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The Tax Returns of Public Spending on Universities: An Estimate with Monte Carlo Simulations
2015
Pastor J. M. and Peraita C. The tax returns of public spending on universities: an estimate with Monte Carlo simulations, Regional Studies. This paper proposes a methodology based on counterfactual scenarios and the existence of uncertainty to estimate the tax returns of public spending of regional governments on their public universities. The introduction of differences in the time spent by the students at university and the proportion of the total public expenditure implies making assumptions about uncertainty. The paper applies Monte Carlo simulations incorporating stochastic elements to estimate the tax returns of public spending in the University of the Basque Country (Spain). The resu…
Rethinking capacity development for critical development practice. Inquiry into a postgraduate Programme
2012
Our proposal focuses on a theoretical framework intended to characterise and understand capacity development processes oriented towards the promotion of a critical development practice, an approach that faces the tensions between reformist and critical views of development management. This is what we call capacity development for emancipatory social change. From this viewpoint, we explore a postgraduate university programme in development management offered by the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (Spain), with a twofold aim: first, to carry out an inquiry of the programme as a capacity development process in the training of critical development practitioners and second, to discuss the su…
How students perceive the university's mission in a Spanish university: Liberal versus entrepreneurial education?
2013
AbstractThis study explores the extent to which undergraduate students perceive a dichotomy between a liberal vs. an entrepreneurial model of university. This research is important in that it compares the stated aims of university education, particularly within the Bologna Process, with students' expectations regarding liberal education and employability. A Likert-type questionnaire containing 25 statements reflecting liberal and entrepreneurial features of university education was answered by 488 students from 10 disciplines at the University of Valencia, Spain, just before the implantation of the Bologna curriculum. An exploratory factor analysis revealed that students clearly perceive th…
Education for development in the university context. Why and for what?
2021
La educación para el desarrollo se ha venido popularizando progresivamente en las universidades españolas en paralelo con la extensión de la cooperación para el desarrollo entre estas. La educación para el desarrollo se ha visto como una oportunidad para promover el compromiso social de la Universidad y fomentar valores de solidaridad y justicia a través de la formación universitaria. La educación para el desarrollo ha puesto de relieve el componente educativo de la Universidad, a menudo subsumido por el afán formativo. Sin embargo, el alcance de la educación para el desarrollo y, sobre todo, su transversalización en los programas de estudio universitarios siguen siendo muy limitados. El ob…
Estratègies de formació i informació per implantar l'OpenCourseWare a la Universitat de València. Participació dels usuaris potencials en el procés
2013
Objectius: conèixer les necessitats de formació que diuen tenir els docents de les titulacions en ciències de la salut de la Universitat de València per ser competents en la incorporació de l'OpenCourseWare. Conèixer quines estratègies de màrqueting i informació pensen aquests docents que s'haurien de dissenyar per augmentar el dipòsit de materials. -- Metodologia: estudi qualitatiu amb entrevistes semiestructurades al professorat de la Universitat de València. -- Resultats: les necessitats de formació dels docents per implantar l'OpenCourseWare a la Universitat de València varien depenent de les seves característiques relacionades amb l'experiència docent, el domini de les TIC i la disposi…
Estrategias de formación e información para implantar el OpenCourseWare en la Universidad de Valencia. Participación de los usuarios potenciales en e…
2013
Objetivos: conocer las necesidades de formación que dicen tener los docentes de las titulaciones en ciencias de la salud de la Universidad de Valencia para ser competentes en la incorporación del OpenCourseWare. Conocer qué estrategias de marketing e información piensan estos docentes que se deberían diseñar para aumentar el depósito de materiales. -- Metodología: estudio cualitativo con entrevistas semiestructuradas al profesorado de la Universidad de Valencia. -- Resultados: las necesidades de formación de los docentes para implantar el OpenCourseWare de la Universidad de Valencia varían dependiendo de sus características relacionadas con la experiencia docente, el dominio de las TIC y la…
A New Methodology to Construct a Database of World University Exams
2020
Since the final decades of the 20th century, university education has witnessed rapid growth. However, the quality of the education has varied a lot within the different programs around the world. How can we measure quality in university education? A number of institutions release annual global rankings of universities according to academic fields. One of the most respected lists, the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities, uses a complex methodology to rank world universities, including six objective indicators, i.e. the number of alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, the number of articles published in prestigious journals, the number of Highly Cited Researcher…
Les déterminants des compétences sociales des élèves de cycle III
2016
Les différences de réussite à l’école primaire traditionnellement étudiées par les chercheurs en éducation peuvent être analysées à la lumière des compétences et plus particulièrement des compétences sociales. Champ théorique encore en construction, les compétences sociales deviennent tout de même un « incontournable » pour les acteurs du système éducatif et pour la recherche en sciences de l’éducation. Par une approche pluridisciplinaire, cet article propose d’étudier quels sont les déterminants des compétences sociales à l’aide d’indicateurs sociodémographiques et scolaires largement empruntés dans les modèles d’explication des différences de réussite, auxquels sont associées des mesures …
Virtue: A Necessary Component of Ethical Administration Virtud: componente necesario para la gestión ética Virtude: componente necessário da gestão é…
2011
The objective is to offer a theoretical model to help conceptualize ethics and to clarify the characteristics and constraints of the different ethical theories. An integral ethical approach must include three dimensions: norms, good and virtue. It is argued that each of these dimensions stems from a comprehensive anthropology that deals with understanding human action. The article describes the principal aspects in terms of the pursuit of objectives, principles to be followed and virtues to be acquired. It concludes with a description of an experience in the application of this framework at two different universities in Spain: a Catholic inspired institution and a state university.El objeti…
Virtude: componente necessário da gestão ética
2011
The objective is to offer a theoretical model to help conceptualize ethics and to clarify the characteristics and constraints of the different ethical theories. An integral ethical approach must include three dimensions: norms, good and virtue. It is argued that each of these dimensions stems from a comprehensive anthropology that deals with understanding human action. The article describes the principal aspects in terms of the pursuit of objectives, principles to be followed and virtues to be acquired. It concludes with a description of an experience in the application of this framework at two different universities in Spain: a Catholic inspired institution and a state university. El objet…