The rapid digital turn tested universities' resilience like never before. New modes of survival and creative actions were required to cope with the COVID-19 crisis and the extreme upheaval of established ways of teaching. While prior research has explored organizational resilience and creativity separately, their interconnection remains…

Transferring credits from a community college to a four-year institution remains a crucial strategy many students must use to obtain a bachelor's degree. However, effectively implementing this strategy can be difficult. Despite state policies intended to streamline credit transfer, students face significant barriers to having their credits…

The intellectual potential of a nation is a critical determinant of its human resource capabilities, with higher education serving as the foundation for cultivating such potential. Traditionally regarded as a public service, higher education has evolved in recent decades to incorporate diverse models that blend public and private sector roles.…

In this study, we investigated the impact of socio-demographic factors on the manifestation of botho/ubuntu philosophy in online education. We used Albert Bandura's social cognitive theory to understand how botho/ubuntu influences stakeholders' attitudes and actions. We employed a quantitative approach with a cross-sectional design and gathered…

Micro-credentials are increasingly meeting the growing need for a flexible workforce and are particularly well suited to the open and distance learning (ODL) environment. While artificial intelligence (AI) is driving educational advancements, its integration into micro-credentials for ODL remains fragmented, hindering further growth. This research…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is reshaping the ways humans study and work across various disciplines. In the field of music, AI technology shows its possibility to empower individuals at diverse levels of musical knowledge in music creation, from novices to experts. In this article, I explore philosophical questions within both AI…

Fundraising from and engaging with alumni, once synonymous with American higher education, has gained momentum worldwide. However, we know little about how potential donors receive this practice. This article investigates how Chinese students--or future alumni--think about their responsibility to support their alma mater. We analyzed a survey of…

The Research Excellence Framework is the United Kingdom's means of judging the quality of research produced in its universities and provides an indication of the 'state of the art' across subject disciplines. This paper reports on an examination of the submissions made to the Unit of Assessment for Education (UoA23), extracting outputs through…

Researchers have repeatedly found that within modern higher education systems, students from wealthier backgrounds tend to be concentrated in the most advantageous sectors. Dubbed "effectively maintained inequality," this process allows these groups to maintain a competitive advantage in the labor market by virtue of acquiring more elite…

This article focuses on theoretical foundations, conceptual approaches and practical implementation of collaboration between universities and business within Industry 4.0, as well as the possibilities to reduce the divide between the university education market and the job market. The methodological framework of this article is characterised by a…

We examine exclusion and the persistence of STEM disparities for underrepresented minority (URM) students at one diverse college campus, a prestigious Minority Serving Institution (MSI). We draw on in-depth interviews with 28 class- and ethnoracially diverse children of immigrants to examine how they navigated their first year in biology. Our…

The social movements #Rhodes Must Fall and #FeesMustFall that arose during 2015/2016 in South Africa were a direct response to structural injustices that continue to permeate higher education institutions, signalling that decoloniality was yet to be achieved. Whilst much has been written and debated about decolonisation in relation to…

Purpose: In the open and distance learning (ODL) system, widely scattered learners across various age groups often feel isolated. New-age media-enabled co-creation can help reduce this isolation. However, fostering collaborative academic engagement to break this isolation presents challenges for ODL institutions. Therefore, understanding the…

The aim of the following research was to investigate perceptions regarding the level of quality of services introduced at faculties in the Republic of Serbia, using a quantitative approach within exploratory research framework and applying statistical analysis methods. The research problem refers to the examination of students' opinions, which…

The research comprehensively examines the image communications of a higher education institution. The research aims to investigate the influence of the teacher's image as a communicator on the institution's image. The research objectives are (1) to identify the components of the concept of a positive image of a contemporary university, (2) to…