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Petruneva, Raisa M., Natalya V. Kazanova, and Elena V. Melnikova. "VOLGSTU GRADUATE ASSOCIATION: DEBUT IN A PANDEMIC BACKGROUND." PRIMO ASPECTU, no. 4(48) (December 17, 2021): 70–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.35211/2500-2635-2021-4-48-70-76.
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Alumni associations are a relatively new phenomenon for Russia, typical, as a rule, for large metropolitan universities with a long history, rich traditions and extensive international relations. In recent years, alumni associations have begun to appear in regional universities. The authors analyze the situation with the development of alumni associations in the flagship universities of the country and in the universities of Volgograd (the chronology and forms of activity are considered). The article summarizes the results of Volgograd State Technical University Alumni Association's first year. Plans, goals and tasks for the further development of the VolgSTU Alumni Association have been developed. The authors show that the dynamic formation of alumni associations can be promising for regional universities as well, serving as platforms for the interaction of regional elites, centres of strategic decisions for regional development and providing communication between generations of alumni.
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Betker, Brian, and Thomas W. Doellman. "The SIM program at Saint Louis University." Managerial Finance 46, no. 5 (2019): 624–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/mf-10-2018-0476.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the student investment management program at Saint Louis University. Design/methodology/approach It is a case study of the program’s structure and investment performance. Findings The authors present information on the program’s philosophy and course structure, investment performance and how the authors use LinkedIn to involve alumni in the program. Originality/value The authors find that using LinkedIn to maintain alumni connections to the program takes little effort on the part of the instructors but adds value for current students and program alumni alike.
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Harianto, Ponti, Bella Anjella Metalya, and Aditya Widman Putra. "Optimization of the Alumni Site of SMK Muhammadiyah Sintang." JUDIMAS 1, no. 2 (2021): 195. http://dx.doi.org/10.30700/jm.v1i2.1161.
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<p>Alumni have an important role in the development of educational institutions in the public sphere, but regarding alumni, many schools have not used alumni in school contributions, one of which is SMK Muhammadiyah Sintang. Regarding information, SMK Muhammadiyah alumni have not implemented an online alumni data collection and management system. So far, data collection on alumni is still carried out by recording in written documents which results in data management that cannot be done quickly, and errors often occur, and it is difficult to update information about alumni. In conducting research, the authors use existing literature and literature study materials to build alumni websites using the WSDM (Website Development Design Method) research method, website development methods using Extreme Programming (XP), and the development of alumni information systems using a bootstrap framework, providing designs responsive web that gives the appearance of the website will automatically adjust the screen size of the browser used. The purpose of this research is to design or create a website that can help schools quickly and accurately in the process of data collection and data management of alumni in obtaining information about alumni.</p>
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Min, Junhong, Madhave N. Segal, and M. Deniz Dalman. "The Identity Salience and Emotional Attachment Strategies in Alumni-University Relationships." International Journal of Customer Relationship Marketing and Management 5, no. 2 (2014): 21–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijcrmm.2014040102.
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Higher education has never truly recognized the importance of garnering the resources of alumni by expending university efforts in developing, controlling, and maintaining relationships with alumni. The purpose of this research is to tackle the long-term relationship marketing question. Drawing on the social marketing and relationship marketing literature, the authors propose and empirically test the roles of two relationship marketing strategies, namely identity salience and emotional attachment, in the alumni-university relationship. While the identity salience strategy encourages alumni to connect their identity to their former university, the emotional attachment strategy triggers the psychological ownership that leads alumni to proactively engage in university activities. Based on results of data collected from a large Midwestern university, the identity salience strategy was found to greatly affect symbolic consumption behavior while the emotional attachment strategy was found to strongly promote relationship-specific volunteering. The results also revealed that three social benefits, including development of a business network, enhancement of a friendship network, and enjoyment of participation, are associated with the two relationship marketing strategies. The authors conclude with a discussion addressing limitations of the study as well as practical and theoretical implications of the findings.
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Riswandha, M. Noval, and Miftakhul Nuryuda. "SISTEM INFORMASI BURSA KERJA KHUSUS DENGAN REKOMENDASI MENGGUNAKAN METODE CONTENT BASED FILTERING DI STMIK YADIKA BANGIL." Joutica 3, no. 1 (2018): 129. http://dx.doi.org/10.30736/jti.v3i1.199.
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The author makes a special job stock information system (BKK) in STMIK YADIKA Bangil because the job search process for alumni students is currently running less effectively, alumni students should seek information to BKK officers, while BKK officers have to look for alumni data who have not got a job. Therefore, the authors make a special job market information system with recommendations using content based filtering method. Content based filtering method can be used to suggest job vacancy information in accordance with user profile or job seeker so as to facilitate the information search process.System of recommendation in the application of special job market is used to recommend the right job vacancy information for the alumni of the student.In this system expected alumni students Can receive job vacancy information properly and in accordance with the criteria it has
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Reid, Sean, Jason Muenzen, and Rasoul Rezvanian. "Value add." Journal of International Education in Business 13, no. 1 (2020): 131–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jieb-07-2019-0036.
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Purpose This paper aims to provide students with a career edge, business students require more than concepts and calculations to be successful in their future career. They require professional skill sets, mentors, relationship guides and as much real industry experience as they can gather before graduation. This study sheds some light on how a small business school (SBS) in a nonprofit private academic institution (NPAI) located in an isolated rural area of the USA has been able to tap its strong alumni relationships to provide mentoring and experiential learning opportunities to students using its student-managed investment funds (SMIFs) as the vehicle. Although this study uses a small, geographically isolated institution, the authors believe that the approach taken by this particular school can be replicated by any academic institution that strives to enhance student learning experience by promoting mentorship and experiential learning. Design/methodology/approach This study starts with a brief introduction (Section 1) and a short review of literature (Section 2) to highlight the numerous benefits of alumni engagement and student mentorship. Section 2 shows institutional background on the NPAI, the SBS and the SMIF. The major part of the study starts with a discussion on the set of rules to guide in the construction of a student-alumni relationship framework that could be easily modified to the unique characteristics of the institution. Next, the role and responsibility of the investment advisory board (IAB) and its members’ engagement with students are discussed. In the last part of the study, SBS is used as a case study to show how alumni contribute to SBS and enhance students’ experiential learning by contributing as mentor, IAB member, advisors to the FMIF and career mentorship. This study concludes with a discussion on potential areas of conflict and friction for alumni involvement. Findings This study shows that SBS in a NPAI has been able to tap its strong alumni relationship to provide mentoring and experiential learning opportunities to students using its SMIF as the vehicle. The authors believe that the approach taken by this particular school can be replicated by any academic institution that strives to promote mentorship and experiential learning. Research limitations/implications This case study is focused on a SBS in a NPAI that has a strong alumni relationship and enough resources to successfully tap on its alumni. It would be interesting to learn how this approach can be used in resource-limited public institutions. Practical implications As the case study shows, any business school that values experiential learning can rely on its alumni to enhance student learning experience by properly using its alumni resources. Social implications The results of this study show that business schools’ outreach opportunities and student experiential learning experience can be enhanced and business schools’ academic qualification and ranking, which leads to improvement in student enrollment, can be improved. Overall, the major beneficiary would be the business schools’ immediate and larger community. Originality/value The authors are positive that multiple universities are properly taking advantage of using their alumni relationship.
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Żukowska, Joanna, and Andżelika Kuźnar. "Competencies of Alumni from the Perspective of Future Employers – SGH Alumni Based Example." Kwartalnik Ekonomistów i Menedżerów 52, no. 2 (2019): 135–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0013.2380.
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The paper is the effect of Rector’s Inter-College Grant at Warsaw School of Economics [SGH]: ‘Strengths and Weaknesses of SGH Alumni In The Opinion Of SGH Partners Club’. The purpose of the study was to define the strengths and weaknesses of SGH alumni, based on structured interviews carried out with a group of respondents representing all SGH Partners Club members, the analysis of the literature on the subject and the authors’ own experience. The purpose of the paper is to indicate the answer to two of four questions developed in the study: 1. What competences of the alumni are most significant from the point of view of SGH Partners Club members? 2. In which competences there is a gap? The result of the studies was the ranking of the most important competences, competency gap of the alumni and settling the key factors deciding on employment of a candidate for a job.
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Machuca, Ana, Enid Naranjo, Leticia Apolinaris, and Carrie Teresa Maison. "Are Minority Women Able To Use Their Degree From American Public University System To Further Their Career?" Journal of International Education Research (JIER) 10, no. 3 (2014): 237–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/jier.v10i3.8743.
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The authors examined whether minority women alumni from an online degree program at American Public University System (APUS) were able to use their degree to further their careers. Alumni minority women were surveyed to determine if the education they obtained prepared them for their current job, opened new doors for job opportunities, opened doors for promotions, and/or enhanced their ability for a specific career field. It is important to understand the unique needs of minority women students in an online study environment.
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Sujai, Ahmad. "HOMOGENITAS KARAKTER DAN TRADISI KEAGAMAAN MASYARAKAT PEDESAAN DI KOTA CILEGON." Tarbawiyah Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan 1, no. 02 (2017): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.32332/tarbawiyah.v1i02.954.
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Madrasah as the oldest Islamic educational institution after boarding school has been recognized to have a very big contribution to the religious behavior of Islamic society in Indonesia. Madrasah Al-Jauharotunnaqiyyah Cibeber is one of the madrassas that has been established since 1924, which contributed in the birth of alumni-alumni who are competent in the field of religion scattered in the region of Banten and surrounding areas. In this study the authors find out, whether there is the role of alumni madrasah Al-Jauharotunnaqiyyah cibeber in shaping the character homogeneity of religious and cultural rural communities in the district area cebeber cilegon city. Based on the results of research that has been done in rural communities Cibeber District Cilegon City which consists of 6 villages, namely: Cibeber Village, Kedaleman, Karangasem, Kalitimbang, Bulakan and Cikerai Village, it can be concluded that alumni madrasah Al-Jauharotunnaqiyyah Cibeber very instrumental in forming homogeneity Religious and cultural rural communities. The ways and methods used by alumni in shaping the homogeneity of the religious and cultural character of rural communities is to teach, preach and exemplify religious teachings /values on the rural community
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Yonesi, Devi. "ANALISIS IMPLEMENTASI AKSI PERUBAHAN ALUMNI PESERTA PELATIHAN KEPEMIMPINAN ADMINISTRATOR PADA PUSDIKLAT TENAGA ADMINISTRASI BADAN LITBANG DAN DIKLAT KEMENTERIAN AGAMA RI." Kompetensi 6, no. 2 (2021): 85–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.47655/kompetensi.v6i2.14.
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This writing aims to analyze the factors for implementing change actions and can contribute to efforts to improve the implementation of change actions through an understanding of the factors that cause the low level of implementation of change actions for alumni of Administrator Leadership Training participants, organized by the Research and Development Agency and Education and Training Center of the Indonesian Ministry of Religion. This writing uses quantitative and qualitative methods through a review of related documents, namely the post-training evaluation report, which presents questionnaire data including informants covering three parties, namely alumni as owners of change actions, alumni superiors as mentors and training organizers, while data obtained through interviews by authors are 9 people including namely alumni as owners of change actions and alumni superiors as mentors. the writing show that from an implementation perspective there are internal factors, consisting of low willingness; seriousness; and motivation; as well as alumni communication with limited work teams and external factors, consisting of the unavailability of IT personnel; the absence of infrastructure and budget support; unequal perception between participants and stakeholders on the supporting data; and the lack of attention from direct superiors as mentors. These internal and external factors are the cause of the not yet optimal implementation of change actions. Keywords: Implementation, barriers, challenges, innovation
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Rama, Jennifer A., Carla Falco, and Dorene F. Balmer. "Using Appreciative Inquiry to Inform Program Evaluation in Graduate Medical Education." Journal of Graduate Medical Education 10, no. 5 (2018): 587–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.4300/jgme-d-18-00043.1.
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ABSTRACT Background Graduate medical education programs are expected to conduct an annual program evaluation. While general guidelines exist, innovative and feasible approaches to program evaluations may help efforts at program improvement. Appreciative Inquiry is an approach that focuses on successful moments, effective processes, and programs' strengths. Objective We implemented a novel application of Appreciative Inquiry and its 4 phases (Inquire, Imagine, Innovate, and Implement) and demonstrate how it led to meaningful improvements in a pediatric pulmonology fellowship program. Methods As part of the Inquire and Imagine phases, the authors developed an interview guide that aligned with Appreciative Inquiry concepts. Two faculty members conducted semistructured interviews with a convenience sample of 11 of 14 fellowship alumni. Interviews were audiotaped, transcribed, and reviewed. A summary of the findings was presented to the Program Evaluation Committee, which then directed the Innovate and Implement phases. Results Appreciative Inquiry was acceptable to the alumni and feasible with the authors' self-directed learning approach and minimal administrative and financial support. In the Inquire phase, alumni identified program strengths and successes. In the Imagine phase, alumni identified program changes that could aid transition to independent practice for future fellows (an identified program goal). Based on the results of the Appreciative Inquiry, program leadership and the Program Evaluation Committee selected improvements for implementation. Conclusions For small programs, Appreciative Inquiry is an innovative and feasible approach to program evaluation that facilitates actionable program improvement recommendations.
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Hu, Yuanyuan, and Jiali Fang. "Executive alumni and corporate social responsibility in China." China Accounting and Finance Review 24, no. 1 (2022): 76–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/cafr-02-2022-0005.
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PurposeThis study investigates whether corporate executives, who are university alumni, influence each other's firm corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance.Design/methodology/approachDrawing on social network theory, the authors hypothesise that a firm's CSR performance is positively associated with its peer firms' average CSR performance when the executives of the firm and its peer firms are university alumni. The study employs data from 1,685 listed firms and 4,906 executives who graduated from 585 different universities in China and runs multivariate regressions.FindingsThe results reveal a sizeable university peer influence on CSR performance. Such influence is even stronger for executives who graduated from elite universities (e.g. 985 or 211 universities), and universities or programmes that provide more opportunities for alumni reunions or networking (e.g. MBAs/EMBAs). Executives who are more influential in making firm decisions (e.g. CEOs/CFOs), as well as firms that are more likely to mimic the behaviour of others, also show higher degrees of university peer influence.Practical implicationsThe results highlight the role of education in ethical decision-making.Originality/valueThis study documents evidence on a new determinant of firm CSR performance. The study sheds light on the impact of non-institutionalised personal ties, for example, university alumni networks, on CSR performance.
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Obukhova, Iuliia, Dmitrii Popov, Anna Tanova, and Veronika Fokina. "The evaluation of university’s impact on «human resource potential» of alumni." E3S Web of Conferences 164 (2020): 12010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202016412010.
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This paper considers university educational environment to be an important factor in the development of students' organizational and managerial competence. The authors discuss the approaches to the educational environment of the university, analyze its parameters and characteristics and study the connection between the developmental educational environment and a high level of managerial competence attained by technical university graduates. The authors rely on the environmental approach which allows them to assess the impact of the educational environment on students' organizational and managerial competence taking into account the analysis of empirical data obtained by monitoring methods of sociological research. This method also made it possible to improve self-organization and self-management skills of students and to achieve a high level of resilience both on the environmental and personal level.
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Waite, Brandon, and Darren Wheeler. "The “Liked” Department: Using Facebook Analytics for Strategic Communication." PS: Political Science & Politics 47, no. 03 (2014): 667–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s104909651400081x.
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ABSTRACTThe rapid diffusion of online social networking sites is changing the very nature of organizational communication. This is particularly true in higher education, where Facebook is increasingly being used as a means to engage with students, faculty, and alumni. Unfortunately, academic departments seeking to adopt such technologies often fail to understand the unique opportunities and challenges that accompany the adoption of social media. This article illuminates recent changes in organizational communication and describes the adoption of Facebook by a political science department at a midwestern state university. The authors develop a typology of Facebook posts to determine which types of information generate the most audience activity. They explain how this information can assist academic departments as they seek to bolster recruitment and retention of students, as well as ongoing investment from faculty and alumni.
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Purnama, Rahayu, Rosita Mohd Tajuddin, and Shaliza Mohd Shariff. "A Preliminary Study of Sustainable Fashion Design Curriculum." Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal 6, SI6 (2021): 83–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v6isi6.3044.
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The development of fast fashion offered apparel products with a quick cycle. However, this process impacted low-quality products and raised sustainability issues. The two main focuses of this study were to examine the current fashion design curriculum among alumni and examine students' knowledge of sustainability in fashion design. This study employed a mix-method orientation—this alumni data was collected of undergraduates in fashion design education. The paper reported some preliminary empirical findings derived from questionnaires and structured interviews conducted with alumni. The discussion and conclusions of this paper were to recommend a conceptual framework of sustainable fashion design curriculum. Keywords: Sustainable; Entrepreneur; Technopreneur; Fashion Design Curriculum eISSN: 2398-4287© 2021. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v6iSI6.3044
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Coon, Anne C., and Patrick M. Scanlon. "Does the Curriculum Fit the Career? Some Conclusions from a Survey of Graduates of a Degree Program in Professional and Technical Communication." Journal of Technical Writing and Communication 27, no. 4 (1997): 391–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/tl92-lkat-c963-88wp.
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Recent graduates of a degree program in professional and technical communication were surveyed to identify their current employment, their attitudes toward their academic preparation, and the professional courses they found most helpful. The history and curriculum of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT's) eleven-year-old program in Professional and Technical Communication (PTC) is described, as well as the program's “professional core,” its Liberal Arts core, and its cooperative education requirement. The survey was modeled after a previous survey the authors conducted with members of the Society for Technical Communication. The results of both surveys emphasized the basics of writing and computer skills. The degree program alumni also expressed the desire for a “more practical” curriculum that placed less emphasis on theory. Anecdotal responses from the alumni provided a unique view of the field through the eyes of its newest practitioners.
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Hong, Paul C., Joseph Chacko Chennattuserry, Xiyue Deng, and Margaret M. Hopkins. "Purpose-driven leadership and organizational success: a case of higher educational institutions." Leadership & Organization Development Journal 42, no. 7 (2021): 1004–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/lodj-02-2021-0054.
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PurposeThis paper aims to examine the relationships between organizational purpose, leadership practices and sustainable outcomes for universities in emerging economies. We propose that a strong sense of purpose is a fundamental and defining feature in the leadership practices of these institutions, which ultimately contributes to their success.Design/methodology/approachThe authors present a research model that defines the relationships between a sense of purpose, leadership practices, student success outcomes, alumni involvement outcomes and societal reputation outcomes. Over 200 higher education administrators in India participated in the study.FindingsThe institutions' sense of purpose directly relates to their leadership engagement practices and their student success outcomes. Student success outcomes are a crucial linkage between leadership engagement practices and alumni involvement outcomes to achieve their societal reputation.Practical implicationsAs competitiveness intensifies, educational institutions under resource constraints must differentiate their organizational practices. This paper demonstrates how their core purpose and leadership actions result in achieving effective outcomes and overall sustainable societal reputation.Originality/valueThere is a significant difference between having an organizational purpose and enacting that purpose through their leadership practices. These results highlight the cascading effect from the institution's fundamental sense of purpose to their leadership practices and the positive outcomes of student success, alumni involvement and societal reputation.
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Zweekhorst, Marjolein, and Dirk Essink. "Integrating community service learning into a master’s program." Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education 11, no. 2 (2019): 235–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jarhe-04-2017-0054.
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Purpose In order to address the complex problems of society, the innovation research process should incorporate technical, social, economic and ethical factors, but also actively involve a diverse group of non-scientific actors. One way to prepare students for this type of research is to create “Citizen Scholars,” students who want to work for the betterment of society. Arvanitakis and Hornsby (2016) argue that we need to change how we teach and train students in specific proficiencies. The purpose of this paper is to assess how the pedagogical approach applied within the program contributes to building the proficiencies and attributes as described by Arvanitakis and Hornsby (2016). Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted a total of 12 interviews with alumni who started their program in 2014, one focus group discussion with lecturers and 132 questionnaires with alumni to discuss to what extend the proficiencies are trained in the program and whether these are used in their current jobs. The authors also included data of an earlier study conducted in 2014. These data contain 26 interviews with students during the first year of the program. These students graduated in 2017 and are thus from the same cohort as the alumni. Findings The results show that the pedagogical approach in the management policy analysis program trains all the attributes. Important elements in the program are: the inquiry-based approach intertwined with community service learning (CSL) throughout the program; gradually increased complexity of the real-world problems addressed; students working in teams; and gradually reducing support of the lecturer. Research limitations/implications The authors conclude that our pedagogical approach applied in the program contributes to learning the proficiencies. The authors argue that for the training of inter- and transdisciplinary, the proficiency knowledge integration should be added. Practical implications The result show that more inquiry-based approaches and CSL programs can stimulate the four clusters of proficiencies, which should hold a central place in universities if we want to create citizen scholars. Social implications With the approach, students contribute to research issues of local communities. Originality/value Despite the increasing interest of higher education to involve civic activities in the curricula, few pedagogical approaches are described. The research shows that theoretical insights in the adaption of a model to realize a citizen scholar.
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Salovaara, Janne J., and Katriina Soini. "Educated professionals of sustainability and the dimensions of practices." International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education 22, no. 8 (2021): 69–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijshe-09-2020-0327.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to expand the competence-led structuring and understanding of sustainability education by analysing the practices of professional individuals who have completed university education geared to the development of sustainability change-makers. Design/methodology/approach The research scope was initially on examining professional practices following the boundary work theory. Social practice theory was used as a methodological approach in conducting and analysing thematic interviews with 19 sustainability-focused master’s programme alumni. The interviews were analysed against the theoretical framework while also noting findings that fell outside of this framework. Findings A framework for understanding materials, competences and meanings of practices connected to the professional field of sustainability was introduced. The framework suggests that in the practices of sustainability-educated professionals, meanings emerge as a top priority and are conveyed using position-based materials and various complexes of competency. Research limitations/implications The authors suggest that boundary theory informs well the emergence of the professional field of sustainability, and the utilisation of a practice theory furthers the understanding of sustainability professionalism and its education. Practical implications The authors’ suggest that practice theory could thus provide deeper insights on how sustainability science alumni use their education after graduation, how they practice their profession and in return offer applicable reflections to sustainability education. Originality/value Research using practice theory in reflection on sustainability education and the professional practice of sustainability has not been widely conducted and in the authors’ opinion brings value to the education and practice of sustainability and to the research of sustainability education.
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Hazelwood, Vikki, Erica Carpenter-Smith, Morgan Continisio, et al. "What Might We Do to Encourage More Women to Write Patents?" Technology & Innovation 21, no. 1 (2019): 43–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.21300/21.1.2019.43.
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The gender gap in invention has been well studied, and the data speaks loudly, suggesting that women are under-represented in patent-intensive fields of study, especially engineering. Clearly, then, an increase in women engineering graduates might improve the probability of more women becoming patent authors. The question remains, however, "What else might we do to land more women in patent-intensive job tasks?" To answer that question, a panel discussion on this topic was held, in which the panel consisted of the authors. Discussion topics were developed and presented by the moderating professor, while women alumni provided comments and observations that were presented collectively. A summary was then prepared, and recommendations to encourage more women to write patents have been suggested.
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Deyneka, O. S., L. N. Dukhanina, D. V. Krylova, and A. A. Maksimenko. "Perceptions of Corruption in Higher Education among Alumni of the Leading Russian Universities." Vysshee Obrazovanie v Rossii = Higher Education in Russia 29, no. 7 (2020): 64–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.31992/0869-3617-2020-29-7-64-74.
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The article analyzes current trends in the study of corruption in the higher education system in Russia and Western countries. Classifications of corruption abuse, the structure of corruption indicators in universities, problems of studying attitudes towards corruption in the higher education system and the reflection of abuse in the media are discussed. The results of a survey of graduates of seven leading Russian universities for the period from September 2019 to January 30, 2020 are presented. Using the authors’ questionnaire, 1,468 graduates of 2013 and 2018 were interviewed. An additional task was also performed to compare anti-corruption materials on the websites of seven leading Russian universities. The results of the survey indicate the positive dynamics of students’ perceptions of corruption offenses in the direction of decreasing their frequency, which, along with site analysis data, indicates a systematic work that has been carried out in each of the universities over the past years. The authors note the need for greater awareness among university students and teachers about the various situations of corruption, as well as the creation of a feedback about the possible cases of abuse in the university environment that is safe for an applicant.
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Baker, Nancy J., Madison Cutler, and Elizabeth Sopdie. "Perceived Influence of Medical Students’ Community Health Assessment Projects." Family Medicine 52, no. 8 (2020): 586–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.22454/fammed.2020.381413.
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Background and Objectives: To achieve overall health, physicians must understand how community and population health impacts individual health. Although several US medical schools have incorporated community health assessment project requirements into traditional curricula, examples in longitudinal integrated clerkships are unknown. This study was designed to assess alumni perceptions of the influence of community health assessment projects, a core component of the University of Minnesota Rural and Metropolitan Physician Associate Program’s (RPAP/MetroPAP) 9-month longitudinal integrated curriculum. Methods: This 2018 study consisted of a descriptive cross-sectional survey of 480 RPAP/MetroPAP alumni who completed 457 community health assessment projects between 2004/2005 and 2016/2017. The authors administered a 14-item survey requesting date and location of RPAP/MetroPAP 9-month placement, name of project, source of project idea, and perception of project influence on professional activities. Quantitative data were collected using 4-point Likert scales. We collected qualitative data with open text boxes. Results: The survey response rate was 42.29% (203/480). A key finding was alumni perceived project ideas arising from community partners had greater impact on their acquisition of several community engagement skills. One-half reported projects influenced their professional activities, evidenced by ongoing community engagement, interest and participation in public health and preventive health initiatives, efforts to learn about specific health issues, social determinants of health and patient advocacy. Conclusions: This exploratory study suggests medical student community health assessment projects enhance community engagement and soliciting project ideas from community partners increases student acquisition of community engagement skills.
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Smith, Melinda B., Diane L. Gill, and Erin J. Reifsteck. "An Intervention to Support Collegiate Student-Athletes in the Transition to Meaningful Lifetime Physical Activity." Case Studies in Sport and Exercise Psychology 4, no. 1 (2020): 75–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/cssep.2019-0038.
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Former student-athletes (SAs) experience unique barriers to maintaining their physical activity, such as loss of team support, less motivation without specific goals, and identity-related changes. Informed by a self-determination theory framework, the authors developed a 6-week Pilates-based intervention to support the physical and psychological wellness of SAs by fostering self-determined motivation and basic psychological needs satisfaction as they make the transition to physically active alumni. In this case study, the authors outline the development and implementation of the program with final-year SAs (N = 12) at a Division III institution. Feasibility was demonstrated through high adherence and positive participant feedback suggesting they valued their experiences in the program and felt more confident in pursuing new forms of physical activity beyond college sports. To extend this type of programming at other institutions, the authors recommend that sport psychology professionals consider unique institutional barriers and opportunities for supporting SAs in their transition to meaningful lifetime activity.
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Carpenter, Jeffrey P., and Scott A. Morrison. "Enhancing teacher education…with Twitter?" Phi Delta Kappan 100, no. 1 (2018): 25–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0031721718797118.
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The isolation that has historically plagued the teaching profession has particularly harmful effects on novice teachers who need the guidance, wisdom, and encouragement of other educators. In recent years, however, social media tools have helped many teachers connect with colleagues and build robust professional learning networks (PLNs) beyond their schools and districts. In this article, the authors describe their experiences using Twitter with preservice teachers to jump-start their PLN development. Through Twitter, preservice teachers interact with program alumni and in-service educators, and the teacher education program is able to build a stronger connection with their partners in the field.
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Boyle, Brett A., and Peter Magnusson. "Social Identity and Brand Equity Formation: A Comparative Study of Collegiate Sports Fans." Journal of Sport Management 21, no. 4 (2007): 497–520. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jsm.21.4.497.
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The authors empirically tested Underwood, Bond, and Baer’s (2001) social identity–brand equity (SIBE) model in the context of fans of a university men’s basketball team. Their model proposes that service marketplace characteristics (venue, team history, rituals, and social groups) enhance one’s social identity to a team. This heightened social identity, in turn, is seen to build brand equity of the team brand. Using the SIBE model as a conceptual framework, a comparative study was conducted across 3 distinct fan groups of the team: current students, alumni, and the general public. Results provide strong support for the effect of social identity on brand equity; regardless of the type of fan, a heightened social identity to the team enhanced the perceived equity of the athletic program (i.e., brand) overall. How social identity was formed, however, differed by fan group. For example, team history showed a significant relationship to social identity for alumni and the general public. Students were most influenced by their sense of the basketball program being part of the local community as a whole. These finding are valuable in knowing how to craft marketing communications for various fan constituencies, as well as understanding how identification to 1 team might be leveraged across all sports in a collegiate athletic program.
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Litovchenko, Vera P., and Alyona N. ZHIVOTOVA. "WAR-INFLUENCED BIOGRAPHY OF TYUMEN MEN OF LETTERS, THE ALUMNI AND FACULTY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TYUMEN." Tyumen State University Herald. Humanities Research. Humanitates 6, no. 4 (2020): 165–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.21684/2411-197x-2020-6-4-165-180.
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In the face of increasing falsification of the Great Patriotic War facts, the evidence of contemporary witnesses and the objective coverage of those events are becoming increasingly important. In this regard, the creative writing by Russian writers and poets is especially significant, especially first and foremost by those who personally took part in combat during the military operations against the Nazi aggression or worked on the home front. The following article is devoted to writers and poets of Tyumen, namely to the alumni and faculty from the University of Tyumen, on whose fate and creative writing the Great Patriotic War left its deep trails, becoming the major topic of their writing. Their names and biographies were revealed in the course of research in 2015-2020. The authors have collected the students’ and academic staff’s stories about their parts in the war and their meditations, which has substantially supplemented the data about the University’s history during the war and its contribution to the Victory. Using the historical biographical and comparative approaches, the authors have studied war-time biographies of the Tyumen authors, presented little known facts of their frontline and working life, as well as analyzed their reflections in the following literary creative work of the Tyumenians, of which memoirs and non-fiction prose have become the most prolific genres. This article comprises biographical data on eleven war veterans, home front workers, and children of war — writers and poets, closely related to one of the leading university of Tyumen and the Tyumen Region.
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Abdillah, Abdillah, and Wan Zailan Kamaruddin bin Wan Ali. "Concept of Religious Tolerance among Ulama of Traditional Pesantren in Sukabumi, West Java." Wawasan: Jurnal Ilmiah Agama dan Sosial Budaya 5, no. 1 (2020): 20–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.15575/jw.v5i1.6585.
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Pesantren nowadays has been accused by the West as a nest of radicalism and terrorism. Not without reason, in Indonesia, many intolerance and violence issues have involved several Muslim communities and alumni of pesantren. Therefore, in this study, the authors intimately will explore the views of traditional pesantren ulama, mainly in Sukabumi, on some issues of religious tolerance. In this study, the authors used a qualitative approach by using a semi-structured interview and analysis document as a data collection. After that, the data will be analyzed qualitatively. This study found that traditional pesantren ulama in Sukabumi understood the concept and discourse of religious tolerance. They have moderate views and attitudes towards non-Muslims. However, some traditional pesantren ulama in Sukabumi refused to tolerate towards Ahmadiyyah minority group. A Kyai even has a gruff view and attitude towards Ahmadiyyah groups. Meanwhile, two other ulama refused to commit violence against Ahmadiyyah and other groups
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Saharinen, Karo, Jarmo Viinikanoja, and Jouni Huotari. "Researching Graduated Cyber Security Students – Reflecting Employment and Job Responsibilities through NICE framework." European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security 21, no. 1 (2022): 247–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.34190/eccws.21.1.201.
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Most research and development on Cyber Security education is currently focusing on what should be taught, how much, and where within the degree programmes. Different Cyber Security frameworks are currently evolving to include Cyber Security education parallel to older paradigms of Computing Education, existing alongside with such as “Information Technology” and “Software Engineering”. Different Cyber Security specialisations or even whole degree programmes have started within universities before the frameworks have been defined into standardised degree structures. This is mainly the result of a dire industry need of well-educated cyber security personnel, a phenomenon affecting the industry globally.
 Our research concentrates on Finnish alumni students who have already graduated from a bachelor’s degree programme in Information Technology with a specialisation in Cyber Security in Finland. Within our gathered research data, we analysed what is the industry sector where their current job resides, and what are the cyber security responsibilities in their current work. The questionnaire also contained an after-reflection section where the graduated students could choose what they would study were they about to start and plan their studies again.
 The results verify that Cyber Security is still the most favoured specialisation within the former Cyber Security alumni students. Slight variation is evident from the data, which in the authors’ perspective, verifies the multifaceted nature of Cyber Security. When analysing alumni students’ job responsibilities, the main category of work resides in the “Protect and Defend” category of the NICE Framework, which in the terms of the conference, relates to Critical Infrastructure Protection being the main subject of employment for fresh graduates.
 These results give insight to other education organisations on how to develop their curricula to further emphasise the employment of students or to offer modules which are of interest for newly employed Cyber Security professionals. In addition, it gives an insight of industry demand for freshly graduated students within the target group.
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Lam, Man Ho Adrian, and Ching Hin, Anfield Tam. "Building co-curricular learning experiences: Lessons from a student-driven experiential learning initiative underpinned by a student-staff collaborative model." International Journal for Students as Partners 6, no. 2 (2022): 61–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.15173/ijsap.v6i2.5059.
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In this case study, both authors look into their experiences with a student-driven experiential learning initiative in the form of an academic services committee. The committee embodies a developing community of undergraduate students reading the double degrees in government and laws and also aims at promoting the scholarly study of public affairs and jurisprudence within a traditional and comprehensive research-intensive Hong Kong university. As the flagship student community of the double degree programme, the committee provides tailor-made services for current students and connects them to alumni networks. The authors critically evaluate the multipurpose nature of the committee by applying the five criteria for successful staff-student collaborations, namely (a) reciprocal trust and respect, (b) self-efficacy, (c) flexibility and autonomy, (d) commitment, as well as (e) ownership and responsibility (Martens et al., 2019). Within a synergic collaborative model, students can assume a leadership role in creating and managing multidisciplinary co-curricular learning experiences, with faculty members only assuming indirect, non-voting, and advisory roles under limited circumstances.
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Brooks, Matthew, Brad M. Beauvais, Clemens Scott Kruse, et al. "Accreditation and Certification: Do They Improve Hospital Financial and Quality Performance?" Healthcare 9, no. 7 (2021): 887. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9070887.
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The relationship between healthcare organizational accreditation and their leaders’ professional certification in healthcare management is of specific interest to institutions of higher education and individuals in the healthcare management field. Since academic program accreditation is one piece of evidence of high-quality education, and since professional certification is an attestation to the knowledge, skills, and abilities of those who are certified, we expect alumni who graduated from accredited programs and obtained professional certification to have a positive impact on the organizations that they lead, compared with alumni who did not graduate from accredited programs and who did not obtain professional certification. The authors’ analysis examined the impact of hiring graduates from higher education programs that held external accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME). Graduates’ affiliation with the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) professional healthcare leadership organization was also assessed as an independent variable. Study outcomes focused on these graduates’ respective healthcare organization’s performance measures (cost, quality, and access) to assess the researchers’ inquiry into the perceived value of a CAHME-accredited graduate degree in healthcare administration and a professional ACHE affiliation. The results from this study found no effect of CAHME accreditation or ACHE affiliation on healthcare organization performance outcomes. The study findings support the need for future research surrounding healthcare administration professional graduate degree program characteristics and leader development affiliations, as perceived by various industry stakeholders.
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Safrizal, Safrizal. "Perancangan Sistem Pengelolaan Basis Data Peserta Pelatihan Widyaiswara pada Balai Diklat Keagamaan Provinsi Aceh." Jurnal JTIK (Jurnal Teknologi Informasi dan Komunikasi) 3, no. 1 (2019): 23. http://dx.doi.org/10.35870/jtik.v3i1.82.
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At the Aceh Provincial Education and Training Center, the widyaiswara training information service has not been optimally presented. Training data information in the form of training data, agenda, participants, alumni, and other data are still presented manually in printed form. During this time the form of documentation is only in the form of printed reports of activities, while the training data files are still shared by each activity committee. For the perfection of this research, the authors collected data using several data collection methods, including field studies and literature studies. Referring to the results of the author's research, designing the system in accordance with user needs as well as a variety of system tests and program tests in its design, in the end, the writer took several conclusions related to the analysis and management of the Widyaiswara training participant database at the Aceh Provincial Religious Education and Training Center which had been done, including that is, the system will greatly assist users or managers of widyaiswara training participants at the Aceh Provincial Education and Training Center more quickly, easily and accurately in all activities related to Widyaiswara training.Keywords:Systems, Information, Database, Widyaiswara Training Participants.
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Haromszeki, Łukasz, and Piotr Jarco. "Expected Leadership Competences in the Labour Market in Alumni’s Career Paths. A Study in Poland and Other Cee Countries." Journal of Intercultural Management 7, no. 4 (2015): 35–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/joim-2015-0029.
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Abstract The authors indicate the role of leadership competences as a factor which is a response to the expectations of the labor market. In this presentation, leadership competences are treated as a system of skills existing among leadership relationships. The research of curricula in the best business schools around the world sees leadership as a dynamic, interdisciplinary approach to shaping the organizational reality and they treat this as the main goal of education. Experiences of business schools confirm that leadership skills could only be learnt in a practical approach to teaching, including workshops, simulations, work samples etc. The differences between teaching and market expectations on chosen positions, also in analyzed aspect, called the competence gap, have been studied for the last few years (2007-2013) and co-financed by the UE in the Human Capital Operational Program. After the completion of these projects we have to assume, that we still don’t have explicit or complete information about unadjustedness of skills to expectations of positions in chosen trades. The chance of precise identification and defining existing competence gaps is conducting studies of alumni career paths, who in their assessment collate possibilities of learning in business schools with the expectations of employers. Hence in the further part of this article we present the opinions of business school’s alumni about competence adjustedness in the domain of leadership skills. The last part of this article is an analysis of similarities and differences between the results of studies conducted in Poland and other CEE countries.
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Paramonova, Yulia. "Perceived barriers for youth entrepreneruship and a possible solution: the case of Uzbekistan." Общество и инновации 1, no. 1/s (2020): 164–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.47689/2181-1415-vol1-iss1/s-pp164-173.
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This paper analyses the main perceived barriers to starting a company on the example of university students and alumni in Uzbekistan. On the basis of previous studies by foreign authors the main barriers faced by entrepreneurs including young entrepreneurs were identified. Based on the studied literature and the methodology used in prior researches the author created an online questionnaire using multi-choice questions divided into several sectors. As a possible solution to minimize the consequences of the perceived barriers the respondents were asked to consider their willingness to use crowdfunding platforms to raise funds for their own projects, as well as to finance projects of other young entrepreneurs. The results of the regression model and statistical data made it possible to draw conclusions that legislators can take into account in the framework of the ongoing policy of supporting young entrepreneurship in Uzbekistan.
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Barrett, Erika, Stephen Barnes, and Kristen Pogreba-Brown. "An Experiential Learning Exercise in Food-Borne Illness Outbreak Investigations: Bridging Education and Experience." Pedagogy in Health Promotion 4, no. 1 (2017): 43–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2373379917700440.
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Conducting engaging experiential learning exercises is an exceptional strategy for teaching multidisciplinary teams of public health students. The objective of this article is to present an experiential student-driven exercise through a simulated food-borne outbreak. Through this process, students gain an understanding of the steps of an outbreak investigation, Incident Command Systems; identify and calculate appropriate measures of association; develop a questionnaire; and refine their communication techniques. This exercise is also unique in that it was codesigned by graduate teaching assistants who had previously taken the course. These targeted learning objectives created for students, and by students, allow for the development of peer-based training and also serve as a learning experience for student alumni. The authors provide all the needed teaching materials to provide an easy-to-follow guide for others to conduct similar exercises with their students.
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Finch, David J., Norm O’Reilly, David L. Deephouse, William M. Foster, Andrea Dubak, and Jenna Shaw. "Academic and practitioner antecedents of scholarly outcomes." Industry and Higher Education 30, no. 6 (2016): 369–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0950422216673750.
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Scholars, policymakers, accreditation bodies and industry leaders have called for an increased focus on scholarship that is both relevant and actionable for industry. In pursuance of this goal, many institutional solutions have been proposed. These solutions, however, have largely failed because they do not fully consider the individual and his or her background as significant factors in the choices an academic makes. To address the lack of research on individual academics, the authors conducted a two-part study that identified key issues and tested various hypotheses as to why some scholars choose to pursue actionable scholarship. Their findings show that five scholar-level factors (career stage, tenure, professional qualifications, active industry engagement and alumni affiliation) and one institutional-level factor (business school mission) influence whether or not they are likely to pursue research that is both relevant and actionable for industry.
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Pagel, Paul S., and Judith A. Hudetz. "Scholarly Productivity and National Institutes of Health Funding of Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research Grant Recipients." Anesthesiology 123, no. 3 (2015): 683–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/aln.0000000000000737.
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Abstract Background: The Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) grant program provides fellows and junior faculty members with grant support to stimulate their careers. The authors conducted a bibliometric analysis of recipients of FAER grants since 1987. Methods: Recipients were identified in the FAER alumni database. Each recipient’s affiliation was identified using an Internet search (keyword “anesthesiology”). The duration of activity, publications, publication rate, citations, citation rate, h-index, and National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for each recipient were obtained using the Scopus® (Elsevier, USA) and NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools® (National Institutes of Health, USA) databases. Results: Three hundred ninety-seven individuals who received 430 FAER grants were analyzed, 79.1% of whom currently hold full-time academic appointments. Recipients published 19,647 papers with 548,563 citations and received 391 NIH grants totaling $448.44 million. Publications, citations, h-index, the number of NIH grants, and amount of support were dependent on academic rank and years of activity (P &lt; 0.0001). Recipients who acquired NIH grants (40.3%) had greater scholarly output than those who did not. Recipients with more publications were also more likely to secure NIH grants. Women had fewer publications and lower h-index than men, but there were no gender-based differences in NIH funding. Scholarly output was similar in recipients with MD and PhD degrees versus those with MD degrees alone, but recipients with MD and PhD degrees were more likely to receive NIH funding than those with MDs alone. Conclusion: Most FAER alumni remain in academic anesthesiology and have established a consistent record of scholarly output that appears to exceed reported productivity for average faculty members identified in previous studies.
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Jamalova, Maral, and Milán Constantinovits. "The Influence of Gender on Smartphone Adoption of Young Adults in Hungary." International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems 17, no. 3 (2021): 47–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijeis.2021070104.
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The authors were interested in identifying the influence of gender on smartphone adoption of Hungarian young adults. The theoretical framework of the study is based on the UTAUT2 and widened by the inclusion of a new variable: brand awareness. A survey was conducted among smartphone owners (students and alumni of Szent István University) aged between 16 and 35 using a nonprobability sampling technique. The results illustrate that from the UTAUT2 variables, only hedonic motivation and habit influenced behavioural intention, while at the same time brand awareness had direct influence only on actual smartphone use of Hungarian males. Apart from social influence, the relationships between indicators were significant in the case of females. The study increases the board of knowledge related to the formulation of behavioural intention, and it might be interesting for global smartphone manufacturers to understand factors influencing the actual smartphone usage in Hungary.
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Watkins, Brandi A., and Regina Lewis. "Building Marketing Relationships on Twitter." International Journal of Interactive Communication Systems and Technologies 3, no. 1 (2013): 32–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijicst.2013010103.
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The current study applies a relationship marketing approach to examine how universities use Twitter to communicate with their audiences. To explore social media strategies related to top-ranked universities’ Twitter activity, Kotler’s (1992) model of five levels of relationship building was refined and operationalized. A content analysis of 1375 tweets distributed by 22 universities was conducted to evaluate the level of relationship building that universities establish through social media in order to engage with current and prospective students, alumni, donors, and external audiences. The authors conclude that top-ranked universities are more likely to engage primarily in reactive relationship building, which can be characterized as the broadcast of an original message with opportunities for followers to initiate post-communication interaction. Results of the message orientation analysis reveal that the vast majority of tweets in the sample were used to give opinion, suggestion, or information.
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Birkinshaw, Julian, and Maya Gudka. "Leadership development through experimentation: a theoretical framework and empirical test." Journal of Management Development 41, no. 2 (2022): 70–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jmd-10-2021-0289.
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Purpose Many theories have been proposed to understand and improve the process of leadership development. One useful way to structure the literature is around three complementary perspectives, briefly summarized as the “knowing, doing and being” dimensions of leadership. While the complementarities between these perspectives have been discussed, the mechanisms by which they are linked are less clear. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of experimentation as one such mechanism.Design/methodology/approach Building on interviews and prior literature, the authors argue that experimentation consists of two processes: task-prototyping focused on the work overseen by the leader and self-prototyping focused on how the leader relates to others. This study proposes a theoretical framework linking experimentation to action-taking (e.g. being entrepreneurial and taking on challenging assignments), which in turn links to leader effectiveness. The authors test the hypotheses on two groups of leaders (481 business school alumni and 310 financial services leaders).Findings The authors find evidence that both forms of experimentation provide significant explanatory power in understanding why some individuals engage in higher levels of action-taking than others. Additionally, their study confirms the central role of action-taking in leadership development.Originality/value Conceptually, this study distinguishes two dimensions of experimentation and their connection to action-taking, knowledge development and identity development. Empirically, the authors show that these two experimentation activities were significant predictors of action-taking, even after controlling for all other factors, and that action-taking (along with self-prototyping) was an important predictor of leader effectiveness. The results offer a practical framework for leadership and development professionals to use in designing and evaluating leadership development activities.
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Birkinshaw, Julian, and Maya Gudka. "Leadership development through experimentation: a theoretical framework and empirical test." Journal of Management Development 41, no. 2 (2022): 70–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jmd-10-2021-0289.
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Purpose Many theories have been proposed to understand and improve the process of leadership development. One useful way to structure the literature is around three complementary perspectives, briefly summarized as the “knowing, doing and being” dimensions of leadership. While the complementarities between these perspectives have been discussed, the mechanisms by which they are linked are less clear. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of experimentation as one such mechanism.Design/methodology/approach Building on interviews and prior literature, the authors argue that experimentation consists of two processes: task-prototyping focused on the work overseen by the leader and self-prototyping focused on how the leader relates to others. This study proposes a theoretical framework linking experimentation to action-taking (e.g. being entrepreneurial and taking on challenging assignments), which in turn links to leader effectiveness. The authors test the hypotheses on two groups of leaders (481 business school alumni and 310 financial services leaders).Findings The authors find evidence that both forms of experimentation provide significant explanatory power in understanding why some individuals engage in higher levels of action-taking than others. Additionally, their study confirms the central role of action-taking in leadership development.Originality/value Conceptually, this study distinguishes two dimensions of experimentation and their connection to action-taking, knowledge development and identity development. Empirically, the authors show that these two experimentation activities were significant predictors of action-taking, even after controlling for all other factors, and that action-taking (along with self-prototyping) was an important predictor of leader effectiveness. The results offer a practical framework for leadership and development professionals to use in designing and evaluating leadership development activities.
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Zigmunde, Alīda, and Oļegs Šapovalovs. "The activities of factory «Prowodnik» in Riga and its employees – graduates of the Riga Polytechnicum / Riga Polytechnic Institute." History of Engineering Sciences and Institutions of Higher Education 2 (November 1, 2018): 61–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.7250/hesihe.2018.005.
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The article gives an overview of the activities of rubber, gutta-percha and telegraph factory «Prowodnik» in Riga, founded in 1888. Before the First World War, the factory was one of the four largest rubber factories in the world. During the First World War, in 1915, the factory was evacuated to Moscow, in 1918, it was expropriated. In 1921, the shareholders decided to re-establish «Prowodnik» in its old premises in Riga, but the economic situation had changed. For some years it operated as a woodworking factory (1925–1935), but it never reached the boom it had experienced at the end of the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century. At the end of the 1930s the factory was liquidated. The alumni of the Riga Polytechnicum (RP) and Riga Polytechnic Institute (RPI) who had given significant input in its achievements have been identified by the authors of this article.
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Arena, Matteo, and David K. Krause. "How to develop successful and ethical investment analysts." Managerial Finance 46, no. 5 (2019): 590–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/mf-08-2018-0404.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to suggest best practices for managing a successful student-managed investment program (SMIP) based on the experience of the Marquette University’s Applied Investment Management (AIM) program. Design/methodology/approach The authors provide a detailed description of the program curriculum, instructional design, fund structure, program history, fund performance and student outcomes. Findings Through its experiential learning innovations, focus on ethics and close relationships with a dedicated alumni group, the AIM program prepares students for a successful career in investment analysis. Students who graduate from the AIM program experience a significantly higher successful placement rate and higher compensation at their first post-graduation job than finance major students who graduate outside the program. Originality/value This paper provides a detailed description of the distinguishing characteristics of the AIM program and, in doing so, it offers ideas that could be implemented by other SMIPs to improve student satisfaction, proficiency in investment analysis and employment prospects.
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Echegoyen Sanz, Yolanda, and Antonio Martín Ezpeleta. "The exhibition is just the beginning." Journal of Education Culture and Society 11, no. 2 (2020): 297–310. http://dx.doi.org/10.15503/jecs2020.2.297.310.
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Aim. The aim of this work is to present a qualitative analysis of the creative educational materials prepared by preservice teachers in the context of an educational experience around a museum exhibition about Science and Literature, described in a previous work (Authors, 2020). The responses to a final questionnaire about interdisciplinarity, integration of Sciences and Arts or the use of museums for children’s education are also analysed.
 Methods. The participants were 121 alumni of two different subjects “Natural Sciences for teachers” and “Literary training for teachers” at a Spanish university. Preservice teachers had to select an item of the museum exhibition and, as a group, prepare a catalogue intended for children, where they had to write a short text related to the object and activities for children in an exercise of didactic transposition. The students generated teaching materials with a high component of creativity and a multimodal approach, with a mixture of linguistic and non-linguistic codes. The qualitative analysis of these creative teaching materials was carried out with Atlas.ti v8. To assess the experience a questionnaire about different aspects of the proposal was completed by the students at the end of the semester.
 Results and conclusion. The analysis of the teaching materials demonstrates differences between the alumni attending both subjects in the type of items selected, the literary genre of the short text and the prepared activities. The responses to the final questionnaire give us an insight on the reasons for the item selection and show how most of the students considered the experience as very interesting and formative. We can conclude that the educational experience here described served as an exercise to internalise the benefits of this method and, at the same time, adapt it for their future students in Primary Education.
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Hart, Jack, and Caleb C. McKinney. "An institutional analysis of graduate outcomes reveals a contemporary workforce footprint for biomedical master’s degrees." PLOS ONE 15, no. 12 (2020): e0243153. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243153.
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There is continued growth in the number of master’s degrees awarded in the life sciences to address the evolving needs of the biomedical workforce. Academic medical centers leverage the expertise of their faculty and industry partners to develop one to two year intensive and multidisciplinary master’s programs that equip students with advanced scientific skills and practical training experiences. However, there is little data published on the outcomes of these graduates to evaluate the effectiveness of these programs and to inform the return on investment of students. Here, the authors show the first five-year career outlook for master of science graduates from programs housed at an academic medical center. Georgetown University Biomedical Graduate Education researchers analyzed the placement outcomes of 1,204 graduates from 2014–2018, and the two-year outcomes of 412 graduates from 2016 and 2017. From the 15 M.S. programs analyzed, they found that 69% of graduates entered the workforce, while 28% entered an advanced degree program such as a Ph.D., allopathic or osteopathic medicine (M.D. or D.O.), or health professions degree. International students who pursue advanced degrees largely pursued Ph.D. degrees, while domestic students represent the majority of students entering into medical programs. Researchers found that a majority of the alumni that entered the workforce pursue research-based work, with 59% of graduates conducting research-based job functions across industries. Forty-nine percent of employed graduates analyzed from 2016 and 2017 changed employment positions, while 15% entered advanced degree programs. Alumni that changed positions changed companies in the same job function, changed to a position of increasing responsibility in the same or different organization, or changed to a different job function in the same or different company. Overall, standalone master’s programs equip graduates with research skills, analytical prowess, and content expertise, strengthening the talent pipeline of the biomedical workforce.
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Denizhan, Berrin, and Alperen Doğru. "Analysis of employability for the civil aviation maintenance graduates of Turkey." European Journal of Training and Development 41, no. 9 (2017): 800–813. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ejtd-01-2017-0006.
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Purpose With every passing day, the center of gravity for air traffic for the Middle East and Turkey is shifting toward becoming a center for airway transport, maintenance, repair, overhaul (MRO) and transfer. The MRO sector is gaining importance because of this increase in Turkey. The purpose of this study is to examine the future employability of the graduates receiving civil aviation maintenance training in Turkey. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses past seven years’ data about maintenance personnel of Turkey. It includes all-level students, recently working personnel and retired personnel of each year. Regression analysis and Markov analysis were used to show the prediction of aviation maintenance personnel. Findings The paper provides quantitative results about employability of maintenance personnel under the real numbers of alumni and working and retired personnel in Turkey. The results show that the number of graduates will be greater than the number of staff members in certifying categories in 2018. Presently, Turkey meets the employment expected, but in the future, aviation maintenance personnel number is rising, and there will be an excess number of graduates left over in Turkey. Research limitations/implications Because of the chosen region, Turkey, the research results may lack generalizability. Therefore, researchers are encouraged to conduct analysis for other countries which have an important role in aviation. Practical implications The paper includes implications for the government maintenance personnel policy and educational policy for managing all types of maintenance personnel in Turkey. Originality/value This kind of personnel needs analysis has not been done before, and this is the originality of this paper. It will in turn lead to an analysis of planning for allocation of maintenance staff and alumni. The authors collected all official numbers about maintenance personnel from Turkish Student Selection and Placement Center of Turkey, Turkish Technic and Turkish Civil Aviation Reports.
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Bodolica, Virginia, and Martin Spraggon. "Incubating innovation in university settings: building entrepreneurial mindsets in the future generation of innovative emerging market leaders." Education + Training 63, no. 4 (2021): 613–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/et-06-2020-0145.
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PurposeOne of the most discernible initiatives of entrepreneurial universities constitutes the launch of innovation centers, where students and alumni can incubate their business ideas and collaborate on innovative projects with the purpose of converting them into start-up ventures. While incubators and accelerators are quintessential in Western academic contexts, educational institutions in emerging economies are lagging behind in the preparation of future-ready business leaders via the establishment of hubs that stimulate entrepreneurial intention and diffusion of innovation.Design/methodology/approachIn this conceptual paper, the authors seek to contribute to the development of entrepreneurial education ecosystems in less advanced regions of the world through the activation of university-based centers of innovation. The authors rely on a general review of the specialized literature to identify best practice insights pertaining to curriculum design and draw on the combined expertise of the authors’ research team in delivering entrepreneurship and innovation (under)graduate courses and executive education programs in emerging countries.FindingsThe authors conceptualize the mission, vision and curriculum of an innovation hub that can be adopted by any institution of higher education from transitional and emerging market settings to build powerful entrepreneurial mindsets in the future generation of innovative leaders. The proposed innovation hub curriculum incorporates a number of practically relevant and learning boosting activities, including the “So, You Think You Can Innovate?” competition, networking events and guest speakers and training seminars and workshops.Originality/valueTo keep up with changing industry dynamics and secure the relevance of their programs, institutions of higher education in emerging economies need to embrace entrepreneurial models of instruction. They ought to allocate temporal, physical and mental spaces and infrastructure to students to facilitate the generation of innovative concepts and encourage them toward commercialization.
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Winston, Bruce, and Dail Fields. "Seeking and measuring the essential behaviors of servant leadership." Leadership & Organization Development Journal 36, no. 4 (2015): 413–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/lodj-10-2013-0135.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to clarify the nature of how servant leadership is established and transmitted among members of an organization. The second goal was to identify and evaluate the unique actions by a leader essential to establishing servant leadership. The authors’ efforts resulted in identification and validation of ten leader behaviors that seem to be essential to servant leadership. Design/methodology/approach – The authors’ methodology consisted of two stages. In the first stage, The authors developed an item pool of 116 items drawn from previously developed operationalizations of servant leadership. The authors then engaged a panel of 23 researchers attending a conference focused exclusively on the study of servant leadership to evaluate the. Each participant was asked to independently rate each item using a four-point scale where 1=not useful in describing servant leaders and 4=contributes greatly to describing servant leaders. The authors retained only the most highly rated items. This resulted in retention of 22 leader behaviors for further analysis. In the second stage, the authors developed a questionnaire including these items as well as items measuring transformational leadership behaviors, transactional leader behaviors, servant leadership as measured by the instrument developed by Liden et al. (2008), and a measure of leadership effectiveness developed and used by Ehrhart and Klein (2001). The questionnaire was placed in internet-based survey software and the link provided to students and faculty at a private mid-Atlantic university and to university alumni and colleagues in a variety of organizations. Each respondent was asked to describe a leader he/she had worked for in the past five years and included specification of the job role for both the respondent and the leader. Findings – The ten-item scale accounts for 75 percent of the variance with a scale reliability α=0.96. Convergent validity was determined through comparison to Liden et al. (2008) measure of servant leadership. Discriminant validity was established through confirmatory analysis of leader effectiveness, transformational leadership’s four dimensions, a measure of transactional leadership, and an alternative multi-dimensional measure of servant leadership. Originality/value – This paper clarifies and provides a measure of the essential behaviors of servant leaders. This provides a useful measurement tool for leadership development.
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Putri, Alvira Karisma, and Magdalena Ariance Ineke Pakereng. "Pengembangan Sistem Informasi Tracer Study Berbasis User Centered Design (UCD) Menggunakan Framework Laravel." JURNAL MEDIA INFORMATIKA BUDIDARMA 5, no. 3 (2021): 1027. http://dx.doi.org/10.30865/mib.v5i3.3033.
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This research is entitled Implementation of the Laravel Framework in the Development of a Website-Based Tracer Study System. There are also cases that are raised in this research which is the system used is very simple and still uses Google Forms, the system is still uncomfortable because anyone can fill in the Tracer Study form and the information on the Tracer Study is only owned by the Deputy Dean. The purpose of this research is to create a website-based Tracer Study data system using the Laravel framework, which is useful for helping the SWCU FKIP in gathering Alumni information. The procedure used in this research is field research and development procedures using the User Centered Design method. To overcome this problem, the authors improve the Tracer Study system in FKIP by using a Laravel framework and creating a login as system security. The result of this research is the creation of a Tracer Study data system that can facilitate information gathering and can be accessed by Faculty Leaders and Lecturers
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Bernard, Catherine, and Sara Thornton. "Empathy, indiscipline and employability: A research essay on the bilingual Masters programme ‘Cultural Intelligence and Innovation’ at Université de Paris." Industry and Higher Education 34, no. 4 (2020): 230–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0950422220920777.
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This study considers the 2-year bilingual Masters programme, ‘Cultural Intelligence and Innovation’ at Université de Paris, for which classes are taught in English and in French. Alumni are working as strategic planners, brand managers, community managers, advertisers, futures and trend specialists, web content writers and project leads in a wide variety of organizations throughout the world. This humanities-driven programme has empathy and sensibility at its heart, firstly through the exercise of the imagination and multilingualism and the attendant ability to identify with others, and, secondly, by being attuned to society’s faint frequencies allowing cultural foresight. The programme encourages work outside the confines of discipline as well as critique and counter-thinking. Thinking culture and industry together (academic teachers join forces with those from industry to create hybrid content for courses) is important in preparing the students for work. The programme also fosters the ability to detect shifts in sensibility as a first step in innovation. Finally, the authors consider how the programme might be generalized and similar initiatives established in other higher education institutions.
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Buchanan, Sarah A., Caroline Stratton, Yalin Sun, and Ankita Chaudhary. "Survey research on tasks and competencies to inform records management education." Records Management Journal 27, no. 1 (2017): 2–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/rmj-11-2015-0041.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report findings from research conducted to study the everyday work of information professionals, specifically records managers. This paper is a part of the “Research on the Work of 21st Century Information Professionals” study. Design/methodology/approach Researchers used the tailored design approach to create and increase response rate of our survey. Survey research methodology facilitated the development, pilot and launch of a survey instrument with a 20-question module specific to records management work. Findings The authors discovered the frequency of 11 tasks in records managers’ daily work, as well as how important each of 11 competencies are to their success on the job. Professional development topics and format, job satisfaction, strategies for gaining compliance, desired skills for new hires and curricular recommendations are also presented. Research limitations/implications The survey generated 334 responses from records management professionals. This sample was based on graduate alumni, targeted professional groups and snowball strategy. Implications from this study include educating doctoral students to study information work and identifying particular areas for strengthening graduate curricula and professional training. Practical implications The authors obtained direct insight on what records managers do in their daily work that will inform curricular decision-making. Originality/value The study explores an interest in daily work activities through multiple quantifiable data measures to offer nuanced insight on the relationships between different aspects of records management work.