Pursuing Excellence in Higher Education: Eight Fundamental Challenges (review)

Montez, Joni

doi:10.1353/rhe.2004.0018

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“…As a result, visionary and competent individuals are needed to drive higher education institutions to new levels of excellence and innovation and direct the future of the agricultural industry and our nation. However, Rubin (2004) argued that the development, attraction, and retention of extraordinary leaders are one of eight fundamental challenges facing higher education today.…”

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Insights from Six Women on Their Personal Journeys to Becoming Deans of Agriculture: A Qualitative Study

Kleihauer¹,

Stephens²,

Hart³

2012

Journal of Leadership Education

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Understanding one's personal journey provides for effective learning, growth, and development (Madsen, 2010). Reflection on the influences and experiences of successful women leaders is essential to understanding the factors that have enabled them to obtain and sustain leadership positions in nontraditional career fields. The purpose of this qualitative study was to conceptualize and describe the personal journeys of women who became deans of agriculture. The central research question was, "Describe your personal journey to becoming a dean of agriculture?" Six women deans of agriculture were interviewed and observed in an attempt to recognize the impact their personal journeys have had in developing their leadership styles and sustaining their leadership role. Conclusions were (a) they were first born children, (b) influenced by parental qualities and spousal support, and (c) mentors recognized their gifts and talents and encouraged them to pursue advanced degrees and leadership positions.

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Section: Introduction and Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

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Insights from Six Women on Their Personal Journeys to Becoming Deans of Agriculture: A Qualitative Study

Kleihauer¹,

Stephens²,

Hart³

2012

Journal of Leadership Education

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“…This is because for the innumerable barriers in present higher education landscape, for example, a decline in public support, contradictory view regarding the objective of higher education, technological advancement for teaching and learning, and competitive global economy. For addressing these challenges, the demand for concentrating on leadership improvement within colleges and universities is increasingly noticeable (Bolman andGallos, 2011;Buller, 2014;Gmelch and Buller, 2015;Ruben, 2004;Ruben, De Lisi, and Gigliotti, 2017) Furthermore, Altbach and Davis (1999, p. 3) note, "While academic systems function in a national environment, the challenges play themselves out on a global scale." In the past, a leader in a particular discipline was satisfactory for academic or administrative leadership within a college or university.…”

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Academic Supervision in Higher Education: The Case of Government Colleges in Bangladesh

Rana

2023

Philos. Prog.

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Academic supervision is considered an important mechanism to improve the performance of an educational institution. This article aims to investigate the situation of academic supervision in Bangladeshi Government Colleges (GCs).The article, in particular, explores the impacts of academic supervision on Bangladeshi students and teachers in developing their competencies and confidence in postsecondary educational settings. The study was conducted employing thequalitative research method and collecting data from in-depth interviews, secondary published literature, such as books, journal articles etc. The study finds that effective academic supervision considerably helps students achieve their learning progress as well as teachers attain their professionalization in the GCs of Bangladesh. Various challenges exist in higher education in Bangladesh, which include the lack of resources, limited use of educational tools and technology, policy problems, lack of sufficient training and scope of research for teachers, and so on. This article has made several recommendations for improving academic supervision to enhance quality education in the Bangladeshi GCs. Philosophy and Progress, Vol#71-72; No#1-2; Jan-Dec 2022 P 97-128

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“…The process of SA is beneficial in establishing a collective means of investigative background and forming development priorities. It also provides a foundation for an operational strategic plan and organisational change (Ruben, 2004). The SA practice is an effective way of deep understanding existing circumstances through descriptive SWOT analysis (Dyson, 2004).…”

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Teachers’ Perceptions of Institutional Quality Assurance in Higher Education: A Case of a Bangladeshi Public University

Raqib

2023

Teacher’s World: J. of Edu. and Res.

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The fundamental target of the self-assessment is to assist institutions to in improving the quality of education and setting priorities in improvement plan as per requirements of relevant stakeholders and following the vision of a nation which requires a huge self-inspiration of faculty members’ within the organization. Universities in Bangladesh have already completed a self-assessment programme and this paper aims to investigate faculty members’ perception and perceived change impact of organizational self-assessment process on academic units using both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The SAC members’ perception on the self-assessment process is collected using likert scale. Overall, mean score implies that SA members are convinced with the standards set for SA process. Organizational improvement priorities and perceived change impacts are identified through Nvivo and in-depth interviews respectively. Although there are some priorities set by them cannot be executed without a grant, only a few departments are chipping away at their improvement plan. However, it is reported that, there is a big change happened in the affective domain of faculty members. Teacher’s World: Journal of Education and Research, Vol. 48(2), Dec 2022, p.67-82

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Pursuing Excellence in Higher Education: Eight Fundamental Challenges (review)

Cited by 6 publications

References 1 publication

Insights from Six Women on Their Personal Journeys to Becoming Deans of Agriculture: A Qualitative Study

Insights from Six Women on Their Personal Journeys to Becoming Deans of Agriculture: A Qualitative Study

Academic Supervision in Higher Education: The Case of Government Colleges in Bangladesh

Teachers’ Perceptions of Institutional Quality Assurance in Higher Education: A Case of a Bangladeshi Public University

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