Campus Students Research Articles

Evaluation of Disaster Perception Levels of University Students: A Sample Application Study

Disasters are important events that are difficult to predict and occur in various ways, often with high destructive power. Earthquakes, floods, droughts, major industrial accidents, famine, technological accidents, epidemics, etc. are only a few of the major types of disas-ters that mankind has been exposed to from past to present. In recent years, natural and unnatural disaster events have been observed both in Turkey (Düzce-earthquake, 1999; Giresun-Dereli-flood-flood, 2020; Kahramanmaraş-Pazarcık-earthquake, 2023) and in many other parts of the world (Sumatra-tsunami, 2004; Ecuador-earthquake, 2016; USA-hurricane-storm, 2023). The impact of disasters is often not limited to one region but can spread over a wide area. As a matter of fact, the impact of this destruction can be reduced at some point thanks to various measures that can be taken before the disaster. For exam-ple, identification of regional risks, early warning systems, crisis management, emergency action plans, etc. can be considered within the scope of these measures. Another important issue is to increase the level of disaster awareness of the society. Especially in regions where disaster risk maps have been prepared, such awareness raising activities can be carried out to make the reaction of the society against disasters more controlled and conscious. The aforementioned issues constitute the main objective of this study. This study was conducted to evaluate the disaster awareness levels of Gümüşhane Univer-sity central campus students. The data obtained in the study were analyzed using SPPS 25 statistical program. In the study, a 5-point Likert scale was used to measure disaster risk perception. In the study, frequency analysis test, Kruskal Wallis test and Mann Whitney U test were performed. As a result of the analysis, it was analyzed at 5% level of significance (p<0.05) and it is stated in the tables as arithmetic mean, standard deviation and percent-age of the number of individuals. Accordingly, as a result of the non-parametric Mann Whitney-U test, no significant difference was found between the groups. As a result of the non-parametric Mann Whitney-U test conducted to determine whether the disaster risk perception sub-dimension scores of the students differed significantly according to the gender variable, a statistically significant difference was found between the groups at the p<0.05 level in favor of the group exposed to disaster.

The Relationship between Teacher Leadership and Campus Culture in China: Towards Enhancing the Quality of Campus Students’ Life

Higher education plays a pivotal role in modern society. Not only individuals equip with knowledge and skills but also shapes the future of the community. Higher education institutions globally are continuously striving to enhance their educational quality to meet the needs of students and society. However, higher education is more than just the delivery of courses and materials; it encompasses a myriad of factors, including faculty leadership and campus culture. rofound analysis of faculty leadership, campus culture, and students' quality of life in relation to higher education satisfaction can provide invaluable insights and recommendations for decision-makers in higher education. This study also aids in elevating the administrative standards of educational institutions, thus enhancing educational quality and student satisfaction. Ultimately, this contributes to the ongoing development and refinement of China's higher education system, offering students a superior educational experience and making a significant contribution to societal advancement.

Cultivating Critical Thinkers: Independent Curriculum Strategies to Enhance Critical Thinking Skills in Elementary Students

Students are required to have critical thinking skills in order to be able to implement their knowledge. However, in reality, many students still have low critical thinking skills. Many students are less enthusias-tic about asking, answering, and expressing their opinions. This research aims to describe strategies for building critical thinking skills in elementary school students through an independent curriculum. This type of research is qualitative with a descriptive design. Data collection techniques include interviews, observation, and documentation. Data analysis uses interactive analysis techniques with three stages: data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results of the research are: the principal's strat-egy for improving students' critical thinking skills by implementing extracurricular activities. Class teach-ers, by implementing differentiated learning, implement projects to strengthen the profile of Pancasila and literacy students. As well as campus students, by implementing morning numeracy, morning literacy and additional classes for students who need intensive assistance. After implementing these various strategies, students' critical thinking abilities can improve, and even their' character can improve.

Predictive Analysis of Campus Placement of Student Using Machine Learning Algorithms

In today's competitive job market, student campus placement process becomes very important role in the academic journey of students and the reputation of educational institutions alike. As the demand for skilled professionals continues to rise, the ability to accurately predict and optimize student placement outcomes becomes increasingly essential. This research paper proposes a machine learning algorithms analysis to forecast the campus placement of students with the help of various academic factors. The dataset contains historical placement records of students received from open-source repository named as kaggle. It includes information such as student academic achievements, internship, project, workshop, soft skill, extracurricular activities, and placement outcomes. Through data preprocessing and feature engineering, we transform raw data into a structured format suitable for predictive modeling. One hot encoding (Dummy encoding) applied on dataset to represent categorical variables as numerical values to provide more information to the model about the categorical variables. Predictive analysis work on various machine learning algorithms, including logistic regression, decision trees, random forests, support vector machines (SVM), XGBoost, AdaBoost, KNN and Naive Byes. The results of analysis demonstrate in predicting student placement outcomes with high accuracy and reliability. Accuracy is calculated in the form of precision, recall, f1-score, and support. Furthermore, we conduct feature importance analysis to identify the importance of different predictors in determining placement success. This research paper study can help to academic institutions that can identify at-risk students early in their academic journey and to improve their employability. In conclusion, research underscores the potential of predictive analysis and machine learning in optimizing student placement outcomes. By harnessing the power of data-driven insights, institutes can make use of placement prediction model to check the likelihood of campus placement of students.

Exploring Physical Activity Awareness Among BMC Education Students, Kathmandu

Introduction: Physical activity is influenced by one’s knowledge of the benefits of physical activities as well as positive attitudes towards participation in such activities. Several studies have pointed out a decline in physical activity among adolescent and youths upon enrolling to university life with such decline being on a rising trend. Enhancing university youths’ knowledge on physical activities and fostering positive attitudes towards physical activities is crucial to promote healthy lifestyles, enhance their wellbeing and possibly also influence their study positively. Objective: The objective of this study is to assess the knowledge and attitudes regarding physical activity among Bachelor of Education students of Baneshwor Multiple Campus, Kathmandu, Nepal. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using a self-administered semi-structured questionnaire collecting primary data from 142 1st to 4th year bachelor of education students. Descriptive statistics like frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation were used in data analysis. Results: Mean age of study participants was 20.37 years (SD ± 2.36) with higher representation of females (68.31%) than that of males (31.69%). Over 90% students answered yes to five out of seven knowledge statements. The proportion of students responding yes to the remaining two statements was 89.44% and 78.17% respectively. Likewise, over 80% students agreed on six out of seven attitude statements. However, as many as 61% of students still believed that physical activity is injurious while 28.17% remained neutral and only 10.56% disagreed on it. Conclusion: This study showed that the majority of BEd students possessed fairly good knowledge and attitude towards physical activity. Yet, this study revealed some gaps in both knowledge and attitudes regarding physical activities warranting campus management to take necessary measures for improvement in future.

Campus climate impacts on sexual violence: a Bayesian comparison of undergraduate and community colleges

Objective Sexual violence is endemic on college campuses. Four-year campuses present high-risk environments for sexual violence and heavy episodic drinking is a robust risk factor for victimization. However, limited literature exists on sexual violence at two-year institutions, with most research focused on four-year campuses. We examined whether campus climates affect sexual violence prevalence rates. Participants Sexual misconduct campus climate data from two-year and four-year campus students. Methods We used Bayesian logistic regressions to compare sexual victimization odds between two- and four-year campuses. Results Four-year students were twice as likely to have experienced sexual victimization and 2.5 times more likely to engage in heavy episodic drinking compared to two-year students. The risk of sexual victimization associated with heavy episodic drinking was reliably similar across campus types. Conclusions Campus climates reliably impact student’s risk of sexual victimization. Based on these findings, two- and four-year campuses may need to implement distinct prevention services.

Knowledge and attitude towards body donation among students in Huye campus, University of Rwanda

Knowledge and attitude towards body donation among students in Huye campus, University of Rwanda

Effects of Entry Grades on Students' Academic Performance Under Homogeneous Educational Resources.

A minor difference in college entrance examination scores can result in vastly different educational resources in China, so it has been debated whether it is the difference in the student population or the difference in educational resources that causes the difference in medical graduates. We aimed to evaluate the effects of entry grades on students' academic performance under homogeneous educational resources. Students in grade 2016 with 13-point difference in the average admission scores of 2 medicine schools in Sun Yat-sen University were educated in mixed classes and were taught with the same educators during the 5 years of undergraduate period. The grades, graduation, and postgraduate enrollment rates of the students were compared between the two campuses. The average admission scores for Shenzhen Campus (SZC) students are 13 points lower than those of Guangzhou North Campus (GZNC) (613 points vs 626 points). After 5 years of homogeneous education, comparing the GZNC students with the SZC students, there were no significant differences in the average total score (80.2 ± 4.6 vs 80.0 ± 5.6, P = 0.691), the average compulsory course (78.9 ± 3.4 vs 78.4 ± 6.1, P = 0.438), the average core course score (78.8 ± 7.4 vs 78.7 ± 5.0, P=0.860) and the average clerkship score (85.1 ± 7.2 vs 84.6 ± 2.7, P=0.275). However, the completion rate for SZC was higher than for GZNC (93.94% vs 86.27%, P=0.009). There was no statistical difference in postgraduate enrolment between the two institutions (P=0.758). Given the same educational resources, more medical students with lower entrance scores completed their studies and achieved the same percentage of postgraduate acceptance. This finding suggests that a key component of improving the quality of medical higher education in China may be to further rationalize the allocation of high-quality educational resources, rather than to pursuing students with high entrance examination scores.

Independent Campus Student Exchange Sentiment Analysis Using SVM

Support Vector Machine (SVM) is a machine learning method that is widely used for regression and classification problems, especially application review classification. Student exchange is one of the programs that universities must prepare. The student exchange program is intended to reduce the problem of disparities in educational facilities and infrastructure in Indonesia. The advantage of student exchange is that they can manage their time, have high awareness in communicating, are able to admit when they experience problems and need help, independent student exchange offers study options of up to 20 credits, both covering Higher Education Recipients courses and activities in the form of the Nusantara Module. Additionally, students are offered the option to register for a maximum of 6 credits of higher education online. The method used in this research is the SVM algorithm, the dataset used consists of 1000 comment reviews with a ratio of 70;30. This research was implemented in a web system using the Python programming language. Of the 300 test data implemented with 700 training data. The Support Vector Machine (SVM) algorithm in classifying review data obtained the highest accuracy in dividing training data & test data 70:30 at 85.00% then precision 28.33%, recall 33.33%

French Background Students’ Perception of English as Medium of Instruction at the University of Rwanda: Case of Gabonese Students in Nyarugenge and Huye Campuses

One of the most significant advantages of English as a medium of instruction lies in its ability to advance internationalization and collaboration. However, students from diverse linguistic backgrounds may struggle to grasp complex academic concepts and effectively participate in classroom discussions due to limited English proficiency. This can exacerbate existing inequalities and hinder academic success for vulnerable student populations. This qualitative research sought to investigate the perception of Francophone Gabonese students about English as a Medium of Instruction at the University of Rwanda. Focus group interviews were administered to ten and twenty-two Gabonese students from Nyarugenge and Huye campuses respectively. The data collected were categorized and analyzed thematically. The study found that it is difficult for the Gabonese students to learn in English due to their minimum language background and exposure. It was revealed that these students face a big challenge of communicating with national students who only use Kinyarwanda in their academic activities, which induces them to cope with their learning by visiting YouTube tutorials in French. It was recommended that the University of Rwanda set up a teaching and learning environment using English only in the campuses and provide need-based intensive English courses to francophone students.

Cultivating a Collectivist Community on a College Campus for Latinx Students

ABSTRACT Do inclusion, diversity, equity, and access (IDEA) courses geared toward Latinx students help create a collectivist community on a college campus? We argue that courses incorporating IDEA initiatives into their curriculum and focusing on Latinx individuals provide students the face, place, and space to create the cultural wealth required for educational success. The academic intervention described in this study focused on supporting the Latinx community and advancing our university’s IDEA values. This qualitative project describes the results of forty-seven participants in ten focus groups within undergraduate courses during the Fall 2019-Spring 2021 semesters. Based on a deductive-inductive hybrid thematic analysis, our results suggest that IDEA courses at the curricular level are essential in cultivating a collectivist community on campus for students to thrive. Evidence from this study can be utilized to inform educational policy and pedagogical considerations within higher education.

Lived Experiences of Single Mothers After Childbirth: Postpartum Depression (PPD) Stories

This qualitative study used Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis to analyze single mothers' postpartum depression experiences. The study highlighted the problems participants faced as students and single mothers. Satellite campus students participated in the study. The researcher used purposive and snowball sampling to identify 15 teenage single mothers with one to three children. They weren't necessarily diagnosed or treated for PPD. Single mothers experience different postpartum depression symptoms. Insecurity, tearfulness, irritability, physical symptoms, self-blame, self-harm, unreasonableness, giving up, isolation, and suicidal ideations are symptoms experienced during postpartum depression. According to their stories, PPD symptoms could be a result of the abrupt changes in their life as new mothers. Emotion-focused coping, problem-focused coping, and religious coping were most commonly used by single mothers. Future research should investigate these coping methods. This study contributes a theoretical understanding of the postpartum depression experiences and coping mechanisms of single mothers.

The Influence Of Family Economic Conditions on The Learning Achievement Of Campus II Students Of Andalas University

Education is something that is very important for humans so that one day they can face obstacles and challenges. The success of a person in carrying out education is influenced by himself because of his interests, and can also be influenced by external factors such as the environment and family conditions. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of family economic factors on student achievement at Campus II Andalas University. The type of research used is qualitative using secondary data, analyzing scientific article literature and primary data by conducting direct interviews with students of Campus II Andalas University. The results showed that the economic conditions of the family did not have a major effect on student achievement at Campus II Unand. From these results it is hoped that it will be useful for internal parties such as BEM and other organizations to assist students in dealing with problems in education.
 Keywords: Economics, Learning Achievement, Family

Implementasi Metode Dempster-Shafer Untuk Deteksi Kesehatan Mental Pada Mahasiswa Berbasis Web

Mental health is a person's soul condition to budaptasi in its environment to feel happy or get the comfort of life, so as not to experience mental disorders. Often mental health is ignored by most people because it is different from physical health that can be seen directly with the eyes and can be identified easily. Lack of awareness of mental health in the life of the people of Indonesia and the assumption that a person who goes to psychologists is a person inseasonable, often the individual who actually undergoes mental health problems reluctant to get help from experts or deny that he does not have mental health problems. Limitations of time and costs are also one of the constraints of a student reluctant to get help from experts like psychologists. Therefore, a web-based expert system is built with a dempster-shafer method to use as detection on the student and allows the user to know whether the user has a tendency of the problem on its mental health or not before the official consultation is required from the expert. Testing Accuracy Comparison System between the results of the system and experts by using 100 correspondents from students at Muhammadiyah Magelang University (UNIMMA) 89% know mental health and 65% have experienced mental disorders. The results of the SRQ29 data used and were spread among campus students, this study has used 20 sample data and produces 70% expert suit compliance. From the results of expert suitability obtained from the calculation of the system by selecting symptoms and automatically the system will calculate the accuracy of the existing Belief Valident in every symptom. Then the system will take decisions based on the results of the largest calculation value.

SIKAP POSITIF MAHASISWA TERHADAP PENGGUNAAN BAHASA INDONESIA DALAM LINGKUNGAN KAMPUS STKIP PGRI PACITAN

The purpose of this research was to understand the forms of language attitudes and the factors influencing the language attitudes of students at STKIP PGRI Pacitan towards the Indonesian language. The approach used was descriptive qualitative. Data collection methods in this research included observation, questionnaires, and interviews. The data analysis method used Miles and Huberman's analysis method, which involved data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results of the study showed that the majority of students in the STKIP PGRI Pacitan campus (93%) exhibited loyalty and pride in using the Indonesian language in various aspects, including communication on social media, entertainment, and daily interactions. They were aware of the importance of the Indonesian language in maintaining national unity and considered it attractive and sustainable in the era of globalization. This positive attitude was influenced by factors such as students' knowledge and experiences, a supportive campus environment, emotional aspects as Indonesian citizens, the influence of mass media, and the role of educational institutions. In this increasingly advanced digital era, it is important to continuously enhance understanding, create a supportive environment, and provide resources that promote the use of proper and good Indonesian language to maintain this positive attitude consistently.

The varied restorative values of campus landscapes to students’ well-being: evidence from a Chinese University

BackgroundThe literature on therapeutic landscapes highlights that the university campus landscape has restorative effects on students. This deserves more scholarly attention since mental health has become an important issue among university students. However, existing empirical studies have revealed mixed evidence with little attention to the heterogeneity across the design and, therefore, the potential therapeutic effects across different landscapes.MethodThis research examined how 13 landscape sites on a university campus might be differentially related to student well-being. These sites were identified from a variety of sources (campus design documents, photos used in the university’s social media posts, and interviews with a small group of students) to represent a comprehensive list of places that students might visit. The data was collected in a large online survey of a Chinese university (n = 2,528). We asked about students’ use of individual landscape sites and the associated motivations for visits, and measured well-being using a perceived stress scale and overall evaluation of the happiness level. Bivariate analysis was used to explore the zero-order associations between landscape use and well-being. OLS (for stress) and logistic regressions (for happiness) were conducted to further evaluate the associations after controlling the student background variables and potential correlations of uses across different landscapes.ResultsAmong 13 landscape sites, four sites had significant positive associations with either or both measures of well-being after controlling for the student characteristics and use of the other landscape sites. There was also an additive benefit of visiting more landscapes. Compared to those who did not frequently visit any of the sites, well-being had a significant stepwise increase among those who frequently visited one or two and more sites. One site that was significantly related to both measures of well-being only offered distant views of landscapes, but it was right next to the study areas.ConclusionsThis study demonstrates the heterogeneity of restorative effects across different landscapes on campus. The findings suggest that effective landscape design that aims to promote student well-being should be placed close to stressors (i.e., where they study), and between where they study and live to offer students opportunities to break from the common routines and to relax. The findings hold greater relevance for universities in China and institutions with similar student campus lifestyles, occupancies, and behavior patterns worldwide.

Cross Campus Perceptions of the Role of a Novel Regional Medical Campus

Regional medical campuses (RMCs) were initially established to address a projected physician shortage and have gained popularity throughout the country in also providing unique medical educational experiences. Despite the increasing prevalence of RMCs and progress toward meeting these needs, the overall perceptions of RMCs by faculty and students at the associated main campus have yet to be fully explored. In an attempt to address this gap, we administered a survey to both main campus and RMC students and faculty inquiring about perceptions of its associated RMC, including relative student competencies and opportunities for academic success at the RMC compared to their main campus counterpart. Furthermore, we paired these subjective perceptions with objective Match data, USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK results, and research output data in order to better substantiate or challenge these viewpoints. Not only did we find significant differences in a variety of perceptions surrounding the RMC and its associated students, but we also identified overall negative viewpoints of RMC-trained students by main campus students and faculty. Looking more deeply, RMC students surveyed were found to believe their RMC may be even more negatively perceived by main campus faculty than actual responses indicated. Contrary to the prevailing views by main campus students and faculty, Match data revealed no significant differences between successful acceptance into both primary care and surgical specialties across both campuses. Furthermore, there were no significant differences between USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK scores or research output across both campuses. This study identifies several unexpected perceptions of a successful RMC curriculum and its students held by main campus students and faculty responding to a survey. However, such viewpoints do not correlate with objective evidence, suggesting the presence of bias. Results suggest the need to further explore and define cross-campus perceptions between main campuses and their RMCs with objective metrics while also considering the potential unintended effects of crosscampus bias.

Influence Of Celebrity Endorsers, Content Marketing, And Product Quality On Purchasing Decisions For Skintific Products (Study On Skintific Product Users In Semarang City)

This study intends to analyze how Celebrity Endorsers, Content Marketing, and Product Quality influence the purchase decision of Skintific products. This type of research uses quantitative questionnaire data. The respondents of this study were private campus students in Semarang City who had purchased Skintific products. Purposive sampling was used for the sampling process in this study, which amounted to 100 respondents. The sample in this study was done with the formula Malhotra (2006). The number of indicators multiplied by 5 or variables multiplied by 5, there are 100 respondents who can be used to adjust the sample size in this study. The research analysis procedure uses Multiple Linear Regression Analysis, Validity Test, Reliability Test, and Hypothesis Test. This study found that Celebrity Endorser does not have a significant effect on customer decisions to buy Skintific products, Content Marketing has a significant and beneficial influence on customer decisions to buy Skintific products while Product Quality has a positive effect on Skintific product purchase decisions. Companies can leverage this research as a primary source of information to improve profitable business operations and increase market share.

Analysis of the Dietary Balance and Eating Habits of the Haidian Foreign Language Academy Boarding-school Students in Campus

This study aimed to investigate whether students at Haidian Foreign Language Academy (Haiwai) have an imbalanced diet or unhealthy eating behavior and then investigate the reasons behind it. Questionnaires were delivered to high school students in the Haidian Foreign Language Academy international department. They were being questioned about their dietary intake and eating behaviors. Afterwards, their dietary intake has compared with the standard nutrient amount provided by the Chinese Nutrition Society. Both male and female students had lower calorie intake, and higher fat and carbohydrate intake compared to the standard (P < 0.01). Male students’ protein intake has no statistical difference from the standard, whereas female students have significantly less protein intake compared to the standard (P<0.01). Less than half of the students cared about their calorie (33%), and more than half of the students cared about their dietary balance (65%). Most of the students had lunch daily, but less than half of the students eat breakfast and dinner daily (45% and 44% respectively), mainly due to lack of time and fasting. The majority of students have fruit intake daily (85%). Many students in Haiwai have an imbalanced diet, regardless of gender, and many engaged in unhealthy eating behaviors such as skipping breakfast or dinner. Future research shall be done to investigate how to improve the campus eating environment to reduce the frequency of unhealthy eating behaviors of students.

Knowledge, attitude and practice towards Hepatitis B vaccination among medical undergraduate students of Maharajgunj Medical Campus in Nepal: a cross-sectional study

Background: The rate of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection among health professionals is about 2–10 times higher than that of the general population since, they are more prone for exposure to infected blood and body fluid and contaminated needles and syringes. The risk of accidental exposure among the medical students is even higher due to their non-experience, insufficient training and lack of preventive knowledge. The objective of this study is to assess knowledge, attitude, and practice of medical students towards Hepatitis B. Methods: A cross-sectional study design was conducted among 206 medical undergraduate students from May 2022 to July 2022. A pretested self- administered questionnaire was used to collect data regarding knowledge, attitude, and practice towards Hepatitis B vaccination. Non-probability convenience sampling was used to collect data. Descriptive analysis was done by calculating frequency and percentages of categorical variables. χ2 test was used to determine the association between categorical independent variables and categorical dependent variables. Results: Among 206 students, 93.7% of them had good knowledge and 98.5% had good attitude. The practice was low with only 35% having safe practices. Similarly, only 46.6% of medical students were completely vaccinated. 23.8% had done Hepatitis B testing. Students who had encountered Hepatitis B patients during their posting were 51.9%. There was significant association of sociodemographic variables with knowledge, attitude and practice towards Hepatitis B vaccination. Conclusion: Although, the knowledge and attitude towards Hepatitis B vaccination is high, the practice levels are very low. This indicates need for immunizing medical students against Hepatitis B and reforming training curriculum more focusing on preventive practices against HBV.