Mission Of University Research Articles

Membangkitkan Kembali Olahraga Tradisional Di Era Digital: Implementasi UU No 5 Tahun 2017 Tentang Pemajuan Kebudayaan

The government's efforts to increase cultural resilience in the digital era are carried out with Law No. 5 of 2017 concerning the promotion of culture. One of the objects for promoting culture based on this law is traditional sports. The purpose of this service is to introduce and preserve traditional sports from Papua, namely nenggi kenggi, morning towe, ninanogum paga, agabolo coconut, and tok-tok to the younger generation. This service is carried out as a form of participation in efforts to promote culture which is also in line with the mission of Cenderawasih University, which is to develop science and technology based on culture and environment. The methods used in the service are lectures and demonstrations which are packaged in the form of outreach. Partners in this service are the upper class students of SD Negeri Inpres Prumnas 1 Waena consisting of 50 students. The stages in this community service consist of four stages, namely discussions with partners, designing activity arrangements and socialization materials, implementing community service activities, monitoring and evaluation. Evaluation of activities is carried out by looking at the achievement of the service carried out. Data analysis techniques use descriptive statistics with percentage formulas. The results showed that there was a change in students' understanding from those who did not know to know. Nenggi kenggi games, morning towe, ninanogum paga, agabolo coconuts, and tok-tok can be practiced well by students. This game can be an option for children to reduce smartphone use.)

Does the COVID-19 Pandemic Affect Excellence in Academic Research? a Study of Science and Engineering Faculty Members in China.

Research excellence is one of the key missions of universities and an important engine for socio-economic development. However, the outbreak of COVID-19 has affected academic research in many ways. This study examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the research performance of science and engineering faculty members in China's top research universities. It is found that the pandemic caused a decline in the numbers and quality of published articles, and the effects persisted over time. The negative effect of the pandemic on research excellence was more pronounced in the older faculty groups and departments of science. In addition, the pandemic has harmed international research collaborations among academics, which is likely to obstruct research excellence in the long run. In the end, this paper proposes several policy recommendations to reinvigorate universities' capacity for research innovation in the post-pandemic era.

Analysis of English for International Communication (EIC) Research Projects Conducted in the Independent Study (IS) Course Underpinning the Thailand 20-Year National Strategy Plan

The main focuses of this research study were to identify all research projects conducted by English for International Communication (EIC) students between 2017-2019 based on the Thailand 20-Year National Strategy Plan; summarize and analyzing; and, suggest the scope of the research projects in the IS course. A total of 109 research projects proceeded by the EIC students were analyzed. The research instruments were the Research Topic Analysis Checklist (RTAC). The statistic used in data analysis was the percentage. Overall, the findings indicated that the most of the research projects were in the strategy of development and strengthening human capital (85%), social cohesion and just society (5.45%), and national competitiveness enhancement (1.09%) respectively whereas there was at 8.21% ungrouped projects. Noticeably, an innovation technology and area base of IS projects gradually increased with the 21st century skills in 2019. Additionally, the understanding of both university mission and Thailand 20-Year National Strategy Plan related to the various research projects. This study can mutually provide a practical guideline for encouraging both teachers and students to explore more diverse interesting topic areas by bridging the gaps between the university mission, provincial policy and strategy, and Thailand 20-Year National Strategy Plan.

UNIVERSITY DEUCATOR AS SUBJECT OF UNIVERSITY MISSION: SOME ASPECTS

The article is devoted to the investigation of the crucial role of higher education teachers in fulfilling the mission of the university. Through the prism of the educational paradigm of the 21st century from the scientific and methodical positions, by applying the methods of analysis and generalizations, the importance of the professional activity of teachers in the modernized educational space of a university department and a university as a whole has been analyzed. The article also identifies ways to enhance the teacher's professional competence by integrating subject-technological, psychological-pedagogical, and general cultural components.
 The paradigm shift from a traditional "teacher" to a modern "teacher-architect" or "teacher-creator" allows teachers to establish partnership relations among all participants of the educational process and achieve the multi-directional goals and tasks of modern universities. The authors provide examples from the Department of Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology at Poltava State Medical University to illustrate how innovative pedagogical technologies enhance the quality of partnership cooperation and promote the formation of students' key competencies, leading to the development of their professional and personal characteristics. The article concludes that the effective preparation of new generation teachers for universities, particularly in the medical field, requires multifaceted professional and competency-oriented activity. The article's relevance to the declared topic is evident in its positive contribution to the formation of new generation teachers and the achievement of the mission of universities.

An Extended Study on Motivation and Need for Multimedia Skills Development in the Case of University Staff

University staff has been the most vulnerable actor (or even stakeholder) in the process of the online transition of all the academic activities (education, scientific, communication, internationalization, involvement in the community etc.). University missions has been re-shaped and re-designed considering the new ways (methods and tools) for communication, opinion expressions, dialogue, for scientific argumentations and negotiations, promotion of different results, achievements, events or the university activities. Multimedia competencies have become more valuable and together with the digital creativity has been considered the new “weapon” for creating a new image of the online universities (defining the new online world of the academic environment). In this context, the paper first, presents the specific situation and potential for multimedia competencies development in the case of the seven partners of MUST project: “Multimedia Competencies for University Staff to Empower University - Community Collaborations” (2020-1-RO01-KA203-080399, https://mustproject.eu/). The extended study refers to partners from countries as: Romania, Slovenia, Germany, Lithuania, Portugal, Spain, and North Macedonia. The preliminary state of the university staff competencies in the field of multimedia, has been the basis for the survey based on a designed questionnaire development for the training needs development. In the final part of this article the results of the survey are presented together with some comments and conclusions. The achieved knowledge and information from the extended study on motivation and need for multimedia skills development in the case of university staff have been considered for designing the MUST training program structure and content.

Incentivizing knowledge exchange engagement: direct and indirect benefits of external engagement

ABSTRACT Engagement in knowledge exchange (KE) with external actors has become widely accepted as an integral mission of universities. However, research and teaching performance remain more important for career progression, while engagement activities are more weakly institutionalized. This raises the question of why academics participate in knowledge exchange engagement activities. This paper examines to what extent academics perceive that they are rewarded directly for KE by their university and to what extent they perceive to benefit in terms of their performance in other missions (research and teaching). Furthermore, we examine how these perceptions are associated with actual engagement behavior. We use data from a sample of academics in seven European universities to examine whether direct and indirect benefits from engagement are linked to engagement in a broad range of KE activities. The results suggest that direct university rewards are associated with less engagement in KE activities, while perceived indirect benefits are associated with more engagement. These relationships are particularly strong in STEM fields.

Preface

The 8th Conference of the Sustainable Solutions for Energy and Environment, EENVIRO 2022, Bucharest, October 16-20, 2022 Under the main theme “Sustainable Solutions for Energy and Environment”, the conference has covered the diverse disciplines of Energy and Environment from the present to the future.The EENVIRO 2022 Conference was organized together with the partner universities from the EU-CONEXUS Consortium and included workshops and oral presentations addressing sustainable and smart urban development topics.EU-CONEXUS, The European University for Smart Urban Coastal Sustainability, is a unique European transnational higher education and research institution that is able to cover the smart urban sustainable coastal development from a global point of view, by cross disciplinary based approaches, vocational training, innovative and professionalizing educational and research methods and service provision. EU-CONEXUS has 9 partners and associated partners, universities from different European countries. SmUCS is a unique thematic focus that concentrates all university missions on finding solutions to global societal challenges faced by urbanised and semi-urbanised coastal areas. With this focused expertise, EU-CONEXUS also contributes to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). By leveraging the expertise of its 6800 staff and on its specialization on SmUCS on a global scale following holistic and interdisciplinary approaches, EU-CONEXUS creates a concentrated scientific potential on SmUCS that allows the Alliance to become a world-class player.List of Keynotes Speakers, Invited Lectures, Organizers And Commitees Organizers, Sponsors are available in this pdf.

地域連携による教育の社会的責任の研究 - 街づくりイノベーションスクールを中心に -

This paper examines the direction of future education through a community development innovation school that is a case study for solving problems in local communities with university student-resident participation jointly by industry, government and academia. Based on the university's mission, we analyze the conceptual development process and content of the social responsibility of Japanese and Korean universities, and examine its essence. In addition, from the standpoint of solidarity between the university and society, in the process of collectively solving problems through education, the mutual responsibility of individuals and society is increased, and the social responsibility of education to promote individual self-realization and social growth. Make sense of core values. ESR explores the meaning of new education and strategies in the process of resolving social issues with new educational approaches. In the process of solving social problems, it cannot be solved by the power of individuals alone, and a network of diverse social members and social resources is required. It can provide suggestions for future education through a cyclical relationship that reflects, improves, and develops continuously in the process of solving social problems.

Geographies of COVID‐19

Geographies of COVID‐19

The third mission of the university in the context of war and post-war recovery

In the conditions of the war of russia against Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022, Ukrainian universities are playing roles that were not characteristic of them in peacetime. To the greatest extent, this concerns the university’s third mission, serving society and responding to its urgent needs. The purpose of this study is to identify and characterize new meaningful directions for implementing the third mission of the university in the conditions of war and post-war reconstruction. The study uses quantitative and qualitative bibliometric analysis combining various methods, in particular, quantitative and dynamic analysis of publications and citations, keyword analysis, cluster analysis and content analysis of publications.The study’s results proved the lack of conceptual studies devoted to the role of universities in the war and post-war reconstruction. The main clusters of implementing the third mission of universities and the existing and potential areas of activity of Ukraine’s universities during the war and post-war reconstruction that belong to them were determined. In conclusion, it is substantiated that a new dimension of the mission of universities is being formed, which is at the stage of its formation and needs time for the necessary transformations. Depending on the consequences of the war in Ukraine, it can be a separate cluster of the third mission of universities, and the selection of a new fourth mission of universities, dedicated to peacebuilding and the role of the university during the war and post-war recovery. AcknowledgmentYuriy Petrushenko gratefully acknowledges support from the Kirkland Research Program. The researchwas supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (No. 0121U109553).

Роль современного вуза в формировании технологического суверенитета страны

Purpose: The paper explores the new role of a modern university in the formation of technological sovereignty of the country. Answers are given to the questions: “Is technological sovereignty real in principle? Is a modern university ready to defend technological sovereignty?” It is shown that the mission of a modern university is leadership in the creation of fundamentally new equipment, technologies and human capital. Methods: Open Internet data, tools of ecosystem and project approach, methods of system analysis, theory of synergetics and innovation management were used. Results: A critical analysis of the “bottlenecks” of the university’s development in a volatile economy has been carried out. The problems and priorities of the development of a modern university in the context of a challenge to technological sovereignty are noted. The prerequisites for the institutional transformation of education and the features of the products of a modern university relevant to the dictates of time are considered. The model of research and development management in the Russian Federation is characterized. Practical significance: the features of the multidimensional role of the fourth generation university in the mechanism of achieving technological sovereignty are noted. The possible scenarios for the implementation of the technological sovereignty of the country and the industry, as well as the features of launching innovations in new conditions are described. New tracks of development of a modern university are shown. It is noted that a modern university is a “country of tomorrow” in terms of material and technical, educational and laboratory facilities, innovative environment, support for young scientists, preservation of traditions and increment of values. It is proved that only the presence of all these components will provide conditions both for the qualitative evolution of the university and for achieving the technological sovereignty of the country as a whole.

Quality of work life and organizational commitment of the academic staff in Ethiopian universities

Academic staffs are essential to the universities mission and vision achievement. However, in Ethiopia, universities are characterized by poor working conditions, lower quality of work-life and commitment, and higher turnover. The main purpose of this study was to investigate factors related to the quality of work-life and examine the effect of quality of work-life on the academic staff's organizational commitment in Ethiopia. The study employed an explanatory design and a quantitative approach. The data for the research is collected through a structured five-point Likert scale questionnaire from 185 samples that were selected using a simple random sampling technique. Confirmatory Factor Analysis is employed to determine the relationship between the manifest and latent variables that fit each other. The final step is the structural equation model, which develops a new proof of the author's proposed theory. As per the Structural Equation Model results, compensation, reward, and work-life balance are statistically significant and positively related to the organizational commitment of the academic staff. Further, quality of work-life is found to have a statistically significant and positive association with the organizational commitment of higher education teachers. As a result, maintaining a more balanced work-life balance through appropriate strategic human resource management is critical to increasing academic staff work engagement and improving the university's quality of services.

It’s complicated: Exploring the internal land-grant brand at Oklahoma State University

Land-grant institutions (LGIs) are tasked with providing accessible education to the common man and improving their quality of life. This study examined faculty members’ interpretations of the land-grant mission and opinions about its future. The theory of branding guided this study. Faculty members are the primary deliverers university missions. Past studies have indicated some personnel are unaware of pieces of the land-grant mission. This is troublesome as a strong internal brand increases the likelihood of a positive public image. A purposive sampling method was used to recruit participants for 11 focus groups conducted in the summer of 2020. The audio was transcribed and imported into MAXQDA20 and analyzed using Glaser’s constant comparative method to identify themes, which were confirmed by assistant moderators. Participants had multiple definitions of the land-grant mission and interpreted in their work differently. There was a general state of concern for the future, but faculty members had an overall positive outlook on the land-grant mission. Faculty should view their work and behaviors as true building block of the OSU and land-grant brand. Future research should explore the internal brand at other LGIs and university staff, administration, and student perceptions should also be explored.

Internationalization of universities and quality education: a focus on teaching, research and outreach activities

This study aims to describe the relationship between the process of internationalization of a Brazilian university and its triple mission of teaching, research and outreach activities. To this end, the study discusses the interface between internationalization of higher education and global citizenship education (GCE) focusing on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 – Quality Education – which aims to guarantee inclusive, equitable and quality education for all. GCE is related to SDG4 as it acknowledges interrelationships of the global, national and local aspects of higher education. So as to reflect about these interrelations, the study reports on an on-going project proposed in a university in Brazil whose aim was to link research results through an outreach project to develop the internationalization of small companies in the State of Espirito Santo, in connection with another project and university in Spain. The study draws on a theoretical-empirical, qualitative research based on secondary data with a corpus composed of 20 studies produced in the Brazilian university and the needs analysis carried out in the Spanish university to illustrate and discuss the interconnections between innovation, internationalization and GCE in relation to SDGs 4. The internationalization of the Brazilian university was analysed in relation to the university's triple mission of research, outreach and teaching activities/opportunities. The results of the analysis suggest that the internationalization of that institution is related to its triple mission of teaching (analysed in the Business Administration courses of the two universities involved), research (analysed through corpus analysis results) and outreach activities (analysed in the outreach/internationalization projects of the two institutions involved). Preliminary findings of the project suggest that the process of internationalization of the universities involved is related to the SDG4 insomuch as GCE is concerned.

Axiology of education: Ideals and unifying values in social education of modern student youth

Introduction. The problem of finding axiological grounds is associated with the need to solve the tasks of implementing the progressive mission of universities in the regions. The problem appeared with sufficient evidence as a result of obtaining analytical data from the first stage of the grant study devoted to the factors of formation of students’ identity in the multi-confessional environment of the university. The data obtained testified to a pronounced individualistic focus of educational activity, which presumably could have a negative impact on the development of academic communities and cooperative forms of work at universities.Aim. The present research aims to determine the axiological foundations of the actualised educational system that corresponds to the modern interests of Russians and to clarify the ideas about the barriers that prevent the formation of university value communities on the basis of the comparison of values of students and university teachers.Methodology and research methods. The empirical basis of the study is surveys of university students and teachers. The surveys were conducted by a research group at 13 Russian universities in 2021 and 2022. Based on the description of various conceptual approaches (sociocentric, anthropocentric and theocentric) to education, theoretical and practical argumentation presented in the article, the question of the advantages and disadvantages of each of the concepts is solved. The axiometric methods used in the study (content analysis and sociometry of group preferences) made it possible to reflect the results of the analysis of a significant sample (1,256 students and 87 teachers were interviewed). The analysis differs from the well-known studies of recent years also in temporal characteristics (specific time points were selected to trace to a certain extent the dynamics of value orientations due to the sociocultural specifics of the historical moment).Results. The nature of the modern postmodern ideology of education is clarified. It is revealed that its priorities are associated with individualistic orientations, coupled with egocentric interests, which represent the idea of eternal values and public benefit on the periphery. The ideology of postmodern pedagogy is contrasted with the value-semantic principles of the traditional culture of education, focused on the growth of the social personality, characterised by a formalised idea of the ideal. The sociocentric approach emphasises the need for subject-subject interaction taking into consideration the question of the idea of the ideal is significant for all participants in the educational process.Scientific novelty. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the analytical results obtained, indicating signs of agnosticism and spiritual passivity of students, hedonistic dominants and general confusion in determining the semantic priorities of modern students, on the one hand, and the insufficiently realised role of teachers as mentors, personally transmitting positive spiritual and value experience, on the other. Along with the problem of educating students and correcting their attitude tothe teacher, the question of the need for the formation of socially significant ideals-oriented thinking of teachers is raised.Practical significance. The observations and conclusions may be of interest in the development of managerial and coordinating recommendations in professional and higher education.

Actualization of Religious Moderation Content Strategic Plan at State Islamic University

This paper aims to describe religious moderation strategic plan as one of the primary programs at a state Islamic University. The research used a literature study, exploring data sources such as religious moderation strategic plan documents and state Islamic University website news regarding religious moderation. The research found the actualization of the religious moderation strategic plan implemented in the university environment and the academic community generally through news dissemination on the university's official website. There are six implementation strategies; 1). Facilitate the preparation of religious literacy according to local wisdom in electronic form; 2). Strengthen religious moderation content in matters of belief and character; 3). Increase religious extracurricular activities; 4). Improve the quality of tolerant and ethical conduct of students, educators, and other educational personnel; 5). Formation of working groups to disseminate concepts, guidelines, and implementation strategies and investigate the contents of the literature on religious moderation; 6). Improve the education system and staff's ability to investigate and implement models of religious moderation practice. The research findings indicate strategic plan elaborates the formulation of the university's vision and mission, which is ready to guide university leaders in fulfilling their mission and realizing their vision.

The Philosophy of Communitarianism in the Mission of a Sustainable University

Introduction. Modernity is characterized by the framework of the “neoliberal doctrine of world development”, and it defines the main vectors of the development of higher education. The “extinction” of the humanistic meaning of education, the understanding of the mission of the university solely as a contribution to public well-being through technological breakthroughs and business – all this forces us to return to the understanding of the mission of the university. The new study of the university's mission is determined by the influence of the philosophy of communitarianism on the university's activities on the track of sustainable development.Methodology and sources. The study of the problems with which the higher education system is faced, the study of the university's mission in the context of sustainable development of society and the influence of the philosophy of communitarianism and the “capability approach” are based on a systematic approach that allows us to consider the university as an integral, institutionally organized subsystem of society. The sociocultural approach allows us to consider the university corporation as a collective subject of educational, scientific and other activities focused on the values of public and personal welfare.Results and discussion. The concepts of communitarianism try to resist the dominance of neoliberalism. The main idea of these concepts is the moral improvement of society through the revival of traditional values and the education of the individual (A. McIntyre). The philosophy of “capability approach” (A. Sen, M. Nassbaum) has similar ideas on the development of moral qualities of the individual, the denial of the “egocentric essence of person”, the assertion of the priority of the general over the particular. Full-fledged human functioning depends on a set of abilities and opportunities, for example, the ability to get an education, the opportunity to participate in public and political life, to realize their own development trajectory, etc. The greater the set of these opportunities in each person's life, the higher its quality is evaluated. The philosophy of “opportunities” and the philosophy of communitarianism are interfaced with the concept of sustainable development of society. Models of “sustainable universities” that implement practices of interaction with society try to put into practice communitarian ideas, creating a balance of interests of the individual and society, public good and personal freedom.Conclusion. Combining the ideas of communitarianism with the idea of sustainable development could give a new impetus to the development of the university and change the content of its mission, and strengthen its humanitarian orientation.

University entrepreneurial performance: A Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis

AbstractAs key players in innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems, Higher Education Institutions (HEI) assume a position as catalysts in creating and disseminating knowledge with repercussions in the societal, economic, political and innovation environments. In this scenario, HEI are facing the need to balance the performance of their traditional missions—teaching and research—with the pursuit of entrepreneurial performance. This brings awareness of the need to pay particular attention to HEI entrepreneurial performance (HEIEP) and how to measure it. Based on HEInnovate, a self‐assessment tool resulting from a joint effort of the European Community and the OECD, this study aims to explore the benefits of university entrepreneurial metrics, analysing HEIEP as a discriminant function of the HEInnovate dimensions complemented with a qualitative approach using Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA). The analysis provides valuable details, presenting recipes based on the HEInnovate dimensions or combinations of dimensions to achieve a mission legitimation. This research brings awareness to the use of the HEInnovate scale, where it is possible to highlight the importance of the digital transformation and capability dimension to entrepreneurial performance (EP) and university mission legitimation.

The Role of Quality Human Resources in Developing Missions of Future Universities in Indonesian Higher Education

The unique human resource governance role has significantly contributed to achieving the University's mission and vision. We have carried out this study to prove the role of quality human resources in achieving the University's mission. The phenomenological approach involves, among other things, a data coding system, in-depth evaluation, high integration, and concluding the principles of validity and reliability. Context of higher education from the 15 publications we reviewed and backed up by other findings in the context of the role of HR and achieving university goals in higher education studies was resulting of this study. These findings will be helpful in the development of similar studies in the future.

Globalising or assimilating? Exploring the contemporary function of regionalised global university rankings in Latin America

Global university rankings (GUR) have become increasingly influential as a proxy measure of higher education quality. The more recent development of regionalised forms of rankings has increased their global reach, drawing a greatly expanded range of institutions into their orbit. As a result, regionalised GUR have developed an increasing potential power to shape social perceptions, institutional actions, and everyday academic practices. In this paper, the perceived impact of regionalised forms of GUR is analysed from the perspective of Latin American higher education. Based on a critical meta-synthesis framed by a glonacal heuristic (Marginson and Rhoades, Higher Education 43:281–309, 2002), the tensions arising around the application of regionalised forms of global rankings are mapped. Specifically, the impact of rankings on conceptions of the mission of universities is foregrounded. The meta-synthesis identifies three primary tensions around the regional application of GUR in Latin American contexts: how conceptions of regional higher education quality are most effectively developed, how the local university is imagined under the weight of global expectations, and the relativised value of local agency in assessing quality outcomes. The findings suggest that GUR have created strong fissures in Latin American higher education regarding the missions of institutions, particularly in confronting the powerful hegemonies of the epistemologies of the Global North imposing themselves on Latin American higher education. The paper concludes that the stratification and social anxiety caused by the regional applications of GUR may not be necessarily productive in encouraging regional institutional diversity or in enhancing the local relevance of higher education.