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Autonomy, Competence and Relatedness -- The Facilitators of Academic Engagement in Education-Driven University-Business Cooperation
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Orazbayeva, Balzhan; van der Sijde, Peter; Baaken, Thomas – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
Notwithstanding the growing importance of university-business cooperation (UBC), our understanding of education-driven UBC remains nebulous, so does our knowledge of facilitators of academic engagement in such cooperation. This research explores psychological facilitators underlying academic engagement with business in education-driven activities…
Descriptors: Professional Autonomy, Academic Freedom, Individual Power, Competence
Student Social Self-Efficacy, Leadership Status, and Academic Performance in Collaborative Learning Environments
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Dunbar, Robert L.; Dingel, Molly J.; Dame, Lorraine F.; Winchip, James; Petzold, Andrew M. – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
Research confirms the positive effect of collaborative learning environments when students are considered as one homogeneous group. Little has been done to provide a detailed view of the performance of subgroups of students within collaborative settings. This quantitative and longitudinal study uses survey responses to explore differences in the…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Student Leadership, Academic Achievement, Curriculum Design
Contract Cheating: A Survey of Australian University Students
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Bretag, Tracey; Harper, Rowena; Burton, Michael; Ellis, Cath; Newton, Philip; Rozenberg, Pearl; Saddiqui, Sonia; van Haeringen, Karen – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
Recent Australian media scandals suggest that university students are increasingly outsourcing their assessments to third parties -- a behaviour known as 'contract cheating'. This paper reports on findings from a large survey of students from eight Australian universities (n = 14,086) which sought to explore students' experiences with and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cheating, College Students, Outsourcing
Predicting Undergraduates' Academic Achievement: The Role of the Curriculum, Time Investment and Self-Regulated Learning
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Torenbeek, Marjolein; Jansen, Ellen; Suhre, Cor – Studies in Higher Education, 2013
The time students invest in their studies and their resulting achievement is partly dependent on curriculum characteristics. Degree programmes differ greatly with respect to how the curriculum is organized, for example in the type (e.g. lectures, practicals) and the number of classes. The focus of this study is on the relationships between…
Descriptors: Prediction, Undergraduate Students, Attendance, Academic Achievement
Unpacking the Learning-Work Nexus: "Priming" as Lever for High-Quality Learning Outcomes in Work-Integrated Learning Curricula
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Smith, Calvin; Worsfold, Kate – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
This paper describes the impacts of work-integrated learning (WIL) curriculum components on general employability skills--professional work-readiness, self-efficacy and team skills. Regression analyses emphasise the importance of the "authenticity" of WIL placements for the development of these generic outcomes. Other curricula factors…
Descriptors: Work Experience Programs, Employment Potential, Job Skills, Career Readiness
WIL Curriculum Design and Student Learning: A Structural Model of Their Effects on Student Satisfaction
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Smith, Calvin; Worsfold, Kate – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
With the increasing adoption of work-integrated learning (WIL) as a feature of curricula, the idea of student satisfaction takes on a new dimension--students' experiences on placement are not routinely under the control of university academic staff, yet universities will ultimately be held responsible for the quality of students' placement…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Satisfaction, Student Attitudes