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Assessment of Students` Cultural Needs In Guilan University Of Medical Sciences

Introduction: Paying attention to the cultural background of universities as one of the influential factors in hidden curriculum leads to the academic and social success of students. It is necessary to be aware of the diverse and numerous cultural needs of students in order to making decisions and cultural planning in the university. This study was conducted with the aim of determining the cultural needs of students of Shahid Beheshti school of nursing and midwifery in Rasht. Method: This is a descriptive analytical cross- sectional study that was conducted on 237 students of the Shahid Beheshti school nursing and midwifery in Rasht in 2022. The research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire with a 5-point Likert scale with 47 items and seven subscales. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics methods including frequency, mean and standard deviation and Spiroman, Shapiro-Wilk, Mann-Whitney U, Friedman and Bonferroni correction tests through SPSS. Results:The results showed that 137 students (57.8%) were female, 211 students (89%) not working, 152 students (63.7%) native and 226 students (%95.4) single and average age of students was 21.3±3.6 years. The students’ culturally related needs in order of priority; development of sports activities, artistic skills, the need related to social customs and traditions, the development of social skills, spiritual matters, the need related to political thinking and religious matters. The results showed that there is no statistically significant difference between students' cultural needs and gender (p<0.005). Conclusion: According to the results of this study, Students have diverse cultural needs. From the viewpoints` of students, the need to develop sports and artistic activities is in priority. Therefore, it is recommended that the seven needs identified in this study should be taken into consideration by the university officials and to make appropriate planning should be done to meet these needs.

What's Next: Education leaders ponder the fallout from the Supreme Court affirmative action decision

When the Supreme Court outlawed affirmative action for college admissions in its late June decision, that specific result had been expected for months. While there has been plenty of parsing of what the decision means, and what it doesn’t, the bigger question for college officials is what's next?

What's Next: Education leaders ponder the fallout from the Supreme Court affirmative action decision

When the Supreme Court outlawed affirmative action for college admissions in its late June decision, that specific result had been expected for months. While there has been plenty of parsing of what the decision means, and what it doesn’t, the bigger question for college officials is what's next?

Research Status of University Teaching and Research Section Based on Visual Analysis

The development of teaching and research sections in Chinese universities has gone through a long process. With the development of colleges and universities, the construction and functions of teaching and research sections are constantly improving. This paper sorts out the research status quo of teaching and research offices in Chinese universities from the perspective of bibliometrics, and makes a visual analysis of 300 literature data related to teaching and research offices construction in China National Knowledge Infrastructure in recent ten years, sorts out the literature characteristics of teaching and research offices research in Chinese universities, excavates the research foundation of teaching and research offices and the research hotspots in different periods, and systematically analyzes the research status quo of teaching and research offices in Chinese universities from the visual perspective.

Research on Collaborative Construction of Virtual and Real Teaching and Research Section in Application-oriented Universities

The collaborative development of virtual and real teaching and research offices is an important exploration of the construction of new grass-roots teaching organizations in the information age. In order to better define the construction standards of virtual and real teaching and research offices and construct the evaluation index system of virtual and real teaching and research offices, this paper discusses the necessity of collaborative construction of virtual and real teaching and research offices in colleges and universities from the perspective of synergy theory, sorts out the present situation and existing problems of teaching and research offices in colleges and universities, and puts forward corresponding solutions and construction objectives. By constructing a "one body, two wings and multiple supports" teaching and research section organization system, the function of teaching and research section as a basic teaching organization in applied undergraduate colleges is strengthened.

Experience and Impact of COVID-19 on a Newly Formed Rural University Medical Office: Survey Study.

The COVID-19 pandemic had large social effects, particularly in the fields of medicine and medical education. Medical organizations in the United States operate in overlapping contexts with interrelated goals inside multiple organizations, and the context of work strongly influenced how organizations were able to respond to COVID-19 restrictions. This research examines the experience and impact of COVID-19 on the implementation of a Health Resources and Services Administration grant in a newly formed university medical office with the interrelated goals of health policy, health outreach, and medical education. The goal is to understand how COVID-19 created different experiences and challenges for leaders and their collaborators working in medical education compared to those working in public health outreach or health policy. A survey about COVID-19 opportunities and challenges was administered to work unit leaders and their project collaborators. The most common experiences and challenges are shown, direct educational and other respondents' experiences and challenges are compared, and open-ended comment segments are analyzed. Helping others adjust to digital work, remoteness, and coordination were common experiences during COVID-19. Common challenges include coordination and an inability to make comparisons to previous program years. On average, respondents had 11.3 (SD 7.8) experiences and 8.3 (SD 6.9) challenges considered in the survey. While all units were influenced by COVID-19 restrictions, medical education units had more experiences and challenges. Those involved directly in medical education experienced 69% (18.6/27) of their possible experiences and 54% (14.7/27) of their possible challenges on average compared to 35% (7/20) and 21% (4.2/20) among other respondents (P<.001). COVID-19 restrictions increased the complexity of project work and presented challenges, especially in terms of coordinating responses and access to locations. The findings suggest that COVID-19 made the overall administration of programs more complex and drew attention from other medical and public health programs. While remoteness is appropriate for some medical education tasks, it is less appropriate for clinical learning. Remoteness presents an especially large challenge to clinical education. Employees now have expectations for remoteness to be built into programs and workplaces. Program administrators will have to integrate remoteness' benefits and drawbacks into their organization for the foreseeable future.

Awareness of Copyright Infringement Among Undergraduates of The State Universities in Sri Lanka

Copyright infringement is known as the use of copyrighted works without the permission of the creators, copyright holders or authors. It is a form of dishonesty and a violation of the authors' economic and exclusive rights. In general, copyright infringement activities have taken place in various ways such as theft, piracy, reuse and plagiarism among students pursuing degree programmes in higher education institutions in Sri Lanka. In this backdrop, this study aims to examine awareness of copyright infringement among students pursuing undergraduate degree programmes at state universities in Sri Lanka. The primary and secondary data have been used in the study. The primary data were collected by Self-Administered Questionnaires (SAQ) distributed to 356 of the selected participants. Selected students are continuing their education in 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019 and 2019/2020, including general and honours degree programmes. The samples were selected based on Random Sampling Method (RSM). All received questionnaires were analysed in a descriptive way with the help of SPSS (Version-26) and the results were presented by illustrating in the form of tables. According to the results, it was found that 58.1% of participants were not aware that copyright infringement as an academic dishonesty, as well as copyright law (Intellectual Property Act No.36 of 2003) which is enforced by Sri Lankan government in order to protect intellectual properties. 77.4% of the participants proved that copyright infringement is a kind of prohibited act in their own religion (Islam, Buddhism, Christianity and Hinduism). Moreover, the main factors that lead to copyright infringement of study samples were a lack of awareness of copyright law (38%), the high cost of textbooks (64.6%), and the fear of having low greats in semester examinations (77.4%). The findings of present study would be important to stimulate academics, library personnel, university officials, and policymakers to think of ways to prevent the students from engaging in copyright infringements in future. Moreover, it is a firm belief of the researchers that findings of this study could be a remarkable starting point for future researchers.

Getting Connected With FCS Connect!

Successful Extension programming relies on strong relationships between campus-based Extension faculty/specialists and the field-based Extension agents they support (Shaklee et al., 2014). Strong connections facilitate bi-directional communication, enabling specialists to understand the needs of agents and their communities. The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent county and university office closures could have stymied these campus–county connections. Instead, it cleared a path to virtually strengthen relationships between Extension countybased and university-based staff through FCS Connect!

Exploring Indonesian Higher Education Neoliberalization: A Discourse on the Role of Accounting

The neoliberalization of higher education has attracted academic debate and public interest. Though less known by the public, accounting terminologies play a prominent role in that process more particularly in sticking commercial values to the life of universities that eventually made universities far from their own original missions. Applying Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), this study explores the neoliberalization of Indonesian higher education by questioning how it took place, what kind of linguistic terminologies or jargon are mostly used, and how accounting concepts, terminologies, and technologies take a role in it. This study found that accounting—through its concepts, jargon, and technologies—helped a lot in making the success of the neoliberalization of Indonesian higher education. Accounting notions like efficiency, productivity, effectiveness, accountability, transparency, and fairness take their cognitive and emotive roles in supporting highly competitive modes of academic life in universities so that the core of neoliberal ideology, that is competition, has been made to be more easily, scientifically, and psychologically justifiable for both individuals and society. Moreover, transactional and commercial motive-based behaviours as an impact of the more liberalized way of life, expand rapidly to become a standard way of acting both on and outside the campuses which accelerates the formation of a more individualistic and competitive Indonesian society. Bureaucratically, the university officials—from the lowest level such as the head of the department up to the Rectors—tend to be more sensitive to achieving a series of standardised, quantitative, technical, short-term, and pragmatic performance indicators dictated by national and international ranking agencies like Webometric than to deal with more ideal, educational, and long-term mission achievement.

The Effect of Self-Efficacy, Socioeconomic Parents, and Job Expectations on Interest in Continuing Masters Studies

The study aimed to see the effect of self-efficacy, socioeconomic parents, and job expectations on the interest in continuing master's studies in Office Administration Education students at Surabaya State University. The study used a quantitative method of associative approach. Research data were obtained by distributing questionnaires via google form. The research subjects were 55 undergraduate student populations of Office Administration Education Study Program at Surabaya State University Class of 2019. Using the total sampling form, all members of the population were determined as research samples. Instrument construction testing uses validity and reliability tests, while data analysis uses classical assumption tests, multiple linear regression analysis, and hypothesis testing assisted by IBM SPSS 23. The research findings show that partially there is a positive and simultaneously significant effect of the variables of self-efficacy, socioeconomic parents, and job expectations on the interest in continuing master's studies in Surabaya State University Office Administration Education students.

Analyzing the Factors Influencing the Success of Business Incubation Programs: A SmartPLS Approach

Improving productivity and effectiveness in business processes is highly desired by actors from faculties and companies. However, the problem is that the determinants of success and moderating influence on business incubators at Raharja University still need to be discovered to improve the performance of these business processes. The study conducted will help overcome these problems by evaluating the determinants of success and moderating influences on business incubators at Raharja University using a quantitative approach method. Data collection results from 50 incubator managers show that incubator image positively affects incubator performance. In addition, the IT factor, entry criteria, mentoring network, and funding contribute to incubator performance, while a sound infrastructure system is a moderating factor. University regulation, government support and protection, and credit and rewards were also shown to improve business incubator performance. The results of this research could benefit university professors as managers and consultants, entrepreneurs and undergraduate startups/tenants in knowledge transfer and learning entrepreneurship, and government officials in practical policymaking. There is nature. In the university context, the incubator serves as a platform for commercializing research activities, helping university officials to take responsibility for the economic environment, create jobs, increase the monetary value of the country and reduce poverty.

Motivations for University-Industry Interaction: A Typology of Academic Scientists at the National University of Colombia

In recent decades there has been an intensification of reflections on university-industry interaction as a mechanism for promoting innovation in countries, especially those characterized by a fragile collaboration between science and technology organizations and the productive apparatus. This article examines Colombian academic scientists who collaborate with industry, understanding their motivations and the interaction channels they use. To do this, a qualitative-type research study was conducted through semi-structured interviews with fifteen scientists and three employees involved in technology transfer programs at the National University of Colombia. As a result, we identified heterogeneous positions regarding the university-industry interaction and proposed four groups: i) “Circumstantial collaborators,” who have sporadic contact with industry; ii) “Independent,” who develop their own initiatives through spin-offs with sporadic contacts with industry; iii) “Integrated,” who see industry as a strategic partner and do not wish to undertake entrepreneurship; and iv) “Academic entrepreneurs,” who create spin-offs and see industry as a strategic partner. The main contribution of this work is the typology of academic scientists in the context of a Latin American country, which has implications for technology transfer offices in universities, with a recommendation towards creating typology-based programs, since the incentives that work for one type of scientist may not be the right fit for others.

Techno-Environmental Analysis of a Microgrid Energy System in a University Office Complex

The world is undergoing an irreversible shift towards clean energy. Microgrids are recognized as a key technology that holds significant potential to make a substantial difference in this regard. The paper provides a comprehensive overview of how microgrids work and their impact on climate. The research presented in this paper focuses on reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) in the main campus of Qassim University, Saudi Arabia, through the development and implementation of an engineering model that facilitates the installation of a microgrid system designed to meet the university’s sustainability goals. The study aims to explore possible solutions that can reduce emissions in the administrative building (A7) at Qassim University and meet the university environmental plan. Therefore, a comprehensive study is conducted to investigate the potential reduction in emissions associated with the installation of a microgrid system. This microgrid system operates in a grid-connected mode and comprises three main components: the load, a photovoltaic (PV) system, and batteries. The results of the study indicate that the microgrid reveals a notable transition in the primary sources of electricity. Moreover, the microgrid system proves its capability to meet a substantial portion of the daily energy requirements, highlighting its efficiency and effectiveness in addressing energy needs. The findings of this study highlight the significant potential of the proposed model in curbing carbon emissions, as it demonstrates a reduction from 615.8 to 147.4 Mt of CO2. This reduction aligns with the university’s commitment to sustainability and green initiatives. The computed decrease in carbon footprint emphasizes the possibility of the suggested model to encourage sustainable practices among the university community and mitigate the environmental consequences of energy usage.

JOB SATISFACTION AND JOB PERFORMANCE AMONG ACADEMIC STAFF MEMBERS OF OMAN COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES: BASIS FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING

This study ventured on discovering the association between job satisfaction and job performance among academic staff members at Oman College of Health Sciences. Respondents were generally satisfied when it comes to the work environment, relation and cooperation, training and development, adequacy of resources, and job security. Respondents were unsure if they were satisfied or dissatisfied with job autonomy, corporate culture and environment, remuneration and reward, and amenities. Respondents demonstrated strong task and contextual performance. Respondents demonstrated a low level of unproductive work behavior. There was no significant difference in work satisfaction among faculty members based on gender, civil status, rank, educational achievement, or length of service. When faculty members were divided into groups based on college branch and country, there was a considerable variation in work satisfaction. There was no statistically significant link between academic staff members' work happiness and job performance. The findings of this study might be used by college officials as a foundation for policy-making and program planning for basic education schools, increasing teachers' work performance and job happiness, as well as administrators' professional progress toward better education. This will serve as the foundation for establishing teacher development programs that will lead to teacher professional growth. It will also aid them in identifying particular demographic traits of instructors that may impact work performance and job satisfaction.&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Article visualizations:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/-counters-/soc/0045/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

Personal and collective responsibility for health equity: An interprofessional education program around racism

Understanding the effects of racism on public health is necessary to stimulate structural and systemic change to improve the health outcomes of patients. As a healthcare team, racism is best addressed through interprofessional collaboration to develop equitable and sustainable solutions that transform the health and wellbeing of patients and communities. As a part of the collective effort to properly educate our health professional students about the declarations by local and county health departments that “racism as a public health crisis,” we sought to utilize an interprofessional collaboration model. A steering committee of faculty, staff, and students at The Ohio State University created a new longitudinal interprofessional education (IPE) exercise titled Personal and Collective Responsibility for Health Equity: Anti-Racism in Action (ARIA). The participating Colleges/Schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Optometry, Pharmacy, Public Health, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (SHRS), Social Work, and Veterinary Medicine worked with leaders from the University's Office of Interprofessional Practice and Education to develop this 5-week program to engage a cohort of approximately 1300 students in a virtual learning experience during the Spring of 2021, when COVID-19 restricted in-person instruction. Ultimately, 200-interprofessional teams of 5–7 students were involved in this learning experience. Students individually selected resources (readings or videos) from a comprehensive resource kit provided by the steering team, to learn about and reflect on the differential types of racism, how it impacts well-being, health care delivery, and how health professionals can collaborate to advance health equity. The 200 interprofessional teams met twice virtually during the 5-week module and were provided with discussion questions and short assignments. Each team then contextualized, designed and submitted a final poster of a project to describe how an interprofessional approach to racism could further racial equity in health and healthcare delivery as applied to a selected perceived health equity issue, problem or dilemma. Student survey data was used to describe the effect of this module on student learning and attitudes. Students generally agreed that the module helped them to achieve the learning objectives. A thematic analysis of open-ended responses revealed that students generally had a positive response to the content on racism and the opportunity to learn interprofessionally, and they had specific suggestions for how to improve the experience. The results were utilized to re-design the activity for the following year and may be useful to other institutions wishing to address racism through interprofessional education.

The Relationship between Leisure Time Physical Activity and High-risk Behaviors with Mediating Personality among the Students of University of Isfahan

Introduction The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between leisure physical activity and high-risk behaviors with personality mediating role in students of University of Isfahan. Method The research method was descriptive-correlational and in terms of purpose was part of applied research that was conducted in the field. The statistical population of the study consisted of all students of University of Isfahan in the academic year 2020-2021(16,563 people) 375 people were selected as a sample by stratified sampling method using the Krejcie and Morgan’s table. A researcher-made checklist of leisure-time physical activity, high-risk behaviors, and personality questionnaires were used to collect data. The validity of the research tools and their reliability (by Cronbach's alpha test) were evaluated. Research data were collected in library and field sections. To analyze the research data, descriptive and inferential statistics was used. Finding The results showed that high-risk behaviors are less in the leisure time of active students. In addition, with increasing physical activity in leisure time, high-risk behaviors decrease. On the other hand, the more psychotic students are, the more high-risk behaviors are likely to happen. In addition, the separate relationships between leisure-time physical activity and personality with high-risk behaviors were significant. Discussion However, the results showed that when the personality variable was included in the relationship between leisure physical activity and high-risk behaviors, the relationship between the two variables became insignificant. Therefore, in order to reduce high-risk behaviors among students, it is better for university officials to increase the possibility of students participating in leisure-time physical activities by holding extracurricular sports classes and easy access to sports facilities.

The Influence of Schooling Fields and Family Environment on Interest in Becoming a Teacher

Based on the phenomenon that happened to Surabaya State University students who had implemented the Pengenalan Lapangan Persekolahan (PLP) program, it showed that there was a lack of interest in becoming a teacher. One of the internal factors is teaching experience in the form of the PLP program and the external factor is the family environment. Goal of the study was to analyze the impact of school district (PLP) introduction and home environment on the educational interests of students in administrative education at Surabaya State University. This kind of examination is quantitative using explanatory. The subjects of this research were all students of the Surabaya State University Office Administration Study Program class of 2019 and then had taken PLP courses with a total of 54 people. The instrument used was a questionnaire with a Likert scale of 5. Data analysis techniques include testing for validity also reliability. Classical acceptance tests consist of normality, multicollinearity, also heteroscedasticity tests, and include hypothesis testing using several linear regression tests consisting of t-tests, F-tests, and coefficient-of-squares tests. The outcome of the t-test showed that the introduction of school fields had a positive and significant effect on interest in becoming a teacher, and the family environment had a positive and significant effect on interest in becoming a teacher. The introduction of school fields and family environment has had a positive and significant impact on students’ savor in becoming a teacher in University Office Administration Education students Surabaya Country.

The Level of Job Satisfaction among Faculty Members at King Faisal University in Saudi Arabia from their View point

Objectives: The study aims at identifying the level of job satisfaction among faculty members at King Faisal University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and to reveal differences in the responses of faculty members about their level of job satisfaction according to study variables: gender, nationality, college, academic rank, and experience.&#x0D; Methods: The theoretical descriptive approach was adopted by building a questionnaire consisting of (36) items, divided into five areas: job, social relations at work, salaries and incentive, direct administration, professional development, and promotions. The study tool was applied to (252) faculty members from various scientific and humanitarian colleges.&#x0D; Results: The findings showed that the level of job satisfaction among faculty members at King Faisal University was high. The field of social relations at work came at a very high level, while the field of salaries and incentives came at a moderate level. It was also found that there were no statistically significant differences (α = 0.05) attributed to the variables: college, academic rank, nationality, and the number of years of experience. While the differences were due to the gender variable and in favor of males.&#x0D; Conclusions: Based on the study's findings, the researcher suggests that King Faisal University officials enhance faculty salaries to align with global changes, ensuring a comfortable lifestyle. Additionally, developing a merit-based reward system for exceptional teaching, research, and community engagement is recommended.

Islamic economics and finance instructional leadership and curriculum practices: a case study of selected public universities in Saudi Arabia

PurposeThis study aims to explore the instructional leadership practices implemented by academic professionals and leaders to enhance the curriculum of Islamic economics and finance (IEF) in two public universities in Saudi Arabia.Design/methodology/approachThis study used a qualitative approach, using a case study methodology that focused on two meticulously chosen universities in Saudi Arabia. A total of 21 academics from two public universities in Saudi Arabia who worked in IEF schools were selected for semi-structured interviews.FindingsThe findings showed that two universities in Saudi Arabia that offer degrees in IEF exhibited limited instructional leadership. The findings indicate four apparent barriers that may explain the lack of involvement in instructional leadership and fair practices in the IEF curriculum at Saudi Arabian universities. According to this study, a positive collegial climate in Saudi universities’ IEF promotes shared instructional leadership.Research limitations/implicationsThe use of a limited qualitative method and small sample of respondents in this study may not provide enough evidence to generalise the findings to all universities and higher education schools in Saudi Arabia. Although a case study was used to describe IEF curriculum management and implementation at the two universities, caution should be exercised when applying these findings to other institutions.Practical implicationsIEF schools in Saudi universities need to leverage their positive, collaborative and relationship-building environments to develop activities that promote shared instructional leadership.Originality/valueThe research findings can offer valuable insights and examples for school leaders to develop instructional activities and promote the concept of “shared instructional leadership”. This approach involves delegating responsibilities and actions to others to enhance the IEF curriculum’s quality. Policymakers and university officials can use these findings to enhance strategic policies.

Camera-based occupant behavior trajectory capture and on-site assessment of spatio-temporal transmission risk of airborne virus in a university office building

Aerosol transmission is a route of contagion. The engineering field predicts risk in indoor environment by simulating the airborne transmission of the virus. However, occupant behavior is one of the main causes for the gap between predicted and actual airborne virus transmission risk. To improve the accuracy of transmission risk assessment, this study presents a framework for real-time assessment of infection risk based on the behavioral trajectory of the occupants captured by cameras. The study focused on analyzing the impact of short-range exposure and long-range exposure of occupants on the infection risk through fine-grained trajectories. On-site measurements were conducted in a university office building to obtain the air change rates (ACH) and occupant contact time respectively. A numerical model for quantifying the exposure risk of the two contact routes was also developed. The results demonstrated that the individual movement is diverse. The infection risk varies with the occupied space, behavioral patterns, and exposure time. The main passages and seats in the room, corridor corners, and room doorways are areas of the high frequency of short-range contact. The fraction of long-range exposure is 57.2%, indicating long-range exposure is the dominant route for the limited scenarios and population in this study. The cumulative risk of infection was 0.021 for teachers; 0.029 for employees; and 0.045 for students, with assumptions of initial infection rates of 5%. It can provide real-time warning for occupants through on-site monitoring and contribute to the transmission control and source tracing of airborne viruses.