Enhancing the university outreach through collaborations and sharing of resources

2019 ◽  
pp. 299-325
Author(s):  
Umesh Chandra Pandey ◽  
Chhabi Kumar
Keyword(s):  
University Outreach ◽  
The University

scholarly journals Leadership in Continuing Studies: The Reflections of a Dean

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Randy Garrison
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Extended Period ◽  
University Outreach ◽  
Clear Vision ◽  
Strategic Goals ◽  
The University

University continuing studies has entered an extended period of change and transformation. In such challenging times, the essential ingredients for survival are a clear vision, strategic goals, and proactive leadership. These issues are explored in this paper through the example of one institution. Characteristics of transformational leadership and a model of continuing studies in a university context are described. The opportunity exists for continuing studies to be a key player in the transformation of university outreach and thereby become integrated into the mainstream of the university.

Preparing Graduate Students To Carry Out Their Roles and Responsibilities in a School-Based Setting

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
SallyAnn Giess ◽  
Kelly Farquharson Schussler ◽  
Jennifer Walsh Means ◽  
Mary Dale Fitzgerald
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Student Learning Outcomes ◽  
Formative Assessments ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
University Outreach ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
School Based ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Communicative Disorders ◽  
The University

Today’s school-based speech-language pathologists (SLPs) serve children across a wide range of communicative disorders and perform duties in a variety of service delivery settings. Student learning outcomes in graduate communication sciences and disorders (CSD) preparation programs must reflect these expanding roles of SLPs as they prepare candidates for practice in the schools. Recognizing this challenge, a committee of SLPs in higher education created the University Outreach Committee (UOC) document. This document puts an ASHA practice policy into action by providing learning outcomes, formative assessments, and artifacts that university academic and clinical faculty can use to prepare graduate CSD students for work in schools.

scholarly journals Expanding the Role and Function of the Cooperative Extension System in the University Setting

1997 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas W. Ilvento
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Cooperative Extension ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
University Outreach ◽  
Funding Sources ◽  
Extension System ◽  
Past Experiences ◽  
And Function ◽  
The University ◽  
Role And Function

Cooperative extension has prided itself on being the outreach of the land grant university. However, with changes in the structure of the population, the economy, and agriculture in particular, extension has had to change as well. Increasingly, extension service providers are reminded that they cannot be all things to all people. There is also increasing competition from other campus units that feel they have an outreach mission. As traditional base funding sources decline, decisions must be made regarding the role and function of extension within the university system. This paper explores these issues using historical data, reports, and six case studies. The case studies provide insights into the ways different extension services have collaborated and partnered in university outreach. The case studies demonstrate that the role of extension reflects such things as past experiences, the level of support for extension, the administrative structure of extension and the university, and the vision of those within and without the extension system.

scholarly journals PRE-UNIVERSITY OUTREACH THROUGH A SATELLITE DESIGN COMPETITION

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dario Schor ◽  
Kane Anderson ◽  
Mohammadreza Fazel-Darbandi ◽  
Greg Linton ◽  
Matthew Woelk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Space Applications ◽  
University Outreach ◽  
Satellite Design ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Design Competition ◽  
University Of Manitoba ◽  
The University ◽  
New Generation

The Engineering Profession is seen as a holistic discipline affecting many areas of everyday life. Even though practicing professionals would not dispute the statement, it is often hard to convey the idea to preuniversity students, as it appears overwhelming and presumptuous. Examples comprising of many different subjects such as bridges, airplanes, and computers, are used to reduce the anxiety. But, these examples are part of everyday life and thus fail to inspire a new generation ofengineers. To overcome this problem, the University of Manitoba Space Applications and Technology Society is using a student-designed nano-satellite, T-Sat, as a means to promote the profession and motivate a new generation by making space accessible to undergraduate and graduate students. This paper describes the outreach presentations and hands-on workshops organized through a satellite design competition that have reached more than 3,000 pre-university students, university students, and industry professionals between January 2011 and May 2012.

University Students and Community Leaders: Awareness of Cross-Cultural Issues

1982 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 807-811
Author(s):  
Jean La Cour ◽  
Richard S. Balvin ◽  
Aida Takla O'Reilly
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Community Leaders ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Ethnic Communities ◽  
University Outreach ◽  
Outreach Programs ◽  
University Departments ◽  
Departments Of Education ◽  
The University

Studies of university outreach programs have reported on recruiting efforts, adult education, extension courses, etc. There appears to be no research on interaction of academic institutions and multi-ethnic communities, or of students' involvement in community affairs. This study investigated awareness of cross-cultural issues of students and community leaders. 119 students in a Southern California university, departments of Education, Pan-African Studies, Psychology, and Sociology and 19 local community leaders responded to a questionnaire asking about awareness of issues, perceived role of the university, and knowledge of leaders in each sector. Students identified fewer issues than community leaders; community leaders foresaw a larger role for the university. Neither group recognized leaders of the other. Possible responses by the university to identified concerns are considered.

scholarly journals The Role of the University in the Integration of International Border Territories

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Ivor Prolo ◽  
Fernanda Geremias Leal ◽  
Manolita Correia Lima ◽  
Gonçalo Canto Moniz
Keyword(s):  
Identity Construction ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Border Region ◽  
Special Contribution ◽  
University Outreach ◽  
The Social ◽  
The University ◽  
International Border

The purpose of this paper is to understand the social role played by the University in the international integration of border territories. The following questions guided the study: What are the relations of belonging built by the University's internal actors? What strategy can collaborate with the integration of the University in the border territory? The study focused on the case of the Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-americana (Unila), founded in 2010 with the purpose of promoting regional integration at an international level, and located in a triple border region between Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. Results portray three phases through which integration into the territory constituted itself: strangeness in the territory; identity construction; and belonging relationships, with special contribution from university outreach/extension.

scholarly journals A Review of Social Learning as a Function of Student-centered Outreach in African Universities

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (03) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Ekepu ◽  
Gabriel Karubanga ◽  
Jacob Godfrey Agea ◽  
John James Okiror
Keyword(s):  
Social Learning ◽  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Community Identity ◽  
Social Setting ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
University Outreach ◽  
The University ◽  
Desk Review

There are attempts in African universities to strengthen their engagement with communities through student-centered outreach (S-C-O). Although the concept of social learning has been introduced in S-C-O, there is still limited theoretical understanding of how the mechanism of social learning in the S-C-O model works due to inadequate availability of indicators for empirical assessment of social learning in S-C-O programmes. This review paper explores possible indicators for measuring social learning in S-C-O. A desk review was conducted to obtain literature about the key concepts of the university outreach and social learning. A thematic-content analysis was employed to obtain indicators for measuring social learning. Our review has revealed that communities of practice theory (CPT) of social learning provides a conceptual framework for analysis of social learning in S-C-O. The key tenets of CPT include practice, community, identity and meaning. This implies that social learning occurs through collaborative learning processes as a result of social participation. Thus, efforts to investigate social learning in the S-C-O model should focus on farmers in order to assess their interactions in the prevailing social setting and/or institutional context.

scholarly journals A percepção de estudantes da área da saúde sobre o trabalho interdisciplinar: Experiência no projeto de extensão Sorriso de Plantão

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-24
Author(s):  
Débora De Cerqueira Santana ◽  
Maria Rosa Da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Work Experience ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Multidisciplinary Teams ◽  
Academic Education ◽  
Health Work ◽  
University Outreach ◽  
Interdisciplinary Work ◽  
Interdisciplinary Healthcare ◽  
The University

O objetivo deste estudo foi descrever a percepção dos estudantes da área da saúde sobre o trabalho interdisciplinar, no decorrer da formação e experiência no Projeto de Extensão Universitária Sorriso de Plantão. O projeto, criado em 2002, na Universidade Federal de Alagoas, atualmente em parceria com a Universidade Estadual de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas, permite aos estudantes de diversos cursos da área da saúde atuarem em equipe interdisciplinar desde o início da formação profissional. O estudo exploratório, de abordagem qualitativa, entrevistou doze estudantes com mais de um ano de experiência no projeto para a produção dos dados. Os dados foram analisados com a técnica de Análise de Conteúdo de Bardin na modalidade temática. As categorias temáticas delineadas foram: entendimento sobre interdisciplinaridade durante a formação profissional em saúde; potencialidades e desafios do trabalho interdisciplinar: tarefa (im)possível? Com base nestas categorias, consideramos que as atividades extensionistas durante a formação podem superar visões mecanicistas e fragmentadoras do cuidado em saúde, dando lugar a uma formação holística, capaz de gerar novas respostas às demandas contemporâneas, ampliando o potencial de cada futuro profissional e as possibilidades dos coletivos trabalharem interdisciplinarmente. Palavras-chave: Ensino Superior; Formação em Saúde; Saúde Pública Health students' perceptions on interdisciplinary work: experience at the outreach project smile on duty Abstract: The purpose of this study is to report on health students' perceptions on interdisciplinary work throughout education and experience at the University Outreach Project Smile on Duty. This project, created in 2002 at the Universidade Federal de Alagoas, now in partnership with Universidade Estadual de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas, allows health students from multiple subfields to act in multidisciplinary teams from the beginning of their academic education. For this study, 12 students with more than 1 year of experience in the project were interviewed from an exploratory, qualitative approach. Bardin's techniques for content was used to study the data. The thematic categories proposed were: understanding on interdisciplinarity during academic education in health sciences; potential and challenges of interdisciplinary work: (im)possible task? Based on these categories, we believe that outreach activities during academic education may help students to overcome fragmented and overly technical views about health work, capable of generating new responses to contemporary demands, promoting their potential to work collectively and answer to the current demands of interdisciplinary healthcare. Keywords: Higher Education; Health Training; Public Health

scholarly journals Factors Influencing Teachers in Engaging with University Outreach: Is it Just Cost?

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
S. R. Glover ◽  
T. G. Harrison ◽  
D. E. Shallcross
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
The South ◽  
University Outreach ◽  
Subject Knowledge ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
South West ◽  
The Future ◽  
University Of Bristol ◽  
The University

A chemistry outreach day event was offered, free-of-charge, to schools in the south west of England who do not normally engage with Bristol ChemLabS outreach events delivered at the University of Bristol. The participating teachers were interviewed to find out their expectations of the day in terms of helping their students or in helping the teachers, whether the “free” aspect, or not, triggered the application to the event and whether finance or other barriers normally prevented engagement in such events. The value versus cost of such outreach an event is discussed. While finance was the biggest issue for the majority of the interviewed teachers they recognised the value of the inspiration rather than subject knowledge acquisition for their students. The advantages for the teachers were seen as better motivated students and the likelihood of more students taking their subject at higher levels. Having attended such an event and observing the quality and impact on their students, teachers were more inclined to engage in the future whether there was a financial charge or not.

scholarly journals Vinculación social universitaria en Argentina. Diversidad de orientaciones de trabajo, logros y dificultades de las experiencias apoyadas por el Programa Nacional de Voluntariado Universitario

2015 ◽  
pp. 131-149
Author(s):  
Dr. Daniel Mato
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Volunteer Work ◽  
National Program ◽  
Panoramic View ◽  
Team Members ◽  
University Outreach ◽  
Outreach Programs ◽  
The University

Este artículo ofrece un panorama de la diversidad de orientaciones de trabajo desarrolladas en experiencias de vinculación de equipos universitarios con comunidades y/u organizaciones sociales en Argentina. Adicionalmente, identifica algunos rasgos salientes de las principales orientaciones de trabajo de estos equipos, cuáles son sus principales logros, qué dificultades enfrentan, y cómo en muchas de ellas viene repensándose la idea de extensión universitaria. Culmina señalando algunos aprendizajes de potencial interés en otros países. La investigación se basa en consultas efectuadas a los responsables de más de doscientas experiencias realizadas por equipos de unas cuarenta universidades públicas argentinas, constituidos por docentes y estudiantes de diversas disciplinas, en diversos contextos sociales. Si bien todas estas experiencias han recibido apoyo económico del Programa Nacional de Voluntariado Universitario de la Secretaría de Políticas Universitarias, ellas responden a tradiciones de trabajo diversas entre sí, conceptualizadas por sus protagonistas, según los casos, principalmente en términos de extensión, vinculación social, aprendizaje-servicio, investigación-acción, diálogo de saberes, voluntariado y responsabilidad social universitaria.Abstract This article presents a panoramic view of the diverse orientations of university outreach programs currently applied in Argentina. Additionally, it identifies some salient features of the practices of the university teams who developed outreach projects, their main achievements and difficulties, and how the idea of university outreach is currently being reconceptualized. It also points out some learning potentially useful in other countries. The research is based in the application of a specially designed questionnaire which has been answered by the coordinators of over two hundred experiences developed by teams of students and professors from numerous disciplines, based on about forty public universities, in diverse social contexts. In spite that all these experiences have received funding from the National Program of University Volunteer Work of the National Secretary of Higher Education, they are oriented by diverse traditions of university outreach, conceptualized by the team members in terms of outreach, social linking, service learning, action research, volunteer work, and university social responsibility. Recibido: 20 de enero de 2014Aceptado: 25 de agosto de 2014 

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