scholarly journals Increasing Gender Diversity in Higher Education Leadership: The Role of Executive Search Firms

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simonetta Manfredi ◽  
Kate Clayton-Hathway ◽  
Emily Cousens
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
The Public ◽  
Executive Search ◽  
Diversity In Higher Education ◽  
Recruitment And Selection ◽  
Search Firms

Women are under-represented in leadership roles in United Kingdom Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Existing scholarship focuses on institutional barriers, which include cognitive bias and entrenched homosocial cultures, rather than external factors such as the use of executive search firms (ESFs) in recruitment and selection. Recent research indicates that the use of ESFs is increasing for senior HEI appointments. This analysis offers insights on these firms’ involvement from a gender equality perspective, based on the results from a study that used a ‘virtuous circle’ approach to research and knowledge exchange. The requirement for HEIs to pay ‘due regard’ to equality considerations under the Public Sector Equality Duty provides a framework for analysis. This paper provides new insights on the dynamics within recruitment processes when ESFs are involved and on how a legislative approach can leverage better equality outcomes.

A Study on Workforce Diversity and its Impact on Employee Performance in the Indian Higher Education Sector

2021 ◽  
pp. 205-208
Author(s):  
Loukik T V ◽  
Renee Namratha
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Higher Education Culture ◽  
Senior Administration ◽  
Diversity In Higher Education ◽  
Indian Higher Education ◽  
Education Culture

In spite of unassuming increments in the arrangement of women in top administration levels in the course of recent years, the extent despite everything stays low at 20% in 2012. Indeed, even with significant proof indicating a positive relationship between gender assorted variety and business execution, women still discriminated at senior administration, official administration and board levels. Through quantitative illustrative examination strategy, the exploration intended to distinguish with which of these elements are advancing and hindering the expanded gender diversity levels in Indian higher education sector. This examination study verified that higher education culture factors advancing expanded gender diversity in higher education division with higher gender diversity levels are distinctive to the factors hindering expanded gender diversity in higher education with low gender diversity levels.

scholarly journals Knowledge Mobilization, Collaboration, and Social Innovation: Leveraging Investments in Higher Education

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi Nichols ◽  
David Phipps ◽  
Johanne Provencal ◽  
Allyson Hewitt
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Knowledge Mobilization ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
The Public ◽  
Literature Synthesis ◽  
Academic Settings ◽  
Qualitative Literature

ABSTRACT This article is a qualitative literature synthesis in the areas of community-campus collaborations, knowledge mobilization and social innovation. The article aims to be useful to people who work in academic settings, community organizations, public institutions, and government. The authors utilized a purposive sampling methodology to explore the following questions: 1. How can university-based knowledge mobilization leverage investments in higher education research and development (R&D) through community-campus collaboration and social innovation? 2. What is the role of university-wide knowledge mobilization projects in supporting community-campus connections and ultimately social innovation strategies that contribute to the public good? Our review indicates considerable interplay between community-campus collaborations, knowledge mobilization and social innovation given that knowledge mobilization facilitates – and is facilitated by – collaboration. With sufficient knowledge mobilization, community-campus collaborations stimulate social innovation. The article concludes with recommendations based on our review of the literature. RÉSUMÉ Cet article se fonde sur une synthèse littéraire qualitative portant sur les collaborations communautaires/académiques, la mobilisation du savoir et l’innovation sociale. Il se veut utile pour toute personne travaillant dans un milieu académique, un organisme communautaire ou une institution publique. Les auteurs ont recours à une méthode d’échantillonnage raisonné pour répondre aux questions suivantes : 1. Comment la mobilisation du savoir universitaire – au moyen de la collaboration communautaire/académique et de l’innovation sociale – peut-elle faire augmenter les investissements en recherche et développement dans l’enseignement supérieur? 2. Comment les projets de mobilisation du savoir universitaire peuvent-ils resserrer les liens entre campus et communauté et, en fin de compte, appuyer des stratégies d’innovation sociale qui contribuent au bien commun? Notre évaluation indique qu’il y a beaucoup d’influences réciproques entre les collaborations communautaires/académiques, la mobilisation du savoir et l’innovation sociale, surtout que la mobilisation du savoir facilite la collaboration et vice versa. En effet, avec une mobilisation du savoir suffisante, les collaborations communautaires/académiques stimulent l’innovation sociale. Cet article se termine par des recommandations provenant de notre analyse documentaire.

Faculty Are Not Employees

2018 ◽  
pp. 60-71
Author(s):  
Holden Thorp ◽  
Buck Goldstein
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Academic Freedom ◽  
Shared Governance ◽  
Tenured Faculty ◽  
The Public ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

The role of faculty forms the heart of the university in terms of its scholarship, patient care, and teaching. It is important that the university and the faculty rededicate themselves to outstanding teaching; the erosion of teaching by tenured faculty is contributing to the strain in the relationship with the public. Tenure, academic freedom, and shared governance are all indispensable concepts in the functioning of a great university that are mysterious to those outside the academy. Communicating the importance of these concepts is a critical need for higher education.

scholarly journals La evaluación docente. Una herramienta en la mejora del proceso enseñanza-aprendizaje en las instituciones de educación superior

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Silvia Gamboa-Cerda ◽  
Ignacio Villegas-Flores ◽  
Juan Emilio Medellín-Ramírez ◽  
María del Carmen Herrera-Chaires
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teacher Evaluation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
The Public ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Evaluación Docente ◽  
Reference Tool ◽  
Public Accountant

Given the current importance of the role of teacher evaluation in higher education institutions, there is a need to know the current perception that students have of their teachers and use it as a reference tool for decision-making that positively impacts practices of the teaching-learning process, so this research allows to know the strengths and areas of opportunity of teachers of the basic accounting subjects of the Public Accountant degree offered by the Facultad de Contaduría y Administración of the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí and be used at first as feedback so that teachers make their actions conscious in front of the group and on the other hand serve the institution as an instrument in the design of actions that improve the performance of teachers in their work and thus achieve a Qualitative training of professionals in the accounting area. Finally, this research sets a precedent for both the UASLP and other institutions of higher education to analyze and improve the educational practices of the degrees they offer.

scholarly journals Learning to Teach in Higher Education for Sustainable Professional Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-41
Author(s):  
Bibi Haroon ◽  
N. B. Jumani ◽  
Kehkashan Arouj
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Development ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Professional Status ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Academic Management ◽  
Chi Square Test

The role of teacher in higher education is very complex. It is recognized that academicians have a greater responsibility to pursue excellence in several directions including leadership, academic management, teaching skills, pursuing scholarships, research and knowledge exchange, supervision, and many more to maintain their professional status.  Academic practice is a term to encompass all these sides. The main objective of the study is to take the views of the teachers about the participation in different learning opportunities and to see their effect for sustainable professional development of university teachers. All the teachers of public sector universities in Islamabad and Rawalpindi encompass the population of the study. Using purposive sampling technique, data was collected through questionnaires. Chi-square test through SPSS was applied to analyze the data.  Data was presented in the form of tables, percentage with graphs and the results were interpreted accordingly.

scholarly journals The Public Affairs Faculty Manual: A Guide to the Effective Management of Public Affairs Programs Edited by Bruce McDonald III and William Hatcher

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-296
Author(s):  
Michael Overton
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Affairs ◽  
Academic Administrators ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
Fundamental Knowledge ◽  
Broad Overview

In The Public Affairs Faculty Manual: A Guide to the Effective Management of Public Affairs Programs, editors Bruce McDonald III and William Hatcher, provide a broad overview on designing, leading, and managing a public affairs (PA) program. The edited volume is explicitly written for PA faculty in new leadership roles in higher education, though it is a useful reference for administrators of all levels and even useful for regular faculty. Despite excellent journals focused on PA education, such as Journal of Public Affairs Education, and Teaching Public Administration, there is a clear need for a focused cultivation of fundamental knowledge, research, and experience-informed advice for academic administrators in PA programs.

scholarly journals Valuing the Engaged Work of the Professoriate: Reflections on Ernest Boyer’s Scholarship Reconsidered

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Allen Wendling
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Academic Institution ◽  
The Public ◽  
Promotion And Tenure ◽  
Public Nature ◽  
History Of ◽  
Scholarship Reconsidered

This article discusses faculty engaged teaching and research as an imperative function of the academic institution in the 21st century.  Reflecting on Ernest Boyer’s Scholarship Reconsidered, this article traces the history of the public nature of higher education and its role within institutions today and discusses the crucial role of promotion and tenure in advancing the engaged work of faculty.

scholarly journals Ten Principles to Guide the Public Financing of Higher Education

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur M. Hauptman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Quality Assurance System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Financing Policies ◽  
Assurance System ◽  
Education Financing ◽  
Higher Education Financing

Based on two decades of experience in dealing with more than two dozen countries, the author lays out ten principles that should help in strengthening higher education financing structures. These principles include defining the role of politicians and other officials in appropriating funds for higher education and in deciding on how they are allocated, and the importance of linking the key policies of funding institutions, setting fees and providing student financial support. The article also recognizes the importance of having a strong quality assurance system to ensure financing policies are effective in meeting national goals.

scholarly journals Information literacy, diversity and the role of reflection in creating knowledge

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Vibjerg Hansen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Pedagogical Tools ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Creative Processes ◽  
Diversity In Higher Education ◽  
Literacy Standards

Diversity in higher education calls for process oriented information literacy (IL) practitioners rather than source oriented practitioners. They must be generalists because e.g. students with different backgrounds to a higher degree bring multi- and interdisciplinarity into the situation of creating knowledge and problem solving. It is a situation where counselling is about how to prioritise and combine the multidisciplinarity rather than knowing a subject in depth. The purposes of this workshop are: To facilitate answers to the challenges IL practitioners meet in their work in an educational environment characterized by diversity To go through a process from pedagogical reflection to practical ideas about teaching or counselling. The participants will be challenged on their pedagogical awareness, competencies and creativity and on their understanding of information literacy. The participants will not be given the answers, but in order to live up to the concept of a workshop, we must all work and participate in the exploration for answers. The workshop will be a mix of understandings of IL, investigations of diversity and creating knowledge, pedagogical tools, examples of teaching materials, theoretical concepts and creative processes. We will deal with the following questions: How does IL fit into the process of creating knowledge? How should we look at information literacy? As a defined set of skills, qualifications and competencies or as a readiness to handle certain intellectual or academic situations? Does diversity mean the end of information literacy standards?

scholarly journals Information-communications Competencies of Teachers as a Requirement of Contemporary Teaching and the Lifelong Learning Concept

2021 ◽  
pp. 273-298
Author(s):  
Merjem Sušić
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
The Public ◽  
Scientific Research Work ◽  
Role Of Teachers ◽  
Learning Concept

This article aimed to make a theoretical review of the importance of ICT education of teachers in service of preparation for more efficient performances required by their profession in the context of general globalization changes they are exposed to. In that sense, a review of the advantages of ICT utilization and the requirements of lifelong learning which sets informatical skills as an imperative had been presented, emphasizing the role of teachers, since it requires working on self-improvement, as well as directing others towards competent, critically observed and purposeful usage of modern technological achievements. Some of the priorities for the development of higher education in B&H have been presented, where in the context of scientific research work for the 2016-2026 period, providing all of the public higher education institutions with ICT equipment is planned, which indicates that the teachers working in these institutions must possess the competencies for their utilization, especially because institutions of higher education should play the role of one of the main promoters of lifelong learning.

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