog Internationales Familienrecht’, a conference on international family law, was held in Marburg in May 2019. Under the heading ‘Standards and Delimitations in International Family Law’, academics and practitioners dealt with benchmarks and classification issues that are currently under discussion in international family law. The conference focused on international family procedural law and international matrimonial property law. This publication is a collection of the lectures held at the conference. The contributions deal, inter alia, with the interests of children in family proceedings, situations of conflict in proceedings dealing with the legal consequences of divorce, the amendment of the Brussels IIbis Regulation as well as the new EU regulations on matrimonial property regimes. The publication is rounded off by an overview of the Federal Court of Justice's case law on international family law, as well as with deliberations on the violation of the personality rights of children on social networks and on the protection of adults in cross-border constellations.
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Simpson, Robert Mark, and Amia Srinivasan. No Platforming. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198791508.003.0011.
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This paper explains how the practice of “no platforming” might be reconciled with a liberal politics. While opponents say that no platforming flouts ideals of open public discourse, and defenders that it is a justifiable harm-prevention measure, both sides mistakenly treat the debate like a run-of-the-mill free speech conflict, rather than a specific issue of academic freedom. Content-based restrictions on speech in universities are ubiquitous. This is no affront to a liberal conception of academic freedom, whose purpose is not just to protect the speech of academics, but also to protect academics’ rights to determine which views and speakers have sufficient disciplinary credentials to receive a hearing in academic contexts. No platforming should therefore be acceptable to liberals, in principle, in cases where it is used to support a university culture that maintains rigorous disciplinary standards, by denying attention and credibility to speakers who fall short of those standards.
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Murray, Padmini Ray. India. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199574797.003.0023.
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The Indian branch moved its headquarters from Bombay to New Delhi in 1972, heralding a new dynamism for OUP in India. With Delhi closely overseeing financial and editorial activities in the Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay offices and supervising showrooms in Hyderabad and Bangalore, the Indian branches concentrated on developing strong local educational and academic lists primarily in English, but also in Urdu, Bengali, and other local languages. OUP India operated in a political climate that discouraged imports and favoured indigenous businesses; the branch responded by having titles printed in India and by reinforcing its Indian identity through the publication of prominent Indian intellectuals and academics. The chapter discusses local production standards and costs, general branch finances, changes in branch management, and the relationship with the Press in Oxford.
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Saliger, Frank, Michael Tsambikakis, Ole Mückenberger, and Hans-Peter Huber, eds. Münchner Entwurf eines Verbandssanktionengesetzes. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.5771/9783748904670.
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In the current debate on the reform of association sanctioning, the Munich Draft (‘Münchner Entwurf eines Verbandssanktionengesetzes’) represents a proposal for a law with a sense of proportion. Unlike the Federal Ministry of Justice’s draft bill, the Munich Draft pursues a strictly commensurable way of sanctioning associations. For example, small associations are excluded from its scope of application, association responsibility, e.g. for actions taken by an employee against a superior’s orders, is explicitly excluded, and sanctions are differentiated between according to maximum turnover-related limits. In order to create incentives for behaviour that conforms to legal standards, the Munich draft sets out the requirements for compliance to it, both precautionary and post-offence, which can lead to privileges during prosecution and sanctioning. In addition, it regulates internal investigations in a separate chapter and grants extended protection against seizure. The authors of this study have dealt with commercial criminal law for decades as academics or practitioners.
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Meek, Paul, Peter Fleming, Guy Ballard, et al., eds. Camera Trapping. CSIRO Publishing, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/9781486300402.
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Camera trapping in wildlife management and research is a growing global phenomenon. The technology is advancing very quickly, providing unique opportunities for collecting new biological knowledge. In order for fellow camera trap researchers and managers to share their knowledge and experience, the First International Camera Trapping Colloquium in Wildlife Management and Research was held in Sydney, Australia.
 Camera Trapping brings together papers from a selection of the presentations at the colloquium and provides a benchmark of the international developments and uses of camera traps for monitoring wildlife for research and management. Four major themes are presented: case studies demonstrating camera trapping for monitoring; the constraints and pitfalls of camera technologies; design standards and protocols for camera trapping surveys; and the identification, management and analyses of the myriad images that derive from camera trapping studies. The final chapter provides future directions for research using camera traps.
 Remarkable photographs are included, showing interesting, enlightening and entertaining images of animals 'doing their thing', making it an ideal reference for wildlife managers, conservation organisations, students and academics, pest animal researchers, private and public land managers, wildlife photographers and recreational hunters.
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Finn, Chester E., and Andrew E. Scanlan. Learning in the Fast Lane. Princeton University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.23943/princeton/9780691178721.001.0001.
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The Advanced Placement (AP) program stands as the foremost source of college-level academics for millions of high school students in the United States and beyond. More than 22,000 schools now participate in it, across nearly forty subjects, from Latin and art to calculus and computer science. Yet remarkably little has been known about how this nongovernmental program became one of the greatest success stories in K–12 education—until now. This book offers an account of one of the most important educational initiatives of our time. The book traces the story of AP from its mid-twentieth-century origins as a niche benefit for privileged students to its emergence as a springboard to college for high schoolers nationwide, including hundreds of thousands of disadvantaged youth. Today, AP not only opens new intellectual horizons for smart teenagers, but also strengthens school ratings, attracts topflight teachers, and draws support from philanthropists, reformers, and policymakers. At the same time, it faces numerous challenges, including rival programs, curriculum wars, charges of elitism, the misgivings of influential universities, and the difficulty of infusing rigor into schools that lack it. In today's polarized climate, can AP maintain its lofty standards and surmount the problems that have sunk so many other bold education ventures?
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Lusk, Jayson L., Jutta Roosen, and Jason F. Shogren, eds. The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Food Consumption and Policy. Oxford University Press, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199569441.001.0001.
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Historically, the challenge for humans has been to secure a sufficient supply of food to stave off hunger and starvation. As a result, much of the research on food and agriculture in the past century has focused on issues related to production efficiency, food supply, and farm profitability. In recent years, however, farmers, agribusiness, policy makers, and academics have increasingly turned their attention away from the farm and toward the food consumer and to issues related to food consumption. The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Food Consumption and Policy provides an overview of the economics of food consumption and policy relevant to the areas of food and agriculture and policy making. The first section covers the application of the core theoretical and methodological approaches of the economics of food consumption and policy. The second part concentrates on policy issues related to food consumption. Several articles focus on the theoretical and conceptual issues relevant in food markets, such as product bans, labeling, food standards, political economy, and scientific uncertainty. Additional articles discuss policy issues of particular interest to the consumer-end of the food supply chain, such as food safety, nutrition, food security, and development. The final section serves as an introduction to particular issues and current topics in food consumption and policy.
Book chapters on the topic "Academics/standards"
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Wojtaszek, Adam. "Breaking the Rules and Searching for Standards in E-mail Exchanges Between Academics." In Second Language Learning and Teaching. Springer International Publishing, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02526-1_13.
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Wang, Xiaorui. "China. The Role of the Government and Academics in the IFRS Convergence Process of Chinese Accounting Standards." In IFRS in a Global World. Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28225-1_16.
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Wapakabulo Thomas, Josephine. "IT Standards Adoption and Diffusion Models." In Advances in IT Standards and Standardization Research. IGI Global, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-832-1.ch003.
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The motivation behind this research is to identify the factors that impact the adoption of data-exchange standards, such as STEP. Research into the adoption of STEP and other standards produced by ISO/TC184/SC4, which is the ISO technical committee responsible for the development of STEP, is very limited. Currently there are only two specific empirical studies (Dreverman, 2005; Meister, 2004) that shed light on the factors associated with the adoption of ISO/TC184/SC4 (referred to as SC4 for the remainder of the chapter) standards like STEP. This means that practitioners devoted to the ongoing development and use of these standards, and academics, still lack a significant body of evidence regarding the factors and barriers critical to their adoption.
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Phan, Duc Hong Thi, Mahesh Joshi, and Bruno Mascitelli. "Are Vietnamese Accounting Academics and Practitioners Ready for International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)?" In Advances in Finance, Accounting, and Economics. IGI Global, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9876-5.ch002.
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The purpose of this chapter is twofold. First, it reports the findings of a survey on the perception of Vietnamese accountants regarding the benefits and disadvantages of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as well as the potential costs and challenges of IFRS implementation. Second, it examines the differences in the perceptions of accounting academics and practitioners pertaining to IFRS adoption in Vietnam. Perceptions of Vietnamese accountants and academics were obtained and analysed from 3,000 mailing survey questionnaires across Vietnam in 2012. A total of 728 usable responses were received producing an effective response rate of 24 per cent. The respondents perceived that credibility and comparability are the most perceived benefits of IFRS reporting. Over-complexity and time-consumption are the most perceived disadvantages of IFRS reporting. Although IFRS reporting was perceived as being costly and challenging, surprisingly, the respondents were optimistic on the long-term benefits and two-thirds of the respondents showed their willingness to adopt IFRS.
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"Research standards for young Italian academics: What has changed over the last 30 years?" In Production, Distribution and Trade. Routledge, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203848456-27.
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Phan, Duc Hong Thi, Mahesh Joshi, and Bruno Mascitelli. "International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Adoption in Vietnam." In Advances in Finance, Accounting, and Economics. IGI Global, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9876-5.ch013.
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The chapter is aimed at analyzing the collective perception of the accounting community of Vietnam towards the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). This perception is premised on the twin issues of legitimacy and isomorphism. A broad sample survey of 728 persons out of 3000 accountants, auditors and academics was undertaken with a detailed questionnaire sent to each. With a net response rate of 24 per cent from this community, there emerged a definite influence of coercive, mimetic and normative isomorphisms as well as legitimacy motives. The study provides practical implications for the policymakers of Vietnam for the transformation of the accounting profession in the country and the strategic planning towards full mandatory IFRS adoption by 2020.
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"Airline Effective Noise Management Strategies." In Airline Green Operations Strategies. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4255-2.ch006.
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This chapter reports the effective noise management strategies of the airlines. To achieve this aim, the practices of 18 airlines from five regions were investigated. The data used in this chapter was secondary published data in the annual sustainability reports. The data was retrieved from GRI (Global Reporting Initiatives) website. The special tailored data analysis techniques were used for this purpose. The chapter reported 17 effective strategic patterns. The strategic patterns were seven hybrid patterns, four conformance with ICAO standards patterns, two flights operating patterns, one conformance with FAA standards pattern, and three aircraft design patterns. This chapter helps the decision makers and the academics alike.
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"The Evolving Role of Commercial Publishers and the Future of Online Access Repositories." In Advances in Library and Information Science. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1131-2.ch006.
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Since the modes of publishing content have changed in the digital age, OA practice could be an effective response towards the challenges generated by the ongoing technological advancements. It could respond to the competing concerns of copyright protection and equitable access to information, simultaneously. This final chapter analyzes the interconnections between commercial publisher and author interests and argues that OARs could be considered as an instrument towards common benefits. In the context of continuous technological growth, OA could also be seen as an alternative instrument for the protection of intellectual property to facilitate modern or digital publishing and benefit publisher and intellectual creator, as well. Traditionally, commercial publishers are gatekeepers of the standards of merit of academic works even though they get almost all of the profits. However, while they rely on academics' expertise to remain commercially viable, they do not pay for this expertise, appropriately. In contemporary days it is feasible for authors to not rely on commercial publishers. It is, therefore, in the interests of commercial publishers that academics keep publishing with them. As gatekeepers of standards of merit, they can benefit the academic world and remain viable themselves. This claim will be substantiated with examples of relevant licensing forms and other initiatives of OA.
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Wapakabulo Thomas, Josephine. "General Introduction." In Advances in IT Standards and Standardization Research. IGI Global, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-832-1.ch001.
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A study commissioned by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) found that ISO 10303, the Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data (STEP), has the potential to reduce mitigation and avoidance interoperability costs in the aerospace, automotive and shipbuilding industries by approximately $928 million (2001$) a year (Gallaher, O’connor, & Phelps, 2002). Studies like these show the benefits and importance of using data-exchange standards to enable technical and business information to be shared electronically throughout an extended manufacturing enterprise (Ray & Jones, 2006). The literature surrounding these data-exchange standards indicates that a fairly large corpus of information is available with regards to the history, practical implementation and benefits ofdata-exchange standards like STEP (Kemmerer, 1999). However, a further review of the literature shows that there is very limited empirical research into the factors that impact the adoption of data-exchange standards. This means that practitioners devoted to the ongoing development and use of standards like STEP, and academics, still lack a significant body of evidence regarding the factors and barriers critical to the adoption of these standards. The research reported in this book seeks to address this gap by developing conceptual models for data-exchange standards adoption, which are tested through a series of qualitative case studies and action research. This chapter begins by giving an overview of the emergence and development of product data-exchange standards like STEP and the rationale behind the research presented. Following on from that is an overview of current work and research relating to the adoption of STEP. The aim, objectives and scope of this research are then stated.
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Bippert, Kelli. "Popular Media and Grade 6-12 Literacy." In Advances in Early Childhood and K-12 Education. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5770-9.ch001.
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Adolescents in the 21st century engage with popular media in a variety of ways. Adolescent students' interactions with video games, videos, social media, and other forms of popular media have become a growing topic of study among academics interested in popular media's role in in-school literacies. To complicate matters, secondary classroom teachers continue to grapple with state and national standards that address traditional reading and writing skills. This systematic literature review focuses on what articles from practitioner journals reveal about adolescent participation in popular media, and how media skills are addressed. The analysis provided here is based on a random sample of 35 articles focusing on popular media and in-school literacies.
Conference papers on the topic "Academics/standards"
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Sepúlveda-Páez, Geraldy, and Carmen Araneda-Guirriman. "WOMEN FACULTY AND SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTIVITY IN LATIN AMERICAN CONTEXT: EVIDENCE FROM CHILE." In International Conference on Education and New Developments. inScience Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36315/2021end026.
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Since the 19th century, the position of women in the context of higher education has undergone multiple changes, although their incorporation has not been a simple or homogeneous task. Currently, women face new consequential challenges of a globalized world and the notion of market education that characterizes institutions nowadays. One of the great challenges is related to the under-representation of women in senior research positions (Aiston and Fo, 2020). In this context, new standards have been established to measure the productivity, quality, and effectiveness of teachers, specifically scientific productivity has been internalized as an indicator of professional progress, the type of publication, its impact, and the citation rates today. They have special relevance, where many times achieving high scientific productivity is very complex for academics who do not access the teaching staff early (Webber and Rogers, 2018). Furthermore, it is very difficult for academic women to maintain high levels of productivity constantly both at work and home (Lipton, 2020). In this sense, the principles that encourage academic productivity increase competition among teachers and reinforce gender inequalitiestogether with a valuation of male professional life (Martínez, 2017). Indeed, the participation of women in sending articles is much lower than their male counterparts (Lerback and Hanson, 2017). Therefore, the present study aims to visualize the participation of Chilean academics in current productivity indices, based on the description of secondary data obtained from the DataCiencia and Scival platforms. The sample consists of 427 people, of which 17.3% were women, with an average of 10 publications for the year 2019. To achieve the objectives, the following strategy was developed: 1) describe and interpret the secondary data obtained during the year 2019 on each of the platforms. 2) Compare the data obtained to national averages and type of institution and gender. Based on the analyzes, the implications of female participation in the number of women observed at the national level and their position in international indicators and new lines of research are discussed.
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Aytuganova, Cipar. "Current Problems in Labor Quality in Kyrgyzstan." In International Conference on Eurasian Economies. Eurasian Economists Association, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.36880/c02.00369.
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Formation or implementation of high-quality labor is an actual problem of the world economy and always considered in the theory and practice. Labor quality is the realization of increased productivity and performance of the work and responsibilities, also it is known as the main factor of economic growth in economics. Since 1991, the importance of labor quality for development of national economy and macroeconomic stability in Kyrgyzstan is growing and becoming actual in globalization and integration process, financial, informational, scientific and technical cooperation, is requiring researching. This problem studied by academics O. Bogomolov, L. Kudryavtsev, G.Kolodko, T.Koychuev and others. In economics labor defines as a set of three groups of labor skills and abilities of individuals. This group of skills combines the biological, economic and social side of man. Development of labor quality is considered at three levels: low, medium and high quality. In all states, there are complex of integrated structures that seek efficiency in own activity. In the transition period for Kyrgyzstan it is necessary to solve social problems, improve living standards. It’s necessary to abide execution of laws by from the President to the citizen, establish the subordination of society to laws, improve moral of public servants, gain people's trust in government, form up the economic culture, to eliminate the shadow economy and corruption. Economic culture must become an integral part of national ideology.
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Roantree, Barra, Bertrand Maître, Alyvia McTague, and Ivan Privalko. Poverty, income inequality and living standards in Ireland. ESRI and The Community Foundation for Ireland, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.26504/bkmnext412.
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This report – funded by the Community Foundation for Ireland – brings together data from household surveys collected by the ESRI and the Central Statistics Office to create the first harmonised set of indicators on incomes, income inequality and poverty covering the period 1987 to 2019. These will be published on the ESRI website and can be used by policymakers, academics, journalists and the wider public to inform discussions around income inequality, poverty and deprivation.