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Gunderson, Mark. "My Remix." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1437568215.
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Moore, Kathleen Fay. "Communication audit of Victor Valley College." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1989. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/496.
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Brooks, Lisa. "Multimedia presentations in nutrition : college students' attitudes and perceptions /." View online, 1997. http://repository.eiu.edu/theses/docs/32211130731519.pdf.
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Margolis, Jayne B. "The Muhlenberg College Media Services Department videotaped audio visual equipment training series." Instructions for remote access. Click here to access this electronic resource. Access available to Kutztown University faculty, staff, and students only, 1989. http://www.kutztown.edu/library/services/remote_access.asp.
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Thesis (M.S.)--Kutztown University, 1989.Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2807. Abstract precedes title page. Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 50-51).
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DRAUGALIS, JOLAINE REIERSON. "ENHANCING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT INTEREST IN GRADUATE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH VIA VIDEOTAPE (RECRUITMENT)." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184055.
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A number of issues related to graduate education in pharmacy have become apparent in the last several years. Recruitment of pharmacy students into graduate programs is one of the concerns. Currently, little information exists regarding this topic other than annual enrollment data. A certain number of pharmacy undergraduates must pursue graduate education to allow for the continued growth of the profession. A study was conducted to determine if a newly created videotape intervention would change participants attitudes and awareness levels concerning graduate educational pursuits in pharmacy. First and third professional year students at four Colleges of Pharmacy were randomly assigned to the treatment or control groups. Members of the control group were asked to complete the survey instrument only. The instrument consisted of three measures of intention to pursue graduate education, personal attitudes toward this pursuit, and perceptions of how significant others (the subjective norm) felt about these endeavors. The Theory of Reasoned Action (Ajzen and Fishbein) provided the theoretical framework for the research. Results of the study indicated that the intervention was able to change intentions, attitudes, and awareness levels regarding graduate education and research activities. Intentions of enrolling in graduate school did not differ between two entry level degree programs or in males versus females. First year students had higher intentions of obtaining graduate education than third year students. The subjective norm was more important than attitudes in predicting the intentions concerning graduate school attendance. These results demonstrate that positive changes in intentions, attitudes, and awareness levels can be obtained from such videotape interventions.
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Jacobsz, Johannes (Jannie). "Stakeholders' perceptions of an institutional quality audit : a case study." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20036.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis briefly explores the quality phenomenon in higher education and more specifically in the university context. In addition, the experiences of stakeholders who participated in the first institutional quality audit at a merged university are explored and analysed. It is also argued that the world-wide quality phenomenon at universities, although sometimes politically driven and at times undertaken with hidden agendas, may eventually add value to a university‟ cycle of never-ending quality improvement and enhancement. University stakeholders who are either directly or indirectly involved in realising the university‟s vision and mission can provide invaluable feedback about their experience of a quality audit. Feedback by all stakeholders about a quality audit will assist the university to plan and prepare for the next cycle of quality audits. The research findings of this study indicated that a variety of differences exist in the perceptions of stakeholders that participated in the preparation and execution of the institutional quality audit. In some cases the differences may hold some limited risk for the university therefore some recommendations are also made in support of future audits. These and other recommendations emenating from the research findings will hopefully also contribute towards improved engagement between the stakeholders and members of the audit panel.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie verhandeling ondersoek kortliks die verskynsel van gehalte in hoër onderwys, en meer spesifiek in die universiteitskonteks. Voorts word die ervarings van belanghebbendes wat deelgeneem het aan die eerste institusionele kwaliteitsoudit aan ʼn saamgesmelte universiteit, ondersoek en ontleed. Daar word ook aangevoer dat die wêreldwye verskynsel van kwaliteit aan universiteite uiteindelik waarde kan toevoeg tot ʼn universiteit se siklus van ewigdurende kwaliteitsversekering en –verbetering, selfs al is hierdie verskynsel soms polities gedrewe en al gaan dit by tye gepaard met verskuilde agendas. Belanghebbendes van die universiteit wat direk of indirek betrokke is by die realisering van die universiteit se visie en missie kan uiters waardevolle terugvoer bied oor hulle ervaring van ʼn kwaliteitsoudit. Terugvoer deur alle belanghebbendes oor ʼn kwaliteitsoudit sal die universiteit help om vir die volgende siklus kwaliteitsoudits te beplan en voor te berei. Die navorsingsbevindings van hierdie studie dui daarop dat ʼn verskeidenheid verskille wel bestaan in die persepsies van belanghebbendes wat deelgeneem het aan die voorbereiding en uitvoering van die institusionele kwaliteitsoudit. In sommige gevalle hou die verskille wel ʼn beperkte risiko vir die universiteit in en daarom word aanbevelings gemaak ter ondersteuning van toekomstige kwaliteitsoudits. Hierdie, sowel as ander aanbevelings sal hopelik ook bydra tot verbeterde interaksie tussen die belanghebbendes en lede van die ouditpaneel.
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Dyer, Patricia G. "Mastery rehearsal audio tapes and mental readiness in Junior College women swimmers : a qualitative study." Scholarly Commons, 1994. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2266.
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The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of listening to mastery rehearsal audio tapes and mental readiness prior to practice and meets. Eleven members of the Modesto Junior College Swim Team were given instructions to create individual mastery tapes. The swimmers were to use the tapes before every practice and meet for six weeks, at which time the subjects were interviewed. A combination of an interview guide and standardized open-ended interview was used to examine the experiences of the swimmers using the tapes. Qualitative methodology was used to inductively analyze the interview transcripts. From the raw data collected, eight high order themes were categorized into three general dimensions that were experienced by swimmers both before practice and meets. The three general dimensions include: positive mental attitude; maintaining appropriate focus; and heightened arousal. Maintaining appropriate focus and heightened arousal before meets were the highest shared dimensions experienced by ninety-one percent of the swimmers. The second highest shared dimension was that of maintaining mental attitude before practice, expressed by eighty-two percent of the swimmers.
Mastery tapes appear very powerful in the development of imagery. One hundred percent of the swimmers expressed the tape helped enhance their imagery. Negative factors including frustrations and improvement suggestions were also discussed to provide the reader with important information for future use of mastery tapes.
The strength of this study was the rich description of experience discussed by the subject. From this description the study emphasized the importance of developing preperformance routines structured for each individual athlete.
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Campinha-Bacote, Darius Dexter. "Pre-Group Preparation in College Counseling Centers: Through the Use of an Audio-Visual Aid." Wright State University Professional Psychology Program / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wsupsych1308772857.
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Holden, Jennifer. "Social responsibility in higher education : conducting a social audit of a community college." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0019/NQ56560.pdf.
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Maples, Alan (Alan Royce). "The Utilization of Teleconferencing by Community Colleges in Faculty and Staff Development Presentations." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1996. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277617/.
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Members of the Instructional Teleconference Consortium (ITC) were mailed a survey instrument. A total list of 375 teleconference coordinators generated 137 usable responses. The purposes of this study of faculty and staff development presentations by teleconferencing were to determine the amount of usage; which subject areas are utilized; what delivery methods (live, interactive, prerecorded, multimedia, etc.) are utilized; barriers (size or location of college, size of teleconference or travel budget, etc.) to implementing teleconferences; and the sources of presentations utilized in teleconferences. Larger community colleges are the greater users of teleconferencing and even produce some for distribution to other community colleges, whereas smaller community colleges have just begun to receive equipment that enables them to receive telecasts for this purpose. No clear subject area has yet been defined that dominates these teleconferences, and the trend is toward two-way audio and one-way video as the delivery media as communication costs decline. Barriers of money for staff, equipment, and programming appear to be the principal objections to the use of teleconferencing for faculty and staff development presentations. There appear to be few sources of presentations except for the Public Broadcasting System (PBS).
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Chan, Shih-Han. "COLLADA Audio : A Formal Representation of Sound in Virtual Cities by a Scene Description Language." Thesis, Paris, CNAM, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012CNAM0872/document.
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Depuis de nombreuses années, des formats de fichier standardisés ont été conçus pour écrire, lire et échanger des descriptions de scènes 3D. Ces descriptions sont principalement faites pour des contenus visuels; les options accessibles pour les compositions audio des scènes virtuelles sont, dans les meilleurs des cas, pauvres et dans les pires, manquantes. C’est pourquoi nous proposons d’inclure une description sonore riche dans le COLLADA qui est un format standard pour d’échange d’assets numériques. La plupart des langages de description qui incluent une description sonore factorisent les éléments communs aux informations visuelles et sonores. Ces deux aspects sont par exemple décrits dans le même système de coordonnées. Cependant, dès lors qu’une description dynamique ou que des données externes sont requises, toutes les liaisons doivent être faites de manière programmée. Dans cette thèse, nous tentons de résoudre ce problème et nous proposons de donner plus de puissance créative aux sound designers même lorsque les scènes sont dynamiques ou basées sur de la synthèse procédurale. Cette solution est basée sur le schéma COLLADA dans lequel nous avons ajouté la description sonore, des capacités de scripting et des extensions externes. L’utilisation de ce langage COLLADA ainsi augmenté est illustrée à travers la création d’un paysage sonore urbainStandardized file formats has been conceived since many years to write, read, and exchange 3D scene descriptions. These descriptions are mainly for visual contents whereas options given for audio compositions of virtual scenes are either lacking or poor. Therefore, we propose to include a rich sound description in the COLLADA, which is a standard format for exchanging digital assets. Most scene description languages with a sound description factorize common elements needed by the graphical and auditory information. Both aspects are, for example, described with the same coordinate system. However, as soon as a dynamic description or external data are required, all the glue must be done by a programming approach. In this thesis, we address this problem and propose to give more creative power in the hands of sound designers even when the scene is dynamic or based on procedural synthesizers. This solution is based on the COLLADA schema in which we add the sound support, scripting capabilities and external extensions. The use of the augmented COLLADA language is illustrated through the creation of dynamic urban soundscape
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Stevens, M. Carla Schenone Palmer James C. "Perception of learners regarding the influence of technology on interaction in a two-way, video/audio distance education television class." Normal, Ill. : Illinois State University, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p3088033.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 2002.Title from title page screen, viewed Aug. 24, 2004. Dissertation Committee: James C. Palmer (chair), George Padavil, Albert T. Azinger, Mohamed Nur-Awaleh. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 155-162) and abstract. Also available in print.
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Everhart, Craig. "AN IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF THE USE OF FOOTBALL VIDEO TECHNOLOGY: A STUDY OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL VIDEO COORDINATORS." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1176694982.
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Kahn, Miriam. "A retrospective audit of the outcomes of the Fellow Of College Of Surgeons (FCS) (General Surgery) Final Examinations." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29799.
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Background and aim: An audit of the Fellowship of the College of Surgeons FCS (SA) Final Examination results has not been previously performed. The purpose of this study was to review and determine any predictors of outcome. Methods: The results of the FCS (SA) Final Examinations from October 2005, to and including, October 2014, were retrieved from the College of Medicine of South Africa database. The current format of the examinations consists of: two written essay question papers, an OSCE, two clinical cases and two vivas. These were retrospectively reviewed and analyzed. Predictors of failure or success were determined. Analysis was performed using IPython for scientific computing. Assumptions for the normal distribution of numerical values were made based on the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and quantile-quantile plots. Normally distributed variables were analyzed by parametric tests. In all other cases nonparametric tests were employed. An alpha value of 0.05 was chosen to indicate statistical significance, using a confidence level of 95%. Results: During the 10-year study period, 472 candidates attempted the examinations. A total of 388 (82,2%) candidates were successful in the written component of the examination and were subsequently invited to participate in the oral/clinical component of the examinations. 9 Overall, 296 (62,7%) of candidates passed and 176 (37,3%) failed. A total of 19 candidates achieved less than 50% for both papers, yet still managed an average of more than 45%. A total of 15 (79%) of these candidates went on to fail the examination. There were 51 candidates who were invited to the oral examinations despite an average of less than 50% in the two papers, and 34 (67%) failed the overall examination. Similarly, 126 candidates were invited having failed one of the two papers of which 81 (64.3%) ultimately failed. A total of 49 candidates failed the OSCE, 82% of these candidates failed overall. There was strong correlation between paper one and paper two (r = 0.56, p-value < 0.01), oral one and oral two (r = 0.41, p-value < 0.01) and case one and case two (r = 0.38, p-value < 0.01). Similar correlations were seen between the averages of the papers versus the orals (r = 0.52, p-value < 0.01), the papers versus the cases (r = 0.5, p-value < 0.01) and the papers versus the OSCE (r = 0.54, p-vale < 0.01). Conclusion: The written papers are the main determinant of invitation to the second part of the examination. Candidates with marginal scores in the written component had an overall failure rate of 67%. Failing one paper and passing the other, resulted in an overall failure rate 64,3%. Failing the OSCE resulted in an overall 82% failure rate. With the high failure rate of candidates with marginal scores and with the inter-examination variability of the papers, it might be prudent to revisit both the process of invitation selection and the decision to continue with the long-form for the written component.
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Hadzic, Ajdin, and Magnus Idevik. "Kvinnliga studenters alkoholvanor : På Linnéuniversitetet i Kalmar." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för socialt arbete, SA, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-21186.
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As the title reveals this is a study of female college students alcohol habits in Kalmar,Sweden. During the spring of 2012 a total of 118 female students at Linnaeus universityanswered a survey about their alcohol habits. The survey reveled that as many as 67%percent of the answering female students (according to Audit) have risky drinking habits.The drinking habits are explained using Albert Banduras social learning theory in contextto the Scandinavian drinking pattern. The study concludes that female alcohol habits needeven further research. Furthermore the study shows that student initiation have an impacton the female drinking habits and that expectations of that students drink are to some extentimportant to the development of hazardous drinking habits.
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Renner, Jasmine R. "E-Learning Training Manual: Curriculum Audit and Course Outline Development and Redesign for Colleges and Universities." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. http://amzn.com/1511935952.
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Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- About the manual -- Getting started -- A world on curriculum audit and redesign -- Curriculum audit : the process -- Assessment -- What is needs analysis -- How it aids design and planning -- Addressing stakeholders needs -- Involving students -- What should be considered -- Using model and templates -- SWOT -- Profiling -- Curriculum redesign -- Matching learning methods to needs -- Program and course redesign checklist -- References and other resources -- Appendices 1 -- Appendices 2 -- About the author -- About the E-Learning Solutions Center -- About our services -- About our products -- Thank you.
This training manual serves as a valuable tool to enhance curriculum audit, instructional redesign, and the development of face-to-face (F2F) courses and materials into e-learning and mobile learning for colleges and universities. It is designed for aspiring e-learning and mobile learning course developers who are desirous of developing, implementing and sustaining e-learning and m-learning platforms to promote teaching, learning, service and community.https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu_books/1090/thumbnail.jpg
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Jones, Meghan A. "Drunkorexia: Predictors and Examination of a False Consensus Effect in College Women." Xavier University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1570983623735799.
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Kyeyune-Nyombi, Elizabeth Mary Kalebu. "A communications audit for the Office of Enrollment Services at California State University, San Bernardino." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1989. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/495.
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Braun, Stefan K. "Aspekte des „Samplings“." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2014. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-147027.
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Mash-Ups (auch Bootlegging, Bastard Pop oder Collage genannt) erfreuen sich seit Jahren steigender Beliebtheit. Waren es zu Beginn der 1990er Jahre meist nur 2 unterschiedliche Popsongs, deren Gesangs- und Instrumentenspuren in Remixform ineinander gemischt wurden, existieren heute Multi-Mash-Ups mit mehreren Dutzend gemixten und gesampelten Songs, Interpreten, Videosequenzen und Effekten. Eine Herausforderung stellt die Kombination unterschiedlichster Stile dar, diese zu neuen tanzbaren Titeln aus den Charts zu mischen. Das Mash-Up Projekt Pop Danthology z.B. enthält in einem knapp 6 minütigen aktuellen Musikclip 68 verschiedene Interpreten, u. a. Bruno Mars, Britney Spears, Rhianna und Lady Gaga. Die Verwendung und das Sampeln fremder Musik- und Videotitel kann eine Urheberrechtsverletzung darstellen. Die Komponisten des Titels „Nur mir“ mit Sängerin Sabrina Setlur unterlagen in einem Rechtsstreit, der bis zum BGH führte. Sie haben im Zuge eines Tonträger-Samplings, so der BGH , in das Tonträgerherstellerrecht der Kläger (Musikgruppe Kraftwerk) eingegriffen, in dem sie im Wege des „Sampling“ zwei Takte einer Rhythmussequenz des Titels „Metall auf Metall“ entnommen und diese im eigenen Stück unterlegt haben.
Der rasante technische Fortschritt macht es mittlerweile möglich, immer einfacher, schneller und besser Musik-, Film- und Bildaufnahmen zu bearbeiten und zu verändern. Computer mit Bearbeitungssoftware haben Keyboards, Synthesizer und analoge Mehrspurtechnik abgelöst. Die Methoden des Samplings unterscheiden sich von der klassischen Raubkopie dahingehend, dass mit der Sampleübernahme eine weitreichende Umgestaltung und Bearbeitung erfolgt. Die Raubkopie zeichnet sich durch eine unveränderte Übernahme des Originals aus.
Betroffen von den Auswirkungen eines nicht rechtmäßig durchgeführten Sampling sind Urheber- und Leistungsschutzrechte ausübender Künstler sowie Leistungsschutzrechte von Tonträgerherstellern. U. U. sind auch Verstöße gegen das allgemeine Persönlichkeits- und Wettbewerbsrecht Gegenstand von streitigen Auseinandersetzungen.
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Yosetake, Lincoln Luiz. "Co-ocorrência de uso problemático de álcool e transtorno mental comum em estudantes de graduação da área da saúde." Universidade de São Paulo, 2007. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/60/60134/tde-14032008-164126/.
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O período da faculdade é relatado como fase de risco para uso problemático de álcool (UPA) e para transtorno mental comum (TMC). É importante avaliar a co-ocorrência entre UPA e TMC em estudantes de graduação considerando ser um tema pouco relatado na literatura. Este estudo transversal utilizou os instrumentos AUDIT e SRQ-20 para avaliação da prevalência de UPA e TMC e da co-ocorrência entre UPA e TMC em uma amostra de estudantes de graduação da área da saúde, com idade média de 22 anos e predominantemente feminina (65,6%). Também examinou a associação entre estas condições e a relação com a satisfação com aspectos da vida acadêmica. A prevalência de UPA foi de 23,5%, de TMC de 30,6% e de co-ocorrência de UPA e TMC de 7,3%. A média do escore total do AUDIT foi de 4,8 (DP=4,42) e do SRQ-20 de 4,0 (DP=4,0). Houve associação significante de TMC e de co-ocorrência entre UPA e TMC com a insatisfação com a carreira escolhida, insatisfação com o curso na faculdade e insatisfação com o desempenho como estudante. Não houve correlação entre UPA e TMC nesta amostra. A co-ocorrência entre UPA e TMC está presente em estudantes de graduação e as conseqüências são prejuízos para a saúde mental e insatisfação com as conquistas acadêmicas, o que, ocorrendo nesta fase importante da vida, poderá limitar o futuro destes adultos jovens. Os achados deste estudo referentes à ausência de associação entre UPA e TMC devem ser interpretados com cuidado quanto a sua generalização, considerando-se o caráter de estudo transversal de rastreamento em população de adultos jovens.The study time at the university is reported as a risky phase for problematic use of alcohol (UPA) as well for common mental disorders (TMC). It is important to evaluate the topic of co-occurrence of UPA and TMC amongst university students considering that this topic has been scarcely mentioned in scientific papers. This cross-sectional study used the AUDIT and SRQ-20 screening instruments in order to assess the prevalence of UPA and TMC and the co-occurrence of UPA and TMC in a sample of university students of the health area, characterized by mean of age of 22 years and mostly female (65.6%). Also it examined the association between these conditions and their relationship with satisfaction regarding aspects of the academic life. The prevalence of UPA was of 23.5%, TMC of 30.6% and co-occurrence of UPA and TMC of 7.3%. The average total score of AUDIT was of 4.8 (SD=4.42) and the SRQ-20 of 4.0 (SD=4.0). Significant associations of TMC as well the co-occurrence between UPA and TMC have been found with: - dissatisfaction with the selected career, dissatisfaction with the academic program and dissatisfaction with the own performance as student. No correlation between UPA and TMC has been found in this sample. The co-occurrence of UPA and TMC is present amongst undergraduate students and its consequences are mental health problems and frustration with academic achievements which occurring in this important phase of life it can impair the future of these young people. The findings of this study shall be carefully interpreted concerning its generality, considering the type of the study being a cross-sectional screening study on a population of young adults.
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Peuker, Ana Carolina Wolf Baldino. "Viés atencional e expectativas associadas ao consumo alcoólico de risco en universitários." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/13133.
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O consumo excessivo de álcool é recorrente entre universitários e está associado a inúmeras conseqüências negativas. Fatores ambientais (bottom-up) podem favorecer este consumo (ex.: influência do grupo, pistas associadas à droga). Além destes, fatores individuais podem influenciar o comportamento de beber desta população, entre eles fatores cognitivos (top-down). Bebedores freqüentes tendem a apresentar um viés atencional para estímulos associados ao álcool. Com o uso repetido do álcool, pistas ambientais associadas aos efeitos desta droga tornam-se salientes, em função de suas propriedades reforçadoras, atraindo a atenção do usuário em detrimento de outros estímulos e exacerbam o desejo de beber. O uso freqüente de álcool também tem sido relacionado a um conjunto de expectativas predominantemente positivas acerca dos seus efeitos e riscos para desenvolver dependência que podem influenciar o início e a manutenção do uso. Neste contexto, o objetivo deste estudo foi: a) examinar a relação entre o padrão de consumo e expectativas em relação aos efeitos do álcool entre universitários e b) desenvolver uma tarefa para investigar o viés atencional para pistas relacionadas ao álcool em indivíduos com diferentes padrões de consumo. Participaram deste estudo graduandos da UFRGS (N=79), do sexo masculino, com 22 anos de idade em média (dp=2,81). O padrão de consumo de risco e as expectativas positivas foram acessados através do Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) e do Inventário de Expectativas e Crenças Pesssoais acerca do Álcool (IECPA), respectivamente. Participaram deste estudo graduandos da UFRGS (N=79), do sexo masculino, com 22 anos de idade em média (dp=2,81). O padrão de consumo de risco e as expectativas positivas foram acessados através do Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) e do Inventário de Expectativas e Crenças Pesssoais acerca do Álcool (IECPA), respectivamente. Examinou-se o viés atencional através de uma tarefa computadorizada. O consumo de risco de álcool, que inclui o beber problemático e o padrão binge, estava associado a altas expectativas positivas em relação aos seus efeitos. Constatou-se que 43% dos participantes eram bebedores de alto risco para desenvolver dependência, conforme o AUDIT. Além disso, 68,4% deles foram caracterizados como bebedores com padrão binge de uso de álcool e 44,3% possuíam expectativas positivas em relação aos efeitos do álcool altas. Houve correlação entre beber problemático e expectativas positivas. Quanto à avaliação do viés atencional, não foi observado nenhum efeito de grupo, de tempo de exposição, nem de interação entre grupo e tempo de exposição. Identificar os fatores top down e bottom-up envolvidos no consumo de álcool de risco é essencial para formulação de modelos teóricos que compreendam este preocupante fenômeno. A avaliação das expectativas a respeito dos efeitos do álcool contribui para o planejamento de intervenções terapêuticas e estratégias preventivas mais precisas, visando a reduzir os riscos comportamentais e de saúde associados ao álcool. Além disso, o estudo do viés atencional pode favorecer o entendimento da relação entre fissura e atenção, da transição do uso ocasional para a dependência e da recaída.The excessive alcohol consumption is recurrent among college students and it is associated with a variety of negative consequences. Environmental factors (bottom-up) can contribute to this phenomenon (group influences, drug cues). Furthermore, individual factors can also influence drinking behavior of this population, such as cognitive factors (top-down). Drug cues become highly salient as a result of their reinforcing properties, attracting the attention of the drug user in detriment of other stimuli. The exposure to drug cues can increase the desire to drink. Thus, heavy social drinkers show an attentional bias towards alcohol cues. The frequent alcohol use has also been related to a set of positive outcome expectancies and risk to develop drug dependence. These expectancies can influence the maintenance of drug intake. The aim of this study was: to examine the association of risk pattern and alcohol expectancies among college students and b) to develop a task to investigate attentional bias for alcohol cues in individuals with different drink patterns. Participants (N=79, mean age 22, dp=2,81) were college students. The risk pattern and the positive alcohol expectancies were assessed through Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and Inventário de Expectativas e Crenças Pessoais acerca do Álcool (IECPA). The attentional bias was examined using a computerized task. The risk pattern, which includes drinking problematic and binge drinking, was associated with high positive expectancies. Results indicated that 43% of the participants had high risk to develop alcohol dependence. Moreover, 68.4% were binge drinkers and 44.3% had high positive alcohol expectancies. Risk pattern was associated with higher levels of positive alcohol expectancies. Related to the atencional bias assessment, there was not observed any group effect, exposition time, interaction between group and exposition time. Identifying bottom-up and top-down factors associated with the risk pattern of alcohol consumption is important to understand this preoccupant phenomenon. The alcohol expectancies assessment contributes to more efficient planning for therapeutical interventions and preventing strategies to reduce behavioral and health risks associated to the alcohol consumption. Moreover, the study of atencional bias can contribute to the understanding of the relationship between craving and attention, of the transition of the occasional use for the dependence and relapse.
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Yavorsky, Jill Evelyn. "Inequality in Hiring: Gendered and Classed Discrimination in the Labor Market." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1492542664842056.
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Smit, Georgina. "Sustainable energy solutions for the residences of Stellenbosch University." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2103.
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Thesis (MPhil (Sustainable Development Planning and Management))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.The research objective of this assignment is to investigate technological options for sustainable energy solutions in the residences of Stellenbosch University. Conventional energy systems are contributing towards the degradation of global environmental sustainability. An alternative energy future exists if sustainable energy solutions, via renewable energy or energy efficiency, are adopted but these solutions await the political will and institutional governance to be implemented. A niche group of universities are modelling themselves around the sustainable energy agenda. As institutional spaces of learning, research and breeding grounds for new ways of thinking, universities stand poised to engage future leaders with local solutions to global energy dilemmas. It is argued that sustainable energy is necessary, it is possible and other universities are implementing it in various formats. The author of this thesis, a student at Stellenbosch University, was prompted to ask: what opportunities exist for Stellenbosch University to implement sustainable energy? The research objective focused on end use energy efficiency as means, out of all the technical options theoretically possible today, to implement sustainable energy solutions in the residences of Stellenbosch University. The focus of end use efficiency was specific to water heating, lighting and appliance use, for which technical solutions exist. This exploratory research was conducted via a macro, secondary data analysis of the quantitative data which detailed the energy consumption of residences in kilowatt hours as well as a micro, case study to facilitate a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the behavioural and leadership dynamics involved with technological implementation. The findings revealed that end use energy efficiency is a possible means for sustainable energy use within the residences of Stellenbosch University. However, the use of heat pump water heating technology in the majority of the residences and the omission of air conditioning in the residences results that the greatest potential for energy efficiency measures are not available. The centralised kitchen infrastructure requires highly rated equipment to deal with the swift throughput of meal times during the residences. The remaining focus areas of energy consumption, residential living, therefore, poses the greatest opportunity for end use energy efficiency. This posits residential lighting and appliance use as the focal point of the investigation. The findings concluded recommended courses of action for the University, residential leaders and students. The holistic and integrated approach to the research objective, guided by systems thinking and ecological design, capacitates actors at three different levels to pro actively implement end use energy efficiency. A by product of the micro, case study was a tool which the new Green House Committee members can now use to identify key points of energy efficiency and energy conservation in their residences. The local solutions generated by this thesis significantly contributed towards taking the first step towards mitigating global, national and community problems. Sustainable energy solutions are necessary, available and being implemented in other universities. End use energy efficiency, as a means to sustainable energy, is necessary, available and possible to implement within the residences of Stellenbosch University.
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羅淑姐. "The Use of Audio-Visual Materials among College Students." Thesis, 2002. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/64780480009608473659.
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碩士輔仁大學
圖書資訊學系
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The use of audio-visual material is one important area for reader studies. Through the investigation of how college students utilize the audio-visual materials will help the library to improve its services. In the study, reactions toward the use of audio-visual materials were assessed among two groups of respondents: undergraduate students and staffs from department of audio-visual service in the university libraries. The research investigated how audio-visual materials related to students’ daily life and their experiences of utilizing audio-visual services in the school libraries. Before the investigation, interviews were conducted among students and AV staffs (from audio-visual service departments in Chung-Yuen and Cheng-Hwa University libraries) to identify the most concerned issues for AV services. To assess reactions from AV staffs, a total of thirty-three questionnaires were sent to the public and private universities (not include the technology colleges, open universities and colleges), but only twelve of them were responded. To assess responses from students, 900 questionnaires were given to college students, however, 790 of them were returned, and only 760 of those received were valid for further analysis. The results showed that for students, the major intent of using audio-visual material were killing time and entertainment. Audio CD for pop music and VCD for western culture movies were the most frequently used types. The students usually acquired these materials by borrowing from friends or purchasing from stores. Homes and apartments were the main places they used the media. Among the students, 41.4 % of them never used the media provides by libraries in the schools. The main reason for not using audio-visual materials in campus was unfamiliarity with what had provided by libraries. Most students used the media from the library for fulfilling course requirements or just for killing time. The most popular medium was videotape for movies. Students often knew the audio services from friends, classmates or teachers. As for students’ motivation to use the media, “personal interests” was the main factor. The study also analyzed differences in motivation, types of use, content, methods of acquiring and purpose for using audio-visual materials among different genders, grades, colleges and grade levels Finally, to widely apply audio-visual materials in students learning, it is suggested that university libraries understand more about real needs and interests from the students. The use of media should be promoted and used to help teachers in their teaching activities. Besides, the policy for servicing audio-visual materials should be more flexible and proactive to fulfill student learning needs.
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Gxwati, Ntombizandile Irene. "Information audit as a management tool at a teachers training college." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/1860.
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M.Inf.Information is a vital resource for every enterprise for innovation and effective decision-making. In other words, information is vital in all spheres of national development. It is vital for development planning and for building an internationally competitive economy. People need information to participate in a democratic process and thus without information the best and most idealistically development plans are likely to fail. As a result of the importance of information in an enterprise, it requires to be managed effectively in order to establish whether the information assets of a particular enterprise are in line with business objectives or not. Information auditing techniques such as InfoMapp have been developed in order to guide an auditor on how to go about auditing information resources of a particular enterprise. Cicira College is a teacher’s training college and its information assets need to be managed and audited like other resources. Hence this study has been undertaken to establish whether the information assets available at Cicira College meet its goals and objectives. The InfoMapp method developed by Burk and Horton has been used to conduct the information audit at Cicira College. This technique has been chosen because of its ability to match the information assets with strategic planning.
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Armstrong, Susan Jennifer. "A quality audit system for nursing colleges in Gauteng." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/3560.
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D.Cur.During the last decade there has been a surge of interest in quality issues in education. This is largely due to spiralling costs of education and political demands for accountability in public institutions. In South Africa, higher education institutions are now required by law (Higher Education Act No. 101 of 1997 and the South African Qualifications Act No. 58 of 1995) to introduce quality management in an attempt to assure quality ofboth the programmes and the education providers. The Nursing Colleges in Gauteng provide nursing education to nearly 2000 nurses and, as such, make the major contribution to providing for the quality of the health care services. The colleges therefore have a double reason for introducing quality improvement measures, which start with a system for monitoring the quality of the colleges. In this study a quality audit system has been developed to address this need. There is no comprehensive internal audit system, which allows for quantitative measurement and acts as an empowerment strategy for institutional quality improvement in the nursing colleges in South Africa. The following research questions are relevant: • what should an auditing system for nursing colleges comprise? • what are the indicators of quality in a nursing college? • is the auditing system trustworthy? The overall aim of the study was to develop an audit system for the nursing colleges in Gauteng. This aim was supported by the following objectives: Phase one: to conduct a value clarification of quality within the nursing colleges in Gauteng, as perceived by the internal and external customers. Phase two: to explore and describe a conceptual framework for a quality audit system for nursing colleges in Gauteng. Phase three: a. to develop a quality audit system for the nursing colleges in Gauteng b. To pilot the audit system in one nursing college in Gauteng. A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual design was conducted within the nursing colleges of Gauteng in order to develop a contextual framework and a quality audit system for the nursing colleges. The content validity was tested by means of quantitative methods. The audit system that was developed included a tool for auditing the quality of nursing colleges as a means to identifY conformance to standards, criteria and indicators and to improve the quality of the structure, processes and results ofthe organization. The standards were developed on the basis of a value clarification of internal and external customers. Clusters ofindicators were developed for each of the standards. The value of this study is that a comprehensive audit system has been developed which empowers the staffand students ofthe college to improve the quality ofthe college. The same system can be used for purposes of accreditation, as an accountability mechanism and for institutional recognition.
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Govender, Poovendran. "Energy audit of the Howard College Campus of the University of KwaZulu-Natal." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/5087.
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Load growth projections on South Africa's electricity demand indicate that Eskom's spare capacity will be eroded by the year 2005. In the late 1960s South Africa experienced electricity shortages and Eskom embarked on a program to build large coal fired power stations, to ensure that South Africa would have sufficient electricity capacity to meet the envisaged high growth rate. With sanctions being imposed on South Africa, the demand was much less than predicted and in the late 1980s South Africa had an excess of generating capacity, which resulted in some power stat ions being mothballed. Due to the increased economic growth after the 1994 elections and Eskom's electrification drive, there has been an increase in demand and the excess capacity has diminished. From past experiences, the lead time to build a power station varies with the type of power station. For large fossil, nuclear and hydro plants, the lead time is in excess of six years. Gas fired stations can have a lead time of less than three years. An option to defer the building of new power stations to meet this expected shortfall in demand is Demand Side Management (DSM). Eskom has already begun initiating a DSM program to try and defer the expected demand shortfall. From a university perspective there have been cutbacks in funding from government. For this reason tertiary institutions have been forced to review the way in which they manage their operating costs. A large tertiary institution spends a substantial portion of their facilities budget providing utility service to the campus. At most universities, 20 % or more of the annual utility budget is for electricity. In many facilities operations, tremendous potential exists to improve on energy efficiency and resource conservation and to reduce electricity costs. The management of energy tended not to feature very high on the list of priorities of tertiary institutions. Therefore targeting electricity for cost reductions in a campus environment makes sense. Additionally the historically low electricity price in South Africa, coupled with economic isolation meant that there is a proliferation of inefficient energy technologies present. The University of KwaZulu-Natal campuses (Medical, Pietermaritzburg, Howard College and Edgewood) spend about R 8 million per year in electricity expenditure. This constitutes about 5.8 % of the annual operational costs for the above
mentioned centres (excluding salaries and capital expenditure). Not only is energy consumption a significant cost to the university, but energy use at the university also contributes to the depletion of natural resources and environmental problems associated with energy production and processing. The work presented in this thesis is the first step towards the establishment of what has become the formal energy management program at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. A comprehensive energy audit was conducted and metering of the mini substations was subsequently introduced. The readings from these meters, together with the results of the energy audit, are analysed. A successful case study involving energy efficient lighting technology implemented on the campus main library is also discussed. Energy savings of approximately R 220 000 per annum has been realised from the implementation of this case study. Conservative estimates to retrofit all the existing luminaires, with more modem efficient luminaires, show that the lighting system demand component can be reduced by approximately 600 kW. The audit has revealed loads that can be potentially shifted without adversely affecting regular campus activities. The air-conditioning load has been identified as an area where considerable savings can be attained. The ability to conservatively reduce the base load will realise savings in excess of R 100 000 per annum (2002 costs) and merely requires an awareness campaign to be instituted at minimal cost. The specific objectives of the study are given in the table below: 1. To conduct an energy audit to identify major energy users on campus. Object achieved: YES. 2. To establish a database of historical energy consumption data for each building on the Howard College campus. Object achieved: YES. 3. To further investigate the larger users of energy and quantify their energy consumption, and identify trends, where possible. Object achieved: YES. 4. To make recommendations where possible, for savings to be made. Object achieved: Yes. 5. To implement a case study demonstrating that energy management is a viable option. Object achieved: YES. As can be seen from the above table, all of the objectives were met. This analysis forms the basis of future efforts in the energy management program at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.Thesis (M.Sc.Eng.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2005.
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Van, der Vyver John. "Media training at the Soweto College of Education." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/11188.
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M.Ed. (Media Science)In 1981 the Human Sciences Research Council published the findings of its comprehensive investigation into all aspects of education in the Republic of South Africa. The work committee on educational technology made, inter alia, two recommendations that are pertinent to this study, namely: "Educational technology should be accepted as a fundamental factor in the planning, development and implementation of the educational system at all levels (1981:36). " and "In order to expedite the extension of educational technology in solving problems confronting education, the concepts of educational technology should form part of the pre- and continuing training of all categories of personnel involved with teaching, training and extension services (1981: 37) " Aspects of these two recommendations were also taken up in the White Paper on the Provision of Education in RSA. "The Government accepts the importance of educational technology as one of the modern and potentially extremely valuable aids in education.
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Wang, Tzu-Ling, and 王紫玲. "A Study of the Audit System of Privately-Established Colleges and Universities." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/21065239789212746663.
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碩士長榮大學
經營管理研究所(在職專班)
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Financial crisis is one of the publicly recognized greatest challenges for privately-established colleges and universities. In recent years, the malpractices of many privately-established colleges and universities finance has indirectly affected the normal activities of teaching, learning, studies and various services. " The Means of the Establishment of Private Schools’ Accounting System" ,enacted by the Ministry of Education, stipulated that the privately-established colleges and universities should enact the work rules and regulations of the internal management and audit in accordance with its own internal control principle. It aims to better the financial operation of private schools. This study was conducted by using the literature review and the analytic method of interviews with experts. The content of the interviews was designed based on the related literature and material. The interviews with several experts were carried on by telephone with the assistance of computers. This study lays emphasis on the financial work, discussing the malpractices and the shortcomings arisen possibly from financial activities from the viewpoint of the internal control, strengthening the matters necessary for the internal control, promoting the effective communications and operations between various departments, carrying out the mechanism and the implementation of the internal verification and the internal control, strengthening the in-service training of the personnel, and establishing self-audit and the surveillance function to guard against the malpractices. It also analyzes the visa system of the present privately-established colleges and universities and the house-call system of Republic of China management science academic society. As to the ways, the contents, and the projects of the interior audit and exterior audit, this study discusses such experts’ viewpoints on the present situations of privately-established colleges and universities’ interior audit as accountants, accounting directors of privately-established colleges and universities, and the members of audit board of schools’ expenditure etc. by means of their specialized knowledge and rich experiences. The study also discusses the effect of the audit in expectation of achieving its true function and objective by means of the checking items on finance report forms of privately-established colleges and universities verified by accountants. Based on the conclusions and the items which need improving inferred from the study, this study puts forward the proposals, which can be taken as references to revise the internal control system and the internal audit system by the Ministry of Education and each privately-established colleges and universities, and to revise the house-call system of whole development prize of the Ministry of Education by the Management Science Academic Society of Republic of China. The content the study suggests is listed as follows: (1) Internal auditing is one of the main internal control’s instruments. It can exercise precaution against malfunctions. Besides, it can offer as a counsel substantial opinions on arranging or improving the affairs. (2) The planning and administering procedures for the internal auditing depend on the quality and the real demand of every departmental business. Prudence should be exercised in more important affairs. In another word, internal auditing shouldn’t follow the same pattern. It should exercise the management and applications in a selective or mobile way according to the subjects. (3) External auditing conducted by such institutions as the Ministry of Education or the Revenues supervises or audits the law-designated affairs. Internal auditing can also be regarded as a kind of management. All that is good for the soundness of schools can be included in the ambit of internal auditing. (4) First, it is necessary for the establishment and the implementation of school internal control to be approved and supported by the school highest management social stratum. Morals of personal integrity, values and abilities of each teaching and administrative staff have something to do with the success of the internal control success. The improvements can be made once the regular appraisal discovers the design or the implementation of the internal control has flaws. (5) Besides the auditing committee, the school should officially establish the interior auditing department to countercheck the flaws of the internal control system and weigh the efficiency of its function. Herewith, the improvements can be suggested to guarantee the internal control system to continue functioning effectively and to carry out the revision of internal control system accordingly. (6) Management Science Academic Society of Republic of China should regulate the standard and the stipulation of the inquiry and establish a house-call committee. The qualifications and service records of every committee member should be fully considered to appropriately select the able and objective members. The Ministry of Education should supervise or instruct the mechanism of appointing members, make the explanations before they carry out their missions, and make the appraisal and self-criticism year by year. (7) In modern age, everything is computerized. If all of the office work can be automated, then the manpower may be much saved, the working efficiency can be highly enhanced, and many corruptive practices can be prevented in advance. Because the scope of the internal audit is quite broad, it is suggested that subsequent researchers conduct penetrating researches into the interior audit of the computer work system.
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Lin, Jia-Yi, and 林珈沂. "The Association Between Financial Statements Audit and Operating Performance of Private Universities and Colleges." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/85340678865269528408.
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碩士國立成功大學
會計學系碩博士班
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Private universities and colleges have been an oversupplied higher education market in Taiwan for recent years. Due to limited resources, those private schools have to not only achieve cost control effectively but also raise funds efficiently from outsides.To do so, they need to establish a sound accounting system and reliable financial statement for outside contributors. A number of scandals happened to private schools hints an ineffective administration and supervision of authorities to those private schools. For this reason, authorities request private schools to provide transparent financial reports. To sum up, both parties have the demand of financial information which means auditing by CPA is important for private universities and colleges. However, it has already been many years for private university and colleges to engage CPA in auditing financial reports. In addition, Ministry of Education has applied different policies for engaging CPA. Hence, this research has an important issue that how is it the benefit of private universities and colleges. This research combines agency hypothesis and signaling hypothesis to support that credibility and control of CPA can improve operating performance of private universities and colleges. We apply DEA to estimate the input-oriented operating efficiencies and Malmquist productivity of private universities and colleges. Besides, we measure audit quality by Big Five and non-Big Five CPA firms and adopt Tobit regression and OLS regression to evaluate whether audit quality of CPA firms is associated with operating performance and productivity change of private universities and colleges. The empirical results indicate: (1) audit quality of CPA firms is positively related to operating performance and productivity change of private universities and colleges. In other words, private universities and colleges audited by Big Five CPA firms have better operating performance and productivity. (2) the policy for engaging CPA during academic years 2001-2003 has low-balling so that audit quality is lower. Moreover, operating performance of private universities and colleges during 2001-2003 are worse than during 2004-2006. The results show this research can provide the Ministry of Education while engagsing CPA or making the relevant policy has a reference value.
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Lai, Yung-Yu, and 賴永裕. "Audit Fees of Non-profit Organizations: An Empirical Study on Private Colleges and Universities." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/14070927256100415467.
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博士國立雲林科技大學
管理研究所博士班
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This study collected first-hand audit fee data from audited financial statements of private colleges and universities for the 2001-2003 academic years. The empirical results support the first hypothesis (H1) that audit fees of NPOs would be higher when limited tendering procedures were carried out for auditor selections. As to the second hypothesis (H2), it is argued that auditors could reduce follow-up audit work to cut down audit costs since NPOs clients (private colleges and universities) pose a low audit risk with steady and strong financial structures. These results support our hypotheses H2a and H2b, that is, NPOs with lower business risk and better corporate governance are more likely to pay lower audit fees. The third hypothesis assumed that the more complicated the clients are, the more effort auditors would make to maintain a tolerable audit risk, one as low as possible. These results support our conjecture that an increase in relative audit fees is subject to an increase in the level of NPOs’ complexity. By excluding the industry specialist Big 4, a comparable result is found to be consistent with our forth hypothesis (H4a). It shows that the auditor brand name premium exists between the non-specialist Big 4 and the non-Big 4 while the non-specialist Big 4 is defined as audit firms having their audit fees in that industry of less than 15 percent. In sum, we could conclude that differences in audit fee charges may be attributed to fee premiums for the specialist Big 4, and so provide additional evidence to sustain the auditor’s brand name premiums and industry specialist effect. The main contributions of this research are not only to make a comprehensive understanding about the determinants of audit fees for NPOs, but also to empirically show both brand name premiums and the effects of industry specialists.
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"The effect of enterprise resource planning systems on the financial statement audit of a higher education institution." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13970.
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M.Com. (Computer Auditing)This study investigates the effects of the implementation and upgrade of financial Enterprise Resource Planning (hereafter ERP) systems, particularly the Oracle system, on financial reporting and audit. It also determines whether the independent external auditors play a vital role in the process of implementing internal controls in the implementation and upgrade of the Oracle system at a higher education institution (hereafter HEI). With the ever-evolving information technology, it is of utmost importance that the necessary controls be implemented. A sample of 18 Oracle system users from the HEI finance expenditure department and HEI independent external auditors is surveyed and the results of the survey are used to provide advice to organisational management on measures that should be implemented to ensure smooth systems implementation and post-implementation results. The empirical study indicates that the HEI had adequate measures and controls in place to ensure that the ERP implementation runs smoothly and threats are avoided, resulting in a successful implementation for competitive advantage in HEI.
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Chen, Shen-Hsiung, and 陳勝雄. "A Study of the Auditor Selection and Audit Fees of Private Colleges and Universities in Taiwan." Thesis, 2000. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/03041631612680757800.
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碩士東吳大學
會計學系
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The purpose of this study was to analyze the audit market of Taiwanese private colleges and universities during 1994-1996. The variables affecting the auditor selection and audit fees were further examined. The financial reports and related information of private colleges and universities were collected from the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China. The empirical results indicated that, first of all, the market shares of Big 6 accounting firms in the audit market of Taiwanese private colleges and universities were 35%, 35% and 36% during that period. These numbers were different from those of Taiwanese listed companies observed earlier. According to Ko (1991), in the audit market of listed companies during 1982-1989, the market shares of Big 8 firms were increasing from 44% to 67%. The audit fees, total assets, total revenues and complexity of colleges and universities audited by Big 3 auditors were greater than those audited by Non-Big 3 auditors. But the debt ratios of Big 3 auditees were lower than those of Non-Big 3 auditees. The audit fees, total assets and total revenues of Big 6 auditees were greater than those of Non-Big 6 auditees. Only audit fees and total revenues of Big 10 auditees were greater than those of Non-Big 10 auditees. Secondly, the empirical evidence supported that audit fees and total assets were significant factors when private colleges and universities selected their auditors. Similar results were found for listed companies in Taiwan (Lin, 1997). The debt ratio variable in the auditor selection model was significant only for the sample of Big 10 auditors. Finally, the size of auditees, auditor reputation and complexity of auditees were influential factors in the audit fees model. The industry specialization variable was also significant in the Big 6 and Big 10 samples. The debt ratio variable was not significant in all samples of the audit fees model.
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Gurm, Balbir Kaur. "Understanding the environmental factors that have an impact on employee well-being : a social audit of a university college." Thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/16022.
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The purpose of this research was to study the effects of the environment, especially the
work environment, on employee well-being in order to identify ways in which the environment
may be improved. Key elements of a methodology called social and ethical auditing and
accounting (social auditing) were used to determine the impact of a university college's policies
and practices (environment) on employees' (faculty, support staff, and administration) wellbeing.
Focus groups were conducted to determine which policies and practices employees
believed affected their well-being. Most factors identified were consistent with the Determinants
of Health in the Workplace Framework (Polanyi et al., 1998). Data from the focus groups was
used to create a social audit survey that was administered to all employees at the university
college. The response rate was 39% or 450 respondents.
Generally the employees reported a high level of health or well-being. They also
believed the organization was a good place to work. Employees had a sense of autonomy,
control, belonging and caring. The employees perceived a low level of trust, communication,
and organizational justice. They also reported that their stress and workload had increased over
the last year, yet they were able to balance their work life and personal life. Recommendations
made include actions to increase trust and communication, ensure the practices in the
organization are fair and equitable, and monitor stress and workload.Education, Faculty of
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Chen, Chintzu, and 陳靜子. "A Research on the Operation and Management of Community College in Taipei City: Perspective from the Audit Mechanism of Government Outsourcing." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/69202414236475842356.
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碩士玄奘大學
公共事務管理學系碩士在職專班
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Because of international economic recession, domestic sluggish growth, the shortage of revenue, high civilian expectation on government and expanded public expenditure, government deficit increased steadily. Under this circumstance, providing budget to establish many community colleges is an extra financial burden to government. Thus, to run community college by means of government outsourcing seems a feasible method to achieve policy goal. The aims of this dissertation are to explore the current condition of government outsourcing on community college in Taipei city and to provide policy suggestions to educational authority for future institutionalization. This research deploys institutional and management analysis as research framework and data analysis and field interviewing as research method. It arrives at the conclusions that there are some deficiencies at institutional and management level which need further improvements, such as detailed regulations on management affairs, re-planning appropriate bidding operation, the openness and transparency of bidding information, incentives provision, the strengthen of monitor and management strategies, building communication channel to establish partnership, the realization of risk management. All in all, this case study proved that government outsourcing is an effective way to public management.
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Papo, William Duncan. "Media usage in teacher training." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/9171.
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Botica, Redmayne Nives. "The production of audit services in the New Zealand public sector : an investigation into the effects of political risk and corporate governance on audit effort : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the School of Accountancy, College of Business, Massey University." 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10179/1737.
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This study examine the effects of political risk and corporate governance on the production of audit services in the New Zealand public sector. It represents one of several studies that are classified as recent extensions of the research in the economics of auditing. While the economics of auditing literature is extensive, most studies have focussed on audit fees as a means of explaining audit markets and audit services rather than audit production Early audit production studies, however, found that audit fees are a noisy proxy for audit production as they are used by audit firms as a strategic tool for achieving a competitive position in an audit market. This study extends the existing body of knowledge on audit production in two way Firstly, this study examines the determinants of audit effect for public sector corporate entities audits in New Zealand over a period of three year (1998-2000) Therefore, it follows the recommendation of previous audit production studies for research in audit production across auditors. additional industries, different auditing settings and time periods. Secondly, this study extends the existing body of knowledge in audit production by using two previously unused determinants of audit effort It considers the effect of political risk and corporate governance on audit production/effort. Whether political risks and political costs will affect the audit production in any setting has not been examined yet In this Study, it is expected that auditors will expend more audit effort in auditing public sector entities that have high levels of political risk. The effect of corporate governance mechanisms (such as boards of directors) on audit effort has also received very little attention in professional standard or in the academic literature. The strength of corporate governance is expected to effect the audit risk of a current or potential audit client and to influence the auditors' risk assessments and audit production/effort To test the hypotheses in this study, I use a sample of 275 entity/year observations related to public sector companies in New Zealand for the years 1998-2000. After controlling for other factors affecting audit effort, this study finds strong evidence supporting the political risk hypothesis as applied to the audit environment This finding supports evidence from the empirical financial accounting research of political risk/cost and suggests that the implications of the political cost hypothesis are more widespread than previously believed. This study also provides evidence that board effectiveness when measured by board size can have an impact on audit effort. However, there is no evidence of a consistent, relationship between other measures of board effectiveness -specifically, the presence of busy directors, the presence of the CEO on the board and the existence of an audit committee - and audit production While the evidence related to board effectiveness it mixed, this study is the first to link the corporate governance literature and the audit production research. This type of research is particularly important given that some recently enacted law and regulatory requirement (e.g.. the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the US and new NZX listing requirement regarding audit committees in New Zealand are based on the assumption that a more rigorous audit function is needed in the post-Enron environment.
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Carvalho, Catarina Raquel Baptista Cabrita de. "Correlação entre o consumo de álcool e violência entre parceiros íntimos numa amostra de estudantes universitários." Master's thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10437/7461.
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Orientação: João Pedro OliveiraO álcool faz parte da realidade de muitos estudantes universitários, e a acompanhá-lo encontramos, muitas vezes, a prática de violência no seio de relações de intimidade. Neste estudo pretende-se perceber qual a correlação entre o consumo de álcool e a violência entre parceiro íntimos, tendo se analisado uma amostra de 141 estudantes universitários, na qual 70 são do sexo feminino e 71 do sexo masculino, com uma média de idades de 23,81 anos (DP=6.735). Para este estudo foi elaborado um protocolo de avaliação, constituído por 1) questionário sociodemográfico, 2) Revised Conflict Tactics Scales, validadas para a população portuguesa (Figueiredo & Paiva, 2006) e 3) Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (Barbor et al., 2001). Concluiu-se que neste estudo, a amostra não demonstrou qualquer correlação entre o consumo de álcool e a perpetração ou vitimização em relacionamentos íntimos.
Alcohol is part of the reality of a lot of university students, and “walks” side by side, a big number of times, with perpetration of violence within intimate relations. This study aims to understand the correlation between alcohol consumption and intimate partner violence, for this purpose a sample of 141 university students was analysed, consisting of 70 women and 71 men, with na average age of 23,81 years (ST=6,735). For this study an evaluation protocol was designed, and consists in 1) sociodemographic survey, 2) Revised Conflict Tactics Scales, validated for portuguese population (Figueiredo & Paiva, 2006) and 3) Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (Barbor et al., 2001). It was concluded that in this study, the sample didn’t show any correlation between the use of alcohol and perpetration nor vitimization on intimate relationships.
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Gillespie, Roy Tamejen. "The best practices applied by forensic investigators in conducting lifestyle audits on white collar crime suspects." Diss., 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/14383.
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This research looks at the best practices applied by forensic investigators in conducting lifestyle audits on white collar crime suspects. The researcher explored, firstly, how a lifestyle audit relates to white collar crime investigations; secondly, the best practices in performing lifestyle audits on white collar crime suspects, and lastly, the various sources of information available to forensic investigators when conducting a lifestyle audit of a white collar crime suspect.
As lifestyle audits will serve as an investigative tool in future forensic investigations into white collar crime, this study’s aim was to understand and create an awareness of the current best practices applied by forensic investigators within private sector forensic investigation practices while conducting lifestyle audits during white collar crime investigations. It also makes available research data regarding the concept of lifestyle audits in white collar crime investigations, the implementation of these audits, the benefits, and the best practices of these audits.
The general purpose of this study was to provide practical recommendations on the best practices for lifestyle audits for forensic investigators within private sector.Criminology
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Geda, Abeya Geleta. "Quality assurance policy and practice in higher education institutions in Ethiopia." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18676.
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The purpose of the study is to explore the current policy and practice of the national and institutional QA system in public HEIs in Ethiopia in order to determine how the quality of teaching and learning might have been enhanced through the QA system. Two organisational theories – contingency and neo-institutional theory – provide a theoretical lens to explain how internal and external organisational environments affect the implementation of QA in the HEIs. The mixed-methods research approach was used in the study, including document analysis, semi-structured interviews and questionnaires. Three public universities were chosen as data source. At macro level, the HERQA was also included to examine the effect of the institutional environments on internal quality assurance practices. The findings revealed that there is little evidence of self-initiated quality enhancement activities in the public HEIs. They do not have adequate structures, systems, and written policies to assure quality. The quality assurance efforts were implemented without a clear sense of direction and purposes and therefore lacked effective coordination. The self-evaluations were symbolically took place at the higher levels of the universities and that the results of the evaluations were rarely used in a structured way in improvement of teaching-learning, faculty decision-making and planning processes. It is far from clear that whether the internal quality assurance contributed to the teaching and learning or transformed the student learning experience. It can be concluded that the HERQA’s quality assurance policy and practices seems to be de-coupled from internal initiatives to improve quality in the higher education institutions. It is recommended that HEIs should develop QA policy, mobilise resources for institutional quality improvement, establish full-fledged QA structures at all levels, and furnish the structures with necessary human resources. The HEIs should initiate and undertake effective self-assessment of their activities, own it and work towards achieving their own stated objectives. It is important that the HERQA should develop accreditation procedures, particularly at programme level, for the public HEIs. The HERQA should consider playing more active roles in communicating with HEIs regularly about QA; pay more attention to a follow-up of the audits, the punctual development and delivery of the SEDs. The HERQA should be more independent, have more autonomy and sufficient resources to become a viable professional agency informing the HE sector on the quality of its performance.Educational Management and Leadership
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Patel, Naziyabanu Mohmedsalim. "Towards an e-learning adoption framework for rural-based higher education institutions in South Africa." Diss., 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11602/1363.
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The aim of this research study is to propose an e-learning framework to deliver a guideline for the adoption of e-learning considering all major determinants such as technical, operational, organisational, cultural and socio-economical domains, in the setting of rural-based higher educational institutions. E-learning is a process which has arisen from ICT advancement, and it is coordinated together with the education programs at many universities. In South African tertiary institutions, the adoption rate for e-learning is higher in urban-based higher education institutions and colleges and lower in rural-based higher education institutions. Even though with the supposed capacity that e-learning provides, the bigger part of the e-learning approach in rural-based higher education institutions does not achieve their potential. This study focuses on identifying factors which impact the adoption of e-learning at rural-based, higher education institutions and its challenges. A case study approach is undertaken, using mixed methods for collection of data from the respondents based on e-learning adoption at student, educator and institutional level. The study identified the factors which influence the adoption of e-learning in rural-based HEIs. Eventually, the researcher proposed an e-learning framework which contributes to the e-learning adoption in rural-based HEIs, by establishing a guide for these institutions for enhanced planning, development and implementation tool for e-learning adoption using the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology Model. The study identified that the e-learning usage and perception was lower in rural-based HEIs as compared to urban-based HEIs, and performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence and facilitating conditions are all major factors which influence the adoption of e-learning.
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