Student Scholarship Research Articles

The University of Chicago Clinical Excellence Scholars Track: Aligning Dynamic Students With Innovative Programming in Early Medical Education at the Undergraduate Level.

The Clinical Excellence Scholars Track was developed in 2012 as a shared initiative between the Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence, the University of Chicago (UChicago) Careers in Healthcare office, and the UChicago Medicine Office of Community and External Affairs. The goal of the Clinical Excellence Scholars Track is to foster an understanding of the physician career and the doctor-patient relationship for a select group of undergraduate students. The Clinical Excellence Scholars Track achieves this goal through carefully tailored curricular requirements and direct mentoring experiences between Bucksbaum Institute Faculty Scholars and the student scholars. After participating in the Clinical Excellence Scholars Track program, student scholars report that their career understanding and preparation have benefitted as a result and that they meet with success in the medical school application process as well.

(Incorrect) Perceived Returns and Strategic Behavior among Talented Low-Income College Graduates

Job applicants use resumes to send signals to potential employers. Applicants are free to select the items that go in their resumes and are expected to include signals they perceive will help them achieve their goals and avoid those that they anticipate could hurt them. We show that 92 percent of beneficiaries of a highly selective scholarship for poor and talented students avoid listing this award when applying for jobs. This is consistent with beneficiaries perceiving a negative labor market return from sending that signal. A correspondence study shows instead that listing the scholarship increases callback rates by 20 percent.

DANISH GRANT AND SCHOLARSHIP POLICIES TOWARDS RUSSIA IN 2011–2021

The paper deals with issues of cooperation between Denmark and Russia in Arctic research and academic mobility projects, making an emphasis on scholarship and grant policy. Despite the fact, that international cooperation in research and education is one of the core priorities in both Arctic strategies, before the year 2022 it was functioning in specific conditions. Scholarship and grant policy appeared to be a «soft power» tool for Copenhagen due to research topics, concentration of project management in Danish hands and disproportions in student mobility scholarship programmes. Interaction between Russian and Danish researchers has not been a subject to special attention from Danish authorities and foundations. On the contrary, researchers from both countries interacted within investigating the issues of the Arctic region actively. Even international turbulence after 2014 did not affect it: both countries stated that the «Arctic vector» is to stay aside from any turbulence. Expanding the scholarship programmes for Russian researchers in order to support their mobility to Denmark, Greenland and Faroe Islands enforced this idea. So did formal prioritization of cooperation with Russian research and educational institutions in Arctic research in 2021 for grant support. Though turbulent situation in 2022 led to suspending the interaction, it is clear that there are formal and informal grounds to restore it upon normalization. That fact will require revisiting the previous cooperation experience and implementation of the best grant and scholarship practices by Russian relevant agencies.

Conservation benefit-sharing mechanisms and their effectiveness in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem: local communities’ perspectives

Benefit-sharing mechanisms have been instrumental in securing the support of local communities living on the edge of protected areas to implement protected area goals and enhance biodiversity conservation outcomes. Understanding the acceptability of the types of benefit provided among diverse communities is crucial for co-designing benefit-sharing approaches that accommodate local perspectives. Here, we used quasi-structured questionnaires and focus group discussions (FGD) to assess the acceptance of the types of benefit received by the communities in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem (GSE) in Tanzania and the effectiveness of the benefits in securing community support for conservation reserves. We found that the categories of social service provision, livelihood support, and employment described all the benefits provided across conservation institutions operating in the GSE. However, the types of benefit within these categories varied significantly among conservation institutions, in terms of level and frequency of benefits received by communities. Overall, student scholarships were highly rated by respondents as the most satisfying benefit received. Respondents who were dissatisfied with the benefits received thought that the benefits did not compensate for the high costs arising from wildlife incursions onto their land. Communities’ acceptance of the benefits received varied greatly among villages, but only a small proportion of pooled respondents (22%) were willing to support the existence of a protected area without benefit. This study suggests that local people are willing to support conservation outcomes but require conservation institutions to give greater consideration to the costs incurred by communities, their livelihood needs, and access to natural resources or other benefits. We recommend that benefit-sharing be tailored to the local circumstances and cultures of people living close to protected areas, particularly communities expressing more negative views, to ensure adequate and appropriate compensation is provided.

The Effects of Lifestyle and Financial Literacy on Student Consumptive Behavior (Case Study of Students of the Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, University of Lambung Mangkurat Banjarmasin).

This study aims to analyze the effect of financial literacy and lifestyle on student consumptive behavior in KIP scholarship students class of 2021, Department of Social Sciences, Teaching and Education Faculty, Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarmasin. Descriptive analysis using a quantitative approach is the research methodology used. 137 students made up the research subjects, Data analysis methods included multiple linear regression and descriptive analysis. Data was collected utilizing questionnaires and Google Forms for validity and reliability assessments. The findings indicated that student consumption behavior was positively and significantly influenced by financial literacy and lifestyle. It can be observed that the equation for multiple linear regression is Y = 25.088 + 0.117 X1 + 0.235 X2. A favorable and significant association between financial literacy and lifestyle and students' consumption behavior may be inferred from the hypothesis test. The computed F value is 6,988 > F table 0.159, and the significance value (Sig.) is known to be 0.001 0.05. Therefore, it can be inferred that there is a positive and significant relationship between financial literacy and lifestyle on the consumption behavior of students at Lambung Mangkurat University in Banjarmasin's Department of Social Sciences Keywords: Financial Literacy, Lifestyle, Consumptive Behavior

LBA01-01 UROPATHOGENS IN THE PROSTATE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH PROSTATE SIZE, INDEPENDENT OF AGE EFFECTS

You have accessJournal of UrologyCME1 Apr 2023LBA01-01 UROPATHOGENS IN THE PROSTATE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH PROSTATE SIZE, INDEPENDENT OF AGE EFFECTS Alec Sun, Prajit Khooblall, Juan Sebastian Rodriguez-Alvarez, Smita De, and Aaron Miller Alec SunAlec Sun More articles by this author , Prajit KhooblallPrajit Khooblall More articles by this author , Juan Sebastian Rodriguez-AlvarezJuan Sebastian Rodriguez-Alvarez More articles by this author , Smita DeSmita De More articles by this author , and Aaron MillerAaron Miller More articles by this author View All Author Informationhttps://doi.org/10.1097/JU.0000000000003360.01AboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareFacebookLinked InTwitterEmail Abstract INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE: Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) affects an estimated 70% of men between the ages of 60-69, yet the etiology is not well understood. Recently, the human urinary tract microbiome has been associated with a variety of urologic diseases, especially those mediated by an inflammatory pathway. Here, we sought to determine associations between age-independent prostate size and microbiome. METHODS: Men over 18 years old undergoing Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate (HoLEP) for BPH with no history of prostate cancer, prostate surgery, or pelvic radiation were recruited. Patients were excluded if they had a positive preprocedural urine culture, recent UTI requiring antibiotics, bladder stones, or if they were catheter-dependent due to obstruction. From each patient, prostate tissue, midstream urine, and urethral and specimen container swabs were collected. All non-prostate samples were used as contamination controls. Patient data such as age, prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level, BPH symptoms, and prostate size were recorded. All samples underwent DNA extraction, 16S sequencing, and analysis in R statistical software. After quality control, reads associated with the controls were removed. High-quality, decontaminated data were assessed for diversity (alpha, beta, taxonomy). The correlation between amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) and patient metrics were quantified through Sparcc correlations, which was designed for count matrix correlations. RESULTS: 20 patients qualified, consented, and were analyzed in this study. Mean age was 68.6 years, mean PSA was 3.4 ng/mL, and mean prostate size was 107.9 g. After bioinformatic decontamination of samples with the negative controls, diversity analyses showed site-specific differences between the urine, urethral swab, and prostate microbiomes were greater than inter-individual variability, indicative of distinct microbiomes. Common uropathogens were positively associated with prostate size. These included five ASVs belonging to Enterobacter cloaceae (p=0.02-0.03), four Planococcaceae ASVs (p=0.008-0.03), and four Acinetobacter (p=0.014-0.026). Only one ASV in the Ralstonia genus exhibited a significant association with age (p=0.015). CONCLUSIONS: This study is the first to characterize the prostatic microbiome in BPH and to link prostate size to specific common bacterial uropathogens while controlling for age and contamination. Further research with a larger sample size and culturomics will provide insight into the mechanisms of how the prostate microbiome contributes to enlarged size. Source of Funding: Endourology Society Summer Student Scholarship © 2023 by American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc.FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 209Issue Supplement 4April 2023Page: e1176 Advertisement Copyright & Permissions© 2023 by American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc.MetricsAuthor Information Alec Sun More articles by this author Prajit Khooblall More articles by this author Juan Sebastian Rodriguez-Alvarez More articles by this author Smita De More articles by this author Aaron Miller More articles by this author Expand All Advertisement PDF downloadLoading ...

PD45-03 FACTORS AFFECTING HOLMIUM LASER INEFFICIENCY: COMPARISON OF LARYNGEAL MASK AIRWAY AND ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE USE DURING FLEXIBLE URETEROSCOPY FOR RENAL STONES

You have accessJournal of UrologyCME1 Apr 2023PD45-03 FACTORS AFFECTING HOLMIUM LASER INEFFICIENCY: COMPARISON OF LARYNGEAL MASK AIRWAY AND ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE USE DURING FLEXIBLE URETEROSCOPY FOR RENAL STONES David G. Gelikman, Amy M. Reed, Naren Nimmagadda, and Nicole L. Miller David G. GelikmanDavid G. Gelikman More articles by this author , Amy M. ReedAmy M. Reed More articles by this author , Naren NimmagaddaNaren Nimmagadda More articles by this author , and Nicole L. MillerNicole L. Miller More articles by this author View All Author Informationhttps://doi.org/10.1097/JU.0000000000003358.03AboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareFacebookLinked InTwitterEmail Abstract INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE: Flexible ureteroscopy with laser lithotripsy (fURSL) has become the standard treatment option for many types of kidney stones, however, many inefficiencies exist that can potentially increase operative time and therefore risk of complications. During surgery, respiratory motion causes clinically significant movement of the kidneys which can defocus laser energy from the stone and require the surgeon to halt laser firing. This can be influenced by factors such as BMI and airway securement by endotracheal tube (ETT) or laryngeal mask airway (LMA). Newer Lumenis Pulse™ 120H holmium lasers provide access to previously unavailable intraoperative data including timestamps and duration of pauses between laser activation. We sought to utilize this data to calculate a “lasing inefficiency” percentage for each case to objectively identify surgical and anthropometric factors associated with decreased operative efficiency. METHODS: A total of 48 intraoperative reports and patient data sets were analyzed from an ongoing laser lithotripsy clinical trial which includes metrics such as age, sex, race, BMI, and kidney stone characteristics. Ureteroscopy in each case was performed by a fellowship-trained, attending endourologist. Lasing activation start times and duration were used to calculate pauses between each laser firing. Pauses longer than 30 seconds long were excluded to account for navigation to a different site or change of instrumentation. The total lasing pause time was divided by the total lasing duration to yield a “lasing inefficiency” percentage for every case. Both multivariate and univariate analysis was performed to compare lasing inefficiency to patient demographics, anesthesia administration, and stone burden. RESULTS: Patients who received an LMA had significantly higher lasing inefficiency (26.5%) compared to those who received ETT intubation (20.7%) in the univariate analysis (p<0.05) as well as in the multivariate model. There were no significant differences in lasing inefficiency for the other study variables. Though BMI was not found to be significantly correlated with lasing inefficiency, we noted that high patient BMI was significantly correlated with use of ETT over LMA. CONCLUSIONS: Our data supports the use of ETT over LMA to reduce lasing inefficiency when using Holmium lasers in fURSL. However, it remains one consideration among many when choosing between utilizing an LMA or ETT. Source of Funding: This project was supported by the Endourological Society 2022 Summer Student Scholarship. © 2023 by American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc.FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 209Issue Supplement 4April 2023Page: e1163 Advertisement Copyright & Permissions© 2023 by American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc.MetricsAuthor Information David G. Gelikman More articles by this author Amy M. Reed More articles by this author Naren Nimmagadda More articles by this author Nicole L. Miller More articles by this author Expand All Advertisement PDF downloadLoading ...

Barriers and facilitators to recruitment and retention of underrepresented racial and ethnic minoritized students to PhD programs in nursing: A qualitative descriptive study

BackgroundThere is a global shortage of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)-trained nurses, which is amplified among underrepresented racial and ethnic groups who are minoritized. PurposeThis study explores barriers and facilitators to recruiting under-represented racial-ethnic group who are minoritized (UREM) PhD nursing students, defined as African American, Black, American Indian, Alaskan Native, or Hispanic/Latinx. MethodsUsing a qualitative descriptive design, interviews of 23 UREM PhD nursing students were analyzed with conventional content analysis. DiscussionBarriers to recruitment and retention included identifying students interested in a PhD, organizational culture of programs, student mental health, and lack of social support. Facilitators for recruitment and retention included less discrimination and microaggressions experienced by students, faculty from groups who are minoritized representation, and strong family support. These findings had implications for recruitment and retention and PhD programs in nursing can focus on the above key areas to better recuit and retain UREM students. ConclusionAllocating funding to culturally tailored mental health resources, student scholarships, and increasing UREM members of faculty within PhD programs.

Analysis and Design of Student Point Systems to Improve Student Achievement using The Clustering Method

The student points system is an application for recording students' achievement and offense points. The lack of recording and dissemination of information on achievement results makes students less motivated to improve achievement, and the distribution of scholarships for outstanding students is inappropriate. To improve student achievement, an application program is needed that can record and disseminate student achievement data in real-time, accurate, and effective. So, the purpose in this study is to know and analyze the design of the student point system to improve student achievement using the clustering method. Researchers use the Clustering Method in calculating data to determine the accuracy of scholarship distribution for outstanding students. Clustering with the most achievement points is clustering 2 with 25,254 Achievement Points. The total number in the level 2 cluster is 1,797 which indicates the number is close to 2,000 or 2 which is the result of data transformation from the junior high level. The implication of clustering research on student point data is to provide useful information for the Foundation as an institution that houses schools in allocating scholarships for outstanding students. In this case, clustering 2 with the highest number of Achievement Points indicates that there is a group of students with high achievement points. By using the clustering results, the Foundation can allocate scholarships more effectively and efficiently, because it can identify outstanding students from various school levels more easily.

Influence of Stress to Achievement Motivation and SWB: Basis for a CBT-Based Program

The college years are stressful for many students. Their sources of stress include pressure from academic, family problems, and social, emotional, and physical stressors. Lack of ability to withstand stress leads to new behavioral patterns, resulting in further stress and problems. Thus, the student’s failure to resolve problems causes ongoing emotional conflicts that affect their wellbeing and reduce achievement motivation. This study investigated the relationship of stress on achievement motivation and subjective well-being among twenty-two student scholars from the De La Salle University in Manila and Laguna, Philippines. Using quantitative correlational research design, three assessment tools were used to measure the variables: Revised-Achievement Motivation Scale, Satisfaction with Life Scale [SWLS], and Positive Affect-Negative Affect Scale [PANAS]. The Stress data was culled from the SAS1000 Course Module containing a Stress Test. Data analysis revealed a nonsignificant and positive relationship between stress and achievement motivation (r=.093; P=.681); a significant negative relationship between stress and satisfaction with life (r=-.474; P=.026), a nonsignificant negative relationship between stress and Positive Affect (r=-.056; P=.805); and a nonsignificant positive relationship between stress and Negative Affect (r= .178; P=.428). Findings showed that the student scholars’ stress is significantly related to satisfaction with life which is the cognitive component of SWB. These data will serve as a basis for developing a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-based program for the Student Scholars.

Barriers to global pharmacometrics: educational challenges and opportunities across the globe.

Barriers to global pharmacometrics: educational challenges and opportunities across the globe.

Financing of general secondary education institutions: current state, problems and prospects

The article considers the current state of financing of general secondary education institutions in Ukraine, identifying problems in this area and outlining ways to solve them. The author describes the sources of financing of public secondary education institutions, including funds from the State and local budgets, revenues from the provision of paid educational and other services, charitable assistance, grants, and other sources not prohibited by law. The author examines the procedure for the formation and distribution of the educational subvention from the State budget to local budgets and analyses the dynamics of the educational subvention for the period 2018-2022. It is concluded that two key principles - budget co-financing and subsidiarity - are used in forming the mechanism for financing the activities of general secondary education institutions. The author identifies the problems of territorial communities in the funding of the activities of secondary education institutions, including the insufficient financial capacity of some communities; incompetence of managers and lack of experience; availability of schools with low enrolment; energy-intensive school infrastructure; high cost of providing secondary education in rural areas. The author examines the management functions of boards of trustees of general secondary education institutions, emphasizing the importance of such a function as facilitating the attraction of additional funding sources. The advantages and risks of introducing financial autonomy in general secondary education institutions are characterized. Among the benefits are the possibility of independent management of funds and property, involvement of stakeholders in the institution's financial management, the right of the institution to establish allowances and bonuses for employees, and scholarships for students. The risks include the unwillingness of institutional managers to manage finances, the likelihood of weakening financial discipline, and reducing the efficiency of using funds. The author concludes that it is premature to introduce the financial autonomy of general secondary education institutions and that taking stock of the legal framework for recognizing educational institutions as full-fledged subjects of civil law is necessary. Keywords: financing, institutions of general secondary education, educational subvention, subsidiarity, financial autonomy, boards of trustees.

"For Women Only!": A Radical Message of the Black Middle Class in Kansas City

"For Women Only!"A Radical Message of the Black Middle Class in Kansas City Elyssa Ford (bio) The Kansas City [Missouri] Call, published from 1919 to the present, has been one of the largest and most successful Black newspapers in the country. This article examines the depiction of Black women in the Call in the 1950s, a decade of significant change in Kansas City. As a midwestern crossroads, Kansas City had seen its Black population grow substantially in the previous decade as rural African Americans arrived seeking new urban opportunities. Some of these new Kansas City residents came from the Missouri countryside or from surrounding midwestern states. Others were part of the Great Migration out of the South and either planned to make Kansas City their permanent home or saw it as simply a temporary stop before moving northward to Chicago or Detroit. Regardless of their origins, the increased Black population of 1950s Kansas City read the Call at a key time in the publication's history. The civil rights movement was ramping up, and the newspaper was changing editors for the first time. Under these circumstances, the paper's depiction of Black women relied significantly on the politics of respectability.1 While the Call sometimes presented women as activists, it more frequently paralleled White newspapers in its presentation of women in more traditional roles. Stories discussed women as college students, often as beauty contest winners; featured female musicians and actresses in the entertainment section; and included women in the society and wedding pages. While these articles did not differ significantly from those in White newspapers, to present Black women as models of success and beauty was inherently radical. The Call also included the weekly feature "For Women Only!," which focused on women as wives and mothers and included recipes and cleaning tips. This corresponded with the prescribed 1950s model of womanhood and mirrored the presentation [End Page 77] of ideal womanhood that also appeared in White newspapers. Yet to present Black women and Black families as middle class challenged popular conceptions of Blackness in the era. By depicting the typical Black woman as the counterpart to a White middle-class woman, the Kansas City Call aligned with an activist agenda of civil rights and social change based on racial uplift and made a gender- and socioeconomic-based argument that was revolutionary. In the 1950s, reformers' depictions of Black women as middle class, respectable wives, mothers, and daughters was nothing new. Booker T. Washington had promoted the idea of racial uplift in the late nineteenth century. For him, a focus by African Americans on thrift, industry, hard work, and education would raise up the race and eventually lead to an expansion of their civil rights.2 Though men were often the focus of these efforts, Black women soon became leaders of the racial uplift movement, and they formed their own organizations to support this race work. Black women founded the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) in 1896, and the organization focused primarily on the uplift of the Black race. After seeing Black men fail to achieve racial equality and because the voices of Black men were more limited by Jim Crow-era violence, Black women believed that it was up to them to improve the stature of all African Americans. As historian Deborah Gray White has explained, "To build the black home was to build the black nation. At the center of it all was the woman." The association believed that Black women were responsible for uplifting the race through "intellectual development and cultural refinement." By the 1940s, club women began to adjust their focus from using the moral purity of Black women to uplift the race to helping uplift the race to improve their rights as women.3 Despite this evolution, the Missouri branch of the NACW still followed the earlier tenets of the national motto, "Lifting as We Climb," by continuing to emphasize intellectual development. In 1954 the Missouri group promoted three main goals: the integration of Missouri public schools, strengthening and improving family life, and building a student aid and scholarship fund.4 Founded in 1919 by Chester A. Franklin, the Kansas City Call had likewise...

Prediction of Student Scholarship Recipients Using the K-Means Algorithm and C4.5

The government has a program called "KIP Lectures" to assist students in financing education. Where PTS makes the selection manually, with the Data Mining technique, a process will be carried out to speed up the manual process. This research will apply the clustering method with the K-Means algorithm and the classification method with the C4.5 algorithm, as well as a test using the RapidMiner application, which utilizes applicant data in 2022 with a total of 1298 participants. The test results found that 327 participants were in the highest cluster, "cluster_0", then the results of the c4.5 algorithm test obtained a decision tree if the participant has a KIP Card and the value obtained from the "Total Income" Criterion is more than 70 points, then the participant concerned is entitled to scholarship where 317 participants meet the criteria, and the university only has to choose participants from the results obtained in accordance with a predetermined quota.

Academic Performance of Fee Paying and Scholarship Students at CTEVT Affiliated Nursing Colleges in Nepal

The Government of Nepal offers different scholarship schemes to promote nursing education through its agencies, including the Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT). Despite practice of scholarship in nursing education for many years, there are inadequate studies conducted to explore and inform about the effectiveness of scholarship in nursing education in association with the students learning performance. This study examines the status of academic performance of the scholarship and fee paying nursing students and also explores their perspectives on professional values they imbibe for nursing profession. The study reveals that the scholarship students perform better in learning than the fee-paying students. Their educational performances are measured in terms of the frequency of library visit, frequency of reading course-related articles, duration of time spent by students on self-study (independent variables) and the marks they obtained (dependent variable) in the first and the second year of nursing courses. The scholarship students have exceeded the fee-paying students in all of these educational performance indicators.

Classifying High School Scholarship Recipients Using the K-Nearest Neighbor Algorithm

YBM PLN UIWS2JB provides scholarships for high school students who cannot afford school tuition due to poverty or other economic conditions. Since the target is specific, the foundation must carefully select the recipients to ensure the scholarship is granted to those who deserve it. The predetermined criteria combined with the limited quota available become a difficulty in itself as a large number of applications are coming in. Data mining with a classification method using the K-Nearest Neighbor algorithm is believed to be one of the alternative solutions to solve this problem. This study aims to examine how this method could help in the selection process to determine who is eligible to receive the scholarship, and it also aims to evaluate the algorithm's performance with the optimal K value. The findings of this research showed that the classification method using K-Nearest Neighbor is the potential to be applied in a case such as this. The results found an accuracy of 91% in the selection process and are included in the Excellent Classification category. The optimal K value obtained is K = 5.

Scrum method assessment in Federal Universities in Brazil

Goal: Assess the Agile Methodology Scrum in a software development project at Federal universities in the Southeast Brazil. Design / Methodology / Approach: The method in this paper is multiple case studies and a qualitative approach. The data collection was performed using a questionnaire with open and closed questions based on the constructs of the literature review. Six Federal universities were selected in two states in the Southeast Region, based on previous contacts with institutions, and the analysis unit was the Information of Technology Centers or the Superintendent of Information Technology. Results: It was noticed a low level of maturity in the use of agile methods in a great part of the universities and a high turnover of the team components, due to the scholarship students who participated in the research. In the open questions, it was noticed a very strong relationship between a set of subattributes: improvement in response time, cost and time reduction, increased of equipment performance and increase in added value. In the closed questions, it was noticed that Scrum had a better performance in the following sub-attribute samples: communication, collaboration, productivity, and time reduction. Limitations of the investigation: The number of interviewers in the universities, to provide deeper analysis for the case studies. Practical implications: The subattributes can be indicators to measure the performance of Scrum in corporations. Originality/Value: While previous studies focus on the application in large companies and in classes of Graduation Programs at universities, this paper focuses on administrative operations in the universities.

Sistem Pendukung Keputusan Penerimaan Bantuan Beasiswa Pada Siswa SMK Menggunakan Metode SMART

Processing of assessment data for determining acceptance of student scholarships at SMK Lentera Bangsa Karawang is still carried out conventionally, namely curriculum, the principal determines several points of assessment criteria for determining students who are eligible to receive a scholarship program, in determine the criteria still using the form and recapitulated by the staff later it will be calculated manually the entire value of the specified criteria points has been determined so that there is often a loss of archives used to make reports. With these problems, it is necessary to have a student assessment information system so that the data collection and recapitulation of student criteria values can be facilitated staff in recapitulating student grades making student grade reports. The research method used to determine the scholarship decision system this is the SMART Method. The SMART method is the method used to assess actions associated with a comparison of importance weights between factors and comparison of several alternative choices. This method will give the results of the weighting of each alternative choice accordingly with many defined criteria, namely income parents, number of siblings, average grades and status of orphans. Alternative choice with the largest weight, is the alternative choice that becomes a recommendation to be eligible to receive the scholarship program. The result of this research is a decision support system for scholarship recipients already has the ability to provide convenience in staff determine the results of the process of calculating the criteria for scholarship recipients.

The Effectiveness of the Distribution of ZIS Funds to the Santri Scholarship Program at LAZISNU Kudus Regency

This study aims to analyse the effectiveness of the distribution of ZIS funds to the santri scholarship program at LAZISNU Kudus Regency. The purposes of this study are (1) to find out the implementation of the distribution of ZIS funds in the student scholarship program at LAZISNU Kudus Regency, (2) to determine the effectiveness of the distribution of ZIS funds to the student scholarship program at LAZISNU Kudus Regency, (3) to determine the supporting and inhibiting factors in the distribution of ZIS funds to the student scholarship program at LAZISNU Kudus Regency. The results of this study indicate that: First, LAZISNU Kudus Regency in distributing various programs, one of which is the santri scholarship program, implements a number of management functions consisting of: planning, organizing, implementing and distributing. Second, the student scholarship program at LAZISNU Kudus Regency has been effective, seen from the indicators of effectiveness, namely: 1) right on target in distributing ZIS funds to mustahik who come from underprivileged families. 2) provide encouragement to the mustahik in the field of education. 3) improve the quality of academic and non-academic achievements of mustahik. Third, the supporting factor is the cohesiveness between the administrators, the existence of cooperation with NU in Kudus Regency and Islamic boarding school foundations. The inhibiting factors are the problem of low human resources, the allocation of ZIS funds has not been productive, the lack of zakat funds, and some people are reluctant to distribute zakat to LAZISNU.

STRATEGI KEPALA SEKOLAH DALAM MENINGKATKAN KUANTITAS PESERTA DIDIK BARU DI SMK SALAFIAH KEJAYAN PASURUAN

The purpose of this research is to map out what strategies are applied at SMK Salafiah Kejayan Pasuruan.&#x0D; This is very reasonable, because in fact SMK Salafiah Kejayan is a newly established institution, namely since 2015. However, every year this institution is able to get quite a lot of students. For example, in the 2020/2021 school year there are 172 registered students and in the 2021/2022 school year there are 207 with details of 125 male and 82 female students.The research method used is qualitative by using data collection techniques in the form of observation and interviews.The results of this study indicate that the strategy used by SMK Salafiah Kejayan Pasuruan in increasing the number of new students is to use a promotion mix consisting of advertising, personal selling, sales promotion, public relations, direct marketing and word of mouth. For advertising, apply online advertising and offline advertising; personal selling is applied by assigning a board of teachers and students to participate in socialization activities at the targeted school; sales promotions by providing discounts for the first registrants and scholarships for outstanding students and poor families; public relations still found one research that discusses SMK Salafiah Kejayan, namely the use of the Form To method in PAI learning; direct marketing by scheduling direct meetings between the Salafiah Kejayan Vocational School and the target schools; and for word of mouth by establishing good communication and friendly behavior to the general public and routinely conducting social activities aimed at the surrounding community