Higher Education Universities Research Articles

Analysing Online Vacancy and Skills Demand using Text Mining

The issue of graduates’ employability has become a major concern in many countries as the number of graduates keep increasing over the years. Fresh graduates are experiencing difficulties in finding meaningful employment as the growth in hiring has slowed in the recent period. With the impact of fourth industrial revolution, today graduates face a world transformed by technology. The role of universities in higher education become more challenging in shaping more digital technology graduates with the right skills and knowledge. Problems can be seen at both management level of higher education in producing graduates who can meet the needs of industry while industry is also facing the problem of finding skilled graduates who suit their needs. To examine the work skills demanded from Industry of Malaysian, this study proposed a text mining approach from 465 unstructured data of analyst job vacancies in classifying job titles and extracting vacancy and skills from job descriptions. The methodology involved are text retrieval, text pre-processing, word cloud corpus generation and text clustering. The findings indicate that the selected job posts emphasize more on vacancies information rather than skills needed which further shows the gap existence between the skills demand and supply.

Research on the Innovation of Personalized Education in Colleges and Universities under the Context of Big Data

The advent of the big data era has opened up unprecedented quantifiable dimensions for all walks of life, while also presented many opportunities and challenges. The widespread application of big data in the field of education will inevitably promote the innovation and transformation of the higher education in colleges and universities which introduce new opportunities and challenges to personalized education in colleges and universities. How to promote the in-depth integration of big data and higher education to meet the needs of students' personalized development is one of the hot topics in the theoretical field today. In view of this, this article starts with explaining the connotation of personalized education in colleges and universities, analyzes the opportunities and challenges faced by personalized education in colleges and universities under the context of big data, and proposes the ideas of innovating personalized education in colleges and universities under the comntext of big data.

Deschooling from above

The concept of deschooling has been making a comeback, after having been largely written off by the mainstream education research community in the 1980s and early 1990s. However, it is not just anti-capitalist radicals who are rediscovering the appeal of deschooling, but political and economic elites as well. This article traces some of the central claims and practices of this elite-led movement – that we call ‘deschooling from above’ – in current attacks on universal higher education, projects to deschool professional and technical training and an abandonment of past commitments to universal compulsory schooling. The authors argue that all of these trends need to be situated within the broader context of the unravelling of the education fix of the previous era of global (neoliberal) capitalist restructuring.

Geo-spatial approach based mapping using proximity analysis techniques for establishment of new higher education colleges- A case study of chambal division, Madhya Pradesh, India

The population is continuously increasing in India, Keeping view in this matter required decentralize planning in all primary and secondary facilities. This paper focused on the establishment of the new Government Higher Education Colleges (HEC) in tahsil/block headquarters and the village area of Chambal division in Madhya Pradesh state, where college are not available and the number of students in those places is even more, through spatial analysis techniques. First of all, created the buffer on the all college locations with radial distance of 10, 15 and 20 km and exclude those tahsil and village clusters where the college doesn't establish. For the rapid growth of student population of Chambal division in Madhya Pradesh need for establishment of new colleges. All those criteria and decision have been taken for the proposal of the new college's establishment through number of higher secondary school and enrolled student, percentage of weaker section students versus total students in higher secondary school within the buffer of 10, 15 & 20 kms from tahsil and block headquarter without college. The weightage has been assigned to all classes by calculating the mean (M) and standard deviation (SD) of each criteria followed by statistics and weighted index method. Further, the summation equation has used by taking the summation of all weights of each Tahsil and the Priority is calculated by using the Mean and SD values of cumulative weight and final priority wise proposed location map has been prepared for the establishment of new colleges.

Research on the Approaches to Construct "Belt and Road" in Colleges and Universities

The report of the Nineteenth National Congress of the Party clearly states that we will move faster to build Chinese universities into world-class universities and develop world-class disciplines as we work to bring out the full potential of higher education. Under the background of "Belt and Road" construction, higher education is a "connecting heart bridge" for communication and cooperation between countries, and also a "adhesive" for co-construction and sharing. It has unique and irreplaceable advantages in the construction of "Belt and Road". The construction of "B&R" provides a broader space for the development of higher education and puts forward new requirements. In the face of the opportunities and challenges of "B&R", colleges and universities should take the initiative and push forward pragmatically, especially in the areas that are important nodes, and should speed up their own development in striving to serve the national strategy. By analyzing "three major challenges" of foreign exchange and cooperation in colleges and universities under the strategy of "B&R ", this paper finds out the" five major paths "for colleges and universities to help" B&R ", and analyzes them in detail in order to promote the international development of higher education in colleges and universities and to help the construction of "B&R".

Analysis of the Use of Technological Tools in University Higher Education using the Soft Systems Methodology

This article analyzes the professional training of students according to the current situation. Students are experiencing a new modality of study due to the Covid-19 and specialists have to evaluate which would be the best solutions in order that students achieve greater understanding, because they are one of the most affected today. Therefore, we will be able to analyze in a detailed way each one of the causes that our problem presents to evaluate and thus to be able to obtain the different points of view of those who are involved in this problem. In this study we will apply the methodology of the soft systems with a systemic approach and a holistic vision to analyze the situation presented by all those involved. Having as results that it is necessary to evaluate in a better way the solutions that are given to higher education institutions, since it should have as main objective the achievement of a better teaching towards the students and thus opting for the use of good methodologies of learning.

Sustainability in higher education schools in México

The increase of gases in the ozone layer is an important issue nowadays in the Universities of Higher Education in Mexico; there is a great interest in contributing to the reduction of the carbon footprint, therefore, a study was carried out to calculate the footprint generated by the students of the Polytechnic University of Guanajuato through the use of software. The participants were 27 students of the Automotive Engineering degree of the sixth semester, which during this period kept a record of the consumption of PET bottles in their various presentations. The main findings were that the total CO2 they produce is 131.7 Kg, which would be equivalent to 0.176 barrels of oil and 1.19 m3 of space saved in landfills. Now, taking into consideration the entire student population (3,899), the calculation was projected annually and estimating the same consumption patterns, would save 76.3 barrels of oil against 515.55 m3 of space in sanitary landfills.

Information Security Policy Compliance: Leadership, Trust, Role Values, and Awareness

ABSTRACTThe purpose of this study was to find out which one of the four selected predictor variables, i.e., leadership, trusting beliefs, role values, and information security policy awareness are most influential in predicting employees’ intention to comply with organizational information security policy. An instrument with five constructs was administered to subjects from a higher-education university in the USA. Collected data were methodically examined through multiple regression analysis. Results indicated that all four predictor variables were influential in predicting employees’ intention to comply with organizational information security policy requirements. Implications of the findings are discussed and recommendations for future research are made.

Predicting Faculty Performance in Higher Education using Machine Learning

Higher education is witnessing significant change in transferring of knowledge and experience from the faculty to the student community on a large scale. Domains requiring a high degree of skill development such as engineering technology education need a place in the university of deeper faculty communication and information percolation process. Despite various measurement and accounting system are prevailing in the current educational system. Known advanced methods for automated evaluation of faculty performance has emanated successfully yet. Here we propose a Machine Learning technique which can interact both with faculty and students to collect feature-oriented parameters of the academic processes prevailing in engineering domain to qualitative and quantitatively access the faculty performance in the modern ways. By using various machine learning methods such as Support Vector Machine, Logistic Regression, Naïve Bayes, Random Forest and Deep learning are used to build the models. The proposed model could identify the faculty’s performance who are likely to improve the course teaching for the students to enhance the teaching – learning process. Model accuracy is used to evaluate the performance of the faculty in the course. To identify the Machine learning algorithm performance F1-Measure and Area under Curve (AUC) value are compared. Evaluation result indicates that Random Forest algorithm is best suitable algorithm for faculty performance prediction for course evaluation through feedback questionaries’ given by the students. It has a 73.1% higher accuracy, 78.7% F1- measure and 0.73 value of AUC when compared to other models. This model is used for decision making support in the higher educational university.

Christian universities and schools in relation and context

Editorial There is often a relationship between Christian universities and colleges of higher education and schools of a Christian character. Canterbury Christ Church University was initially founded to provide more teachers for Church schools (Bowie et al., 2018a). It is part of a group of English universities called Cathedrals Group universities which profess an agenda for values-led higher education (https://www.cathedralsgroup.ac.uk/). A research study to find out what students, staff and schools thought really mattered in the teacher education provision made by these universities found they were seen as centres of expertise in teaching and learning and as having a distinctively person-centred philosophy of education (Bowie et al., 2018b). The qualitative and quantitative 2-year study involving six English universities with Christian foundations also found a rich variety of interpretations of this philosophy, according to context, self-understanding regarding the mission of universities, and the distinct contours of schools served by this provision. This ranged from what might be called a common good mission to ‘The Five Thousand’, which sought to provide a good teacher formation for all schools, to a specific apostolic mission to ‘The Twelve’ to serve the Christian schooling sector, as well as a particular concern to serve the most disadvantaged and vulnerable in schools. The English context is marked by diverse and plural populations of students and a secular climate in general. Additionally, the research found staff and student understanding and view of the Christian dimension of the university varied between institutions to a considerable degree. Nevertheless, that dimension was valued by the schools they served. The experience of leading this project in part inspired this journal issue. This issue draws together research into the different dimensions of engagement between Christian schools and Christian universities. The relationship between these institutions and the contexts in which they are situated reveals a web of interconnections. These interconnections are shaped by both an interest in a more historically grounded awareness of the development of educational ideas in the formation of teachers, and a pressure to be more ‘profession’ orientated.

Establishing criteria for evaluating lecturers’ competences: solutions for improving quality of lecturers at University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU -HCM

In the higher education environment, lecturers play an extremely important role in higher education of universities. Assessing the higher education quality based on many standards such as the training program, the facilities, the teaching staff, the supporting staff to the learners, the measures of quality improvement, ... In which, improving the qualified lecturers who meet the training needs and implementing the strategic goals of each university is as one of the requirements important. Assessing lecturers' competences is considered one of the mandatory requirements for measuring the quality of university education. The assessment of lecturers' competences is based on a variety of criteria, in which the competences of teaching, scientific research and community service are considered the core competences of the lecturer. The paper presents the necessity of proposing criteria for assessing lecturers' competences. Besides, the paper also analyzes some of the basic criteria for assessing lecturers' competences. Then, some solutions are proposed to apply these criteria in assessing the competences of lecturers at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University-Hochiminh.

Perancangan Reponsive Layananan Sistem Informasi Perkuliahan Online Terhadap Mahasiswa Dan Dosen Pengampu Matakuliah

The development of internet technology provides opportunities for applications in all types of human activities including special education for higher education in universities to improve the quality of education. This study discusses the importance of the elements that must be met when we build web-based academic applications with web technology as an information system service using an Android-based smartphone. As a sample in the research data, there were 168 or 50% of students involved in the total number of Computer Science students at the University of Muhammadiyah Metro Lampung, 336 people in the use of web-based lecture information system services. Improving the quality of lecture information system services is needed a response from students with the existence of this information system service by using questionnaires as responsive indicators of students. Online Information System Services lectures conducted by a lecturer at the Faculty of Computer Science, University of Muhammadiyah Metro. This research will also discuss open source as the foundation for disseminating lecture information system services that can be carried out by students and lecturers by using a variety of hardware one with a mobile system or smartphone. Keywords: Reponvive Services, Information Systems, Online Lectures

Independent educational auditor as an agent of public mechanism of quality assurance in higher education

Independent educational auditor as an agent of public mechanism of quality assurance in higher education

طراحی الگوی برنامه درسی تربیت اخلاقی دورة متوسطه دوم مبتنی بر نظریه برخاسته از دادهها

Moral education considered as one of the most important educational and training issues. The achievement of this great goal in the education institution requires the provision of a model for the moral education curriculum. Achieving the moral education model based on ethical perspectives, which is the main objective of the research, can provide a comprehensive design for moral education. The aim of research was to a moral education pattern for High school on based on Grounded theory. Based on a targeted sampling method, those who have been compiled in this field have been studied and interviewed. After explaining the theoretical foundations and the viewpoints of the experts, the main components and categories and themes are extracted and the proposed model and the elements related to the have been extracted. Accordingly, the present study is based on theoretical foundations and viewpoints of scholars of and philosophy of education in higher education universities. Proposed model of research in the field of the second-level state-level moral education model, including 9 themes such as; macro environment policies, objectives, content of moral education curriculum, learning processes, the use of information technology, interaction with scientific and research centers, participation Teachers are involved in development, assessment methods and receptor characteristics. Based on this, designing the pattern of the second-level moral education curriculum as a core category based on the contextual conditions of environmental policies and objectives and through the strategies of teacher participation in development and continuous engagement with academic centers in recognizing the attribute of receptors (as a template background) is achieved and leads to the realization of educational and educational implications.

Role of Government in Internationalization of Higher Education in Universities of Medical Sciences of the Country: A Qualitative Resear

Role of Government in Internationalization of Higher Education in Universities of Medical Sciences of the Country: A Qualitative Resear

Institutional Efficiency of Faculty of Education from the Perspective of New Taxonomy

This article, in the background of discourse on justification of the FoE, opines restructuring and strengthening the FoE with the empirical evidences and theoretical support. It begins with the problematic situation of low pass and high dropout rate in bachelor degree in Gorkha Campus and hopeful situation of research degree in Graduate School of Education Tribhuvan University and ends with the suggestion of needs of career counseling for admitting the students in higher education in colleges. Between start and end, it revolves around the theoretical model of New Taxonomy that claimslearner's cognition is highly influenced with one's meta-cognitive skills and that is guided with one's self-system as chain effect. It talks cognition, meta-cognition, and self-system of: a) undergraduate students that were already researched and one was published in article form and another was submitted as research report; and b) research degree level students with three cases. Article, with meta-synthesis method blends the poor performing learning process of undergraduate students with rich performing learning process of research degree level students to explain the learners' role in learning and institutional responsibility.

Harassment and Bullying among Students in Higher Education Institutions: Manifestation of Single Cases of Harassment and Bullying in Aspects of Demographic Variables

The research goal - to analyse manifestations of single cases of harassment and bullying in students' inter-relationship and to compare them in aspects of socio-demographic variables. 623 students studying at Lithuanian higher education institutions were questioned. We determined a dependence of harassment and bullying on respondents' age: they were experienced more often by 18-30 year-old students, whereas older students' complaints were less. Older students more often requested for active policy of higher education institutions in preventing negative relations. Women showed more initiative in seeking for help, unlike men, experience of negative relations of which was higher in the past. Harassment and bullying were more experienced by the students studying at higher education colleges, unlike those studying at universities. The research results are significant in striving for better perception of impact of harassment and bullying at higher education institutions on demographic variables and negative inter-personal relationship experienced at school age. This knowledge is necessary for higher education institutions preparing and developing a prevention of harassment and bullying.

Task, formulaic language, and role play for developing ESL students’ academic language

The effectiveness of task, formulaic language, and role play in facilitating uninhibited communication of ESL learners is beyond doubt. This quantitative empirical research employed a role play communicative assessment and a writing assessment to assess the efficacy of the combination of task, formulaic language, and role play, as a language learning strategy to teach cognitive academic language in English for Specific Purpose classroom of a university. The language ability acquired through brainstorming and reading sessions equipped the students for the task of describing a two-wheeler. The task which made use of the formulaic language led the engineering students to interact meaningfully and know the content for describing a two-wheeler and write the description in a coherent paragraph. The stimulated usage of academic language in a role play could scaffold the content and language learnt for successful retention for effective Oral Academic Presentation (OAP). Although the results cannot be generalised, students joining higher education in universities in ESL/EFL countries would be immensely benefitted by this kind of teaching method.

Innovative Means of Medical Students Teaching through Graphical Methods for Cardiac Data Estimating and Serious Games

Now-a-days non-traditional methods and tools are introduced in the training of medical students which are mediated by the rapid development of information technologies: software training systems, Serious Games, and video materials. The paper presents a software system for the processing and analysis of physiological data, which is suitable for use in the medical students’ training process and a study has been made of the use of serious games in medical education. For optimal work with a software system, a database of cardiac data has been created for healthy individuals and individuals with various cardiac diseases. The established system and the cardiology database can be used by medical doctors to study statistical parameters and graphical cardiac data representation in various diseases. The results obtained from the analysis of the data through graphical methods can be used as an effective visual means for increasing the success of medical students' training. The paper presents the results of a survey of the interest of medical students in higher education Universities in Bulgaria to the inclusion of Serious Games in their medical training. The results show a high interest in game-based learning: by including serious games such as innovative training, it will be possible to build on theoretical education and to increase the efficiency of the education process.

Світові тенденції розвитку вищої освіти та ймовірні моделі університетів майбутнього

Світові тенденції розвитку вищої освіти та ймовірні моделі університетів майбутнього