Florida Association of Colleges and Universities Proclamation

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Superhuman? Perceptions of accelerated students and graduates working in health care

Background: Accelerated university courses were developed in response to consumer demand and educational advances, yet a lack of research exists related to the impact of accelerated health care courses in the United Kingdom. Objectives: This study explored clinicians' perceptions of accelerated pre-registration courses in physiotherapy. Method: Senior clinicians were recruited by purposive sampling from several National Health Service hospitals across northeast England. Data from face-to-face semi-structured interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis. Findings: Findings from fourteen participants indicated their admiration of accelerated students’ attributes to complete what they considered to be an intense and in-depth course. Such graduates were described as ‘superhuman.’ Participants noted that accelerated graduates were likely to ‘hit the ground running’ in clinical settings. However, concerns were raised that some accelerated graduates' over-confidence affected team dynamics and/or affected some aspects of clinical reasoning. Conclusions: Participants valued the varied routes to graduation while recognising their strengths and limitations. Findings from the study suggested the need for different types of clinical supervision to support each route

Women in contemporary cancer research

Despite recent advances, gender inequality persists in many scientific fields, including medicine. Thus far, no study has extensively analyzed the gender composition of contemporary researchers in the oncology field. We examined 40 oncological journals (Web of Science, ONCOLOGY category) with different impact factors (Q1-Q4) and extracted all the articles and reviews published during 2015 17, in order to identify the gender of their authors. Our data showed that women represent about 38% of all the authorships, both in articles and reviews. In relative terms, women are overrepresented as first authors of articles (43.8%), and clearly underrepresented as last or senior authors (<30%). This double pattern, also observed in other medical fields, suggests that age, or more specifically, seniority, may play some role in the gender composition of cancer researchers. Examining the pattern of collaboration, an interesting finding was observed: the articles signed by a woman in the first or in the last position roughly showed gender parity in the byline. We found also some differences in the content of the articles depending on which gender occupies the first and last positions of the authorships

A Full-Scale Evaluation Committee Report, University of Alaska Southeast Juneau, Sitka, Ketchikan, October 6-9, 2009

A Confidential Report Prepared for the Commission on Colleges that Represents the Views of the Evaluation CommitteeReport on the Self-Study Report -- Standard One - Institutional Mission and Goals, Planning and Effectiveness -- Standard Two - Educational Program and its Effectiveness -- Standard Three - Students -- Standard Four - Faculty -- Standard Five - Library and Information Resources -- Standard Six - Governance and Administration -- Standard Seven - Finance -- Standard Eight - Physical Resources -- Standard Nine - Institutional Integrity -- General Commendations and Recommendation

State Policy Brief: Merit Screening of Citizens for Gubernatorial Appointment to Public College and University Trusteeship

This paper makes the case for establishing recruitment and screening panels to help governors appoint public college and university trustees. It offers ideas that can be adapted to the diverse traditions and cultures of state governments and public higher education systems. It also provides illustrative lists of the responsibilities of public governing boards and individual trustees as well as the qualifications to be sought in outstanding appointees

Supporting early career researchers in Higher Education in Europe: The role of employers and trade unions

This report summarises the findings from a six country study (Cyprus, Finland, Germany, Italy, Romania and the United Kingdom)of the issues confronting early career researchers and how these can be improved through social partnership between higher education employers and trade unions. The project was funded by the European Commission Industrial Relations and Social Dialogue fund. Based on the research and the input of employer and union representatives, the UCEA researchers drafted recommendations for supporting ECRs in higher education in Europe, with a particular focus on employability, gender equality and mobility. The manner in which the recommendations for improvement are applicable in each Member State will however vary, considering the wide variation in higher education systems and the complexity of research and higher education policy and practice across Member States. The recommendations may be relevant at national, regional and institutional level depending on the Member State. European policy and action will also benefit from the consideration of these recommendations