Perceptions of the benefits of the A3 planner in facilitating project-based learning in accounting education

This paper evaluates ways of instilling project management skills into accounting-based learning by the use of an iterative A3 planner to plan, monitor and review assignment progress. The application of an A3 planner to facilitate a project-based learning (PBL) group assignment in undergraduate accounting education has been critically evaluated in terms of both the student and tutor experience. The study uses a mix of qualitative and quantitative data. Quantitative data assisting exploration of perceptions were collected through 100 undergraduate students. A series of focus group discussions were carried out to investigate students’ engagement and tutors’ teaching experiences regarding the adoption of the A3 planner. The results suggest that the A3 planner promotes active planning and effective management of a PBL group assignment. It makes students’ thought processes more visible thereby facilitating and enhancing the tutoring/mentoring process. Moreover a more interactive and transparent approach by doing assignment via the use of an iterative A3 planner has ensured more feedback points and action based efficiency in the doing approach for learners.     

Institutions for private sector development and pro‐poor growth: Evidence from Vietnam

Using the Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey 2008, we explore the differences in pro‐poor growth performance in provinces in Vietnam according to the quality of the provinces’ institutions that support private sector activity. We exploit the localized and varying effect of French colonial legacy across Vietnamese provinces to address the endogeneity of institutions. We find strong and robust evidence of a positive effect of good‐quality institutions that support private sector activity on pro‐poor growth and that enhanced working hours and hourly wage and extended income from non‐farm self‐employment play critical roles in this outcome.     

Who gets the job? First-generation college students' perceptions of employer screening methods

What are first-generation college students' (FGCS) perspectives of employment screening methods? The authors investigate which methods FGCS believe are likely to cause an employer to extend a job offer and which methods yield the best pool of job applicants. Survey data were collected from undergraduate business majors. They were analyzed using means comparisons and bivariate correlation t tests. FGCS perceived resumes and interviews as most likely to help applicants get hired. Implications are discussed.     

Early labor market outcomes of university graduates: Does time to degree matter?

Using university administrative and survey data drawn from the AlmaLaurea Consortium, we analyze the effect of time to degree on the early labor market performance of Italian graduates. The empirical strategy allows identifying separately the impact of elapsed time to degree on the transition from university to work and on earnings from other determinants specific to the academic path completed. Findings suggest that delayed graduation reduces the employment probability (0.8% points for each year of delay), and this effect is still persistent five years after graduation. Once employed, graduates not completing their degree within the minimum period are also penalized in their net monthly earnings, even five years after graduation. The most penalized groups are women and graduates in non-scientific fields.     

做好高校招生宣传工作的几点思考

做好招生宣传工作,应准确把握宣传内容,选择宣传渠道和媒介,练好招生宣传队伍的内功。     

高校机关作风建设的思考与实践

高校机关作风建设应以思想建设为本,以制度建设为根,认真落实管理决策,提高工作效率。     

基于胜任力的高校教师评价探究

基于胜任力的高校教师评价,应借鉴工业组织管理的先进技术,采用职位分析、胜任特征模型、模拟测验和模糊综合评判等方法,以科学评价高校教师的知识、技能、能力和特质。     

高校营造良好育人环境的研究

高校培养素质人才,必须从提高思想认识出发,发挥学校各个部门和全校师生的作用,采取切实可行的措施、方法和机制,依靠全社会的力量营造良好育人环境。     

大学生党建工作的加强和改进

学生党建工作在学生思想政治教育工作中处于核心地位。针对当前大学生党建工作中存在的问题,必须充分发挥党的政治优势和组织优势,认真抓好学生党建工作,促进学生思想政治教育工作。     

论高等公立学校惩戒行为的法律属性

高等公立学校为维护正常的教育教学秩序,可以对违反教育管理规定的学生予以惩戒.这种惩戒行为,就其法律属性而言,是一种行政行为,是一种外部行政行为和行政处罚行为.