Making sense of higher education: students as consumers and the value of the university experience

In the global university sector competitive funding models are progressively becoming the norm, and institutions/courses are frequently now subject to the same kind of consumerist pressures typical of a highly marketised environment. In the United Kingdom, for example, students are increasingly demonstrating customer-like behaviour and are now demanding even more ‘value’ from institutions. Value, though, is a slippery concept and has proven problematic both in terms of its conceptualisation and measurement. This article explores the relationship between student value and higher education and, via study in one United Kingdom business school, suggests how this might be better understood and operationalised. Adopting a combined qualitative/quantitative approach, this article also looks to identify which of the key value drivers has most practical meaning and, coincidentally, identifies a value-related difference between home and international students

European Airspace (De)Fragmentation Assessment Model

Airspace fragmentation represents an issue that began to be more frequently mentioned within the Air Traffic Management (ATM) domain in the last two decades. Primarily, it is frequently listed as one of the main causes contributing to inefficiency of the ATM system in Europe. However, even though the issue of the European airspace fragmentation has been recognized back in the 1990s, over the past decades it has neither been frequently studied nor comprehensively addressed. Accordingly, minor progress has been made to describe this issue in more depth. Therefore, this research paper deals with the research of performance-based airspace fragmentation (one of several European airspace fragmentation types). It presents the conceptual and methodological framework of a novel model that can be used to obtain answers to hypothetical questions of where, when, how, and whether it is possible to achieve performance-based airspace defragmentation. Accordingly, it is expected that further studies of the developed model will deliver relevant information that may contribute to a more inclusive, smart, and spatially oriented development of the ATM system in Europe

Identification of Phthalates in Medications and Dietary Supplement Formulations in the United States and Canada

Background: In animal studies, some ortho-phthalates, including di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), have been shown to be reproductive and developmental toxicants. Human studies show widespread population exposure to background levels of phthalates. Limited evidence suggests that particularly high exposure levels may result from orally ingested medicinal products containing phthalates as excipients (inactive ingredients)

The College News 1993-11-19 Vol.15 No. 11

Bryn Mawr College student newspaper. Merged with The Haverford News in 1968 to form the Bi-college News (with various titles from 1968 on). Published weekly (except holidays) during the academic year

Central Florida Future, Vol. 17 No. 25, March 22, 1985

Allegations hit Sanchez (with photo); Senate budget bags over a million bucks (with graphics); Spring race for SG [Student Government] president is on; AROUND UCF: SPEECH SCHEDULED; UCF People: PROFESSOR AIDS BREATHLESS; New investigator plans to can crooks; Opinion: University needs lesson in PR; 300 wins for Coach Bergman; Player of the Week (with photo of Tim Barker); Jockville saga continues at UCF; Women\u27s tennis downs Eckerd for 1st win; Hackey Sack, a warmup for all sports; Knights baseball…; Georgetown: tourney favorite; UCF scores 38 runs in 2 games. Confetti: How do they survive? New York City bums; Radio controlled planes: almost anyone can fly; \u27The Sure Thing\u27: just another college sex flick; Dinner theatre serves up decent food and good entertainment; China rocks, MTV cuts metal.https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/1570/thumbnail.jp

Scaling up mental health services for internally displaced and vulnerable host populations in the Central African Republic

ABSTRACT: The Central African Republic has been experiencing socio-political conflicts for decades, and political change has mainly come about through violence, leaving millions in immediate need of refuge and humanitarian assistance. Violence and displacement expose vulnerable groups and the community at large to a number of threats and stressors. In disaster situations, WHO estimates an increase in severe mental disorders from a projected baseline of 2–3% to an estimated 3–4% and an increase in mild or moderate mental disorders from a projected baseline of 10% to an estimated 15–20%. This programme aims to integrate mental health care in nonspecialized health settings. The Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) initiative incorporates evidence-based guidelines on managing mental, neurological and substance use (MNS) disorders in primary care settings by nonspecialist health-care workers. The mhGAP Humanitarian Intervention Guide (mhGAP-HIG), introduced in 2015, is a valuable manual that can be used as a resource in training nonspecialists in providing primary mental health care. Based on the “Mental Health Gap Action Programme Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit”, as of June 2017: - 48 nonspecialist health-care providers, including nine medical doctors, 28 certified nurses and 11 other health-care providers have been trained; - 24 health-care facilities are using mhGAP-HIG to assess and manage persons with MNS disorders (4 hospitals, 20 health centres); and - 380 people with MNS disorders have been seen in those facilities (184 for acute stress, 55 for post-traumatic stress disorder, 20 for depression, 21 for psychosis, 25 for epilepsy and 75 for harmful use of alcohol and drugs).RESUMO: A República Centro-Africana vem enfrentando conflitos sócio-políticos há décadas e a mudança política ocorreu principalmente através da violência, deixando milhões em necessidade imediata de refúgio e assistência humanitária. A violência e o deslocamento dos grupos vulneráveis os expõem a uma série de ameaças e estressores. Em situações de desastre, a OMS estima um aumento na taixa de graves transtornos mentais, 2-3% a uma estimativa de 3-4% e um aumento de leves ou moderados transtornos mentais de 10% a 15-20%. Este programa integra cuidados de saúde mental em ambientes de saúde não especializadas. A iniciativa do Plano Global de Ação de Saúde Mental (mhGAP) incorpora diretrizes baseadas em evidências sobre o gerenciamento de transtornos mentais, neurológicos e do abuso de substâncias (MNS) nas áreas de atenção primária por profissionais de saúde não especializados. O Guia de Intervenção Humanitária mhGAP (mhGAP-HIG), introduzido em 2015, é um valioso manual que pode ser usado como um recurso na formação de não especialistas em cuidados primários de saúde mental. Em junho de 2017, usando como base o "Kit de Ferramentas de Monitoramento e Avaliação do Programa de Ação do Gap de Saúde Mental": - foram treinados 48 prestadores de cuidados de saúde não especializados, incluindo 9 médicos de clínica geral, 28 enfermeiros gerais e outros 11 prestadores de cuidados de saúde, - 24 unidades de saúde estão usando mhGAP-HIG para avaliar e gerenciar pessoas com distúrbios MNS (4 Hospitais, 20 Centros de Saúde), - 380 pessoas com distúrbios MNS foram observadas nessas instalações (184 Estresse agudo, 55 Doenças pós-traumáticas, 20 Depressão, 21 Psicose, 25 Epilepsia, 75 Uso nocivo de Álcool e Drogas)

Faculty and Staff Perceptions of Stress, Efficacy, Personality, and Health Practices During Implementation of Comprehensive Educational Change at One Secondary School

Problem Private faith-based schools have experienced a severe drop in enrollment over the past few years contributing to perceptions of job insecurity. Especially in the realm of residential secondary education has this observation been true. This descriptive case study investigated perceptions of stress of secondary-school faculty and staff involved with a school-based systemic change implementation in an attempt to turn around the attenuation in enrollment. Method This research study followed a bounded mixed-methods case design using data collected as participant observations of the 24 residential secondary-school faculty and staff and tests were performed to show relationships between variables. Tools were selected in an attempt to specify stress symptoms, Efficacy Beliefs, Personality Type, and Health Practices, which might identify and/or contribute to stresses devolving on faculty and staff: Derogatis’s Brief Symptom Inventory, Gibson and Dembo’s Teacher Efficacy Scale, Myers-Briggs’ Personality Type Indicator-Form M, and Pender’s Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II. The Brief Symptom Inventory was administered at three intervals during one academic year. Results Although the population studied was small and predominantly White, Asians, Blacks, and Hispanics were represented. The other demographics were surprisingly evenly spread on the basis of age, gender, education, and experience. Fifty-one statistically significant correlations were discovered between stress symptoms and the other parameters of the study. Similar to other studies related to teacher stress, selfreported stress levels were elevated in spite of efforts to compensate by changes in lifestyle. After the initial testing at Time 1, two personality types indicated statistically significant correlation with elevated stress at Time 2. These changes evaporated at Time 3. The data suggested an attempt to conceal or deny stress symptoms by some participants. Major findings are the shared planning of the innovation and its implementation resulted in buy-in and teacher engagement, teacher collaboration, and teacher initiation of learning opportunities with administration, which appeared to result in a reduction of teacher stress. Conclusions There were no correlations between Stress levels and Personality Type at the beginning of the year and at the end of the year, when Stress levels were the lowest. However, during the middle of the school year, when Stress levels were the highest, some correlations were found which indicated a protective effect for those scoring in the Feeling component of Personality Type