Female Graduates Research Articles

The Availability Level of Management and ‎Leadership Skills as a Requirement of the ‎Labor Market among Master Students at the ‎College of Education at Qassim University

The aim of this study was to determine the level to which ‎master's students at the College of Education at Qassim ‎University possessed the management and leadership skills ‎required by the labor market. The study also sought to ‎determine whether there are distinctions in the availability of ‎these skills based on the age, gender and employment status of ‎the sample participants. The descriptive survey method to ‎achieve the goal of the study and to answer its questions ‎centered on identifying the level of availability of management ‎and leadership skills among male and female graduate students ‎at the master's level while revealing whether there are ‎statistically significant differences due to the variable gender, ‎functional status and age. The population of the study included ‎‎327 male and female students from Qassim University's ‎College of Education across all fields. The basic research ‎sample included 102 master's students from Qassim ‎University's College of Education who were chosen at random ‎using the cluster approach. The study's findings revealed that ‎while graduate students had a high level of availability of ‎leadership and management skills, male employees aged 35 and ‎up had a slightly higher level of availability of management and ‎leadership skills than other groups. This distinction is not ‎statistically significant and it could be attributed to the level of ‎statistical effect for each variable (statistical power) and to the ‎small sample size necessary to achieve that statistical effect. The ‎study recommends conducting a comparable study, but on a ‎larger scale, for graduate students across the Kingdom of Saudi ‎Arabia. The study also recommends that during the university ‎stage, students' leadership and management skills be developed ‎and that they be encouraged to volunteer so that they can apply ‎what they have learned in the theoretical aspect of leadership ‎and management skills.‎ ‎(Keywords: Management Skills, Ladership Skills, Student ‎Leadership, Labor Market Skills, Professional Development)‎

Debating the Mixed Gender Classroom and Saudi Female Students Visibility in Coeducation

In Saudi Arabia, the country is making strides to improve its educational sector, specifically in coeducation. While the concept of female students in leadership positions is novel in this country, the government is endeavoring to reduce gender segregation and same-sex education in schools, to empower women. There are already existing coeducation opportunities for females pursuing undergraduate levels in medical majors, including for scholarship pursuits outside the nation. Many universities aim to enroll thousands of students in Saudi Arabia's first coeducational higher-education programs. Furthermore, studies show that education can be even more reinforced through enhancing ESL methods in this higher education, enabling both male and female graduates to compete with peers worldwide. Therefore, this study examined three Saudi ESL students who took English classes at Root Hall, Union University (pseudo name), exploring their viewpoints about mixed-gender classrooms and their influence on English language development. The results determined that their confidence significantly improved through coeducational programs and English language proficiency.

Women Architects in Practice: Opportunities and Challenges in Algeria

A significant imbalance exists between the number of female graduates from Algerian universities in different regions and registered women in the National Board of Accredited Architects. In this context, this paper examines the issue of the under-representation of accredited women architects in Algeria. The research employs an online survey as a methodology. Three hundred and one women architects were sent an online questionnaire. According to the survey, this discrepancy is attributable to the withdrawal of some women from the job market due to external factors and intrinsic constraints and the migration of another segment to other fields allied to architecture. Among the challenges facing women are the heavy duties of the architects, the stressful and time-consuming nature of their work, and the persistence of the male-dominance. However, besides the ever-narrowing gap between practicing male and female architects, other emerging factors in the field appear to have promising prospects for women. These include the gradual shift to remote work, flexible routines at local and global levels, and the flourishing of new innovative fields allied to architecture that favor women.

A content analysis study exploring the marketing messages communicated to prospective female law school and MBA students

American law schools (JD) and Master of Business (MBA) programmes have made strides to recruit female students over the last two decades. As these schools begin to see an equal number of female and male students applying to their programmes, will these graduate programmes continue to market to prospective female students? This paper aims to understand how American JD and MBA programmes market to prospective female graduate students through the graduate programme admission webpages. To understand gendered marketing messages for JD and MBA graduate programmes, the researchers provide a review of the literature regarding the female, graduate school-choice model, perceived influence of the graduate admissions webpage and gendered marketing education messages. Next, using a content analysis study, the researchers examine 25 American JD and MBA programmes for frequency and type of gendered, graduate, school-choice marketing messages. The researchers offer conclusions, implications and ideas for education stakeholders.

A Tracer’s Study on Senior High School Graduates of State University

The Philippines has graduated a few Senior High School (SHS) batches, but little research has been done on its graduates. In light of tracing and learning of their condition relative to the curriculum's exits, this investigation is conceptualized. It was created with Surigao del Norte State University (SNSU) in mind. Identifying which of these traits best explains statehood and the SHS strand using (SNSU) SHS graduates. The responses are vetted, organized by strand, and then randomly sampled. Out of 340 senior high school graduates from batch 2018 to 2022 there were only 167 replies from the respondents on the survey. The findings indicated that the majority of graduates are between the ages of 20 & above, and the proportion of male graduates is less to that of female graduates. Only 65.4% of respondents who are college students have courses that correspond to their SHS strands, although SNSU has an absorption rate of 131.75%. In comparison to when their state became a state, 100% of people pursued higher education, 59.4% are employed, and 8.1% are in business. The respondents' preferred strand was explained by sex, age, and there civil status both status and sexual explained the statehood

Are Ethiopian schools of medicine producing competent medical graduates for providing quality health care in the era of COVID-19 pandemic?

BackgroundCompetent health workforce, including medical doctors, is the heart of health systems. Cognizant of this, Ethiopia is implementing licensure exam as a strategy to produce competent health workforce, including medical doctors and beyond, for the provision of high quality health care, among others. However, there is a dearth of evidence on medical graduates’ competence in Ethiopia in the era of Covid-19 pandemic. Hence, this study aimed to assess the competence of medical graduates-based on licensure exam results in Ethiopia.MethodsA multi –center institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 1051 medical graduates (selected through cluster sampling method) from May - July 2022 in Medical Schools found in Amhara region, Northwest Ethiopia. Data were collected from secondary sources at the Ministry of Health and Medical Schools using a structured checklist. Data analysis was performed using SPSS Version 23 software. A binary logistic regression analysis was performed to identify factors associated with graduates’ competence.ResultsNine hundred sixty-one (91.4%) medical graduates were competent. The study revealed that those graduates with older age (AOR: 0.63; 95% CI: 0.52, 0.76), being female graduates (AOR: 0.39; 95% CI: 0.22, 0.69), graduated in 2021 (AOR: 0.31; 95%; CI: 0.17, 0.60) and attending education in junior medical schools (AOR: 0.06; 95% CI : 0.01, 0.40) have lower competence as compared with that of their counterparts. Whereas, graduates with no repeating internship attachment (AOR: 2.41; 95% CI: 1.40, 4.17) and graduates with repeating academic year (AOR: 2.01; 95% CI: 1.14, 3.56) have better competence than that of their counterparts.ConclusionThe proportion of competent medical graduates was relatively low as per the national strategic plan which aspires that all medical graduates to be competent. Medical graduate’s competence was affected by age, gender, curriculum being implemented, and having academic as well as internship repeats. As result, policymakers should scale up competency based education in Medical Schools.

Factors Affecting Employability of Women Graduates in Engineering and Technology Education: Evidence from Ethiopia

Employment opportunities for graduates are an important issue. This study has two objectives: analyzing female graduates’ employment participation and investigating the factors affecting women graduates’ employability in engineering and technology education in Ethiopia. Secondary data have been analyzed to establish women graduates’ involvement in STEM employment using graduation and employment data. Primary data were collected from 384 women graduates of engineering and technology education. The Probit model results reveal that the unemployment of engineering and technology graduated women are negatively influenced by communication skills, Academic performance (cumulative GPA), willingness to migrate from one place to another for searching jobs, and non-technical skills. While job preference and marriage impact women’s unemployment positively. Hence, graduated women themselves, the government, and other stakeholders should enhance women graduates’ employment opportunities. Such as graduates must improve their communication skills and non-technical skills, record better grade points, and be ready to go everywhere to find jobs. They must also be prepared to do available work, become an entrepreneur, and decide for late marriage until they have a job. The government must create a channel between universities and firms through teaching with a work placement curriculum, more concern on practical works, approve the peace and security of citizens, and expand infrastructure.

Evaluating gender discrepancies in the time to successful match into a small animal surgery residency program.

To determine any association between gender and likelihood of first attempt match and overall time to match into an American College of Veterinary Surgery (ACVS)-registered small animal surgical residency program (SASRP). Online survey. A total of 100 (77 female, 23 male) ACVS small animal surgery residents or diplomates participating in a SASRP during the past 5 years. An online survey was sent to eligible individuals. Respondents anonymously provided information related to demographics, postgraduate internships, and qualifications at the time of each surgical residency application. First attempt and overall match success were evaluated by gender through univariable analysis and then via a multivariable model. Men were 2.89 times more likely to match directly into a SASRP following a rotating internship than women (p = .041), and women completed more total internships than men prior to successful match into a SASRP (p = .030); however, men were found to have more publications at the time of first residency application (p < .001) or successful match (p = .018). Multivariable analysis revealed no association between gender on overall match success or first attempt match rate when considering all other qualifications. No evidence for gender bias was found during the Veterinary Internship and Residency Matching Program (VIRMP) SASRP applicant selection process; however, gender specific patterns in research qualifications were identified. Gender-blinded assessment is not considered necessary for the VIRMP small animal surgical resident selection process. Efforts should be made to educate applicants about the impact of research on the residency selection process and encourage research engagement of female students and graduates.

An analysis of gender differences in industry-based certification attainment rates of Texas high school graduates

In this statewide, multiyear study, industry-based certification attainment rates were examined by gender for Texas high school graduates. Industry-based certifications included in the study were vetted by the Texas Education Agency and reported through the Texas Academic Performance Reports for the 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022 school years. Inferential analyses revealed statistically significant differences in industry-based certification attainment rates for each of the three school years of data analyzed. Both boys and girls demonstrated increases in certification attainment across the years analyzed; however, the attainment rate of Texas male high school graduates increased at a faster rate than the attainment rate of Texas female high school graduates. Differences in attainment rates and associated attainment gaps between male and female graduates are presented for each of the three school years of data analyzed, as well as recommendations for future research.

Psychology of Religion and Pandemic COVID-19 in KP, Islamic Republic of Pakistan

The psychology of religion is an investigation of what it means to be religious from a psychological standpoint. The main goal of the present study is use of a framework to understand how individuals and groups are contended with faith and religion in various ways during a pandemic situation. Empirical data critically reviewed and analyzed in this paper mainly focuses on religion, culture, and the pandemic. The first part of the paper reviews factors affecting religious beliefs in the social and cultural context. Overlapping themes are synthesized after reframing the data for the identification of helpful insights. Using Freud’s psychoanalysis theory of consciousness, the study analyses and unravels thoughts reflected in discourse to draw a conclusion that Freud’s theory is still an applicable tool in Asia to reach individuals’ minds and map their behavior for finding how the pandemic has affected religious in Muslim societies specifically KP region of Pakistan. Psychoanalysis proposes that unconsciousness makes emotions and expressions conscious. The unconscious governs the attitude of the people and in turn, influences their beliefs. The study concluded by finding that crises strengthened the beliefs to the extent of putting human lives in danger A study can be conducted in the future to record female graduate and undergraduate participants’ responses to religious faith in the pandemic situation.

Academic passion among graduate students

The current research aims to discover the level of academic passion among graduate students. The statistically significant differences in academic passion according to the variable (gender – specialization). The current study consisted of (300) male and female graduate students at the University of Tikrit, and the researchers prepared the academic passion scale, which consisted of (30) items. The results were shown as follows: The high level of academic passion among postgraduate students. There are no statistically significant differences in the level of academic passion according to the variables (gender – specialization).

Impediments to Greater Diversity in the Cancer Research Workforce: Do Patterns of NCI Funding of Training and Educational Awards to Institutions With Rich Research Resources but Low Student Diversity Indicate Structural Bias?

Purpose: To examine patterns of NCI training and educational awards (T32 &amp; R25) by indicators of research capacity and student diversity. Methods: FY2019 data from the US Department of Education and NIH Exporter were used to examine student diversity and NCI funding by research capacity as defined by Carnegie Classification of Institutes of Higher Education. Results: In FY2019, the Carnegie Classification for Doctoral Universities (n = 412) included 131 “R1”_ and 135 “R2”_ research-intensive universities, and 146 other doctoral and professional universities ("DPU"_).At all Carnegie Institutions, &amp;gt;45% students were White. By Carnegie classes, compared to R2 and DPUs, R1s had the lowest proportions of African American, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and female students, at both college and graduate levels. Proportions of Hispanic undergraduates were similar across Carnegie classes, and generally higher than those for Hispanic graduate students, which were lowest among R1s relative to R2s and DPUs. Asian American and nonresident alien students (undergraduate and graduate) comprised higher proportions of R1 students than those at R2s and DPUs.Schools varied by Minority Serving Institution status. For instance, numbers of Hispanic Serving Institutions were similar for R1s (16), R2s (16), and DPUs (18), but 11 R2s were Predominantly Black Institutions and only one R1 was and no DPUs. In contrast, 71 R1s were Asian American Serving Institutions, far higher than the 16 R2s and 19 DPUs with that status.Of &amp;gt;2,000 “NCI R01 and equivalent awards”_ in FY2019, &amp;gt;90% were awarded to R1s, with &amp;lt;10% at R2s and &amp;lt;1% at DPUs. Patterns by Carnegie class were similar for NCI Fellowship (F), Career Development (K), and Training Program awards (T). Conclusion: Both low student diversity at research resource-rich schools and higher diversity at schools with fewer research awards may contribute to and perpetuate few individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups working in cancer research. To address this long-standing problem requires understanding how many factors and systems interact at multiple levels (e.g., individual, institutional, funding agency) to drive and block access to training and career advancement in cancer research.

Graduate Medical Education’s Role in the Battle for Evidence-Based Care

Graduate Medical Education’s Role in the Battle for Evidence-Based Care

Impact of Following Snapchat Influencers on the Attitudes of Saudi University Graduates towards the Labor Market: A Social Work Perspective

Objectives: This research highlights the increasing role of social work in empowering unemployed young women through digital technologies. It aligns with the International Labor Organization's (ILO) Centenary Declaration on Technology and the Future of Work, advocating for the integration of young individuals, particularly women, into the workforce. Additionally, this essay proposes a strategy and method to help unemployed women overcome cultural and structural barriers. Methods: The study employed a descriptive analytical approach suitable for the research subject and objectives. A questionnaire was used to gather quantitative and qualitative data from the research group, allowing for the description, interpretation, and analysis of the researched phenomenon. Results: The study found that female graduates of Saudi universities exhibited positive attitudes towards the labor market, with a significant percentage (72.81%) showing favorable trends. However, the impact of following Snapchat celebrities on their attitudes towards the labor market was relatively weak, as indicated by a percentage of (51.83%) among the research sample. Conclusions: Based on the study's findings, the following recommendations are made. First, utilize technology and modern tools across various aspects of life, leveraging new social media platforms like YouTube, Snapchat, and communication sites to discover opportunities. In addition, support self-employment and create pathways for university graduates to pursue their personal goals and professional aspirations.

Relationship Between Gender and Academic and Military Achievement Among USU Medical School Graduates

ABSTRACT Introduction Despite increases in the number of female matriculants in medical school, civilian data demonstrate that women still struggle to reach parity in attainment of leadership positions. In military medicine, we have seen a major increase in the number of women graduating from the USU. Yet, we still know little about the representation of female military physicians in leadership positions. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between gender and academic and military achievement among USU School of Medicine graduates. Methods Utilizing the USU alumni survey sent to graduates from the classes of 1980 to 2017, items of interest, such as highest military rank, leadership positions held, academic rank, and time in service, were used to evaluate the relationship between gender and academic and military achievement. Contingency table statistical analysis was conducted to compare the gender distribution on the survey items of interest. Results Pairwise comparison demonstrated significant differences between gender in the O-4 (P = .003) and O-6 (P = .0002) groups, with females having a higher-than-expected number of O-4 officers and males having a higher-than-expected number of O-6 officers. These differences persisted in a subsample analysis that excluded those who separated from active duty prior to 20 years of service. There was a significant association between gender and holding the position of commanding officer (χ2(1) = 6.61, P &amp;lt; .05) with fewer females than expected. In addition, there was a significant association between gender and the highest academic rank achieved (χ2(3) = 9.48, P &amp;lt; 0.05) with lower-than-expected number of females reaching the level of full professor, in contrast to males who exceed the expected number. Conclusions This study suggests that female graduates of USU School of Medicine have not achieved promotion to the highest levels of rank, military, or academic leadership at the projected rate. Efforts to explore what barriers may impact military medicine’s desire to have more equal representation of women in higher ranks and positions should be undertaken with specific attention to what drives retention versus separation of medical officers and if systematic changes are needed to help promote equity for women in military medicine.

To Explore the Youth Aged People in Shanghai Views on and Attention to "Zhang GuiMei

The Zhang Guimei" incident has had a significant social impact in recent years. In 2008, the country's first free girls' school was established to guarantee education for female students. Later, when the first female high school graduates returned to the female high school, mainstream media reported on this, and the controversy of "housewife" occurred, which made Zhang Guimei into a controversy of public opinion, and was also labeled as a "rural feminist. At the same time, the author analyzed the survey and questionnaire methods, which raised questions about why only female students were admitted to female schools and formed the concept of red education. There have been two extreme reactions to the controversy. Some people are able to understand Zhang Guimei and support her, while others are against her position. Most famously, students from Tsinghua University, China's top university, raised objections. What kind of reasons are hidden behind a controversial point, which we should analyze and explore Finally, what is gender equality and whether it can be improved to increase gender awareness in education? For example, we can add a course and carry out related activities or speeches to promote children's cognition and understanding and help them establish correct awareness and understanding. Changing the feudal ideology of son preference, with the international transition, the opening of the mind, should end the mistakes of these old ideas.

Relevance of Savitribai Phule’s Ideas in OTME-industry Partnership for Female Students Empowerment in Federal College of Education (Technical) Akoka, Yaba, Lagos State

The study was poised to the relevance of Savitribai Phule’s ideas in OTME-industry partnership for female students’ empowerment in Federal College of Education (Technical) Akoka, Yaba, Lagos state. Savitribai Phule’s ideas create human awareness to deal with societal problems and bring equality with social change in the face of a society that exhibits submissive behavior, lack of social awareness, inhuman approach towards casteism, untouched ability, child exploitation, corruption and issues about reservation policies, religious discrepancy and power imbalance leading to social discrimination. Academic activities of Office Technology and Management Education (OTME) are not confined in the classrooms in the college, however, close cooperation between the department of OTME and various organisations in order to establish strong partnership towards the achievement of economic development, especially in light of the rapid pace of changes in the individual’s environment; including technological development, speedy services and openness to foreign markets that help them adapt to their environment and contribute to the settlement of their problems and their societies. The study found out that, one of the Savitribai Phule’s ideas was that an industrial department should be attached to the schools where children could learn useful trades and crafts and be able to manage their lives comfortably and independently. This suggests regular industrial training alongside with academic work which the college term Students’ Industrial Work Experience Scheme (S.I.W.E.S) which is run in partnership with cooperating organizations. However, with the Savitribai’s idea, female students should be mentored and monitored during and after S.I.W.E.S to ensure that, they become self-reliant even after graduation from the college and as such become employers of labour. The study recommended that microfinance banks and other financial institutions charged with the responsibility of funding small businesses should be encouraged to work in partnership to fund OTME female graduates with good and viable business ideas so as to create more jobs in society.

Against all odds: women's motivation to become STEM entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka

PurposeThis paper aims to explore the motivations behind women in a developing South Asian country – Sri Lanka – to embark on entrepreneurship in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, which is a doubly masculine hegemony operating within a culturally nuanced gendered context.Design/methodology/approachThe study employs a qualitative research approach, conducting in-depth semi-structured interviews with 15 STEM women entrepreneurs, following the theoretical lenses of push and pull motivation theory and gender role theory.FindingsAlthough the motivations of STEM women entrepreneurs cannot be exclusively categorized as either push or pull factors, the pull factors had a greater influence on the participants in motivating them to become entrepreneurs. The primary motivators for starting businesses in STEM were: inspiration from something or someone, inner calling, the identification of business opportunities, the need for flexibility, necessity and/or desire to help society. It was often difficult to identify one dominant motivator in many instances, as many factors were interlinked to motivate women to start a business. The study also revealed that gender ideologies could stifle the participants' motivation, while the inner need to break these gender ideologies implicitly stimulated their motivation.Originality/valueThe study contributes to and expands the knowledge of STEM women entrepreneurs in general and to the limited existing knowledge of STEM women entrepreneurs in developing countries specifically. The paper brings contextual novelty as Sri Lanka produces more female STEM graduates than men, which is unique compared to most other parts of the world.

Detection and analysis of graduate students' academic emotions in the online academic forum based on text mining with a deep learning approach.

The possibility of mental illness caused by the academic emotions and academic pressure of graduate students has received widespread attention. Discovering hidden academic emotions by mining graduate students' speeches in social networks has strong practical significance for the mental state discovery of graduate students. Through data collected from online academic forum, a text based BiGRU-Attention model was conducted to achieve academic emotion recognition and classification, and a keyword statistics and topic analysis was performed for topic discussion among graduate posts. Female graduate students post more than male students, and graduates majoring in chemistry post the most. Using the BiGRU-Attention model to identify and classify academic emotions has a performance with precision, recall and F1 score of more than 95%, the category of PA (Positive Activating) has the best classification performance. Through the analysis of post topics and keywords, the academic emotions of graduates mainly come from academic pressure, interpersonal relationships and career related. A BiGRU-Attention model based on deep learning method is proposed to combine classical academic emotion classification and categories to achieve a text academic emotion recognition method based on user generated content.

The Effectiveness of Co-Curricular Activities (Bina Insan Guru) for The Male and Female Students June Intake 2022 in IPG Gaya Campus

This study aims to observe the effectiveness of the co-curriculum activities (Bina Insan Guru) on male and female students in June 2022 intake at the Institute of Teacher Education Gaya campus. The instrument for this study was a questionnaire consisting of cognitive, psychomotor, and affective components. This questionnaire was adapted from the outdoor education questionnaire (Santhanadass, 2015). Cronbach's alpha and expert validity were used to obtain the validity and reliability of this instrumented test. The Pearson Product Moment analysis shows that the evaluation instrument's expert validity value is 0.88-0.92, and the reliability value is 0.85. Pre-experimental group pre-test–post-test approach was used in this study. Meanwhile, 334 male and female graduate subjects of June 2022 intake were selected randomly as the study samples. All subjects underwent a pre-test, were given a four-day intervention and retested in the post-test. This study was conducted at Zipline Borneo Kiulu Tamparuli. MANOVA results showed a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test for male and female graduate students. This study's outcomes showed that co-curricular activities, namely Bina Insan Guru (BIG) that was carried out, had a high positive impact. It is recommended to maintain this program and co-curricular activities to improve the competence of the Institut Pendidikan Guru (IPG) at Gaya Campus students.