State Government Subsidy Composition for Higher Education: Driving a Divergence Between Education and Amenities

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Combs
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
State Government ◽  
Government Subsidy

scholarly journals A Business Analysis Perspective for Engineering Education in Egypt

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Ashraf Elsafty ◽  
Hanaa El Sayad ◽  
Ibrahim Shaaban
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
State Government ◽  
The State ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Business Analysis ◽  
Business Perspective ◽  
Underlying Causes

This work examines engineering education in Egypt provided by state (government funded) universities. There have been concerns from all stakeholders about the graduates’ knowledge and skills. The chronic problems with higher education in Egypt in general have been previously reported in the Literature, but this paper provides insights form engineering academics with many years of experience in Egyptian engineering education and a fresh look from a business perspective at the phenomenon. In this manuscript, the institutions are analyzed using the integrated business anatomy model, in order to identify the underlying causes of the problems observed. The structural, operational and environmental (both external and internal) challenges that lead to the current status are clearly detected. The analysis highlighted several constraints that hinder radical reforms. Amongst these constraints is the legal and organizational framework in which the state funded universities operate. Other social, technological and economic factors also play important parts. The recipe for improvement provided by the authors has taken all these elements into consideration. This work hopes to provide focus and direction for future reform efforts.

Conflict in Higher Education: State Government Coordination versus Institutional Independence.

1985 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 72
Author(s):  
Robert A. Dentler ◽  
John D. Millett ◽  
Fred Harcleroad ◽  
Robert B. Mautz
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
State Government

scholarly journals The Role of Higher Education in Implementing Pancasila Education MKWU Policy for National Character Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Tatang Sudrajat
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
State Government ◽  
Role Models ◽  
National Development ◽  
National Character ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Strategic Role ◽  
University Leaders

<p><em>The character of the nation is very important for the sustainability of the Indonesian nation's struggle to fill independence by carrying out national development. Value education, including Pancasila Education in tertiary institutions plays a strategic role in preparing nationals with character. Public policy in the field of higher education is a concrete manifestation of the state's function in educating the nation's life. This study aims to describe the role of higher education institutions in implementing the MKWU Pancasila Education policy for the development of national character. </em><em>With the normative juridical method and literature study, it is known that the state / government has established a policy of inculcating the values of Pancasila by issuing several public policies in the field of higher education. Universities as policy institutions as well as university leaders and lecturers of MKWU Pancasila Education as policy actors play a major role in building student character as an integral part of the Indonesian nation. Students as policy targets can act as role models for successful implementation. The policy environment contributes to its survival and success. Higher education is faced with several challenges and problems in implementing the policy of planting Pancasila values. There is a policy substance that needs to be refined</em>.</p>

scholarly journals Facilitating Corporate Entrepreneurship in Public Sector Higher Education Institutions: A Conceptual Model

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javed Nayyar Malik ◽  
Rosli Bin Mahmood
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
State Government ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Corporate Entrepreneurship ◽  
The Public ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
The Impact

This paper develops a conceptual model of public sector corporate entrepreneurship for the state government higher education institutions. The proposed model is intended to depict the main antecedents that relate to corporate entrepreneurship within the public sector higher education institution  and the impact of corporate entrepreneurship on public sector HEI’s performance, as well as factors influencing its continuous performance.

scholarly journals Barriers to teaching evolution in higher education

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ethan R. Tolman ◽  
Daniel G. Ferguson ◽  
Gabriella Hubble ◽  
Mahealani Kaloi ◽  
Megan Niu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
State Government ◽  
Ecological Model ◽  
Faculty Perceptions ◽  
Change Agents ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Teaching Evolution ◽  
Religiously Affiliated ◽  
Community Factors ◽  
Barriers To Teaching

Abstract Background Although progress has been made in evolution education, many educators face significant barriers in their efforts to teach evolution specifically, and science in general. The purpose of this study was to identify faculty-perceived barriers to teaching evolution, specifically in religiously affiliated institutions or institutions with a highly religious student body, as well as resources faculty feel would help promote discourse around faith, evolution and science. To do this, we held a workshop with teams consisting of a science professor, a theologian and a pastor (of the predominant on-campus faith tradition) from 17 different institutions of higher education with highly religious student bodies for the purpose of helping them to create a curriculum to address perceived conflicts between science and faith. During the workshop, participants created posters identifying barriers they face and resources they perceive as helpful. These posters were analyzed for prevalent themes and framed within an ecological model of behavior. Results These teams identified prevalent barriers at each level of the ecological model. Intrapersonal factors included a fear of rocking the boat and a fear of student conflict. Interpersonal factors included perceived student lack of knowledge, student ideology, and student apathy. Institutional factors included work politics, a lack of relevant discourse surrounding the conflict, and mixed messaging to students. Community factors included social norms associated with various student demographics. And public policy factors included local and state government attempts to limit the teaching of evolution. Additionally, participants identified resources that they felt would facilitate overcoming conflict including colleagues as change agents, various assets, and tools to negate conflict. Conclusions We determined that many of the concerns are addressable, and many resources are attainable. We urge the community to work toward these solutions. Additionally, we compare our findings to what the literature has shown and discuss the implications of faculty perceptions as compared to the published literature.

Barriers to the Uptake of Off-Grid Solar Lighting Products in Bihar

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Sandeep Pai ◽  
Savannah Carr-Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Federal Government ◽  
State Government ◽  
Market Forces ◽  
Government Subsidy ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
Market Growth ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Solar Lighting ◽  
The Government

The federal government of India and the state government of Bihar, India’s least electrified state, have always focused on grid expansion to bring power to those living without grid access. However, grid expansion has been slow. In Bihar, 83% of people still live without electricity, relying on dangerous kerosene lamps to light their homes. In the 1980s, an alternative—a market for solar home systems and solar lanterns—started to develop in Bihar. Yet, this market has failed to thrive, despite three decades of intervention by the government and activity by private companies. Today, fewer than 4.2% of unelectrified Bihar households use a solar lighting product. Based on interviews with key stakeholders, this case study found that the biggest obstacle to market growth is the government kerosene subsidy, which halves the price of kerosene, and makes people less interested in solar lighting products. Lack of company financing, product quality issues, lack of customer awareness of the benefits of solar, and another counterproductive government subsidy for solar products are other challenges that hamper market growth. Interviewees also identified factors promoting the growth of the sector, including the large unmet electricity demand and unreliable electricity supply, and dropping solar prices. Overall, there is significant potential for market growth if strategies are developed by key stakeholders to help overcome the challenges identified in this case study, and build on the factors promoting the sector’s growth. Most importantly, the government needs to re-think their subsidy policies and adopt a stance to encourage market forces.

scholarly journals Policy Adoption, Innovation, and Performance Management: The Case of Performance-funding Policies in State Postsecondary Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-45
Author(s):  
Chris Birdsall
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
State Government ◽  
State Level ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
Time Model ◽  
Performance Based Funding ◽  
Funding Policies ◽  
And Performance

Since the 1980s, nearly every state government has implemented some form of performance management. This article turns to the context of public higher education where the use of performance management has been popular but highly controversial and unstable. Using the Cox conditional gap time model for repeating events and state-level panel data, this article investigates the factors associated with the adoption and readoption of performance-based funding policies for public higher education. Results indicate that state higher education governing structures, increases in public tuition, and educational attainment are important predictors of whether a state adopts performance-based funding.

scholarly journals Mingzu Universities as an Educational and Social Phenomena in PR China

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 60-76
Author(s):  
Lyubov Kalashnyk ◽  
Yana Levchenko ◽  
Lidiia Tkachenko ◽  
Oksana Mkrtichan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
State Government ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
The State ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Social Strategy ◽  
Pr China

Mingzu University is a common name for educational institutions for ethnic minorities established in China in 1950. By establishing such kind of higher education institutions, PR China as a state pursued several goals. In one hand, they started the opportunity for minor ethnic groups` representatives enter a higher education institution and thereby enlist their support for the state government. In the other hand, China saves the originality and the identity of small nationalities` cultures at the state level by studying and promoting it. Today such educational institutions also serve to train leading cadres from ethnic minorities’ representatives, loyal to the state system and the political and social course of modern China as they are brought up in the spirit of modern Chinese social and pedagogical guidelines. The article aims to represent different social functions of Minzu Universities as a social phenomena common for China as well as cultural and social strategy of the PR China state in the field of ethnic minorities, an important part of which is implemented through them. Using the research methods typical for scientific studies of this kind (mainly empirical and theoretical ones) the article proves the idea that Mingzu Universities in China play a great not only the educational, but also social role in the country to form an ideologically homogeneous society and respect for human rights in the country.

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