Colombian higher education institutions evaluation

Over the last twenty years, access to higher education has grown extraordinarily in Latin America. Higher education systems have been challenged to improve their efficiency while strengthening quality assurance processes. In Colombia, the government and the researchers developed models to assess the performance of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Nevertheless, the current scholarship does not have a model that allows the system to measure multiple efficiencies in a diverse environment. In this study, we address the challenge of evaluating the efficiency of HEIs taking into account different goals of the Colombian education system. To this aim, we extend a cross-efficiency data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach to evaluate the efficiency of Colombian HEIs in the presence of flexible measures. While some HEIs are efficient in terms of teaching or employment, others are efficient in terms of research. Therefore, the model suggests broader policies to achieve the efficiency of the institutions under multiple goals.     

A School-Level Gravity Model of Student Migration Flows to Higher Education Institutions

This paper presents a gravity model of student migration flows to higher education institutions (HEIs) in Ireland. The analysis is performed on a novel dataset containing detailed information on a range of ‘push’ and ‘pull’ factors, allowing one to estimate the effects of a number of important school-level characteristics on these flows. This is achieved by estimating and comparing a fixed-effects Poisson model and two conditional fixed-effects negative binomial models and selecting the best model on the basis of the Akaike information criterion (AIC). The preferred negative binomial model accounts for over-dispersion in the student flow data and allows for estimation of the parameter coefficients of the HEI-invariant characteristics. The analysis suggests that while geography plays a very important role in explaining student flows, so too do a range of school-level characteristics. Furthermore, it is found that distance has a differential impact across HEIs and HEI types with important implications for policy-makers and HEI managers.     

Dynamics of productivity in higher education: cross-european evidence based on bootstrapped Malmquist indices

This study examines patterns of productivity change in a large set of 266 public higher education institutions (HEIs) in 7 European countries across the time period 2001–2005. We adopt consistent bootstrap estimation procedures to obtain confidence intervals for Malmquist indices of HEI productivity and their components. Consequently, we are able to assess the statistical significance of changes in HEI productivity, efficiency and technology. Our results suggest that, assessed vis-à-vis a common ‘European’ frontier, HEI productivity rose on average by 4 % annually. Statistically significant changes in productivity were registered in 90 % of observations on the institutions in our sample, but statistically significant annual improvements in overall productivity took place in only 56 % of cases. There are considerable national differences, with German, Italian and Swiss HEIs performing better in terms of productivity change than HEIs from the other countries examined.     

高校教师非权力性影响力研究

高校教师是教学关系中的主导者与实施者,其非权力性影响力是教师发挥综合涵养,对学生产生的一种非强制性制约作用,对大学生思想形成、学业发展与行为引导等都具有重要的指导意义。文章拟对高校教师非权力性影响力价值体现、构成要素及制约因素等进行分析,同时结合笔者的实践经验,提出提升高校教师非权力性影响力的对策思考。     

论高校科研项目成果转化机制的创新

高校作为高层次,高素质人才的集聚地，承担着太量的基础研究、应用研究和开发研究任务，创造出大量的科技成果。文章结合高校科研管理工作的现状与特点，从机制创新的层面出发，探讨了推进高校科研成果转化的方式与渠道。     

基于双因素理论谈高校辅导员的管理

高校辅导员是高校教师队伍的重要组成部分,他们在加强大学生德育教育等方面起到了十分积极的作用。合理激励高校辅导员有助于大学生德育教育的开展。文章从赫兹伯格的双因素理论出发,着重分析了高校辅导员的现状,从激励角度对高校辅导员的管理提出了对策建议。     

对高校推行快乐体育而淡化田径项目的思考

文章阐述了田径运动在高校体育中的作用及锻炼价值，分析了目前普通高校体育课中田径项目开展的现状及遭受冷落的原因，提出一些相应的对策和建议，以使田径选项课在普通高校公共体育课中顺利开展下去。     

高校计算机基础课程中多元立体化教学的研究

在我国的高校教育中应加强、重视计算机基础的教学，然而学生在高校有限的学时中要提高自己的计算机应用能力，需要采用有一种适合的教学模式。多元立体化教学就是利用丰富的教学资源、现代化教学手段、科学合理的学习评价体系，建立传授和学习知识的立体网络，最大限度地满足高校教与学的需要，实现计算机基础教学的目标。     

采用“双闭环”教学质量管理系统的研究与实践

本文针对高等学校提高教育教学质量工作中普遍存在的管理手段传统、形式单一、效果不佳的问题,提出了采用"双闭环"教学质量管理系统来提高教学质量的方法。大连科技学院经过两年多的研究与实践,利用"双闭环"教学质量管理系统使教育教学质量得到明显提高,同时,在学院的教风建设、学风建设和考风建设方面收到了很好的管理效果。     

质量管理数据分析的思考

数据分析是精确分析质量管理现状的科学方法，也是质量管理实现持续改进的有效途径。本文对如何开展质量管理的数据分析工作进行了初步探讨。     

基于就业胜任力的大学生就业管理研究

文章以大学生教育为主线,以提高大学生就业胜任力为目的,反思目前我国高校毕业生就业管理机制存在的问题,从大学生就业价值观、大学生人本教育理念2个方面提出适应我国高校就业管理工作的新模式,从而期望以更为科学有效的方式开展高校毕业生就业指导工作,提高毕业生就业能力,解决毕业生就业问题。     

基于就业胜任力的大学生就业管理研究

文章以大学生教育为主线,以提高大学生就业胜任力为目的,反思目前我国高校毕业生就业管理机制存在的问题,从大学生就业价值观、大学生人本教育理念2个方面提出适应我国高校就业管理工作的新模式,从而期望以更为科学有效的方式开展高校毕业生就业指导工作,提高毕业生就业能力,解决毕业生就业问题。     

高校教学管理网络智能化建设的若干思考

随着现代信息技术在教育领域的普遍应用,我国高校教学系统的管理模式已逐步实现了网络化和智能化。然而。教学管理网络智能化在提高管理效率和管理水平的同时,也存在一些不足。文章结合湖南工业大学的教学管理网络智能信息系统的应用实际,总结高校教学管理网络智能信息化建设的成功经验,以及存在的问题,并提出若干改进建议。     

A model for total quality management in higher education

Total quality management (TQM) is widely recognised as a management philosophy for improving customer satisfaction and organisational performance. However, there is no consensus over the critical success factors of TQM, in particular, in higher education (HE) and developing countries. Literature shows mixed results on the success and applicability of TQM principles in education, thus, underlining the need to revisit the application of TQM principles in HE. This paper identifies the critical success factors of TQM in Pakistani universities. Data was collected from faculty members of universities through questionnaires. The findings reveal that ‘leadership’, ‘vision’, ‘measurement and analysis’, ‘process control and evaluation’, ‘programs design and resources allocation’ and ‘stakeholder focus’ emerge as the critical success factors of TQM in HE. The findings have implications at macro, meso, and micro levels of HE.     

Innovation of IT metasystems by means of event-driven paradigm using QDMS

Globalisation of world economy brings new and more complex demands to business systems. In order to respond to these trends, business systems apply new paradigms that are inevitable reflecting on management metasystems – quality assurance (QA), as well as on information technology (IT) metasystems. Small and medium enterprises (in particular in food industry) do not have possibilities to access external resources to the extent that could provide adequate keeping up with these trends. That raises the question how to enhance synergetic effect of interaction between existing QA and IT metasystems in order to overcome resource gap and achieve set goals by internal resources. The focus of this article is to propose a methodology for utilisation of potential of quality assurance document management system (QDMS) as prototypical platform for initiating, developing, testing and improving new functionalities that are required by IT as support for buiness system management. In that way QDMS plays a role of catalyst that not only accelerates but could also enhance selectivity of the reactions of QA and IT metasystems and direct them on finding new functionalities based on event-driven paradigm. The article tries to show the process of modelling, development and implementation of a possible approach to this problem through conceptual survey and practical solution in the food industry.     

Developing measures for performance excellence: is the Baldrige criteria sufficient for performance excellence in higher education?

The implementation of the education criteria for performance excellence (ECPE)—the education version of the Baldrige criteria—is driven by the growing need for performance excellence in higher education. Ironically the criteria meant for performance excellence have no theoretical underpinning and are based on normative performance improvement requirements. The lack of content and internal validity is reflected in some critical weaknesses in the criteria. Based on a critical review, this paper highlights potential improvements in the areas of aligning processes with the organisational mission, operations focus, customer focus, workforce focus, and performance measurement. To help enhance the ECPE, the paper develops performance measures for systematic implementation of the criteria. This is discussed in terms of defining desired outcomes, developing key measures, identifying specific indicators to track performance, and choosing methods to assess performance. The discussions provide a basis for future revisions to the ECPE.     

Conducting Mode 2 research in HRM: A phase‐based framework

Recent studies in the field of human resource management (HRM) have highlighted that current research is mostly performed and consumed by academics, and is driven by theoretical and disciplinary concerns rather than practical ones. This debate has invoked the need to produce more Mode 2 research in the HRM field, that is, research driven by practical problems that integrate collaborative efforts by academics and practitioners. Yet, guidelines on how academics and practitioners may implement Mode 2 research remain disjointed and incomplete. Our study provides a phase‐based collaborative‐based framework for the implementation of Mode 2 research in the HRM field, in ways that both academic rigor and practical relevance are achieved. Our framework is informed by a comprehensive review of previous Mode 2 research, within and outside the HRM field. The proposed framework details four macro‐phases: the codevelopment of research questions with practitioners; the design of collaborative spaces and mechanisms; the design and management of double‐loop iterative research processes; and finally the academic and practice legitimization of Mode 2 outcomes. Our framework has the objective to support HRM researchers and practitioners, as well as relevant institutions and gatekeepers in the design, implementation, education, and assessment of Mode 2 research.     

Leadership,governance, and perceptions of trust in the higher education industry

This article presents a trust‐centered, integrated model for achieving educational excellence in the higher education industry with focus on governing boards and strategies for academic quality and financial performance. The discussion includes leadership themes and strategies on development of teacher‐leaders, creating a culture of shared leadership and effective governance for performance outcomes, robust evaluations of student‐learning assessments for continuous improvement, and strategic leadership in the implementation of high‐quality programs. Perceptions of trust form the foundation of the integrated model with influences of personality, culture, motivation, values, reliability, competence, and intuition. Trust among board trustees is essential for creating collaborative environments for innovative change and educational performance excellence. Collaborative environments promote a sense of shared leadership and governance to encourage innovation and performance excellence at all levels within the educational institution.     

高校教学管理改革之路

新时期全国范围内推广的素质教育对高校教学管理的内容、方法和效果等诸多方面提出了更新、更高的要求。剖析我国高校传统的教学管理模式，发现其“机械性”弊端大大影响了教学管理的质量，因而倡导高校教学管理的改革应走素质管理之路。