University Graduate Students Research Articles

The Role of New Media in Education: A Study on the Impact of Covid19

The internet revolution and new media have changed the world. During the pandemic Covid – 19 educational institutions around the world faced challenges in continuing with the education of its students. The next generation is the future of the nation, and the future of the students studying in educational institutions was at stake. This loss could not be reversed, but an attempt was made to tackle the situation as much as possible, and the solution was online learning. Most of the educational institutions overnight upgraded their technological skills and reached out to the students through the online medium. This study aims to look at the impact of new media in education, during Covid 19. This study explore how it impacts the lives of both undergraduate and graduate university students. This research aims to analyse the advancements, and improvements when universities switched to new media during the pandemic through the quantitative research methodology. A survey was conducted in order to achieve the aims of the research. The data thus collected helps us to understand that new media played a positive role during the crisis and ascertains that online learning could be beneficial.

The effects and gender-related differences of guided forest therapy program on physiological and psychological health of graduating college students

Forest therapy has been proven to have a quantifiable positive impact on human physiological and psychological health. Given that graduating students at university are easy to stress due to changes in life, pressure from their studies, and independence in finance. The main purpose of this research was to explore the effects of guided forest therapy on graduating college students through a field experiment in Pacific Spirit Regional Park which held significant geographical value. This paper investigated the pressure of graduating college students and their needs for forest therapy, and explored the psychological and physiological changes after guided forest therapy. This study also analyzed gender-related psychological and physiological differences. Thirty-six healthy graduating college students were invited to participate in a 2-hour forest therapy program. Likert scales were used to assess students' pressure and the demand for forest therapy. Most of the students were facing the pressure of graduation and were willing to participate in forest therapy. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure, pulse rate, and heart rate variability (HRV) were used as physiological measurement indices. Our physiological results indicated that blood pressure significantly decreased, the high-frequency component of HRV (HF) was significantly larger, and the low-to-high-frequency component ratio (LF/HF) was smaller after the forest therapy program, and some beneficial changes in females were more significant than that in males. The participants' mean HR decreased throughout the forest therapy, but there were no significant differences. Mental status was assessed before and after forest therapy using the Profile of Mood States (POMS), employment stress scale and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) for participants. Overall, the guided forest therapy program effectively reduced participants' employment stress and state anxiety. Our research showed that guided forest therapy had positive physiological and psychological benefits for graduating college students. In addition, females obtained more positive physiological benefits than males, and males obtained more positive psychological benefits than females throughout forest therapy.

Modeling entrepreneurial job pursuit intention: Moderation of learning goal orientation

Drawing upon social cognitive theory, this study presents a model of entrepreneurial job pursuit intention (EJPI) by concurrently justifying problem solving efficacy as a mediator and learning goal orientation as a moderator. In the model, EJPI is influenced by relational support and environmental friendliness directly and indirectly through problem solving efficacy. Furthermore, learning goal orientation is hypothesized to moderate the effects of relational support, problem solving efficacy, and environmental friendliness on EJPI. Empirical evaluations are demonstrated based on the data of graduate students in a top tier university in Taiwan. Finally, implications about vocational learning and management education are discussed.

Vaccine Hesitancy in College Students.

(1) Background: Following the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine hesitancy has become an increasingly important topic and has created significant concerns in public health. It is important to explore vaccine hesitancy among college students as they have been identified to be a high-risk group for COVID-19 transmission. This study aims to investigate COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in college students on a midsized midwestern university campus. (2) Methods: Data were collected from 311 undergraduate and graduate college students during June and July 2021. Participants completed a survey on COVID-19 vaccine behaviors, perceptions, and opinions. Quantitative and qualitative analysis was performed to identify vaccine hesitancy and influencing factors in the student population. (3) Results: The results of this study demonstrated significant relationships between older and younger undergraduate students (OR > 1, p < 0.05), students who received a yearly influenza vaccine and those that did not (p < 0.05), and students who had a previous COVID-19 infection and those that did not (OR > 1, p < 0.05). We also determined a significant difference between some racial/ethnic groups and vaccine hesitancy status. (4) Conclusions: COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy exists on college campuses, and is influenced by age and student status, influenza vaccination status, previous COVID-19 infection, and race/ethnicity.

Graduate Student Library Needs at Memorial University of Newfoundland: A Case Study

Libraries are important structures for graduate students in research intensive universities, such as Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN). Given the complex needs of those students, it is crucial to have an updated glimpse into what works and does not work for students. The objectives of this survey were to investigate graduate students’ awareness and use of library services and resources at MUN and to explore how important and adequate existing services and resources seemed to MUN graduate students. Fortunately, the survey findings showed favourably in terms of user satisfaction, with many of the library services and resources that were rated as very important also being rated as very satisfactory. Other findings indicated that respondents placed increased importance on access to comprehensive collections of E-resources, which is not surprising given the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Also found was an increased need for writing resources and literature search strategies. Overall, a recurring theme for improvement was an increased promotion of our services and resources so that we can better reach our students. The insights gained from the survey will help us target this area of improvement and direct future development of graduate student-focused services and resources.

Effects of Test Anxiety on Academic Performance of Under Graduate University Students

Anxiety has been a key topic in psychological research for many decades. It is commonly defined as a state of excessive fear, worry and apprehension accompanied by physiological symptoms relating to the arousal of the autonomic nervous system. The current study was carried out to find out effect of test anxiety on students’ academic performance. The current study was descriptive in nature and survey method was used to collect the data. 1192 students of department of education of three universities (Women University of Azad Jammu &amp; Kashmir Bagh, University of Poonch Rawalakot AJ&amp;K and University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Muzaffarabad were the population of the study.. 300 students selected randomly were the sample of the study. A researcher adapted standardized questionnaire having five point Likert scale. Data was analyzed by using regression. It is concluded that anxiety before, during and after test has significant effect on academic performance. It is recommended that; friendly environment may be created before conducting the test.

What are the factors affecting the participation of postgraduate students in research processes? From motivational variables to demographic variables

PurposeThis study aims to investigate the factors affecting the motivation of graduate students of information science in scientific and research activities and science production. This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive in terms of type and method.Design/methodology/approachThe study's statistical population includes all postgraduate information science students studying in public universities. The random sampling method was simple. The data collection tool was a questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and one-sample t-test, independent t-test, and ANOVA were used to analyze the collected data by SPSS software.FindingsFindings showed that all the main variables (internal motivations, external motivations, self-empowerment, and intellectual and specialized interactions) affect the participation of postgraduate students in research and scientific activities. Among the identified components, the creation of opportunities, research facilities, innovation, and formal relations between students and professors, has the most significant impact on students' motivation to participate in scientific and research activities and science production. There was no significant difference between education and age. From the results obtained from the present study, it can be said that the above variables, which were divided into four categories, with the intensity of the participation of graduate students of universities that in the present study examined the field of librarianship and information, with power and Or weakness are influential. This means that the students at the beginning of the research path, in other words, will be future researchers, should be constantly monitored as a source in the production of science.Originality/valueThis research is one of the few types of research that examines the influential variables in increasing the motivation to participate in the study, considering the population of postgraduate students of universities and scientific institutions as drivers of science production.

Fintech, strategic incentives and investment to human capital, and MSEs innovation

Using a nationally representative micro and small enterprises (MSEs) survey data and Digital Financial Inclusion Index in China, we empirically study whether and how fintech impacts the innovation of MSEs. We find that the development of fintech significantly increases the probability of engaging in innovation activities, and promotes MSEs innovation input and output. The mechanisms lie in that fintech promotes long-term strategic incentives and investment to human capital of MSEs, including choosing promotion and stock as incentives instead of gifts or trips, recruiting more university graduate students, increasing training fees and technician incomes. In the heterogeneity analysis, we find that fintech has a greater impact on those MSEs which are without government subsidies and with lower technical level, higher CEO education level. Further analysis shows that coverage breadth of fintech has greater impact on MSEs innovation. This paper enriches the micro mechanisms of fintech impacts on MSEs innovation, and provides a policy basis for releasing the innovation vitality of MSEs.

Exploration on Effective Mechanism of University-enterprise Joint Training of Electronic Information Professional Master Degree

Based on the analysis of the current training mode and development status of master's degree in electronic information, this article focuses on how to build a training mode for master's degree personnel in electronic information with a deep integration of "production, education and research", aiming at the problems on campus, such as lack of mentor project experience, lack of guidance experience for enterprise mentors, lack of system support for practice base construction and imperfect evaluation system. In this paper, a talent training mode which is suitable for the training objectives of electronic information major graduate students in local universities has been established from the aspects of building a team of double tutors, perfecting the management mechanism of practice base and establishing the quality supervision system.

Study Habits Developed by Mexican Higher Education Students during the Complexity of the COVID-19 Pandemic

During the first 700 days of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico, higher education institutions adopted different types of technology-supported learning to provide continuity of teaching activities. The pandemic forced students to change their study habits to face the challenges of learning in the distance modality while using technologies for learning and knowledge. In this research, a questionnaire called “Survey of Study Habits for University Students after more than 700 days of the Pandemic in Mexico” was applied to inquire about habits that were strengthened or emerged in undergraduate and graduate university students who participated in non-face-to-face learning environments during the pandemic. The study involved 3000 students from public (n = 1500) and private (n = 1500) universities located in six areas of Mexico (comprising 32 states). The findings indicated that most of the students acquired at least one digital device and expanded their internet service, and perceived an improvement in their self-study skills and greater autonomous learning development.

Validity and reliability of factors causing information-seeking anxiety during information-seeking behaviors

PurposeThis study aims to define a set of assumptions for testing the four factors tested statistically to determine information-seeking anxiety based on quantitative data.Design/methodology/approachThe developed questionnaire was distributed among graduate university students in Zhenjiang City to find and confirm the factor affecting information-seeking anxiety. The exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis technique has been applied to the sample data set of 329 sample size. Jamovi and SPSS, statistical analysis software, were used to determine the study validity indices.FindingsThis study shows that thematic anxiety, quality of resources anxiety, information communication technology anxiety and library anxiety have a significant effect on information-seeking anxiety.Research limitations/implicationsThis study highlights the four factors, i.e. library anxiety, information and communication technology (ICT) anxiety, thematic anxiety and the quality of resources cause information-seeking anxiety among graduate students.Originality/valueIn this age of the digital world, information-seeking anxiety plays a vital role in the vicious circle of seeking behavior. Therefore, to break through the vicious loop of seeking behavior with only information-seeking anxiety as a cure, concentrate on information-seeking anxiety. This study found that thematic anxiety, ICT anxiety, library anxiety and quality of resources anxiety significantly affect information-seeking anxiety.

Influence via Ethos: On the Persuasive Power of Reputation in Deliberation Online

Deliberation among individuals online plays a key role in shaping the opinions that drive votes, purchases, donations, and other critical offline behavior. Yet, the determinants of opinion change via persuasion in deliberation online remain largely unexplored. Our research examines the persuasive power of ethos—an individual’s “reputation”—using a seven-year panel of over a million debates from an argumentation platform containing explicit indicators of successful persuasion. We identify the causal effect of reputation on persuasion by constructing an instrument for reputation from a measure of past debate competition and by controlling for unstructured argument text using neural models of language in the double machine-learning framework. We find that an individual’s reputation significantly impacts their persuasion rate above and beyond the validity, strength, and presentation of their arguments. In our setting, we find that having 10 additional reputation points causes a 31% increase in the probability of successful persuasion over the platform average. We also find that the impact of reputation is moderated by characteristics of the argument content, in a manner consistent with heuristic information processing under cognitive overload. We discuss managerial implications for platforms that facilitate deliberative decision making for public and private organizations online.This paper was accepted by Anandhi Bharadwaj, information systems.Funding: This research was supported in part by the University of Wisconsin Madison Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education with funding from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, and by the Carnegie Mellon University Graduate Student Assembly and Provost’s Office. Computing support was provided in part by the Social Science Computing Cooperative at the University of Wisconsin Madison.Supplemental Material: Data and the online appendix is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.4762 .

Design and Management of Micro-Teaching Mode of Education in Colleges Driven by Big Data

Big data has become a new driving force for national innovation and entrepreneurship. Although colleges and universities, which are responsible for cultivating high-quality entrepreneurship and innovation talents, have achieved certain results, there are still many problems in practice, which need to be driven by big data. Big data and the practice of innovation and entrepreneurship education in colleges and universities have certain inherent commonality. The integration of big data into the practice of innovation and entrepreneurship education in colleges and universities needs to be improved and strengthened in terms of top-level design, data environment, and educational concepts. Educational big data has become a hot topic and trend in educational research. College students’ entrepreneurship is a kind of entrepreneurial process in which special groups of college students and graduate students are the main body of entrepreneurship. With the recent transformation process of our country and the increasing pressure of social employment, entrepreneurship has gradually become a career choice for college students and graduates. Through data mining, statistical analysis, model construction, and comprehensive reasoning of educational big data are realized, and positive suggestions and countermeasures are provided for education and teaching. On the basis of the pattern analysis of educational data mining process, the concrete application of educational data mining is analyzed, and the correlation and rules between educational phenomena are found, so as to provide educational prediction and educational decision support for further optimization of teaching.

Case study of a pilot mentoring program in transdisciplinary sciences

ABSTRACT We conducted a case study on the implementation of an adult mentoring program designed to connect land-grant university graduate students who participated in a transdisciplinary and multi-institutional research project withindustry professionals for the purpose of exposing students to industry practices. Seven mentees and six mentors participated in the study. We employed the theory of planned behavior to inform findings regarding participants’ behavioral, normative, and control beliefs surrounding professional performance and goal attainment. Program outcomes were positive for student career development, for example expanding graduate students’ professional networks and sharing research findings with industry professionals. However, the COVID-19 pandemic hindered the mentoring program’s success by adding stress and travel restrictions that prevented full engagement in the program by all parties. Recommendations for improving the program’s success include providing participants with better support mechanisms for initiatingmentoring relationships and encouraging mentees to develop coping mechanisms when faced with cognitive overload and communication apprehension.

Evaluation Index, Alienation and Optimization Path of Scientific Research Ability of Liberal Arts Graduate Students in Chinese Universities: Based on the Grounded Theory Analysis of 40 First-class Universities

Evaluation Index, Alienation and Optimization Path of Scientific Research Ability of Liberal Arts Graduate Students in Chinese Universities: Based on the Grounded Theory Analysis of 40 First-class Universities

Collaborative Application of Resilience Education (CARE): Fostering Resilience to Combat Depression and Anxiety in Graduate Students

Background: Graduate students experience depression and anxiety at rates six times higher than the general population. A literature review of resilience education and an environmental scan of existing preventative resources found that current university-provided mental health interventions are primarily reactive, short-term, and crisis-oriented. There remains a need for preventative resources that prepare students to effectively face adversity and maintain wellbeing during graduate school. &#x0D; Purpose: In collaboration with experts in mental health, psychology, pedagogy, resource development, and graduate students themselves, our team aims to develop and implement a proactive, skill-based resource that teaches strategies to foster resilience in graduate school while emphasizing the importance of self-care, self-awareness, and help-seeking. &#x0D; Methods: Our new co-created resource is to be assessed in three phases: (1) Qualitative Needs Analysis, (2) Intervention Ideation, and (3) Resource Validation. All participants for this study will be graduate students in the first two years of their degree and recruited from the University of Toronto Temerty Faculty of Medicine (TFM). Phase One will be conducted through qualitative focus groups to explore student needs and experiences with mental health resources. Focus group data will be transcribed and analyzed using NVIVO to establish criteria for our resource prototype. In Phase Two, all data, in addition to input from a student advisory committee composed of TFM graduate students, will be compiled to design our prototype. In Phase Three, focus groups will assess the prototype and provide their feedback on the content and functionality of the resource, and where it might be improved.&#x0D; Anticipated Results and Potential Implications: Overall, we anticipate that this resource prototype will leave a positive impression on the Phase Two participants, helping them build their resilience-based skills and strategies for facing adverse events. Overall, given the correlation between increased resilience and improved mental health, we expect that this resource will reduce levels of depression and anxiety for students by preparing them for the stress they experience in graduate school. If successful, this resource may be adapted to address the needs of graduate students in different departments, universities, and institutions worldwide.

Factors to increase the effectiveness of an online foreign language course for young scientists

Introduction. The rapid development of digital technologies, online format of the educational process due to the spread of Covid-19 have actualized online learning in universities. The combination of work and postgraduate studies by young scientists, limited time frames, low motivation make it necessary to find the optimal ways to organize the educational process in a foreign language. The considered online course provides young scientists with the opportunity to improve the level of foreign language communicative competence in academic and research fields. Purpose of the article: to improve the effectiveness of the online foreign language course for young scientists. Research methods. The experiment involved 445 first- and second-year graduate students of South Ural State University. To determine the effectiveness of the online course in the program of foreign language study in graduate school and increase the level of foreign language communicative competence the following methods were used: method of pedagogical experiment, method of observation, econometric method of mathematical statistics Difference in Differences (DID). The method of questionnaires was used to identify the educational needs of graduate students. The B.D. Jones's MUSIC® Model of Motivation was chosen as the methodological basis for the redesign of the online course. The relevance and completeness of the strategies of the B.D. Jones's MUSIC® Model of Motivation according to graduate students’ opinions were tested using a parametric Student's t-test with dependent sampling. Results. As a result of the experiment aimed at improving the effectiveness of the online foreign language course for graduate students, positive dynamics in the level of foreign language communication competence of graduate students in the experimental group compared with students in the control group was verified by the Change criterion, which reflects the difference in the results of the PhD Foreign Language Exam of graduate students, recorded by DID: "excellent" – (Change &gt; 12%), "good" – (Change &lt; 9.5%), "satisfactory" – (Change &lt; 2.5%). Discussion and conclusion. It was proved that the identified factors to improve the effectiveness of the online course for young scientists (redesign of the online course, taking into account the educational needs of graduate students) determined the positive dynamics of the level of foreign language communication competence of graduate students.

Skill Gap Analysis of Computer Science Graduate Students of Universities in Marathwada

Skill Gap Analysis of Computer Science Graduate Students of Universities in Marathwada

The Impact of Covid-19 Towards Education Expenditure: Evidence from China

Purpose This paper aims to explore the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the study and life of graduate students, understand the current practical problems faced by effective graduate students, and explore the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the life of graduate students in universities. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, the graduate students of Guizhou University are targeted, and the specific impacts of COVID-19 on their personal safety, extra costs, self-control ability and employment are expounded. Findings The study founds that to support university graduate students during the prevention and control period, focus on establishing effective psychological support mechanisms and self-discipline development programs. Provide accessible counseling services and mental health awareness campaigns while enhancing resources to boost self-control and time management skills, especially for remote studying. Additionally, reinforce employment services with improved career guidance and job placement support, and address enrollment pressure through better communication and mentorship initiatives Research limitations/implications In this context, it is necessary to study the obstacles and problems brought by the COVID-19 epidemic to the study of graduate students in universities and try to resolve the adverse effects caused by the epidemic. Originality/value It points out various difficulties facing graduate students in universities under the background of epidemic prevention and control, and puts forward some appropriate suggestions based on the actual situation, so as to provide some insights for graduate students to understand how to deal with the negative effects of COVID-19

Virtual Social Capital of Young Academics

Introduction. The article is devoted to the study of the formation by scientists of their social capital on the Internet. The importance of social capital has always been highly appreciated in the academic environment, however, the “digitization” of social capital as a phenomenon remains poorly disclosed. The purpose of the article is to explore how do young scientists form virtual social capital.Methodology and sources. The methodological basis for the study is formed by “classics” in the field of social capital (P. Bourdieu, R. Putnam, J. Nahapieta) and those modern scientists who have been forming the theory of virtual social capital (N. Ellison, S. Steinfeld, S. Lamp) and have been laying down principles of its measurement (K. Lin, D. Williams, S. Chiu) for the last few years. The questionnaire survey was conducted in January-April 2022. Young scientists of Novosibirsk State Technical University (graduate students, candidates of science up to 35 years old, doctors of science up to 45 years old and employees without a degree up to 35 years old, engaged in research or scientific and pedagogical activities) became the empirical base. The sample with N = 361 was 186 respondents.Results and discussion. The results of the study show that young scientists are more likely to transfer the offline behavior pattern to the online environment, where scientific achievements and academic connections are important in academic communities. Respondents form a virtual social capital of a closed type, transfer existing networks of academic connections to the Internet space, use academic Internet platforms to a greater extent for self-presentation and information search, demonstrate an asymmetric behavior pattern, ignoring the norms of reciprocity in the distribution of resources within a social group.Conclusion. With all the technological opportunities, social prerequisites and expected benefits from the formation of virtual social capital, young scientists are cautious and do not fully realize the potential available in the Internet environment for its increase.