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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

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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

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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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Third space professionals and undergraduate teaching – A comparative study in China, the United Kingdom and Canada 第三空间专业人员与本科教学--中国、英国和加拿大的比较研究

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HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2024-05-24 DOI: 10.1111/hequ.12541

Kaiyun Feng

{"title":"Third space professionals and undergraduate teaching – A comparative study in China, the United Kingdom and Canada","authors":"Kaiyun Feng","doi":"10.1111/hequ.12541","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12541","url":null,"abstract":"This research explores the emerging position of teaching professionals in research universities through the framework of ‘third space professionals’. The third space is described as an overlapping space between the professional and academic domains in university and usually staff who are neither traditional academics nor traditional professionals work in this space and considered as the third space professionals. This research is achieved through three case studies, each in China, the United Kingdom and Canada. By investigating the role and positioning of teaching professionals in higher education, this research provides empirical evidence supporting the existence of the third space for professionals in higher education. The findings show that the responsibilities of the teaching professionals are relatively similar at each university, mainly including training academics and supporting curriculum development. However, their positioning in the university and value in supporting teaching and learning can be influenced by their relationship with academics. Universities’ expectations of teaching professionals play an important role in shaping their collective identities. By proposing a three-dimensional space model for higher education, this research builds on previous studies on the higher education space and offers an alternate framework for interpreting higher education space and analysing university staffing.","PeriodicalId":51607,"journal":{"name":"HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY","volume":"78 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/hequ.12541","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142525016","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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Deploying fuzzy analytic hierarchy process and sensitivity analysis to identify and prioritize the barriers faced by early-career social science researchers during research collaborations 利用模糊层次分析法和敏感性分析，确定早期社会科学研究人员在研究合作过程中面临的障碍，并对其进行优先排序

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HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2024-05-23 DOI: 10.1111/hequ.12542

Sonika Jha, Anil Kumar Singh, Rajneesh Chauhan

{"title":"Deploying fuzzy analytic hierarchy process and sensitivity analysis to identify and prioritize the barriers faced by early-career social science researchers during research collaborations","authors":"Sonika Jha, Anil Kumar Singh, Rajneesh Chauhan","doi":"10.1111/hequ.12542","DOIUrl":"10.1111/hequ.12542","url":null,"abstract":"Research is about an individual's intellectual acumen and rationality, and inter-researcher collaboration capability magnifies the outcomes. Despite common belief, there exist fundamental asymmetries in the goals, orientations and expectations among the research collaborators. Seldom studied in-depth and empirically validated, the challenges and barriers faced by early-career researchers (ECRs) in social sciences are crucial to understand. In this study, we aim to identify, categorize and rank the order of priority of the research collaboration barriers and their sub-barriers. This analysis highlights which barrier is likely to impact the research collaboration outcome more as compared to other barriers, as seen through the pairwise comparison. We contribute to the literature on research collaborations by providing a much-needed assessment of the barriers faced by ECRs in social sciences to develop a nuanced understanding of the dynamics within collaboration research. Key barriers identified and explored in this research relate to research design, interpersonal and interprofessional relationships, team-level dynamics, spatial and temporal factors, cultural differences and institutional variables. The fuzzy AHP tool was used to prioritize and rank the barriers, check the consistency ratio and then perform the sensitivity analysis. Research design barriers emerged as the most challenging barrier to research collaborations, implying researchers place huge emphasis on the compatibility of research goals, objectives, paradigms and perspectives. The study provides insights for individuals/institutions leading and managing research collaborations into improving the collaborative dynamics in social sciences.","PeriodicalId":51607,"journal":{"name":"HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY","volume":"78 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141107300","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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Development of an early warning system for higher education institutions by predicting first-year student academic performance 通过预测一年级学生的学业成绩，为高等院校开发预警系统

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HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2024-05-07 DOI: 10.1111/hequ.12539

Cem Recai Çırak, Hakan Akıllı, Yeliz Ekinci

{"title":"Development of an early warning system for higher education institutions by predicting first-year student academic performance","authors":"Cem Recai Çırak, Hakan Akıllı, Yeliz Ekinci","doi":"10.1111/hequ.12539","DOIUrl":"10.1111/hequ.12539","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, an early warning system predicting first-year undergraduate student academic performance is developed for higher education institutions. The significant factors that affect first-year student success are derived and discussed such that they can be used for policy developments by related bodies. The dataset used in experimental analyses includes 11,698 freshman students' data. The problem is constructed as classification models predicting whether a student will be successful or unsuccessful at the end of the first year. A total of 69 input variables are utilized in the models. Naive Bayes, decision tree and random forest algorithms are compared over model prediction performances. Random forest models outperformed others and reached 90.2% accuracy. Findings show that the models including the fall semester CGPA variable performed dramatically better. Moreover, the student's programme name and university placement exam score are identified as the other most significant variables. A critical discussion based on the findings is provided. The developed model may be used as an early warning system, such that necessary actions can be taken after the second week of the spring semester for students predicted to be unsuccessful to increase their success and prevent attrition.","PeriodicalId":51607,"journal":{"name":"HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY","volume":"78 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140925626","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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Modelling student issues with MOOCs using TISM-P linkages 利用 TISM-P 联系模拟学生在 MOOC 中遇到的问题

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HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2024-05-05 DOI: 10.1111/hequ.12515

Shikha N. Khera, Himanshu Pawar

{"title":"Modelling student issues with MOOCs using TISM-P linkages","authors":"Shikha N. Khera, Himanshu Pawar","doi":"10.1111/hequ.12515","DOIUrl":"10.1111/hequ.12515","url":null,"abstract":"To date, student issues with Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have only been explored in context-specific environments. Mainstream problems such as declining student motivation during a course, massive student dropout rates, accountability, user experience, etc., persist due to the permutations and combinations of these issues. Literature is replete with a deep understanding of such problems, but the causal relationships among these issues are less focused upon. We delve into these problems by studying the interrelations among student issues that cause such problems. Garnering insights from students (N = 149) and using Total Interpretive Structural Modelling with Polarity (TISM-P), the study has established direct and transitive relations among nine detrimental MOOC-related student issues. The results of the study depict clear positive, negative and transitive relationships between the student issues. Matrice d'Impacts croises-multipication applique' an classment (MICMAC) analysis was also used to assess the driving and dependence power of all issues that further allowed the model to trace out negative and positive pathways of influence. The model constructed in the study will provide a platform for future research to test these interconnections as independent factors affecting problems such as dropout rates, motivation, etc. Therefore, the TISM-P model could further be explored to understand the behaviour of such issues, which might have far-reaching consequences on major existing problems with MOOCs.","PeriodicalId":51607,"journal":{"name":"HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY","volume":"78 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140883464","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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