...Management in Education http://mie.sagepub.com/ Reconfiguring the higher education value chain Virendra Pathak and Kavita Pathak Management in Education 2010 24: 166 DOI: 10.1177/0892020610376791 The online version of this article can be found at: http://mie.sagepub.com/content/24/4/166 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: British Educational Leadership, Management & Administration Society Additional services and information for Management in Education can be found at: Email Alerts: http://mie.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts Subscriptions: http://mie.sagepub.com/subscriptions Reprints: http://www.sagepub.com/journalsReprints.nav Permissions: http://www.sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav Citations: http://mie.sagepub.com/content/24/4/166.refs.html >> Version of Record - Oct 6, 2010 What is This? Downloaded from mie.sagepub.com at Excelsior College on March 19, 2014 MiE Reconfiguring the higher education value chain Management in Education 24(4) 166–171 ª 2010 British Educational Leadership, Management & Administration Society (BELMAS) Reprints and permission: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/0892020610376791 mie.sagepub.com Virendra Pathak Kavita Pathak Abstract Forces of demand and supply are changing the dynamics of the higher education market. Transformation of institutions of higher learning into competitive enterprise is underway. Higher education institutions are seemingly under intense ...
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...The value of higher education During last forty years, more and more people are going to the college or university for higher education in America. However, John Cassidy points out an issue that discusses whether higher education gives the student enough payback or it causes thousands of family jumps into financial crisis. In John's opinion, he expounds what is greater education should bring in for students. In the main, he thinks the meaning of higher education (undergraduate) is: First, vocational training and technical training let graduates have more substantial than high school worker and earning more salary from future jobs. That is one of the purposes of the most intuitive and people pay attention to it. Second, cultivating necessary...
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...Edited the topic student wanted I come up with an appropriate topic PERCEVED VALUE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: CASE STUDY, APPROACH OF PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUITION. Name: Institution: Remember questionnaire I did re write it whole Abstract The international students’ enrolment in Malaysian private higher education institutions acts as a major contributor to the national economic ability of the higher education institutions. Consequently, this has led to the rise of several studies concerning international students on many aspects, including their perceptions, living experiences, and their behaviors towards the renowned values of the choice of their private higher education institution in Malaysia. In this context, there are very few studies that have looked into international students’ overall satisfaction with their experiences in private higher education institutions. This study is committed to investigate the factors affecting decision making of international students in choosing Malaysian private higher education institutions as a study destination for their postgraduate studies. Sampling chosen for this research are international students currently studying at XX College, one of the leading private higher education institutions in Malaysia. This study contains a theoretical framework done...
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...Higher Education Core Value Paper/ Commitment Marie-Germaine Rancy Molloy College Identification and analysis of the identified Core Value Presently, there are many aspects of Higher Education. Some are physical; the campus and its classrooms, laboratories, and library. Those spaces are occupied by students, faculty, and staff and some are nonphysical. “The activities of Higher Education are learning, research, dialogue, and reflection. Thus far, none of these attributes are unique” (Shephard, 2007, p. 87). The most distinctive attributes of Higher Education today are its commitment to their students. “Higher Education for Sustainability: seeking affective learning outcomes” Shephard concluded, after a systematic literatures review of relevant educational in effective learning; Higher Education should focus on effective outcomes of values, activities, and performances. Some areas of Higher Education, however, have effectively pursued effective outcomes and these use particular learning and teaching activities to do so (Shephard, 2007). The important issues for consideration include assessing outcomes and evaluating courses, by providing academic credit for effective outcome. The important roles for role models are designing realistic and acceptable learning outcomes in the effective realm. To sustain, educators should use this relevant theoretical foundation and knowledge collected from different specialty in education to attend their learning teaching skills (Shephard...
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...Annales Universitatis Apulensis Series Oeconomica, 11(2), 2009 639 THE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE ECONOMIC CRISIS Rodica Gherghina 1 Florin Văduva 2 Mirela Anca Postole 3 ABSTRACT: The need to reduce public spending in the developin g process and funding of public services has led to the introduction of performance indicators in the public institutions. Moreover, the need to optimize the educational activity, the implementation of an efficient management, insuring the quality and the compatibility of the e ducational systems has led to numerous investigations in this area by adopting, as a theor etical reference framework some organizational models to explain the functionality of the educatio nal system and to define a performance appraisal system. Each model generated by default a certain p hilosophy regarding the evaluation methods of the institutional performance, design and use of th e performance indicators on education institutions . Key words: economic crisis, performance, indicators , education JEL codes: I21, H52 Introduction Changes in higher education in Romania, just as thr oughout Europe and elsewhere, were as many and radical as they were continuous. Since the early 1990s, the first private universities were established in Romania and the number of public uni versities, of the faculties or of the new curriculum...
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...HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA: ISSUES, CONCERNS AND NEW DIRECTIONS UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION NEW DELHI December 2003 HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA ISSUES, CONCERNS AND NEW DIRECTIONS RECOMMENDATIONS OF UGC GOLDEN JUBILEE SEMINARS- 2003 HELD AT ELEVEN UNIVERSITIES IN INDIA UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION, NEW DELHI December 2003 (i) © 2003, The University Grants Commission Editorial Committee (Names of members, preferably in alphabetical order to be given) Printed and published by the Secretary, UGC For the University Grants Commission, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002, India; Printed at……………………… (ii) Foreword The higher education system in India has grown in a remarkable way, particularly in the post-independence period, to become one of the largest system of its kind in the world. However, the system has many issues of concern at present, like financing and management including access, equity and relevance, reorientation of programmes by laying emphasis on health consciousness, values and ethics and quality of higher education together with the assessment of institutions and their accreditation. These issues are important for the country, as it is now engaged in the use of higher education as a powerful tool to build a knowledge-based information society of the 21st Century. Recognizing the above and the basic fact, that the Universities have to perform multiple roles, like creating new knowledge, acquiring new capabilities and producing an intelligent human resource...
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...in the Higher Education Institutions: The Case of Sharjah University in UAE Dr Abdel Moneim M. B. AHMED Bashar I. HAMDOON By WP-0102062007 1 The challenges and obstacles of TQM Implementation in the Higher Education Institutions: The Case of Sharjah University in UAE By Dr Ahmed and Hamdoon e-TQM College Working Paper Series WP- 0102062007 The Challenges and obstacles of TQM Implementation in the Higher Education Institutions: The Case of Sharjah University in UAE Dr Abdel Moneim M. B. Ahmed Bashar I. Hamdoon By WP-0102062007 The working paper series are produced by the e-TQM College and are to be circulated for discussion purposes only. Their contents should be considered preliminary. The papers are expected to be published in due course, in a revised form and should not be quoted without the author’s permission. E-TQM College working paper series is available through www.etqm.ae/qme 2 The challenges and obstacles of TQM Implementation in the Higher Education Institutions: The Case of Sharjah University in UAE By Dr Ahmed and Hamdoon e-TQM College Working Paper Series WP- 0102062007 The Challenges and obstacles of TQM Implementation in the Higher Education Institutions: The Case of Sharjah University in UAE Dr Abdel Moneim M. B. AHMED Director of Graduate Studies e-TQM College P.O. Box 71400, Dubai, UAE E-mail: A.Ahmed@etqm.ae Bashar I. HAMDOON University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE ABSTRACT The importance of the higher education for the...
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...INFLUENCING THE SELECTION OF A HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION Mohar bin Yusof Tun Abdul Razak University, Malaysia mohar@unitar.edu.my Siti Nor Bayaah binti Ahmad Tun Abdul Razak University, Malaysia ctnor11@unitar.edu.my Misyer bin Mohamed Tajudin Tun Abdul Razak University, Malaysia misyer64@unitar.edu.my R. Ravindran Tun Abdul Razak University, Malaysia ravindran@unitar.edu.my ABSTRACT The higher education landscape in Malaysia has gone through substantial changes. With improvements in the quality of education and better academic performance at the primary and secondary school level, the demand for tertiary education has increased many fold. The increased public demand for tertiary education and the government’s aspiration to position Malaysia as a regional centre of academic excellence have led to the higher education market becoming monopolistically competitive. The purpose of the research was to examine the expectations on higher education institutions among three groups of respondent i.e. prospective students, parents of prospective students and first year university students, and to identify the factors influencing their preferences in selecting a particular higher education institution. KEY WORDS: Preferences, Higher Education Institutions, Expectations, Higher Education Market, Market Research UNITAR E-JOURNAL Vol. 4, No. 2, June 2008 27 INTRODUCTION Over the span of ten years or so, the higher education landscape in Malaysia has...
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...increase in higher education jobs. Higher education growth has been steady, stable and greater than overall U.S. jobs. The market share of higher education jobs compared to all U.S. jobs continued to increase and a trend has persisted for several years. Individuals who complete educational programs possess the qualities employers are seeking. These strong qualities include the willingness to learn, initiative, and organizational abilities. By pursuing a high level of education that is consistent with the interests and abilities, the career goals are likely to be reached. Statement of the problem Can having a higher education offer you more job opportunities? Is higher education a promise to less risk of unemployment? Are there clear indications that there’s a relationship between higher education and lower unemployment rates? Objectives 1. The underlying question to be answered is to determine if higher education promises less risk of unemployment? Hypothesis Null Hypothesis- The risk of unemployment is not affected by higher education Alternative Hypothesis- Higher education affects the risk of unemployment Methods We are planning to test correlation on SPSS to find if there is a relationship between higher education and unemployment rates. Our methodologies for the research project will hinge on the quantitative approach with our anticipated data from the United States Department of Labor. To achieve our objectives relating to the impact on higher education and its...
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...Question 1 : (10 Marks) Choose ONE product. Describe on the quality about that particular product by using the following criteria : 1. Conformance to specification 2. Value 3. Fitness for use 4. Support 5. Psychological impressions. Product iPhone5 ( Apple Smartphone) 1. Conformance to specification * Is the latest product by Apple Inc. * With the latest A6 processor , iOS 6 ultra fast performance with 4 inch wide screen and retina displays make its more powerfull than previous iPhone. * This iPhone5 will satisfy the consumer needs with 8 megapixel camera and HDR makes the picture brighter and clear. With panorama now can capture all the wide scene with all new improvements. 2. Value * The iPhone5 services will satisfy the consumer purposes such as texting , calling , browsing , maps and etc at maximum performance and will exceeds the customers expectations. * The iPhone5 also gives more applications to making people life easier such as e-book , health check up , tickes booking , and etc. * The price is acceptable for buyers and depends customers expectation before purchasing it. 3. Fitness for use * The iPhone5 the the thinnest and lighter smartphone ever made. You can put anywhere you want . * The iPhone5 is made up of high quality materials there are aluminium and glasses and it’s a plastic free. * There are two colours of iPhone5 , white and black. The iPhone5 is very durable even the glasses will...
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...The real value of higher education By Tom Ross, 3.15.15 This is adapted from remarks given at the National Public Affairs Forum in Raleigh last week: America is losing her way with regard to higher education. We seem to have forgotten the real value of higher education – both to our economy and to our society. We have become too focused on metrics, return on investment and job preparation. I am not suggesting these are unimportant. Rather, I would remind us that higher education offers many other – and I contend greater – benefits to our nation and its citizens and communities. Universities have long been known and respected as places of ideas and debate, of big discoveries and bigger dreams. It is within our universities that we have tackled some of our most perplexing problems and found solutions to them. It is on our campuses that generations of students have learned how to think for themselves and how to work collaboratively with others. Our universities have been places where ideas and dreams are converted to life-changing discoveries, and where our leaders of tomorrow are developed. Since the dawn of our nation, our universities have been at the center of our civil society and our search for excellence. We increasingly view our colleges and universities as nothing more than factories that must demonstrate an immediate return on investment for consumers. Places that only train people for the workforce. We hear constant calls to drive out costs and produce more...
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...Comparison The term “emerging adult” refers to individuals in their late teenage years all the way through their twenties. Emerging Adults are individuals that are no longer children, yet have not reached complete adulthood yet (Jensen, 200). The expectations of teenagers, in America, graduating from high school have changed over the few centuries. Initially, Americans teenagers exiting high school were expected to join the workforce, get married and have children, and all before their mid twenties. Now there is a new grace period, called “emerging adulthood”. This period of time, between the ages of eighteen and twenty-nine, has become a time where young men and women are expected to search for their own identities, continue their education, find a suitable career, then settle down into a married life and have children of their own if they so choose. There is still a wide variety in difference in expectations in America, especially when considering the social, ethnical and financial background that these young individuals come from. Children from more affluent families are likely to go to a college or university right after high school, where as children from less financially stable backgrounds are likely to join the military in order to afford schooling, or head straight into manual labor type jobs, in hopes of going to college later on. Argentina, much like America, is a western industrialized culture that shares a lot of commonalities with its expectations of emerging...
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...IDEALISM IN EDUCATION 01. INTRODUCTION Idealism is the oldest theory of philosophy. Its origin goes back to ancient India in the East and to Plato in the West. Generally, Idealists believe that ideas are the true reality. According to them, the human spirit is the most important element in life. Matter is not real. It attaches great significance to the study of man and his mind. It maintains that the material and physical universe is subordinate to a higher type of reality, a spiritual universe. CHIEF EXPONENTS OF IDEALISM (I) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) The Videc Rishis of India Plato – (427-347 B.C) Kant (1724- 1804 A.D) Hegal (1770-1831 A.D) Froebel (1772 – 1852 A.D) Swami Dyananda (1825 – 1883 A.D) R.N. Tagore (1861-1941 A.D) Aurobindo Ghosh (1872 – 1950 A.D) 02. MEANING OF IDEALISM The word „Idealism‟ signifies two terms: „Idea‟ and „ideal‟. In other words Idealism is born out of Plato‟s “Theory of Ideas”. According to this doctrine, the ultimate supremacy is of ideas. In this way, the real word is „ideaism‟, but adding the letter „I‟ for pronunciation facility it is known as idealism. 03. DEFINITION OF IDEALISM (i) (ii) Views of D.M. Dutta: “Idealism holds that ultimate reality is spiritual”. Views of J.S. Ross: “Mind or spirit is the essential world stuff that the true reality is of a mental character”. (iii) Harold B. Titus: “Idealism asserts that reality consists of ideas, thoughts, minds, or selves rather than material objects and force”. (iv) R.N. Tagore:...
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...Real Value of a College Education In today’s society, nearly every senior high school student is expected to continue their education by going to college. Campuses are admitting the highest number of freshmen than ever before while at the same time cutting down on the amount of class offered. Therefore, it is no surprise that the value of a college education has declined in the last couple years in respect to gaining academia knowledge; however, I believe it still holds great value in other aspects. A college education is not just beneficial for landing that great paying job; I believe it is also beneficial for personal growth, character, social interactions, and networking. Going to college and receiving a degree is empowering, but in order to increase the value of a college education, the problem within the system must first be addressed. In “Academically Adrift,” written by Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa, the two authors discuss the reasons for a decline in higher learning. One of the first reasons mentioned is the lack of effort and desire students have to go to college or stay enrolled in college. They state that many high school students and young adults are practically “expected” to go to college regardless of their effort put in high school or their grade point average. This has an alarming affect on the students’ academic performance their first year in college. Arum and Roksa write, “Although growing proportions of high school graduates are entering higher education...
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...Running Head: CRITIGUE OF PROFESSIONAL VALUES Critique of Professional Values: The Case of BSN-RN Completion Education Winston-Salem State University School of Health Sciences Division of Nursing CRITIGUE OF PROFESSIONAL VALUES The researchers were trying to address the professional values of RN-BSN students in completion of their education. The authors clearly stated the problem throughout the research study. The problem is very important and impacts the nursing practice today. The article explains how the RN-BSN professional values are being perceived in nursing practice today. The continuation education on professional values must be continued after BSN completion. The importance is necessary for nurses to continue with instilling the professional values throughout their career. This article is easily researched on line and anyone can access it for reading purposes. The purpose of the research was to explain few questions about the differences in the perception of professional values correspond with nurses who are currently practicing. If the differences do exist, the question would be are the differences related to educational background or other factors professional values. The purpose of the study is explained clearly throughout the article and background information...
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