“Do You Use English in Your Daily Life?” Undergraduate Students’ Perceptions of Their Extramural Use of English

The aim of this research is to analyse the students’ perceptions about their extramural use of English, comparing undergraduates studying their degree in English (EMI) with those studying theirs in their native language (non-EMI) within a span of five academic years. Data collected from a Spanish University suggest that the students´s interest and perception of their possibilities of working abroad in English differ. Results also reveal key differences in the use of extramural English and suggest that exposure to reading books or watching English-language films will eventually contribute to the formation of global mindset in students. The trend of the importance of English during a five year span is also considered, for both strands of students. This study makes a contribution in the field of teaching in international business settings for high education institutions.     

To each according to their ability? Academic ranking and salary inequality across public colleges and universities

This article compares the salary structure of tenured and tenure-track faculty across schools within the university systems of North Carolina and New York. Specifically, we establish a positive relationship between school prestige and salary inequality, both overall and within specific academic ranks. This result suggests that the value to teaching is less discipline-specific than the value to research output. Marked differences in the aforementioned statistical linkage across academic ranks also confirm prior speculation that junior faculty salaries are more closely tied to academic value than senior faculty salaries.     

高职院校思想政治理论课与职业素养教育融合研究

高校思想政治理论课是大学生思想政治教育的主渠道。职业素养教育是高职院校人才培养体系中的特色环节,也是高职院校进行大学生素质教育的重要阵地。高职院校思想政治理论课与职业素养教育实现有机融合,可以有效调动各种资源形成教育合力,有利于高职院校构建大思政工作格局。高职院校可以从做好顶层设计、整合人才队伍、融入教育载体、互鉴教育方式、规范考核评价五个方面加强思想政治理论课与职业素养教育的有机融合,形成协同育人效果。     

微时代高等职业院校教育主体社交平台话语权建构必要性研究

微时代是以微博、微信等社交平台为代表的新时代。高职院校教育主体与受教育主体面对社交平台的新型话语体系,展现出不同的话语特征。教育主体只有进行话语权的体系建构,才能帮助学生形成正确认知、树立正确的价值观念,真正培养具有坚定信念和国际视野的高端技术技能人才。     

“双高”背景下北京高职院校招生困境和发展路径研究

“双高”建设背景下,培养服务区域发展的高素质技术技能人才成为高职教育的重要任务。这就要求高职院校首先要稳定办学规模,提升办学质量。而北京地区生源数量减少,非首都功能疏解等因素加大了招生工作困难。该研究从主客观因素及政策层面深入探讨了北京高职院校的招生困境,就当前职业教育面临的发展机遇,从对外宣传及学校内涵式建设的角度重点探索了“双高”背景下有效拓宽招生发展的路径。     

The role of university Knowledge Transfer Offices: Not just commercialize research outputs!

While there is a prevailing rich body of studies on the role of university knowledge transfer office (KTO) in the commercialization process as part of the Third Mission, research on its role in community engagement activities is relatively neglected, even as funding agencies and policy makers conceive these as instrumental to sustaining social and economic development. This article focuses on the role of university KTO in supporting, facilitating or undertaking Third Mission community engagement activities. Drawing on data from the annual Higher Education Business and Community Interaction survey for the years 2007–2012, this paper empirically explores the relationship between a range of Third Mission activities by university KTO and performance of three key business-community services – provision of consultancy, provision of continuous professional development courses (CPD), and leasing of facilities and equipment (FE). It emerges that the routines of developing strategic plan and creating spin-off are positively associated with all types of community knowledge transfer (CKT) activities. Further, the routines of establishing partnerships with local and regional bodies, and licensing are positively related to CPD and FE, respectively. The article is concluded with implications for theory, practice, policy, and suggestions for future research.     

"三二分段"中高职衔接招生考试制度探讨与研究

"三二分段"中高职衔接招生考试制度已成为高职院校主要的招生考试制度之一,该考试制度可以协调中职与高职教育的发展,是构建现代职业教育体系的重要途径. 但是,在其实践的过程中仍然存在考试制度趋同于普通高考等较多的问题. 研究以天津市为例,就这些问题进行了深入的探讨和分析,提出了一些具有可行性的建议.     

三螺旋理论的协同创新机制的研究:中国高校科技园案例

三螺旋模型是解释协同创新的实用理论,它阐述大学、产业、政府三个单位在创新体系内所扮演的角色.本研究以文献分析的方式,探讨高等教育在此模式内的互动角色,同时由中国的三个高校科技园区个案访谈、归纳来分析高等教育在此模式内的角色演进.这三个科学园区分别是北京航空航天大学科技园、苏州西安交通大学科技园、上海某大学科技园,分别位处中国三个重要的城市,以及三个不同的管理体系,因此研究成果具有代表性,也能说明新兴中国家应用三螺旋模型的成果.     

La gestión mecanicista de las Instituciones de Educación Superior: un estudio desde la modelación sistémica

The bureaucratic tendencies to organize work in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) of which facilitates personnel control and the mechanical ways to measure educational content are the ones that shatter education in pieces, under the hierarchy criterion, also shattering the professor's labor. This organizational method results in an incompetent education, leaving very negative consequences for teaching development. We address this problem by using systemic modeling and Structural Equations Systems (SEM) to confirm hypotheses from scientific observation. It was proven that there was a negative impact of mechanistic management which affected teacher's development. This was proven in context in two HEIs located in Villahermosa (Tabasco, Mexico).     

Operating efficiency in Chinese universities: An extended two-stage network DEA approach

The result shows that it accepts the null hypothesis. Namely, there is no significant difference in the operating efficiency of universities in different regions. That is to say, although the efficiency of the central and western universities is slightly better than that of the eastern universities in terms of the average efficiency, there is no significant efficiency difference among the eastern, central, and western regions statistically. Therefore, it shows a balanced development trend for the efficiency of universities in different regions.