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Wulfekühler, Heidrun; Andrason, Alexander – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2023
The present article shifts the focus and burden of whistleblowing away from an individual to the collective and argues for the necessary incorporation of whistleblowing into an ethical infrastructure in institutions of higher education. The authors argue that institutions of higher learning should be understood as collective agents bestowed with…
Descriptors: Ethics, Disclosure, Social Responsibility, Higher Education
Lane, Tonisha B.; Perez, Ebony N.; Adams, Sharrika D. – New Directions for Student Services, 2023
Using Black feminist thought as a theoretical lens, authors explore their experiences as Black women faculty navigating the COVID-19 pandemic amid the resurgent epidemic of racialized violence in the U.S. We conclude with implications for Black women's enactment of radical self-care and institutional responsibility in humanizing higher education…
Descriptors: African American Teachers, Females, College Faculty, COVID-19
Godonoga, Ana; Sporn, Barbara – Studies in Higher Education, 2023
With the transition to knowledge-based economies, higher education (HE) has become a driving factor for economic and social development. Alongside high-quality education and excellent research, social responsibility (SR) has become an important aspect of universities' accountability and legitimacy. Considering the growing importance of SR for…
Descriptors: Social Responsibility, School Responsibility, Universities, Higher Education
Berg, Jana; Gottburgsen, Anja; Kleimann, Bernd – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
This article addresses the formalisation of support structures for refugee students at German higher education organisations. After the refugee influx in 2015 and 2016, early support for refugees was characterised by often voluntary, informal, spontaneous activities by pioneers. Subsequently, the situation changed as higher education organisations…
Descriptors: Refugees, Higher Education, School Responsibility, School Role
Jose Manuel Diaz-Sarachaga; Joana Longo Sarachaga – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze how sustainability was operationalized in the Spanish universities through plans and actions that contribute actively to the achievement of the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Design/methodology/approach: A systematic search and content analysis served to examine information available on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Sustainability, Sustainable Development
Brock, Colin; Zhong, Zhou – Journal of International and Comparative Education, 2021
It has long been established that universities have three main functions: to teach, to research and supervise research, and to benefit the communities and regions in which they are located. In reality, the third main function permeates the other two. There are clearly social responsibilities to the students and to the staff who teach them and/or…
Descriptors: Universities, College Role, School Responsibility, Social Responsibility
New England Journal of Higher Education, 2020
"Accountability" is one of the buzzwords of contemporary U.S. higher education. The concept of accountability, deployed loosely, can spark dismay in the ranks of those held wrongly accountable. These may be individual staff members, faculty or administrators. At least two types of accountability exist in higher education; and it's…
Descriptors: Accountability, Higher Education, Success, School Responsibility
ChanLin, Lih-Juan; Tseng, Sheng-Yi – Online Submission, 2023
Language and cultural support for immigrant workers is needed in Taiwan due to the increasing foreign employment in recent years. Adopting the concept of university social responsibility, educating immigrants in language and cultural learning encourages university members to solve societal problems, and to help the community meet the needs of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, College Role, Language Skills
Oleksiyenko, Anatoly; Shchepetylnykova, Ielyzaveta; Furiv, Uliana – Higher Education Research and Development, 2023
Previous research has conceptualized and investigated internationalization of higher education in relatively stable and peaceful environments. Studies on internationalization in the context of war are largely absent. Using interviews and survey responses from Ukrainian professors and administrators affected by the Russian invasion of 2014-2022,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Global Approach, Universities
Bloom, Brittnie E.; Sorin, Cierra Raine; Oaks, Laury; Wagman, Jennifer A. – Journal of School Violence, 2023
Research on sexual violence and sexual harassment (SVSH) in academia has grown since the 1980s; however, the needs of graduate student survivors have received comparably little attention, which contributes to forms of institutional betrayal that specifically impact graduate students. As part of a multi-campus study on experiences of SVSH and…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Violence, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Abuse
Ottoni, Marianna; Fonseca, Diego Luiz; Pertel, Monica – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: This study aims to discuss to what extent are WMPs practical tools for circular and sustainable waste management in universities, presenting, therefore, a case study of the usage of WMP in the Brazilian public universities and comparing this scenario with the international context. Design/methodology/approach: The WMPs were identified by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Colleges, Sanitation, Recycling
Higton, John; Patel, Rupal; Hansel, Michelle; Choudhoury, Arifa; Francis, Nariah; Merrett, David – UK Department for Education, 2021
The Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015 requires Relevant Higher Education Bodies (RHEBs) to have due regard to the need to protect people from being drawn into terrorism: the 'Prevent Duty'. Prevent covers all forms of radicalisation that could draw people into terrorism. The Department for Education (DfE) commissioned CFE Research to…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Terrorism, Prevention, Higher Education
Odlin, Denis; Benson-Rea, Maureen; Sullivan-Taylor, Bridgette – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2022
The increased use of student internships and other forms of work placements in higher education programmes brings recognised benefits to students but also changes the risks for higher education institutions (HEIs) globally. This paper responds to the under-addressed problem for HEI managers of understanding the varying levels of risk of harm to…
Descriptors: Internship Programs, Student Placement, College Students, Risk
O'Shea, Michael; Mou, Leping; Xu, Lu; Aikins, Ross – Higher Education Policy, 2022
The study aims to examine how higher education institutions (HEIs) in three countries responded to the challenges of COVID-19 over a six-month period at the outbreak of the global pandemic. Employing document analysis, we examined 732 publicly available communications from 27 HEIs in Canada, China, and the USA. Through theoretical frameworks of…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
Eric Stribling – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Engineering higher education is growing rapidly across the world, especially in the Global South. For many of these countries, the dominant engineering university models were imported and established by colonial European empires. These imported systems of higher education and engineering evolved to meet the local contexts of Europe and the United…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Higher Education, Colonialism, Foreign Countries