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Staff perspectives on transformational needs at a South African higher education institution 南非一所高等教育机构教职员工对转型需求的看法

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HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2024-06-19 DOI: 10.1111/hequ.12555

Nontembiso Magida, Mariatha Yazbek, Julius Thambura

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Student academic representation in the UK: An exploration of recruitment, training, and impacts 英国学生学术代表：对招聘、培训和影响的探讨

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HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2024-06-18 DOI: 10.1111/hequ.12548

Jennie Winter, Rebecca Turner, Oliver Webb, Luciana Dalla Valle, Claire Benwell

{"title":"Student academic representation in the UK: An exploration of recruitment, training, and impacts","authors":"Jennie Winter, Rebecca Turner, Oliver Webb, Luciana Dalla Valle, Claire Benwell","doi":"10.1111/hequ.12548","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12548","url":null,"abstract":"Student academic representation is a staple feature in UK and international higher education. It provides a vital quality function whereby students, who are elected representatives of their programme, canvas the opinions of peers to inform quality assurance processes. In the UK, there is increasing regulatory pressure for universities and student unions to be dual owners of representation activity and much work has been done to enact this model. Nonetheless, little is known about the experiences of those serving as student representatives, despite this being a community of thousands of students across the UK, who hold an instrumental position in institutional quality assurance. We developed an instrument (SARA) to evaluate experiences of 773 active student representatives from 15 UK HE institutions. It explored key areas, including recruitment, training, working approaches and development outcomes. Data indicated low engagement in training in some key areas (e.g., representation of diverse groups and data gathering) and a narrow range of working approaches. These patterns may compromise the value of student representation both from the institutional perspective and that of individual representatives seeking to enhance their skills. Recommendations are suggested for enhancing future practice.","PeriodicalId":51607,"journal":{"name":"HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY","volume":"78 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142524723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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How faculty members' organizational citizenship behaviours can be predicted by their personality traits: The moderating role of perceived university brand 教师的人格特质如何预测其组织公民行为？大学品牌感知的调节作用

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HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2024-06-18 DOI: 10.1111/hequ.12554

Asal Aghaz, Alireza Sheikh, Soroush Dehghan Salmasi, Asra Tarighian

{"title":"How faculty members' organizational citizenship behaviours can be predicted by their personality traits: The moderating role of perceived university brand","authors":"Asal Aghaz, Alireza Sheikh, Soroush Dehghan Salmasi, Asra Tarighian","doi":"10.1111/hequ.12554","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12554","url":null,"abstract":"The qualifications of faculty members play a crucial role in the success of educational systems. Academics with a high level of organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB) are mostly valued due to the excellent services they offer to their students. This study aims to investigate the impact of faculty members' personality traits on their OCB. Additionally, it examines the moderating role of the perceived university brand in the relation between the two variables. This study is quantitative in nature and the sample includes professors working at seven prestigious Iranian universities. Overall, 422 questionnaires were gathered. By the use of Smart-PLS, the results indicate that academic members with conscientious, agreeable and openness personality traits tend to show higher levels of OCB. On the flip side, neuroticism negatively predicts academics' OCB. Moreover, this research indicates that perceived university brand significantly moderates only the effect of openness trait on faculty members' OCB, meaning that professors with openness to experience traits who are working at such universities, are more likely to engage in OCB.","PeriodicalId":51607,"journal":{"name":"HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY","volume":"78 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142524725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Collective sustainability competences of universities as a nested institutional space 作为嵌套机构空间的大学集体可持续性能力

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HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2024-06-11 DOI: 10.1111/hequ.12552

Terhi Nokkala, Markku Lehtonen, Anna Lehtonen, Josep Espluga Trenc, Niina Mykrä, Hannu Heikkinen, Ana Prades Lopez

{"title":"Collective sustainability competences of universities as a nested institutional space","authors":"Terhi Nokkala, Markku Lehtonen, Anna Lehtonen, Josep Espluga Trenc, Niina Mykrä, Hannu Heikkinen, Ana Prades Lopez","doi":"10.1111/hequ.12552","DOIUrl":"10.1111/hequ.12552","url":null,"abstract":"Sustainability action at universities is complex and requires engaging multiple competences that reside on different levels outside and inside the organisation. In addition to individual competences, social communities also possess collective resources and characteristics that do not translate into a sum of individual abilities. Based on a qualitative small-n comparative study of four universities in Spain, Portugal, Finland and Romania, this paper explores the concept of collective sustainability competences as enablers and constraints of sustainability action at universities. Drawing from institutional theory and nestedness in organisations, the article poses the following research question: How can the collective sustainability competences of universities be conceptualised? The article develops a conceptual understanding of regulative, normative and cultural-cognitive elements of collective sustainability competences as a nested institutional space. In so doing, the article contributes to the discussion on the capacity of universities to act as key organisations in sustainability transitions.","PeriodicalId":51607,"journal":{"name":"HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY","volume":"78 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/hequ.12552","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141356639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Is motherhood a burden or an asset to female computer science and engineering faculty? Case studies in China and Italy 对于计算机科学与工程系的女教师而言，母亲身份是负担还是财富？中国和意大利的案例研究

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HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2024-06-05 DOI: 10.1111/hequ.12540

Biying Wen, Qian Wang, Floriana Grasso, Qing Chen, Juming Shen

{"title":"Is motherhood a burden or an asset to female computer science and engineering faculty? Case studies in China and Italy","authors":"Biying Wen, Qian Wang, Floriana Grasso, Qing Chen, Juming Shen","doi":"10.1111/hequ.12540","DOIUrl":"10.1111/hequ.12540","url":null,"abstract":"The problem of gender disparity in computer science and engineering has persisted despite longstanding efforts made in higher education. This study drew data from ten female computer science and engineering faculty in China and Italy to demonstrate the gender-specific challenges they face. The researcher applied positioning theory to analyse female faculty's motherhood experiences. Findings suggest that the dual mother-and-educator role conflict in the intersectional space of work and family can be both a burden and an asset to female faculty. As a burden, the sociocultural expectations of the mother's role drive females to take on primary childcare responsibilities. It leads to significant barriers to female faculty's career advancements. As an asset, the study finds that the female faculty's motherhood experience allowed them to generate new insights into their identities as educators and teaching practices. Their learning from motherhood prompts them to reflect and gain an appreciation of their educator identity. Such realisation enables them to improve their teaching practices and interactions with students. The study offers policy recommendations for higher education institutions to support female faculty navigating the dual roles of mother and educator. Finally, the researcher discusses the limitations and directions for future study.","PeriodicalId":51607,"journal":{"name":"HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY","volume":"78 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/hequ.12540","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141384351","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Assessing quantity and spatial patterns of greenspaces in Chinese universities for enhancing sustainable development 评估中国大学绿地的数量和空间模式，促进可持续发展

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HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2024-06-05 DOI: 10.1111/hequ.12550

Xinqun Yuan, Xiyu Li, Le Yu, Tao Liu, Yue Cao

{"title":"Assessing quantity and spatial patterns of greenspaces in Chinese universities for enhancing sustainable development","authors":"Xinqun Yuan, Xiyu Li, Le Yu, Tao Liu, Yue Cao","doi":"10.1111/hequ.12550","DOIUrl":"10.1111/hequ.12550","url":null,"abstract":"Greenspaces on university campuses have gained recognition for their multifaceted impact on the physical, social, emotional and intellectual well-being of students. The allocation of resources towards the development and maintenance of greenspaces is regarded as a strategy in the pursuit of sustainable development goals. However, the research on greenspaces within higher education has been inadequate. This study conducts an assessment of greenspaces within 2556 Chinese universities using remote sensing and geospatial technology, analysing the disparities in their distribution and exploring the spatial patterns and driving factors on a national scale. A national university greenspace database is obtained. Unexpectedly, the study finds that greenspace area and proportion within Chinese universities are relatively low in comparison to the greenspace areas outside the campus and of the city. There is heterogeneity and a decreasing trend in university greenspace. Compared to university faculty and off-campus population, university students have the lowest per capita greenspace area. Of concern is the significant issue of greenspace inequality. Our research suggests that the inequality in greenspace provision for university students can be explained by factors of economic development, educational investments and provincial greenspace supply. This study provides an in-depth analysis of the state of greenspaces in Chinese universities and calls for interdisciplinary and interdepartmental cooperation to address issues of greenspace inequality and campus greening, ensuring the sustainability and livability of urban areas and university campuses.","PeriodicalId":51607,"journal":{"name":"HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY","volume":"78 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141385279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Managing careers of academics in higher education institutions: A moderated mediation model 高等院校学者的职业生涯管理：调节中介模型

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HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2024-06-04 DOI: 10.1111/hequ.12549

Sanat Kozhakhmet, Kairat Moldashev

{"title":"Managing careers of academics in higher education institutions: A moderated mediation model","authors":"Sanat Kozhakhmet, Kairat Moldashev","doi":"10.1111/hequ.12549","DOIUrl":"10.1111/hequ.12549","url":null,"abstract":"This research examines the role of input and process-based approaches in enhancing faculty members' commitment to their research careers in the context of higher education. Specifically, we investigate the mediating effect of research self-efficacy on the relationship between professional research network and commitment to research career, as well as the moderating effect of career aspiration. Our findings reveal a direct positive link between professional research network and commitment to research career. Moreover, research self-efficacy is found to mediate the relationship between professional research network and commitment to research career. We also find that career aspiration did not moderate the relationship between research self-efficacy and commitment to research career. Our study contributes to the literature by providing a more comprehensive understanding of how professional research networks may enhance research self-efficacy, leading to greater commitment to research careers among faculty members in higher education institutions. Additionally, our research sheds light on the important role of career aspiration as a key factor in shaping the relationship between research self-efficacy and commitment to research career.","PeriodicalId":51607,"journal":{"name":"HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY","volume":"78 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141388001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The instrumental academic: Collegiality and the value of academic citizenship in contemporary higher education 工具性学术：当代高等教育中的同事关系和学术公民的价值

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HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2024-06-03 DOI: 10.1111/hequ.12551

Susan Smith, David Walker

{"title":"The instrumental academic: Collegiality and the value of academic citizenship in contemporary higher education","authors":"Susan Smith, David Walker","doi":"10.1111/hequ.12551","DOIUrl":"10.1111/hequ.12551","url":null,"abstract":"Collegiality and the contribution to the sustenance of the academy through academic citizenship are central to commonly held conceptions of what it is to be a university. This study investigates the articulation and recognition of academic citizenship through institutional promotion criteria, including both traditional research and teaching-focussed career pathways. The study adopts a qualitative research approach and examines promotion criteria from a sample of 55 mid-sized universities in the UK. Findings point to a progressive shift in formal recognition of service activities associated with citizenship as part of the core academic workload. Institutional service is pervasive across all academic roles and levels, student service is largely invisible, and activities associated with public service are most notably acknowledged in traditional academic roles at the professorial level. The evolving nature of expectations of citizenship necessitates a more nuanced consideration of the core dimensions of an academic role and citizenship activities to ensure equity and inclusivity in career progression.","PeriodicalId":51607,"journal":{"name":"HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY","volume":"78 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/hequ.12551","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141271752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Higher education and the life course: Exploring the interactive effects of age and employment status on university graduation 高等教育与人生历程：探索年龄和就业状况对大学毕业的交互影响

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HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2024-06-03 DOI: 10.1111/hequ.12553

Albert Sánchez-Gelabert

{"title":"Higher education and the life course: Exploring the interactive effects of age and employment status on university graduation","authors":"Albert Sánchez-Gelabert","doi":"10.1111/hequ.12553","DOIUrl":"10.1111/hequ.12553","url":null,"abstract":"The recent complexity of the university system, with diverse academic trajectories and varying socio-demographic characteristics of students, has led to increased access for historically underrepresented students. This has resulted in a rising number of adult learners, students with external responsibilities and individuals returning to education. However, despite this enhanced access, it remains unclear whether it has improved graduation. This uncertainty stems from the fact that students' social circumstances and external responsibilities differ significantly based on when they enter university. From a life course perspective, the aim of this paper is to explore the interactive effects of age at university entrance and employment status on the probability of graduating of an entire cohort of new students who entered the Catalan Higher Education System in 2012 (N = 29,463). The results show an interaction effect between age and employment status on the probability of graduation where working decreases the probability of graduation among students younger than 42 years old. Conversely, the negative impact of employment on university graduation diminishes among students entering university at an older age. This underscores the importance of adopting a life course perspective to comprehend students' educational experiences and outcomes within higher education.","PeriodicalId":51607,"journal":{"name":"HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY","volume":"78 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141271826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Humanizing students in a dehumanizing time—Faculty as crisis leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic 在非人性化时代对学生进行人性化教育--在 COVID-19 大流行期间，教师是危机领导者

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HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2024-06-02 DOI: 10.1111/hequ.12547

He Xiao, Danielle Teo Keifert, Supuni Dhameera Silva

{"title":"Humanizing students in a dehumanizing time—Faculty as crisis leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic","authors":"He Xiao, Danielle Teo Keifert, Supuni Dhameera Silva","doi":"10.1111/hequ.12547","DOIUrl":"10.1111/hequ.12547","url":null,"abstract":"Having survived the disruptive global pandemic, the higher education community is believed to grow to be more adaptive and resilient. As contributors to the new ‘normal’, yet evolving post-pandemic state, faculty have been painstakingly working to support students' learning and human needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Research documents faculty have enacted a collection of measures to respond to students' adversities inside and outside the educational space when the pandemic gave rise to a global crisis in the past several years. Yet, few studies have offered an in-depth interpretation of how faculty conceived of, selected, and implemented those responses, approaches and strategies. Guided by a crisis response model, we conducted a qualitative inquiry in an effort to unveil this process. 14 faculty who were from the college of education in a national university in United States and varied in career stages and teaching experience participated in the study. Data were derived from one-on-one semi-structured interviews. Thematic analysis was employed for data analysis. The study yielded three themes: Supporting from a place of humanization; turning downsides up; and adhering to the standard. The themes reflect that the faculty exuded the capabilities and attributes characterizing the crisis leadership. The findings hold for faculty and institutions the implications that promise to gear up the higher education community for contingencies, crises and uncertainty in the future.","PeriodicalId":51607,"journal":{"name":"HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY","volume":"78 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141198389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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