Academic institutions are now drawing attention in finding methods for making effective learning process, for identifying learner’s achievements and weakness, for tracing academic progress and also for predicting future performance. People’s increased expectation for accountability and transparency makes it necessary to implement big data analytics in the educational institution. But not all th...

Knowledge management is one of the significant fields in the current organization in order to improve the performance. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between knowledge management practices and academic performance in public institution of higher learning. A questionnaire was used as the main instrument for the data collection. A total of 100 respondents answered the qu...

This research has objective to develop a model of key performance indicators (KPI) measurement in higher education institution. The proposed model is based on combination between AHP, trend analysis and comparative data.. KPIs are determined as description of key success factors related to institution sustainability. These KPIs are chategorized into academic, research and supporting KPI. Each K...

The purpose was to determine the effect of personal and professional factors, as well as motivational orientations, on the participation of nursing staff in continuing education at two health institutions, one public and another private. Descriptive, comparative, correlational design. Probabilistic sampling, random estimation, error limit 0.05, confidence level 95%. Participants were 105 subjec...

Drawing on scholarship around academic freedom and new public management, this article explores the way in which research ethics committees in UK universities (URECs) can come to exhibit behaviour - common in their US equivalents - that prioritises the reputational protection of their host institution over and above academic freedom and the protection of research subjects. Drawing on two case s...

This article reports on selected findings from a qualitative study of factors affecting the academic success of Black male students in the community college. Data from this study was collected through semistructured interviews with 28 participants at Desert Valley Community College (SVCC) (a pseudonym). SVCC is a midsized institution located in the Southwestern United States. Findings address t...

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) can be applied to those situations in higher education where a group must evaluate a large number of alternatives. The suggested approach is illustrated using a case study that considers the evaluation of academic research papers at Villanova University. Following the discussion of this successful case study, a ...

The following is the research question for this study. Are students’ learning styles based on the visual, auditory, tactile model correlated to satisfaction of course format in an online undergraduate course? The participants of this study were students enrolled in three sections of the Contemporary Worldviews course at a private higher education institution (HEI). Learning styles were determin...

The Batur Temple (Pura Ulun Danu Batur) in Kintamani is located at the geographic apex of a so-called ritual water hierarchy and has conventionally been described as a purely religious institution responsible for the coordination and distribution of the irrigation water. However, an analysis of historical palm leaf manuscripts reveals that the temple had a firm economic base with corresponding ...

BACKGROUND Prior work suggests interhospital transfer (IHT) may be a risky event. Outcomes for patients transferred from another acute care institution and discharged by hospitalists and general internists at academic health systems are not well described. OBJECTIVE Investigate the characteristics and outcomes of IHT patients compared with patients admitted from the emergency department (ED) ...