University Budget Research Articles

REDESAIN INKLUSIF DAN PENINGKATAN AKSESIBILITAS LAYANAN UNTUK BERBAGAI PENGGUNA DI PERPUSTAKAAN UNIVERSITAS KRISTEN PETRA


 
 
 Title: Inclusive Design and Service Accessibility Improvement for Various Users in Petra Christian University Library
 In the context of Indonesia, Act No. 8 of 2016 actually recognizes the rights of the disabled. Unfortunately, the UNCRPD implementation seems not quite effective. Many educational facilities are not accessible for the disabled or the People with Disabilities. The learning environment has an indirect impact on student achievement, creating a positive attitude, higher motivation for learning and no doubt better performance. The accessibility aspect of learning places is crucial for educational facilities such as university Library. Petra Christian University (UKP) is located in the heart of Wonocolo District, Surabaya, East Java-Indonesia. With the motto "Learning zone that cares ". Library@Petra wants to be a learning center that caters to academics, and practitioners. Library@Petra is the largest and most complete academic library in East Java. On the other hand, many users find accessibility barriers to Library@Petra-owned facilities built in the 1980 's. Accessibility issues for all users are generated from Focus Group discussion (FGD) discussions, involving people with disabilities, elderly, pregnant women following children in accordance with User – Centered Principle. The Library@Petra redesign was submitted based on the principles of inclusive design submitted by Tanuwidjaja (2015). An Equitable Use but Reasonable Principle will be met through providing a help corner for users with special needs, accessible pathways and space to spin, as well as accessible meeting and toilet areas. Simple and Intuitive Use Principle will be filled with braille/visual and directional guides for the blind and other. The principle of requiring Low Physical Effort applied to accessible toilets and assistance to retrieve books in specific areas that are hard to reach, computers for users with special needs (blind users) are provided for reading, to access e-books and catalogs. Prohibition of Usage Error is recommended with the installation of a fence as high as 150 cm around the elevator aisle and anti-slippery floor. These recommendations were found difficult to be addressed because of the limited university's budget and the use of active Library@Petra throughout the year. Therefore, it is proposed a Special Assistance Corner for special users including disability as a first step. This corner is equipped with a dedicated User Service desk, a waiting couch and three computer stations for visual disabilities to read ebook and catalogue sites. Recommendation of this case is the higher nvolvement of People with Disabilites in inclusive design.
 
 

NCAA Expenditure and Efficiency: Analyzing Generated and Allocated Revenue in the Football Bowl Subdivision

Using a stochastic production function approach and a dynamic panel data estimator, this study creates estimates of time-varying efficiency in the production of generated revenues for NCAA Division I football bowl subdivision athletic programs. These efficiency estimates are then compared to the use of allocated revenues—fees from students and direct payments from the university budget—by college athletic departments. While all schools that are less efficient in the production of generated revenue are shown to use allocated revenue more intensively, a major finding is power-conference schools that are less efficient in their use of expenditure inputs tend to rely more heavily on allocated revenue in the form of student fees to support the activities of the program.

DEKONSTRUKSI KONSEP GOOD UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE DALAM PELAKSANAAN ANGGARAN PERGURUAN TINGGI NEGERI BADAN HUKUM

This study aims to deconstruct the concept of Good University Governance in the implementation of the budget of Legal Entity State Universities (PTN-BH). Therefore an approach is needed that can expose the concept of Good University Governance in a budget implementation. This research is conceptual research. Researchers are motivated to formulate the concept because they see that the budget in an institution has an important role in determining the results of organizational performance. Legal Entity State Universities are required to compile organizational performance reports in accordance with Menristek Dikti Regulation Number 40 of 2016. Indicators of organizational performance assessment for PTN-BH based on Menristek Dikti Regulation Number 40 of 2016 are must meet Good University Governance which consists of transparency, accountability, responsibility, effective and efficient. The success of the PTN-BH budget implementation is in fact measured by the fulfillment of Good University Governance. Therefore it is necessary to first understand the concept of Good University Governance in implementing the PTN-BH budget. This study uses contextual concepts by understanding existing theories and relating them to existing reality / daily life.Keywords : Good University Governance, Budget, Performance, Legal Entity State University

Movie Review: Paywall: The Business of Scholarship

Movie Review: Paywall: The Business of Scholarship

What matters: The Formation of University Spin-offs in Europe

Abstract Background: Transfer of knowledge from academia to business is one of the crucial issues for creating innovation. Creation of university spin-offs could significantly improve this transfer. Objectives: The main scientific aim is to examine the differences between universities in European countries and identify factors affecting the probability of creating the university spin-off. The paper is also focused on the differences in the specialization and financial sources of universities. Methods/Approach: We compare selected indicators for higher education institutions in European countries and examine potential determinants affecting the probability of academic spin-off formation. With respect to the main aim, the logit and probit regression analyses have been used. Results: Our results show that the creation of spin-offs is typical on the one hand for highly specialized universities or on the other hand for universities with a wide variety of study programs. They should also have an optimum number of doctoral students and have mostly less funding from tuition fees. Conclusions: Several indicators appear to play an important role in the formation of university spin-off. These indicators are the level of specialization, the share of tuition fees in the University budget, and the share of Ph.D. and foreign students.

30 éves a debreceni angol nyelvű orvosképzés

The 30th anniversary of the English Program at the Facult y Of Medicine. The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Debrecen celebrated the 30th anniversary of the English Program in medical education in 2017. The program was initiated in 1986 with a one-year premedical course and this training has been upheld with great successes up to now. In the 1987/88 academic year 52 students from 15 countries started their studies on the General Medicine course and eight of them graduated as medical doctor (MD) at the end of the six year training period in 1992. During the 30 years the number of the admitted and then the graduated students had increased yearly. Thus, 307 students started on the first year and 180 sixth year students received MD diploma in 2017 implying the significant development and a continuous interest in medical education in English in Debrecen. From the very beginning, the curriculum of English language programs is identical with that of the Hungarian one. Students apply for admission directly or via recruiting agents while entrance exams are conducted exclusively by the staff members of the University. The English language medical education in Debrecen has been accredited in many countries including some states in the USA. From 2000 to date other medical and health related programs such as Dentistry, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Public Health, Molecular Biology and Complex Rehabilitation have been started and in the last year altogether 264 students graduated in these courses including also General Medicine. Parallel to the extension of the above programs from 2007 the other faculties also started education in English. By 2017 more than 5000 foreign students from 109 countries study at the University of Debrecen. Now the Coordinating Center for International Education organizes the English programs and its duties, among many other responsibilities, include contracting with recruiting agents, organizing entrance examinations, caring for the incoming students with respect to visa, health control and insurance. The income from the tuition fees has increased during the years and now represent a significant portion of the University budget, therefore it allows the renovation and also the establishment of new facilities at the University to the benefit of students. Although the students of the English Programs have different cultural, political and religious background, they establish good relation with each other and with the students studying in Hungarian. In summary, as a result of the high standards in education in English the University of Debrecen became a well-known and important institution on the educational map of the world and our intention is to uphold and further develop this acquired status in the future.

How Resources of Universities influence Industry Cooperation

In Korea, cooperation between university and company is mainly encouraged by government policy as the Triple Helix’s statist model. Since 2003, the government started a variety of university financial support program, and in 2014, it reached to the point that 31 ministries conducted 408 programs in total. Most projects focused on training human resources and supporting Research and development, which is considered as the core function of universities, but some of the projects are designed to support the industry–academia cooperation. For instance, the Ministry of Education ran ‘Leaders in University and Industry Cooperation (LINC)’ program. LINC is a follow-up project of Human Resources Development for the Leading Industries, Industry–Academia Cooperation-oriented University, and Focal Point Research program. Accordingly, it aimed to create university–industry cooperative models, and nurture talents based on regional economy’s demand. The program provided approximately $230M per year for over 50 universities across the country. It was one of the highly influential grant programs considering the fact that there are about 200 universities nationwide and an annual budget of university is $900 billion on average. In this context, this study is to assess the influence of resources of universities capacity on the achievement of university–industry cooperation and explore whether a government-initiated policy has a significant effect using data from government information disclosure system on education.

Análisis del comportamiento financiero de las universidades intervenidas por el consejo de educación superior (2013 – 2016)

El trabajo pertenece al campo de la Educación Superior en Ecuador. Centrándose en el comportamiento financiero de las universidades inmersas en un proceso de intervención por parte del Consejo de Educación Superior. Pretende analizar el comportamiento financiero de las universidades intervenidas por el Consejo de Educación Superior del Ecuador. La información es primaria recabada en cada una de las instituciones en estudio, mediante la investigación de campo y directa, cuyos resultados evidencian la inversión por parte del estado y la subejecución de los presupuestos universitarios con índices que requieren mayor atención de las autoridades universitarias, dichos resultados, pretenden aportar académicamente al fortalecimiento institucional de las universidades públicas del país.

Políticas de inclusión en la universidad argentina: El caso de las becas y el bienestar estudiantil en la Universidad Nacional de San Martín

El artículo propone analizar los progresos y dificultades en la implementación de políticas institucionales encaminadas a favorecer la inclusión en la Universidad Nacional de San Martín (Argentina). La investigación es un avance del estudio de la democratización en la universidad citada en el que se trata de conocer las políticas que faciliten la apertura de la Universidad a sectores de menores ingresos. Esta Universidad está localizada en el Conurbano Bonaerense, un territorio caracterizado por altos niveles de pobreza que enfrenta problemas de deserción y bajo rendimiento académico. Si bien, el trabajo es parte de una línea de investigación más amplia, el presente artículo, luego de una contextualización histórico-política, a nivel global, regional y nacional sobre la vigencia real del derecho a la Educación Superior, se detiene en las políticas de Becas, Bienestar Estudiantil, Pedagogía Universitaria y Mentorías. El objetivo del estudio en proceso es caracterizar, relevar y sistematizar las políticas institucionales y programas específicos relacionados con estas áreas. Se trata de un estudio exploratorio; el diseño y metodología de investigación se han inscrito en una lógica principalmente cualitativa. Se utilizaron dos registros diferentes para la construcción de la evidencia empírica, uno, a través del análisis documental de diversas fuentes secundarias; el otro, a partir de entrevistas semi-estructuradas a autoridades y a personas coordinadoras. Por medio de los datos presentados se concluye que si bien se desarrollan políticas institucionales y programas específicos para favorecer la retención, permanencia y graduación del estudiantado en situación de vulnerabilidad, es necesario continuar investigando y evaluando su real efectividad, y fundamentalmente asegurar recursos para su sostenibilidad y ampliación de cobertura. Se señala que resulta preocupante que el presupuesto universitario actual muestra sub-ejecución en áreas sensibles como los programas de bienestar universitario.

Dilema Orçamentário: A Busca pela Estabilidade no Contexto de Retração

Resumo A UniCaso é uma universidade federal brasileira, localizada no interior, que participou do programa de expansão organizacional promovido pelo governo de seu país, em que a Educação é constitucionalmente reconhecida como um direito de todos e dever do Estado e da família. Entretanto, após dez anos, o programa não se encontra consolidado e o governo apresenta dificuldades em manter e criar novas condições de repasses financeiros para sua sustentação, ocasionando retração nos investimentos para a educação superior. Diante disso, os dirigentes da UniCaso defrontaram-se com a necessidade de decidirem sobre a readequação orçamentária e financeira da universidade de modo a minimizar o impacto negativo nas atividades de ensino, pesquisa e extensão em andamento. Assim, este caso apresenta o dilema na perspectiva do Reitor da universidade: qual o melhor caminho para conduzir a UniCaso à condição de estabilidade financeira em um contexto de retração de investimentos públicos? O caso possibilita a discussão sobre gestão orçamentária e planejamento em disciplinas de cursos de graduação e pós-graduação de gestão universitária, administração pública e ciências contábeis.

John Innes Clarke OBE, 7 January 1929–3 May 2018

John wrote the first English language book devoted exclusively to Population Geography (1965), setting the agenda for a generation with a focus on “how distribution, composition, migrations and growth of populations are related to spatial variations in the nature of places.” It sold over 100,000 copies and was translated into Arabic, Malay, Orissa and Spanish. His later papers developed themes of scale, population growth, sex ratio, migration and the relation between population and environment. John enjoyed travel and visited 83 countries in all. His research covered many countries in the Middle East, North Africa and West Africa and he had many PhD students from those countries. He edited numerous volumes, often involving international collaboration as he chaired the International Geographical Union (IGU) Commission on Population Geography (from 1980 to 1988) and established a Commission on Population and the Environment within the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), chairing from 1990 to 1995. From 1990 to 1993 John chaired the International Social Science Council (ISSC) Working Group on Population Data and Global Environmental Change. His low-budget Sierra Leone in Maps (1966) established a much-copied format, and he also edited the innovative laser-printed grid-square atlas People in Britain (1976). In Durham, John established the Census Research Unit, with Dewdney, Rhind, Evans and Visvalingam, initially from 1973 to 1976, but with publications continuing to 1986. After a spell as Acting Principal of Trevelyan College, in 1981 he succeeded his teacher and mentor Bill Fisher (see The Geographical Journal, 1985, 151, pp. 148–149) as Head of the Geography Department. Unlike his predecessor, he served a three-year term and was anticipating the reward of a double sabbatical, but instead was persuaded to accept the appointment as Pro-Vice-Chancellor (PVC) and “Sub-warden” of Durham University. The 196 committee meetings he attended or chaired in 1985 led him to propose a restructuring of PVC duties, with greater division of labour, which was accepted. John was also Director of Development, but had the misfortune to occupy these positions of responsibility during the Thatcher years of cuts in university budgets. John was very active in the Geographical Association, the Institute of British Geographers and the Royal Geographical Society. He was a member of the research committee of the RGS from 1974 to 1981, chaired the RGS Jordan Badia research and development programme from 1991 to 1997, represented the RGS on the British National Committee for Geography from 1976 to 1981, and served as Vice President of the RGS to 1995; he was awarded the Victoria Medal of the RGS in 1991. John was also a member of the Social Science Research Council's Human Geography Committee from 1970 to 1977. He also made a number of radio broadcasts, and was Durham President of the Association of University Teachers between 1975 and 1978. After a second term as PVC of the University of Durham, John retired in 1990 at the early age of 60 and applied his energies to important roles in County Durham. He chaired the Durham and North Durham Health Authorities (1990–1996) and served as Deputy Lieutenant of County Durham: in 2003 he was awarded an OBE for services to the community in County Durham, recognising work for the University, the Health Authority, the National Lottery charity and the County Durham Foundation. John was happily married to Dorothy (known affectionately as Dig by friends and family) from 1955 until her death in 2008, and is survived by their three daughters, and grandchildren. Dig's serious illness in her last 10 years was the saddest episode in a devoted husband's life. Throughout his long and active life John Clarke was above all a very pleasant, likeable and helpful person. He had great influence on population geography and the study of the Middle East and North Africa. John made tremendous contributions to the University and County of Durham. His advice was always welcome, and he remained cheerful and good company to the end, when it was hard for him to bear a steady loss of memory. John was very sociable, an academic leader, an approachable colleague and an influential teacher, and he is missed for all of those qualities.

World and National Trends in University Libraries Acquisition

Introduction. We investigated the problem of comparative analysis of the world and national trends of development of information support of the university research and education and position of Russia in the world academic community. Materials and Methods. We analyzed international and national surveys with data processing methods. Materials comprise results of the latest survey of the Publishers Communication Group, initial data of annual surveys conducted by Russian National electronic information consortium and the data of the surveys conducted by the Ministry of education and science of the Russian Federation in 2016 and 2017. Results. More than 90 % of world and Russian universities report of acquisition of scholarly resources via university consortia, 75 % of university funds are spent on periodicals. All peer groups demonstrate gradual migration to e-resources. In 2016, e-resources comprised 91 % of total acquisition expenses and e-books – 63 % of book acquisition. In Russia, more than 85 % of expenses on scholarly information belong to universities. From 2006 to 2014 average annual expenses on e-resources in Russian universities increased, however since the 2014, due to the economic crisis one can see shrinking of library expenses. This leads to a decrease in a number of acquired resources. Acquisition budgets of Russian leading universities (group 1) exceed budgets of non-leading universities (group 2) by ten times. In 2015, Russian universities spent 57 % of their acquisition budgets on the Elsevier databases. Discussion and Conclusions. Information support at Russian and world universities show common trends and features. The data on the e-resource expenses can be used as indicator of research activity in Russian institutions. It can also affect the information providers and scholarly journal publishers in development of the marketing, subscription and pricing policy in Russia.

THE TRUE PRIVATE COST OF A “FREE” UNIVERSITY EDUCATION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

The ostensibly free university education in Greece actually has several private costs. A comparative research design was used to compare Greek families’ private expenditures for university education in 2014-2015 to families’ costs for the same education in the year 2000 to determine whether there have been any changes during ensuring years. Data were gathered from a 2014-2015 survey of a random sample of over 2.300 Greek first-year university students and compared to results from a similar survey of over 3.000 first-year university students conducted in the year 2000. Income elasticity of demand was the theoretical framework used to examine and compare results. As with the older survey data, it is shown that despite the “free education” supposedly available in Greece, families actually still spend more than the state in preparing students for and supporting them at a university. It is also demonstrated that lower-income families spend a higher share of income on a university education for their children, a discrepancy that has grown over the past 13 years. Finally, it is shown that private expenditures for a university education appear to remain a necessity in Greece, with income elasticity calculated at between 0.2 and 0.3. Results suggest the need to reallocate the Greek university budget to help relieve the financial burden on families of lower-income students. Results also suggest the importance of reducing the Greek emphasis on expensive preparation of secondary students for national university entrance examinations. Keywords: Greece, higher education, private tutoring, university finance.

Pro-Environmental Behaviour in Student Residences at Rhodes University, South Africa

Human behaviour is at the centre of most environmental problems; hence, the promotion of pro-environmental behaviour is considered to be a pathway towards sustainability. Despite the availability of insights gained from pro-environmental behaviour studies, mainly from household and workplace settings, a key question remains—can these insights be applied in university residence settings? Within university campuses, student residences are a major entity in sustainability debates because they are major consumers of resources including paper, water and energy with severe repercussions for university budgets and the environment. Using a questionnaire survey, this study explores reported pro-environmental behaviour and its determinants at Rhodes University, South Africa. Data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics where relevant. The findings show a high level of heterogeneity in reported pro-environmental behaviour, attributed to a suite of internal and external factors. Internal dispositional factors seemed to constrain students from acting pro-environmentally. This study highlights the need to encourage environmental behaviour in university residence settings by supporting the antecedents of and getting rid of barriers to pro-environmental actions.

Massification and the public financing of higher education in Haiti: issues and challenges

Haitian higher education is changing, but is little studied. This article examines the conditions under which massification recently occurred, on the one hand, and the extent of the inadequacy of public funding since the 1980s, on the other. It highlights that despite faster mass supply to address a social demand that is also rising sharply, the meagre public funding (on average, 0.33% of gross domestic product, and 1.17% of the state budget) devoted to the financing of public universities over the last 30 years has hindered their development. In fact, despite the modest increase in the budget of public universities compared to the state budget, massification ultimately resulted in a reduction in expenditure per student, which does not help to create the conditions for an acceptable level of quality education, and deprives the sector of its ability to play an effective role in the socio-economic development process of the country by first putting itself in a position to reflect on the problems of society and on its evolution.Points for practitionersThe system of virtually free studies, funded by the taxpayer, has reached its limits, while institutional mechanisms for regulating massification are essential to protect the consumer and counter the decline in the quality of education. To carve out a better position for the country on the world stage and benefit from the positive externalities of higher education, more public resources must be invested in it. The stake is therefore triple as means must be found, which must be differentiated, not only to fund the universities and the studies themselves, but also to diversify this funding given the limited resources of the state.

El estado del arte / estado de la técnica y la Investigación Científica y Tecnológica

El Estado del Arte/Estado de la técnica, hace referencia al estado último del conocimiento sobre la investigación y el desarrollo (I+D), es decir que es el límite de conocimiento generado sobre un tema o problema de investigación científica y/o tecnológica, estableciendo hasta donde ha avanzado el mismo, cual es la frontera en un tiempo y espacio determinado.En el inicio del proceso de construcción y/o descubrimiento de conocimientos científicos mediante la investigación, sin duda alguna, los profesores se preguntan ¿El estado del arte/técnica, es una de esas ocurrencias de la gestión de la investigación (Gestores), para complicar el trabajo de los investigadores en la formulación de sus protocolos de I+D? ¿Es el afán de hacer más burocrático el acceso al financiamiento, especialmente si este, tiene como fuente el presupuesto universitario? De igual manera, los investigadores con escasa experiencia en investigación tienen la percepción que el estado del arte/técnica es lo mismo que Marco Teórico y como tal lo tratan. En aras de contribuir a un mejor discernimiento e internalización y la adecuada utilización de estos elementos fundamentales de todo proyecto de investigación científica y/o tecnológica hemos preparado una síntesis sobre el tema.

The importance of university libraries

The drastic changes undergone by university libraries over the last forty years have been accompanied in many cases by underfunding and low priority in university budgets. This situation has a detrimental impact on the image of the university and its role in the community. The purpose of the following note is to draw attention to this problem that should first be acknowledged in order to be alleviated.

The link between technology transfer and international extension of university patents: Evidence from Spain

The aim of this article is to shed light on the decision-making process at university technology transfer offices and show that the last steps in the process of international patent extension, when costs step up, tend to be only taken conditional on the existence of a licensing agreement. This information has so far been underexploited by policymakers and innovation scholars in search of innovation indicators. We argue that the number of international patent families filed by a university can be used as a rough indicator of technology transfer activity mediated through patents, especially in the context of tight public university budgets and national patent systems with fee reductions for universities. To support our argument, we review qualitative information from interviews at technology transfer offices, regulations, and internal statutes from a selection of Spanish universities and present a statistical analysis of the relation between patent internationalisation and licensing.

Бюджет регионального вуза – от норматива к региональной дифференциации

Бюджет регионального вуза – от норматива к региональной дифференциации

Once Again 'On the Threshold': Innovative Scholarship in Hispania in the Twenty-First Century Invests in Pedagogy and Partnerships

Once Again 'On the Threshold':Innovative Scholarship in Hispania in the Twenty-First Century Invests in Pedagogy and Partnerships Jennifer Brady 1. Introduction In his 1917 essay "On the Threshold," published in the first issue of Hispania, Associate Editor Lawrence A. Wilkins states, "We stand at the threshold of new things in modern languages in the school and college world. Never before in the United States has there been in the field of modern languages such a breaking of the idols, such a groping for readjustment of ideas, such a need of new nation-wide orientation as that which we see at present" (4). In the year 2018, Hispania is once again on the threshold of innovation, mirroring what is happening in the specified fields of Luso-Brazilian and Hispanic Studies in higher education. University language and culture faculty in the United States are implementing new modalities of curriculum, student success, and scholarship. These educators are faced with balancing innovation and collaboration across fields, while maintaining specialties in classroom curriculum and in research projects, as national policy and university budget cuts threaten language and cultural higher education programs across the country.1 Once again, we are at a moment of reorientation of priorities, of "readjustment of ideas" like Editor Wilkins penned in 1917. Providing dynamic world language and culture programs at US universities offers a path to student success. In fact, one of the research questions of the 2017 report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences' (AAAS) Commission on Language Learning, America's Languages: Investing in Language Education for the 21st Century, emphasizes the central role of studying language as a way to reorient priorities in US education. The AAAS Commission sought to find solutions to the following question: "How does language learning influence economic growth, cultural diplomacy, the productivity of future generations, and the fulfillment of all Americans?" (v). Their inquiry accentuates language study not as a single disciplinary pursuit, but rather as an inherently inter-, trans-, and cross-disciplinary journey. As readers of this essay surely know firsthand, when US undergraduate university students study a language other than English, they learn more than just communicative proficiency.2 "The study of a second language has been linked to improved learning outcomes in other subjects, enhanced cognitive ability, and the development of empathy and effective interpretive skills," states one of the key findings of the AAAS report (viii), among other lifelong skills and habits. Offering more varied opportunities for US university students to pursue Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Studies opens doors for collaboration between specified fields and highlights the importance of dynamic pedagogies. University programs in Language for Specific Purposes (LSP), for example, recognize the success of cross- and interdisciplinary learning (see M. Long's recent anthology for more information about LSP programs). Undergraduate programs for majors and minors in Spanish and Portuguese are adjusting to accommodate cutting-edge curriculum (such as LSP courses, internships, experiential-based learning, and study abroad [End Page 489] programs) and to maintain established curriculum that is effective in reaching student success outcomes (such as literature and film studies). With pressures from policy makers and university administrators, Spanish and Portuguese language and culture educators must continue 1) to adjust to meet students' needs (e.g., to create career-focused curriculum, experiential learning opportunities, etc.), and 2) to offer dynamic programs that contribute to helping students become well-rounded, creative thinkers who do good in their communities and in the world. In its role as the academic flagship journal of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP), Hispania monitors trends in the teaching and research of Spanish and Portuguese, such as the ones described above. The journal responds appropriately to this ever-changing landscape in articles, special issues, and features (see Hispania's Centenary Issue [Long and Nuessel], and guest articles penned by Carreira and Maddox for recent examples of the journal's commitment to shaping the future of the teaching and learning of Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Studies). Hispania's wide scope offers textual space for many types of research. Since 1917, articles in Hispania have examined themes on the threshold in areas of applied linguistics, cultural studies, culture, film...