scholarly journals Essence of social exchange through alumni engagement of millennials and their alma mater

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Robert J. Machovsky
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Student Organizations ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Alma Mater ◽  
Communication Preferences ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
Alumni Engagement ◽  
To Come ◽  
The University

This study investigated the donor and alumni engagement and perceptions of the “Millennial” generation and descriptive statistics of the population (born between 1980-2004) at a rural Midwest University. Data were obtained from a University database containing demographic (i.e., gender, race, birth year, donor status, donation amount, activities involved in while in school), on Millennial alumni at the University. Data were analyzed by a variety of techniques that included descriptive statistics, Independent t-Test, deployment of a survey, and focus group. The quantitative findings concluded that Millennials who were born from 1980 to 1989 contributed larger average gifts then Millennials who were born from 1990 to 2004. Additionally, the research discovered that Millennials who were involved in organizations gave larger donations than those who were not in student organizations. The qualitative findings concluded that the Millennial population provided evidence of areas and reason on why they support the institution when connected to making a donation and the various aspects that affect one's ability due to communication preferences, affinity, areas to support, and financial ability. An understanding for professionals and researchers to be educated on how to better fundraise/engage with the Millennial generations within higher education will allow for universities and colleges to rely on this generation in the years to come.

scholarly journals Alma mater, ¡Talithá kum!

2021 ◽  
pp. 415-436
Author(s):  
Manuel Villegas Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Saint Augustine ◽  
Alma Mater ◽  
Student Community ◽  
Positive Law ◽  
Enseñanza Superior ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University

Resumen: La Universidad, la Alma Mater, como cualquier otra entidad, en este caso dedicada a la Enseñanza Superior, tiene sus compromisos ante sí misma, ante la Sociedad en la que se encuentra, y ante la Comunidad de Estudiantes. No solo mientras los alumnos asisten a sus aulas, sino también, cuando ya preparados (o más bien titulados), ejercen su personal y peculiar actividad en la Sociedad. Con las evidentes diferencias, a causa del tiempo transcurrido cuando san Agustín ejerció su enseñanza, convendría que una Universidad (real o ficticia), tuviera en cuenta e imitara la forma y la esencia del Magisterio Agustiniano.Abstratct: The University, the Alma Mater, like any other entity, in this case dedicated to Higher Education, has its commitments before itself, before the Society in which it is located, and before the Student Community. Not only while the students attend their classrooms, but also, when already prepared (or rather graduates), they carry out their personal and peculiar activity in the Society. With the obvious differences, because of the time that passed when Saint Augustine taught, it would be convenient for a University (real or fictitious) to take into account and imitate the form and essence of the Augustinian Magisterium.Palabras clave: Obras de San Agustín. Historia de las Universidades. Legislación y Ley positiva. Ciencia y Sabiduría. Democracia. Keywords: Works of Saint Augustine. History of the Universities. Legislation and Positive Law. Science and Wisdom. Democracy 

scholarly journals How Effectively are University Students Tested? A Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-66
Author(s):  
Jane Kembo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
University Students ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Academic Mobility ◽  
The World ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
The University

Testing and examining go on in higher education all the time through continuous assessments and end semester examinations. The grades scored by students determine not only academic mobility but eventually who get employed in the job market, which seems to be shrinking all over the world. Those charged with testing are often staff who have higher qualifications in their subject areas but are not necessarily teaching or examination experts. Against this background, the researcher wanted to find out what was happening at selected university across three schools: Social Studies, Education and Science. The university is fairly young having been awarded its charter twenty years ago. The paper asked two questions namely, at what levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy are lecturers asking examination questions? Secondly, do the level and balance of questions show growth in examining skills? The study evaluated over 1039 questions from randomly selected examination papers from the Examinations Office for the academic years from 2014/15 to 2017/18 (three academic years). A guide from the list of verbs used in Anderson s (revision of Bloom was used to analyze the questions. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the trends in testing for each year. ANOVA and t-tests were used to find out if there were significant differences between numbers across categories and within categories. The results of the study show that most examination questions are at the levels of remember (literal) and knowledge (understand). In 2016/17 and 2017/18 academic years, there were significant differences in the percentage of questions examined in these two categories. However, it seems from the study, that testing or examining skills do not grow through the practice of setting questions. There is need for examiners to be trained to use the knowledge in setting questions that discriminate effectively across the academic abilities of students they teach.

Brevity is the Soul of Wit or Something Else

2020 ◽  
pp. 198-211
Author(s):  
Sheldon Rothblatt
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Knowledge Networks ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Run Up ◽  
The University

This chapter looks at two works by accomplished and informed scholars. The first book, Universities and Colleges: A Very Short Introduction (2017), is by David Palfreyman and Paul Temple. The second, The Origins of Higher Learning, Knowledge Networks and the Early Development of Universities (2017), is by Roy Lowe and Yoshihito Yasuhara. The Origins of Higher Learning is an account of what may be termed a run-up to the institutionalization of higher learning that occurred in what Charles Homer Haskins called The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century (1927), the century in which the university as yet inchoate, is to be found. Meanwhile, Palfreyman and Temple essentially concentrate on the transformation in mission, organisation, and ‘stakeholders’ in the nineteenth century to the present, with particular attention to the provision for ‘higher education’ or ‘tertiary education’ in the United Kingdom (mainly England) and the United States.

PLANNING OF THE LANDSCAPE DESIGN OF “MULSCOMPLEX”

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-72
Author(s):  
Kh. Munkhtuya ◽  
B Enkhbold
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Landscape Architecture ◽  
Landscape Planning ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Landscape Design ◽  
State University ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
University Campuses ◽  
Higher Education Organizations ◽  
The University

There has come an urgent necessity to reconstruct the university building and dormitory on the basis of detailed planning and researches as well as to plan the landscape architecture specifically dedicated to teachers, employees and students step by step according to the standard of higher education organizations. We aim to implement the project taking accounts of not only designs of university campuses in developed countries but also higher education trends in our own country and the mission of Mongolian State University of Agriculture /MULS. The significance of landscape planning is immense. But there is a lack of green environment, convenience, recreation fields, appropriate design etc. at universities and colleges in Mongolia where students, teachers and employees gather in a large number. Therefore, the rationale behind choosing this subject lies in planning and implementing it properly.Mongolian Journal of Agricultural Sciences Vol.13(2) 2014: 66-72

Melanchthon's Role in the Reformation of the University of Tübingen

1978 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 270-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard L. Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Alma Mater ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
Southern Half ◽  
To Come ◽  
Greek Scholar ◽  
The University

When Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg, regained his ducal throne in May of 1534, he immediately took steps to institute the Reformation in Württmberg. Probably because of his own divided loyalties, he asked both Lutherans and Swiss-Reformed Protestants to come to Württemberg. From the outset, however, their mutual opposition, combined with determined Roman Catholic resistance in some areas, led to difficulties beyond Ulrich's expectations. The ducal commissioners for the Reformation in the southern half of Württemberg was Ambrosius Blarer, the reformer of Constance and a firm ally of both Martin Bucer and Zurich. Part of his responsibility was the University of Tübingen, a center of particularly strong Roman Catholic opposition to the Reformation. Blarer appealed to Duke Ulrich for assistance, asking for the Basel Greek scholar Simon Grynaeus, another Swiss partisan. Ulrich, however, took far more dramatic steps to reform the University of Tübingen. Under instructions from Ulrich, Chancellor Knoder and Erhard Schnepff, Blarer's counterpart in northern Württemberg, wrote to Philip Melanchthon, requesting that he return to his homeland to teach in the University of Tübingen, his alma mater.

scholarly journals Training, Strengthening and Development of School Organizations Based on Entrepreneurship

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-22
Author(s):  
Didin Hadi Saputra ◽  
M. Nasuhi ◽  
Dhandi Hidayatullah ◽  
Mikyarul Ilmy ◽  
Hidayatullaely Hidayatullaely ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Student Organizations ◽  
Academic Activity ◽  
Training Development ◽  
Service Activities ◽  
School Organizations ◽  
The University

Implementation of community service activities for Higher Education Institutions is a necessity and an obligation. This is the breath of an academic activity in the Tri Dharma College. This service was attended by representatives of academics, students and service partners of the University of Nahdlatul Wathan Mataram, namely Madrasah Aliyah Nahdlatul Wathan Lenek Lauk, the purpose of this service was to foster independence in applying science in the community. The solution offered by the service team is to provide ongoing assistance for partners, namely student organizations in the target schools. The method used is to provide assistance during activities, and continue activities that have not been completed with further activities. The activity began with the introduction of each member of the service, and introduced the aims and objectives of the service itself, namely for training, development, and challenges in community development in the fostered partner school of the Faculty of Administrative Sciences, Nahdlatul Wathan University, Mataram. In this dedication activity, it gives a pretty good hope, especially for partners, namely learning how to become an agent or pilot location in each service held by the Faculty of Administrative Sciences, Nahdlatul Wathan University, Mataram

scholarly journals Knowledge Production and Contradictory Functions in African Higher Education

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nico Cloete ◽  
Peter Maassen ◽  
Tracy Y. Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professor Emeritus ◽  
Information Economy ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
African Higher Education ◽  
To Come ◽  
Manuel Castells ◽  
The University

"This volume brings together excellent scholarship and innovative policy discussion to demonstrate the essential role of higher education in the development of Africa and of the world at large. Based on deep knowledge of the university system in several African countries, this book will reshape the debate on development in the global information economy for years to come. It should be mandatory reading for academics, policy-makers and concerned citizens, in Africa and elsewhere." - Manuel Castells, Professor Emeritus, University of California at Berkeley

scholarly journals Students` Perspectives on the Use of Innovative and Interactive Teaching Methods at the University of Nouakchott Al Aasriya, Mauritania: English Department as a Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-104
Author(s):  
Taleb Eli
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
English Department ◽  
English Studies ◽  
Interactive Teaching ◽  
The University

This study was carried to inspect students` views on the use of innovative and interactive teaching methods used in the English studies major at the University of Nouakchott Al Aasriya, Mauritania. This was a corollary of the fact that innovation in teaching, regardless the nature of the course or subject, has become a buzz word in the academic institutions. A quantitative research methodology was used and the data were collected from 101 students from the English Department. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS as an attempt to provide descriptive statistics to verify the students` perception of the use of innovative and interactive teaching methods. The findings of the study revealed that 91.1% of the students believe that their teachers do use some of the innovative and interactive teaching methods in their classes; still, 70.3% of the respondents were in favor of continuous trainings for teachers on the use of innovative and interactive teaching methods, which is a very alarming percentage. Also, the findings of this study have some significant implications such as the necessity to move from teaching to learning as an attempt to make learning an enjoyable and memorable experience.  The results of this study contribute to literature by concentrating on the use of innovative and interactive teaching methods in Mauritanian higher education institutes.   Keywords: Innovative, Interactive, Teaching Methods, Students, Higher Education, Mauritania

Alumni Giving and Social Exchange

2016 ◽  
pp. 294-323
Author(s):  
Lauren E. B. Dodge
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Research University ◽  
The United States ◽  
Alumni Giving ◽  
State Governments ◽  
Key Indicator ◽  
Alumni Donations ◽  
Engineering Department ◽  
Alumni Engagement

Fundraising efforts at institutions of higher education continue to be a top priority, especially as funding from state governments decline. Public institutions have been looking to private institutions, as they are believed to have been leading the way in cultivating alumni donations since their inception. Higher education institutions must understand what determines the greatest alumni giving if the field is to improve their fundraising efforts, and student and alumni engagement is a key indicator of philanthropic gifts. A survey was administered to gather important insight into the giving behavior of alumni of an engineering department at a large research university located in the Midwestern area of the United States. The purpose of this survey is to understand the correlation between alumni giving and engagement while a student and as alumni.

5. Students: getting in, getting on, getting out

2017 ◽  
pp. 78-96
Author(s):  
David Palfreyman ◽  
Paul Temple
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
College Student ◽  
Main Part ◽  
Diverse Group ◽  
Tuition Fees ◽  
Mass System ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
Student Relationship ◽  
The University ◽  
Admissions Process

Universities and colleges are, overwhelmingly, about students and in most countries, they are a pretty diverse group, with varying aspirations. ‘Students: getting in, getting on, getting out’ considers the student journey from the admissions process, through induction, to the main part of the student journey involving day-to-day work on the academic programme, assessment, and then moving on to further study or to a graduate job. It asks whether students are partners or customers in the university/college–student relationship and explains how the picture has changed in recent years with the expansion of higher education, moving from an elite system to a mass system, and the introduction of student tuition fees.

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