Campus Management Research Articles

Key Performance Indicators for Smart Energy Systems in Sustainable Universities

Sustainable campus management includes energy-saving measures and waste reduction and has become important to many universities, being part of the institution’s societal responsibility. Smart energy systems (SESs), as part of campus energy management, can bring many benefits, including increased efficiency, reduced energy consumption, reduced emissions, increased reliability, and real-time control, and facilitate the integration of the renewable energy systems (RES). Despite the growing interest in energy efficiency and for the initiatives and projects to implement SESs, there are no universally accepted standards for assessing the performance of SESs, with most techniques being dedicated to subsystems. A KPI (key performance indicator) framework for evaluating the SESs’ performance from university campuses is proposed, starting from the current findings and priorities from the scientific literature, energy standards, legislation, and university rankings. The framework can support the implementation, operation, and evaluation of the SESs from university campuses, based on SES requirements and the stakeholders’ goals. Unlike previously developed solutions, the framework is focused not only on the technical side of SESs but also on the role that education, research, and innovation should have in sustainable development, making universities key contributors to achieving these goals.

Maintenance, Improvement, and Supervision of Annex Campuses: An Evaluative Study

To evaluate the maintenance, improvement, and oversight of the school enable to better meet its educational needs. A descriptive-evaluative study was conducted with a focus on the level and relationship of maintenance, improvement, and supervising activities of top-level management of annex campuses. There were 21 non-faculty employees working at Guimaras State College who served as respondents. Findings revealed that most respondents strongly agreed on the degree of management responsible for school maintenance. It is always highly satisfactory in terms of improvement and supervision. However, maintenance has a negative correlation with improvement, but a large positive correlation with the level of supervision. Lastly, improvement is strongly correlated with supervision. Keywords: Maintenance, Improvement, and Supervision

(Trans)regional embeddedness and the resilience of offshore campuses

ABSTRACT Regional embeddedness plays an important role for universities. We show that for transnational subsidiaries of universities, or offshore campuses, which are necessarily transregionally embedded through their relations to their home university campus and its networks, the level of regional embeddedness is also of critical importance. We define four dimensions of regional and transregional embeddedness: partnerships, government funding, faculty and staff, and student recruitment. Based on qualitative interviews conducted before and at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and a global survey of offshore campus managers during the pandemic, we show how campuses with strong regional embeddedness seem to have been more resilient in the face of the COVID-19 crisis than those campuses which are less strongly regionally embedded. Nonetheless, regional embeddedness of institutions is no panacea and its risks and trade-offs with transregional embeddedness should be carefully weighed by higher education managers.

A QCA Analysis of Knowledge Co-Creation Based on University–Industry Relationships

This research aims to identify typologies of companies willing to cooperate with universities to foster knowledge co-creation and ease knowledge transfer to students within courses, training, communities of practises, etc., regardless of the business sector they are active in. To implement the research scope, we rely on the qualitative comparative analysis method (QCA). Interactions between causal factors within the university–industry relations, and knowledge co-creation have been examined. The results obtained indicate two typologies. Type 1 includes companies oriented towards supporting interactions with universities based on education, research, student placements, training, and community services such as consultancy, and product development. These acknowledge both the necessity of creating platforms to establish more ties with universities and the importance of alumni connections to develop effective campus management. Type 2 includes companies that are not interested in understanding or supporting the mission of universities in society, not developing ties with universities, and generating only a superficial interaction, which hinders their involvement in the creation of knowledge with universities. From a managerial perspective, this paper highlights the relationship between universities and industry and how this could contribute to increased resilience for a society facing unexpected challenges, such as the global crisis related to COVID-19 and the present state of international political instability.

The 5-Minute Campus

As campuses wish to stimulate interactions among different campus users, we aim to identify why some locations are successful in fostering unplanned meetings while others are not. This can help campus managers, directors, and other practitioners to optimize their campus to facilitate unplanned meetings between academic staff and companies. Findings of a previous survey were discussed in five focus groups, which were transcribed and thematically coded. Three separate theme groups were identified: function (food, drinks, events, work, facilities), space (distance, experience, accessibility, characteristics), and organization (coherence, culture, organization). Time was an overarching constraint, influencing all other themes. There were three natural moments for unplanned meetings: during short breaks, lunch breaks, and events. The outcomes suggest a 5-minute campus as the environment of interaction; a campus where natural moments, locations, and travel time for unplanned meetings are designed and aligned: (1) under 5 min walking for short workplace breaks, (2) approximately 5 min travel time for lunch breaks, and (3) over 5 min travel time for events, depending on the event length and anticipated knowledge gain.

Investigation on Smart Campus Management Platform Based on Digital Twin

With the improvement of digitalization and the development of information technology, intelligent campus management has become an important research direction in the current education field. Based on digital twin technology, this article proposed a design scheme for a smart campus management platform to address the current problems in campus management. This could manage and serve students, teachers, parents, and other aspects, and achieve the mining and analysis of school big data. Through the implementation and application of the platform, the efficiency and accuracy of campus management could be improved, and the modernization of education could be further promoted. The smart campus management platform of digital twin utilized digital twin technology to digitize the campus environment, equipment, students, teaching resources, and other information of the school, thus achieving three-dimensional visualization, intelligent analysis, and feedback. The experimental results showed that the security of the smart campus management platform designed in this article exceeded 90% and performed well in system testing.

Safety issues of high school education campuses in perspective with administrators and teachers: A Siverek example

Exposure to an unsafe environment jeopardizes teacher effectiveness, student learning and physical well-being. The aim of this study is to reveal the unique safety issues of two high school education campuses in Siverek, a district of Sanliurfa [Turkiye], in perspective with administrators and teachers. Under qualitative methods, researchers conducted semi-structured interviews with 12 administrators and 12 teachers. Each interview was later transcribed into MAXQDA software for coding. Content analysis was used on the data in order to determine common phrases and general themes. Findings showed that there were off-campus and on-campus issues which threatened overall safety. Among the off-campus issues, the participants had recurring concerns about the campuses' vulnerability to external threats, transportation difficulties and infrastructure deficit, while among the on-campus issues, they focused on the uncontrollability of the campuses and the bullying and violent behaviors exhibited. Participants also made suggestions for safer campuses which included taking concrete steps towards a better landscape design and campus management. Lastly, the findings were discussed regarding their consistency with prior literature. Although this study highlights the insights to be gained about campus safety, the literature on this subject is very limited and needs more contribution.

Construction and management of smart campus: Anti-disturbance control of flexible manipulator based on PDE modeling.

With the rapid development of smart campus, this paper studies the attitude tracking control of flexible manipulator (FM) in colleges and universities under elastic vibration and external disturbances. First, different from the traditional modeling based on ordinary differential equations (ODEs), the partial differential equations (PDEs) dynamic model of a manipulator system is established based on the Hamilton principle (HP). Second, the boundary control condition of the end system of the manipulator is introduced to adjust the vibration of the manipulator. Furthermore, a Proportional-Derivative (PD) boundary control (PDBC) strategy is proposed by the Lyapunov function to suppress the vibration of the manipulator. Finally, a numerical comparison simulation based on MATLAB/SIMULINK further verifies the robustness and anti-disturbance performance of the control method proposed in this paper.

The Innovative Development Path of College Education Management Informatization in the Era of Big Data

The education management work in colleges and universities is gradually transforming in the direction of informatization. The informatization management mode is an important path for the new innovation and development of college education centers in recent years. In the era of big data, the school adopts an information-based management model to improve the management quality of the school and promote the information-based reform of campus management. At the same time, the management of colleges and universities should recognize the difficulties in the process of information management innovation, enhance the management personnel's innovative awareness of data application, promote the progress and development of the school education industry, and explore the effective path for the school's educational information management.

A Review on Implementation of Artificial Intelligence in Education

Artificial Intelligence (AI) implementation in education is a rapidly growing field that has gained significant attention from educators. AI-empowered systems, such as virtual classrooms, smart campuses, adaptive learning, and teaching evaluation, have the potential to revolutionize the education sector. Virtual classrooms provide a contextual learning environment for students, offering flexibility in course attendance and engaging students’ senses. Smart campuses focus on sustainability and energy efficiency, reducing the environmental impact of campus buildings. Adaptive learning allows for personalized learning experiences, addressing individual student needs and improving learning efficiency. AI technology also enhances teaching evaluation by automating tasks such as generating exam questions and evaluating assignments, providing accurate and efficient feedback to students. The benefits of AI in education include personalized teaching and learning, improved teaching efficiency, reduced workload for teachers, and enhanced campus management and services. However, challenges such as ensuring fairness, addressing ethical and safety concerns, and developing students’ autonomous learning abilities need to be addressed. The future scope of AI in education is promising, with continuous development in AI technology expected to further improve its implementation and revolutionize the education system.

Counterradicalism Through Religious Education Curriculum: Solution to The Religious Literacy Crisis in Indonesian Islamic Universities

Islamic universities have been accused of being the milieu of the growing movement of radicalism along with the new facts about the involvement of two state Islamic universities among 10 state universities involved in radicalism. The campus management has responded to the movement by developing a religious curriculum and interreligious-based learning to improve religious literacy competence. This paper aims to evaluative the practice of religious curriculum and literacy as a strategy in improving counterradicalism in campus. The interviews, observations, and data analysis resulted in the finding that the religious curriculum development with open minded principles, religious universality, local wisdom, and humanism values in the learning activities in either classroom and or places of worship of other religions can foster good counterradicalism and interfaith literacy and eliminate the evolution of radical attitudes among students. This paper suggested that the learning of religious education in campuses and schools include observation to the areas of interreligious activities and religious literacy studies to improve students' understanding of religious values among religious communities, so tolerance and counterradicalism can be fostered.

Campus Managers’ Role in Innovation Implementation for Sustainability on Dutch University Campuses

Internationally, the ambition to achieve a sustainable built environment is becoming urgent. On the university campus, this vision, combined with unparalleled access to innovative technologies for sustainable development enables/urges universities to implement more innovative solutions more often. As a prime test location, the university campus is uniquely able to serve as a context for living labs, implementing and testing innovative technologies in a real-world environment. However, implementation of innovation on campus requires a clear vision, intentional action and transdisciplinary collaboration, while innovations themselves pose several challenges to the business-as-usual way of work. To explore the role of campus real estate managers in innovation implementation decisions on the university campus, a literature review and a qualitative study among campus managers of 13 Dutch universities were conducted. The research explored the innovation project types, risks, drivers and barriers and the real estate management responsibilities and decision criteria in innovation implementation projects. As one of the outputs of this research, a comprehensive categorization framework was developed. It clarifies campus managers’ decision-making dimensions for innovative sustainability project implementation on campus and highlights the sustainability objectives unique to universities. If implemented across universities, it could further strengthen the networked economy by identifying opportunities for cross-campus implementation of innovative projects for sustainability.

Penggunaan Metode AHP dalam pemilihan Jenis Promosi Kampus Berdasarkan Lokasi Sekolah

Basically promotion is carried out to introduce goods or services to the consumer community so that they feel interested and interested in buying or using the products and services offered. As for the campus, promotion is carried out not only to introduce the campus environment, but also to maintain its existence in society. The problems encountered related to campus promotion include determining the type of campus promotion based on the area or school location which is still carried out randomly, so it is difficult to determine the right type of promotion based on the location of the promotion objective. The purpose of this research is to determine what type of campus promotion is best in each region based on the location of the school using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) calculation method. The results of this study indicate that the selection of criteria consists of two types, namely the criteria for school location and type of promotion and based on the results of campus management decisions and student historical data. The calculation results show that the average results for each area of ​​social media and partnership presentations are the highest with a value of 60%, and for visits to schools by 20%, and for the use of billboards by 20%.

Processing Efforts and Resource Efficiency in Achieving Green Campus at the State University of Surabaya, Indonesia

Efforts to reduce global warming based on green campuses are still not widely realized. A green campus is one of the concepts to build a sustainable campus that is environmentally friendly in higher education institutions. A long-term strategy is needed to create a green campus. This study aims to describe efforts to manage and utilize resources to create a green campus area and promote it as an alternative to sustainable campus management at the State University of Surabaya (Unesa). This research is descriptive. The data collection technique was carried out using a literature study approach, collecting, classifying, analyzing, visualizing, validating data, and drawing conclusions. This study found that in realizing a green campus in universities, management actions and resource utilization were needed to initiate the presence of Unesa’s green campus, namely an eco-campus with efficient governance. The management and efficiency of resources at the State University of Surabaya have not only succeeded in bringing about efforts to manage a green campus at the institutional level but also proved that a green campus can have implications for the concept of sustainable development. This study has limitations on the sources of data obtained by the author. However, this limitation opens up opportunities for other researchers to fill it. Realizing a green campus can be an alternative solution amid global efforts to achieve SDGs goals.

On Serendipitous Campus Meetings: A User Survey.

With campuses opening up and stimulating interactions among different campus users more and more, we aim to identify the characteristics of successful meeting places (locations) on campus. These can help practitioners such as campus managers and directors to further optimize their campus to facilitate unplanned or serendipitous meetings between academic staff and companies. A survey on three Dutch campuses, including questions on both services and locations, was analyzed both spatially and statistically using principal component (PC) and regression analysis. Four PCs were found for services (Relax, Network, Proximity and Availability) and three PCs were found for locations (Aesthetics, Cleaned and Indoor Environment). Personal characteristics as explanatory variables were not significant or only had very small effect sizes, indicating that a campus' design does not need to be tailored to certain user groups but can be effective for all. The pattern of successful locations is discussed, including the variables in each PC. These PCs provide a framework for practitioners who want to improve their campus' design to further facilitate unplanned meetings, thus contributing to cooperation between campus users, hopefully leading to further innovation.

Sistem Pintar Penyiram Tanaman Menggunakan Teknologi IoT dan Fuzzy Inference System dalam Rangka Mewujudkan Green Campus di UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta

In recent years, there has been a change in climate which has had quite a negative impact on various sectors of life. The existence of extreme climate change has become a widely discussed issue, including at the university level. The academic community as agents of change should be an example of sustainable development in the campus environment. One of the efforts to realize the concept of sustainable development is to apply the Green Campus concept. Several indicators in realizing a green campus are campus management policies that are oriented towards environmental management, including activities to save water, paper, and electricity, procurement of Green Open Space (RTH), and waste management by applying the 3R principles (reduce, reuse, recycle). UIN Jakarta currently focuses on the green environment, which focuses on activities related to the conservation and maintenance of environmental quality in all energy and natural resource consumption activities. However, the frequent changes in weather, shifts in the seasons, and the size of the land that must be maintained have made watering plants unable to rely on human labor alone. Moreover, the pandemic conditions in Indonesia have caused almost all employees to work from home, so plant maintenance will be hampered for plant watering activities. In this regard, this research proposes the creation of an automated plant watering system using a Fuzzy Inference System. The experiment was carried out using input from three scenarios including soil moisture sensors, temperature sensors, and rain sensors on the output valve. From the experiments carried out, the expected valve output is in accordance with that produced by the raspberry pi. Such as when the ground is dry, the weather is not raining, and the temperature is moderate, the valve remains on according to the fuzzy rules that have been made. The results of the study noted that this tool was in accordance with what was needed and could operate properly

The Relationship between Physical Exercise and Negative Emotions in College Students in the Post-Epidemic Era: The Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation Self-Efficacy.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between physical activity and negative emotions among college students in the post-epidemic era and determine if emotional regulation plays a mediating role between physical activity and negative emotions. Methods: 479 college students (293 males, 186 females, M = 19.94, SD = 1.25) who were under closed campus management during the epidemic period were surveyed using the physical activity rating scale (PARS-3), the self-assessment scale for anxiety (SAS), the self-esteem scale for depression (SDS), and the emotion regulation self-efficacy scale (RES). Results: (1) Physical activity, negative emotions, and emotion regulation self-efficacy among college students were significantly different by gender (p < 0.01). (2) Physical exercise was negatively correlated with anxiety and depression (r = −0.236, p < 0.01; r = −0.198, p < 0.01) and positively correlated with emotion regulation self-efficacy (r = 0.256, p < 0.01) in college students. (3) Emotion regulation self-efficacy was negatively correlated with anxiety and depression (r = −0.440, p < 0.01; r = −0.163, p < 0.01). (4) Emotion regulation self-efficacy also partially mediated the relationship between physical activity and negative emotions. Conclusion: (1) Physical activity in the post-epidemic era negatively predicted anxiety and depression in school-isolated college students. (2) Emotion regulation self-efficacy in the post-epidemic era partially mediates the relationship between physical activity and anxiety and depression.

Trends in research: carbon footprint reduction in universities as a way to achieve a green campus

PurposeReducing our carbon footprint (CF) or decarbonizing is a sustainable development goal. Although there has been an increase in research on this topic, little is known about the status of CF research within universities. The purpose of this paper is to identify the initiatives implemented in universities aimed at reducing CF in their efforts toward creating a Green Campus.Design/methodology/approachUsing a bibliometric method, the status of this field of research was examined for the purpose of identifying the main publications and the most central researchers in terms of productivity and citations. Also, by using an exploratory factor analysis (EFA), the regions of the world with the most active research, as well as the direction of research, were identified.FindingsThe survey identified the region that published the most on the subject in the past 10 years, as well as the most relevant authors in the publications. Through this factor analysis, it was possible to identify, among the 105 publications analyzed, four distinct factors (clusters) with different thematic strands that appear to define a difference between the related studies on this topic. These factors were identified as campus management: supply and consumption operations; greenhouse gases emissions assessment: CF calculation; university air travel; sustainable food systems. The changes in people’s attitudes and in the use of university spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic in relation to the CF was also noted as a point that can be investigated in future research. As well as the reflection of the reduction in academic air travel and the “forced” occurrence of online events during the same period.Originality/valueThe paper aims to innovate by applying the multidimensional scaling method and EFA to scientific articles on the topic of decarbonizing campuses and identifying the clusters that constitute this field of study. The research seeks to contribute to current metric knowledge on the topic and to the creation of a specific research agenda.

Green tourism in education and research to build Bali State Polytechnic’s brand image and loyalty

The purpose of the study was to analyze the application of green tourism integration in education and research to build Bali State Polytechnic’s (BSP) brand image and its impacts on stakeholders' loyalty. The concern of academics and practitioners for the environment and the inclusion of green tourism in campus management is important. However, in the context of integrating green tourism in education and research to build a brand image of educational institutions and stakeholder loyalty, further investigation is needed. The number of research respondents is 60 representatives of study programs, alumni, and users. Determination of respondents is done by purposive sampling. Data collection techniques by observation, interviews, questionnaires, and documentation. Interviews were conducted in a semi-structured manner using an interview guide. The statistical method used is Partial Least Square with SmartPLS 3.3.9 program. The results showed that the application of green tourism integration in education and research positively and significantly affected the brand image of BSP. In addition, the brand image of BSP affects the Willingness to Pay More. This study is based on a way to encourage stakeholders to engage with tuition fees per semester. BSP's brand image also influences Willing to Support BSP. This means that the higher the brand image formed, the higher the Willingness to Support studying at BSP. Furthermore, BSP's brand image has a positive and significant effect on the Willingness to Recommend BSP.

Research on the Role of Interpersonal Relationship in School Management

With the deepening of the double reduction policy, the current school management pays more and more attention to adopting flexible teaching management mode and permeating the people-oriented management concept. Based on this, school administrators should handle all kinds of interpersonal relationships in schools under the guidance of people-oriented and strive to create a harmonious, relaxed and free interpersonal atmosphere, and strive to build good school interpersonal relationships, so as to arouse the enthusiasm of teachers' work to the greatest extent.Infiltrating people-oriented into the process of organizing and implementing management forms can help organize management functions, and further strengthen the management work can also make it effective. In the process of campus management, we should recognize the core of personnel management, focus on building a people-oriented management framework, optimize interpersonal relationships, and build a good campus interpersonal atmosphere.