Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the extent of sustainability disclosure through websites at Spanish universities and analyse the determinants that affect such disclosure. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses as methodology a content analysis of the sustainability information disclosed by universities on their official websites in…

Technology transfer in Philippine State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) is a crucial component of national innovation ecosystems. The Technology Transfer Act of 2009 (RA 10055) provided SUCs with the legal framework to commercialize research outputs, yet significant challenges persist, including weak industry linkages, bureaucratic…

A couple of years prior to the pandemic, as the director of American Indian studies at The Ohio State University, Christine Ballengee Morris was contacted by museums, schools, and city officials regarding their desire to express a land acknowledgment in recognition of the Native American lands their institutions had colonized. What I (CBM) noticed…

The South African government announcement on revisiting the Policy for the Recognition of Higher Education Institutional Types has caused anxiety and ambivalence among Universities of Technology (UoTs), institutions that lack a solid foundation for conducting leading research. Most underperforming UoTs feared a possible downgrade or…

Service Dominant Logic (SDL) proposes value creation as a process based on service, the success of which ultimately depends on employees' service orientation. Given that universities are the nest of future employees, and the latest World Economic Forum Future of Jobs Report highlights skills such as empathy and active listening, leadership and…

In the 2020-2021 academic year, the University of North Carolina Charlotte's J. Murrey Atkins Library conducted a strategic planning and management process centered on stakeholder inclusivity. The university had completed a 10-year strategic plan, Shaping What's Next (https://strategicplan.charlotte.edu/), and campus leaders were charged to create…

Value Stream Mapping (VSM), a lean manufacturing technique, is a process analysis approach that focuses on value and waste. This project explored the development and incorporation of a VSM-inspired tool to help dance composition students consider the value present in their choreography explicitly. The proposed Choreographic Tension Mapping (CTM)…

Background: The formal education of universities on the one hand, and popular education on the other, have been generally understood as two ends of a spectrum in the field of education. Despite these opposing trajectories, in the past two decades novel forms of social movement--university relationships have emerged, with notable yet understudied…

Leadership educators have a responsibility for preparing students for a global era through an understanding of the global dimensions of leadership. For students to truly understand global dimensions of leadership, an intentional internationalization of leadership curriculum is required. This article will demonstrate the need for internationalizing…

Rankings dominate higher education policy making, although little is known about the experiences of those involved in perpetuating rankings. This paper explores middle-level academic leaders' sensemaking about university rankings and related policies in East Asia. Since university rankings have affected higher education policies and strategies…

This paper reports on a multiyear program of international collaborative research delivered with the aim of conceptualising, validating and prototyping rubrics for evaluating and reporting university activities and outcomes relevant to the UN SDGs. The paper sets foundations by building on earlier analysis of research on university engagement with…

In Australasia, paramedicine education has evolved significantly over the last two decades. Anecdotal evidence suggests diversity across and within work-integrated learning (WIL) in entry-to-practice programs; however, the true extent of paramedicine WIL remains unclear. This study aimed to provide a comprehensive overview of WIL practices in…

The internationalization of universities has become increasingly important in recent decades. A dominant internationalization model, influenced by principles of new public management, has emerged. Latin American universities have undergone significant changes as a result of this trend. This paper takes inspiration from the sociology of translation…

Purpose: This paper aims to explore the extent and characteristics of Canadian university reporting of and policy regarding greenhouse gas emissions from air travel. It identifies current approaches' details and limits and recommends improvements. Design/methodology/approach: The study developed questions and considerations for analysing reporting…

This paper takes on and explores the disturbing and perhaps counter-intuitive notion that the university is the place where the intellect goes to die. This idea is explored alongside Georges Bataille's suggestion that the death of thought might actually be a worthy pursuit and only thought which seeks its own limits is worth striving for. The…