This paper is submitted to & accepted in SEMILOKA NASIONAL “Better Management to Support Good Corporate Governance” Departemen Manajemen, Fakultas Ekonomi dan Manajemen, Institut Pertanian Bogor, September 16, 2006 LECTURERS’ COMPETENCIES: A CASE STUDY IN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITIES Sam PD Anantadjaya ETC & Foundation, Bandung 40198, Indonesia bmw@bdg.centrin.net.id Irma M. Nawangwulan English Tutorial Center, Bandung 40161, Indonesia englishtutorialcenter@yahoo.com Abstract The presence of
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Background of the Study: Broken homes are experience by some of the students not only with those in poverty line families but same goes to middle and higher class families. Parents chose to live separately regardless how their children feel and its impact to their lives, however, there are still parents in spite of the situation still supports and care of their children in their studies, and others. It is worthy to note that majority of high school students in the
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STATEMENT OF RESEARCH TOPIC Many university students engage in paid employment. Discuss the impact of this on their academic performance and their overall experience at university. ABSTRACT Many university engage in paid employment for various reasons such as earning extra income, work experiences. Working while studying provides a stronger basis of working experience for later professional graduate employment and also earns a considerate amount of income that supports the basis of living against
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acquaintances and also family. This study focuses on determining the effects of social networking on the academic performance of students if social network are really the reason why most of the students can’t concentrate on their academic activities. The importance of this study is very helpful to our young generation. In this study we can simply determined the bad and good effects of this social networking sites to the class or academic performance of the students. This study will let the people know how
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THE EATING HABITS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF THE HRM STUDENTS A Undergraduate Thesis Presented to The Faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences of University of Perpetual Help System DALTA Alabang-Zapote Road, Pamplona 3, Las Piñas City In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor ofArts Major in Psychology Table of Contents Title i Table of Contents ii Chapter 1: The Problem and its setting Introduction Theoretical Framework
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Student-Teacher Ratio on Academic Achievement of Selected Secondary School Students in Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria By Idowu Rasheed Ajani Department of Educational Foundations University of Lagos, Nigeria idoij@yahoo.com Oluwole Bamidele Akinyele Department of Educational Foundations University of Lagos, Nigeria oluwolebamidele@rocketmail.com Abstract The study investigated the effects of student-teacher ratio on academic achievement of selected
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The academic effects of internet usage of MFI 2nd year IT students. Chapter1 Introduction Background of the studies The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to serve several billion users worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private, public, academic, business, and government networks, of local to global scope, that are linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless and optical networking
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INTRODUCTION This chapter deals with the background and rationale of the study, statement of the problem, theoretical and conceptual frameworks, significance of the study, and its scope and delimitations. It includes a review of related literature, both foreign and local, synthesis, and the conceptual and operational definition of some terms used in the study. Background and Rationale of the Study The School Health Nursing Program (SHNP)is an integral part of the total school program
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CHAPTER II Review of Related Literature A. Foreign Studies College Students, especially freshmen, are a group particularly prone to stress (D’Zurilla & Sheedy, 2001) due to the transitional nature of college life (Towbes &Cohen, 2003). They must adjust to being away from home for the first time, maintain a high level of academic achievement, and adjust to a new social environment. College students, regardless of year in school, often deal with pressures related to finding a
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CHAPTER ONE 1.1 Background of the Study Over the years, the investigations of the factors that influence academic performance of students have attracted the interest and concern of teachers, counselors, psychologists, researchers and school administrators in Nigeria (Wiseson, 2001). This is because of the public outcries concerning the low standard of education in the country. The declining quality of education in the country and the breeding of graduates with little technical know-how have resulted
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