Quality Of Graduate Education Research Articles

METHODS OF ASSESSMENT OF THE ADAPTATION OF A HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES IN THE EXTERNAL

Topicality. Radical reformation of education, rapidly changing conditions of higher education institutions (HEIs), new rules of market activities of institutions and ways of their state regulation, competition in the market of educational services require HEIs to improve their management system, its adaptation to current and prospective environmental changes, increasing demands of customers and consumers of educational services. Under these conditions, the problem of assessing the results of educational institutions� adaptation to environmental changes becomes more relevant. Aim and tasks. The purpose of the article is to identify the most correct and practically relevant approaches to assessing the results of educational institutions' adaptation to changing conditions of activity and to develop theoretical, methodological provisions and applied proposals, which should substantiate tools to assess the success of HEIs� adaptation to the new conditions of activity. Research results. The essence of the concept �adaptation� of a higher education institution is considered as a process of purposeful change in the parameters of teaching, research, educational activities, structure and other properties of the institution, its divisions to the current and future changes in the external environment in order to ensure effective functioning, solution of certain goals and development tasks, compliance of graduates' competences with the requirements of modern and prospective labour markets, ensuring competitiveness of the institution on the market of educational services. The content of this concept is defined as a reaction, a purposeful process of forced adaptation of an educational institution to the current and projected changes in external environment in order to effectively meet the requirements of consumers of educational services and to ensure its own competitiveness in the market. It has been substantiated that the assessment of the efficiency of HEIs� adaptation to changes in the external environment can be based on the criteria of flexibility and adaptability of educational activities. It has been established that at the current stage of higher education development ensuring high quality of knowledge, formation of graduates' competences corresponding to the requirements of modern and future economy is one of the most important directions of HEIs� adaptation to the changes in the external environment. Conclusion. It has been determined that the criterion of efficiency of HEIs� adaptation to changes in the external environment can be the improvement of the quality of educational services of the institution. The methodological approach to education quality assessment of an individual (graduate, specialist) consists in understanding the quality of her/his education as a ratio between actual and normative level of competences established as requirements to a specialist with higher education in a particular specialty, based on representation of a set of necessary competences at a given stage of economic development, formulated in regulatory documents (state standards) for a particular specialty, or as competence requirements to a specialist in a particular position. The methodology of education quality assessment is based on the methods of comparative analysis of actual and normative competences and their expert, qualimetric assessment. The prospects for further research in assessing the results of HEIs� adaptation to changes in the external environment are associated with the development of methodological foundations for qualimetric assessment of graduate education quality and the formation of a universal criterion of educational institution compliance with modern requirements of society to the quality of educational services.

Daily Information Management System for Postgraduates to Check In and Out of the Dormitory Based on Mobile Edge Computing

In recent years, the enrollment scale of graduate students has been increasing, and tutor resources are relatively scarce. Tutors often need to bring in dozens or even dozens of students, which puts a heavy burden on the tutor’s work. In order to reduce the work pressure of tutors and to manage graduate students in a scientific and standardized manner, this paper has designed a daily information management system for graduate students entering and exiting the dormitory to check in and out, which realizes the management of student attendance, work, and training and is carried out to improve the quality of graduate education. In this paper, based on the actual situation of the student dormitory, we comprehensively analyze user needs, management modes, existing resources, etc. and propose a Web application system divided into fingerprint access control, attendance data manipulation, and B/S architecture. Using design and development ideas for four functional modules on the client and management side and MATLAB simulation, we compare a three-tier and two-tier processing architecture under an average resource allocation scheme in terms of model utility, model power consumption, task delay constraints, and differences in the number of users. The experiment proves that, through the test of LoadRunner software, the experimental result is the average value of multiple tests. After the analysis of the performance test result, the peak number of concurrent users of this system is 1500. The daily information management model designed in this paper for graduate students to enter and exit the dormitory shows that it is stable, easy to operate, and interface-friendly and provides preset functions. It offers a new way for graduate students to manage their daily lives and has high practical value.

Research and Practice on the Reform of Postgraduate Teaching Mode Guided by Cultivating Compound and Applied Talents------Taking mathematical statistics for example

This paper takes improving the teaching quality of graduate education as the guide. To improve graduates ’ ability of solving problems in life by using mathematical statistics and statistical software, the deficiencies of mathematical statistics in teaching process, and the causes of these deficiencies are analyzed in depth, in terms of teaching philosophy, teaching content, teaching methods, teaching means, and evaluation methods. Then some solutions to change this situation are discussed, as well as the problems that we need to be concerned in the process of reform.

The Magic in the Classroom: A Twenty-Year Sustained Scientist in the Classroom Partnership Program

The National Science Foundation GK-12 program, started in 1999, partnered university STEM graduate students with K-12 classroom teachers to co-teach inquiry science “to boost the content of elementary and secondary education and the quality of graduate and undergraduate education at the same time” (Colwell, 1999). In the current study we describe the adaptations to the original Vanderbilt GK-12 program – now called the Scientist in the Classroom Partnership (SCP) – that have allowed the program to continue for over 20 years while maintaining the essential components. The SCP has been integrated into the STEM program of the partner school district, and is now in its 21st year. All of the participants in the SCP program have benefited from the experience: fellows have gained important teaching, communication, and mentoring skills; teachers have gained science content knowledge and confidence in teaching science; and students have exhibited increased excitement about science and interest in science careers. The SCP has provided professional training for 184 fellows; has provided over 200 professional development hours per teacher for 138 middle and high school teachers in 35 schools; and has positively impacted the STEM learning of over 30,000 students.

The Ubiquitous Influence of Mentors on Postgraduates

Tutors and graduate students are a force that can not be ignored in the scientific research team of colleges and universities. Understanding the construction of the ubiquitous influence of mentors on graduate students is of great significance to strengthen the ubiquitous influence among students, promote the interaction between teachers and students, and improve the quality of graduate education in colleges and universities. Based on 28 interview data, this paper collates and analyzes the ubiquitous influence by using Nvivo11.0 software, and summarizes the ubiquitous influence into three aspects, namely, the basis of ubiquitous influence-spatio-temporal dispersion, the process-mode diversity of ubiquitous influence, and the comprehensiveness of the result-result of ubiquitous influence, and constructs the concept of tutor's ubiquitous influence on graduate students.

Postgraduate Specialization Fellowship Training for Audiologists: Survey Results From Educators, Supervisors, and Students.

Purpose From the Audiology Education Summit held in 2017, several working groups were formed to explore ideas about improving the quality and consistency in graduate education in audiology and externship training. The results are described here from one of the working groups formed to examine postgraduate specialization fellowships. Method Over the course of a year, the committee designed and implemented two surveys: one directed toward faculty and one toward students. The rationale for the survey and the results are presented. Comparisons between faculty and student responses are made for similar questions. Results Overall, the results demonstrate that the majority of both students and faculty believe that postgraduation specialization fellowships are needed for either 1 year or a flexible length. There was a consensus of opinion that the fellowship should be paid, as these would be designed for licensed audiologists. Most believed that the fellowships should be "governed by a professional organization (e.g., American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, American Academy of Audiology, American Doctors of Audiology, etc.)," or less so, a "separate body for this specific purpose." Potential topics for specialization identified were the following: tinnitus, vestibular, cochlear implants, pediatrics, and intraoperative monitoring. The highest priority attributes for a specialization site were "abundant access to patient populations," "staff of clinical experts," and "active research." The weight put toward these attributes differed between faculty and students with faculty prioritizing "university/academic centers," and "access to academic coursework in the fellowship area." The faculty rated "caseload diversity," "minimum hours," "research," and "academic affiliation" as requirements for a fellowship site, with less weight for "coursework" and "other." Finally, the students valued "improved personal ability to provide exceptional patient care," "the potential for increased job opportunities," and the "potential for a higher salary" as benefits most important to them, with lower ratings for "recognition as a subject matter expert" or "potential pathway to Ph.D. program." Conclusions As a result of the survey, further exploration of a postgraduate specialization fellowship is warranted, especially to determine funding opportunities to offset cost for the sites and to ensure that fellows are paid adequately.

Research on Graduate Education Quality Evaluation Based on Combination Empowerment and Comprehensive Fuzzy Model

Graduate education quality evaluation is an important part of higher education evaluation. This paper designs an evaluation system that can fully reflect the quality of graduate education, and then combination weighting method and comprehensive fuzzy model were used to verify it. Combining subjective analytic hierarchy process with objective entropy, 10 indexes are weighted and a reasonable weight coefficient vector is obtained. Taking Tianjin University as an example, the comprehensive ranking of postgraduate education quality in 20 colleges of Tianjin University is calculated by using the comprehensive fuzzy evaluation model. The study found that the matriculate quality, scientific research environment, graduate research level and employment ability are the main factors affecting the evaluation of graduate education quality whose contribution rate is as high as 85% and the quality of postgraduate education in science and engineering colleges is significantly higher than that in humanities colleges.

Investigation and Analysis on the Satisfaction of Master's Education Quality in Chongqing

Through large-scale data collection and analysis, in-depth investigation and research, combined with the vertical and horizontal comparison of Postgraduates inside and outside the city, this study will finally show the overall advantages and gaps of graduate education in the form of data. Guided by the macro strategic development of Chongqing's economic and social construction, aiming at the current gap, the corresponding policy education is promoted from the three levels of the state, Chongqing and each training unit, so as to provide intellectual support for comprehensively improving the quality of graduate education in Chongqing. Through consulting relevant documents, define the key concepts such as graduate quality, graduate education quality, graduate training quality and graduate education evaluation; analyze the overall goal of graduate education; understand the current situation of graduate education quality evaluation in relevant provinces and cities; comprehensively collect the current situation of graduate education quality in our city, summarize and sort out the quality quantitative indicators; and influence the quality of graduate education The evaluation factors of quantity are summarized. This paper investigates the basic situation of master's education in Chongqing, investigates and analyses the satisfaction degree of master's training quality of 16 master's training units in Chongqing by means of questionnaires, analyses the relative indexes of higher and lower satisfaction degree of master's training quality in Chongqing, and considers how to further improve the satisfaction degree of master's training quality in Chongqing.

Investigation and Analysis on the Satisfaction of Doctoral Training Quality in Chongqing

Through large-scale data collection and analysis, in-depth investigation and research, combined with the vertical and horizontal comparison of Postgraduates inside and outside the city, this study will finally show the overall advantages and gaps of graduate education in the form of data. Guided by the macro strategic development of Chongqing's economic and social construction, aiming at the current gap, the corresponding policy education is promoted from the three levels of the state, Chongqing and each training unit, so as to provide intellectual support for comprehensively improving the quality of graduate education in Chongqing. Through consulting relevant documents, define the key concepts such as graduate quality, graduate education quality, graduate training quality and graduate education evaluation; analyze the overall goal of graduate education; understand the current situation of graduate education quality evaluation in relevant provinces and cities; comprehensively collect the current situation of graduate education quality in our city, summarize and sort out the quality quantitative indicators; and influence the quality of graduate education The evaluation factors of quantity are summarized. This paper investigates the basic situation of doctoral education in Chongqing, investigates and analyses the satisfaction degree of doctoral training quality of six doctoral training institutions in Chongqing by means of questionnaires, and analyses the relevant indicators of higher and lower satisfaction degree of doctoral training quality in Chongqing, and thinks about further improving the satisfaction degree of doctoral training quality in Chongqing.

Research on the Quality Assurance Path of Academic Gradaute Education

The study investigates the effect of tutor guidance, student maturity and university research environment on the quality assurance of the academic graduate education. A structural equation model was developed for an empirical test, based on teaching experience and Situational Leadership theory. A sample of 150 academic postgraduates in Shaanxi Province participated in the experiment. The results show: (1) All three factors are positively related to the quality of academic postgraduate education. (2) The guidance mode mostly affects the effect of the tutor guidance. (3) Among three elements of student maturity, the contribution of scientific attitude is the highest. (4) Compared with infrastructure, the institutional system and campus culture can more effectively represent the research environment of a university. In order to effectively guarantee the quality of academic graduate education, the three main bodies, universities, tutors and postgraduates, must have a joint effort.

A career in academia? Determinants of academic career aspirations among PhD students in one research university in the US

In the declining academic job market—with fewer tenured and tenure-track posts and an increased use of part-time faculty coupled with constant high attrition rates in doctoral education in the United States—the quality and value of graduate education have recently come under scrutiny. Most of the literature on graduate education focuses on doctoral training and socialization experiences, identifies factors that contribute to students’ degree completion, and illuminates what demographic characteristics may complicate the process of graduate education. While a growing body of research has documented the variations in graduate student socialization by department, academic discipline, and institutional and organizational contexts—and critiqued a monolithic treatment of doctoral education—few studies look at the relationship between doctoral training and career development. This study integrates doctoral socialization, role identity, and competence development into a conceptual model for examining factors that influence doctoral students’ intent to choose an academic career. Based on the data analysis of a sample of 316 doctoral students in a public, research-oriented U.S. university, we provide a discussion of key factors identified as important to doctoral students’ career aspirations and conclude with implications for practice and future research.

Construction of Quality Evaluation Indicator System of Full-Time Professional Degree Graduate Education

Starting from the basic connotation, influence factor, and evaluation principle, multiple evaluation system was proposed, including the target/location-based combination of individual and whole, education process-based combination of input and output, and social demand-based combination of professional qualification certification and employer evaluation. Meanwhile, detailed indicators for quality evaluation were proposed from different dimensions, which is beneficial to give full play of indicator system in promoting the quality of full-time professional degree graduate education.

Exploration and Research on Education Management for Multidisciplinary Graduates—The Training Practice at School of Aerospace, Xi’An Jiaotong University

This paper aims at some problems that the management of graduate education is facing. Combining with the discipline construction, we carried out some attempts and researches on improving the quality of graduate students’ recruitment and training practice for different disciplines, and generalizations, which based on the educational practice of graduate students at School of Aerospace, Xi’an Jiaotong University. The present work is a try for combining with the discipline features to improve the quality of graduate education.

Relying on the Graduate Student Curriculum Construction to Improve the Training Quality

Graduate education is an important symbol of the national education and the level of developmental of science technology, also bears the important task of training high level talents. For the graduate student education better to adapt to the needs of economic development and social progress, and to keep good ability to adapt, innovative consciousness and innovative ability. This article takes the curriculum construction of modern design theory and method as example, and analyzes and discusses the quality of graduate education from the perspective of curriculum construction.

Research on the Practice of Award Aid System under the Reform of Postgraduate Training Mechanism

Postgraduate award is an important part of the reform of postgraduate training mechanism, and it is also one of the important measures to improve the quality of graduate education. This paper discusses the origin, current situation, existing problems and how to improve the system of graduate scholarship, and provides the basis for improving the system of graduate scholarship.

Problems and countermeasures of clinical medical postgraduate of academic degree with the synergy of medical and education

Since the implementation of synergy of medical education, the education of clinical medical postgraduate of academic degree inevitably has faced problems such as the decrease quality of the source of students, unclear training objectives and confused training model, and bad job prospects. Can these problems be solved effectively or not, which is directly related to the coordinated development of clinical medicine professional degree and academic degree. This study analyzes the problems faced by the graduate education of clinical medicine after the synergy of medical education and puts forward the corresponding counter-measures: firstly, to attract excellent clinical medical undergraduates and encourage medical students of related subjects or clinical doctors having working experience to apply for academic degree; secondly, the university, supervisors and graduates need to clear the training target and ensure the quality of graduate education; thirdly, employment guidance should be carried out throughout all the study stage of graduates, and the school should guide the graduates to form correct opinion of employment and to plan their career reasonably. Key words: Clinical medicine; Academic degree; Synergy of medical education

The Problems and Countermeasures of the Graduate Education in the Common Colleges and Universities

With the expansion of the size of graduate education, how to ensure and improve the quality of graduate education has become an important topic in higher education in our country. This paper analyzed the existing main problems of the graduate education in the common colleges and universities and put forward some constructive countermeasures according to the practical situations of the common colleges and universities.

Discussion on the cultivation of public health postgraduates in medical colleges and universities

In the process of MPH graduates education in medical universities, there are three problems such as lack of initiative subjective of postgraduate, uneven level of tutors and monitoring deficiency of education. The main reasons are the low quality of MPH graduates, lack of quality consciousness for graduates education and graduates' value tending to be utilitarian. Facing the problems, we suggest establishing guarantee mechanism for MPH graduate education quality, strengthening the tutors' construction and framing an eliminating system. Key words: Medical university; Master of public health; Postgraduate education

Construction of the ISO9000 family of standards-based graduate education quality management system

The ISO9000 family standards developed by the international organization are the international quality standards which are widely used in various types and sizes of organizations. At present, the graduate student management method introduced by our country plays a certain positive role in guaranteeing the graduate students quality, but it still lacks effective quality control and has not formed the perfect quality management system. Through the analysis of the status quo of the development of graduate education and the problems need to pay attention to in the ISO9000 family standard procedure, document and other factors as well as the construction of the ISO9000 family standard, we put forward goal elaboration, regular staff training and other measures. Key words: ISO9000 Standards; Graduate education; Quality management

The returns to quality in graduate education

ABSTRACTThis paper estimates the monetary return to quality in US graduate education, controlling for cognitive ability and self-selection across award level, program quality, and field-of-study. In most program types, I cannot reject the hypothesis of no returns to either degree completion or program quality. Important exceptions include master's programs in health science, where completion substantially increases earnings, and in MBA and professional degree programs, where program quality has a positive influence on earnings. I explore the job characteristics that predict greater earnings among students with tertiary education, and I estimate the returns to quality in terms of non-monetary job benefits.