Purpose: This study aims to enhance the understanding of university management as a crucial aspect for ensuring the continuous improvement and quality assurance of institutions, considering that universities are knowledge-based institutions and proposing a framework based on intellectual capital and specific university management activities based…

Academic citizenship underpins the day-to-day functioning and long-term sustainability of universities, as well as supporting organizational learning, ensuring universities can continue to make a relevant contribution to changing needs in society. It helps strengthen connections between universities and the world beyond academia. The pandemic and…

While literature exists on the topic of faculty bullying, there is a gap regarding investigating faculty bullying as a gendered problem. There is a need to understand how gender contributes to the "sense-making processes in bullying situations'' as gender inequalities in faculty positions persist, particularly at research-intensive…

This study examines the diversity of institutional human capital at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) by analyzing faculty educational backgrounds using a large data set on faculty hiring and placement. The analysis includes approximately four thousand faculty members employed at 10 research-intensive R2 HBCUs between 2011 and…

Background/purpose: This study aimed to identify the concept of media literacy among students of media faculties and its application in journalism and media, in light of the efforts exerted to enhance media culture in Jordanian universities, as a result of exposure to a vast amount of information through the media and social media platforms, in…

Digitalisation led to the formation of such phenomenon as distance education, which is widely implemented in schools and universities. Like many other countries during the COVID-19 pandemic, countries of Central Asia imposed a ban on social contact, which became a reason for the wide introduction of distance learning ? universities. In this paper,…

This article describes how Boise State University uses the National Association of Colleges and Employers' set of eight "Competencies for a Career-Ready Workforce" as a foundation for the evaluation of its Vertically Integrated Project (VIP) program. Data was collected from both students and faculty to understand how often students had…

The UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme is a global initiative for higher education institutions around the world. Participants are expected to uphold the values of UNESCO and contribute to the development of a broader society, often beyond national boundaries. Despite the lack of financial incentives, more than 1,300 higher education institutions…

This paper delves into the transformative impact of university-industry collaboration (UIC) on university innovation performance, leveraging China's "2011 Plan" as a policy backdrop. Through an empirical analysis of 1,355 Chinese universities from 2008 to 2017, we employ the difference-in-differences (DID) model to assess the…

In the past few decades, the roles and missions of universities have evolved from traditional missions of teaching, research, and publication to engaging directly in solving day-to-day societal problems and contributing to economic development. The increasing demands of the knowledge-based economy and globalization have played a significant role…

Requests for emotional support animals (ESAs) on college and university campuses have been increasing over the years, as more and more students are presenting documentation to allow them to live with their ESA in a higher education setting that does not otherwise allow pets. Research to date has focused primarily on higher education narratives…

Poland has undertaken a number of public diplomacy measures to build its credibility on the European and global stage. Initiating and supporting 'Polish studies' (research or teaching on Poland-related topics) at foreign universities is considered an increasingly important tool in the process of creating a positive image and increasing knowledge…

Reputation management (RM) is initially applied within business research, whereas under the premise of commercialisation of higher education (HE), this concept has been widely studied in HE realm. China, as one of the emerging countries in global competitions, RM was initially borrowed from Anglo-Saxon HE, and it gradually developed in Chinese HE.…

Indigenous communities are reshaping higher education governance structures worldwide. Guided by Indigenous knowledges, this paper introduces a new theoretical approach to examining institutional change that centers around decolonization and focuses on returning control, building capacity, and connecting to land. The document analysis covered…

Academic success in rigorous agricultural science courses like animal nutrition may be influenced by various student factors including demographics, preparedness behaviors, prior academic achievement, and proximity to agriculture. This study examined 1,097 students across four semesters of an animal nutrition course at a large land-grant…