Mobility and Professional Networks in Academia: An Exploration of the Obligations of Presence

This article explores the obligations of presence behind work-related mobility for academics in internationalizing higher education systems. By further developing John Urry’s concept of ‘meetingness’, the article reveals how academics depend on corporeal and virtual mobility to create and maintain a networked professional life outside their own institution, which is crucial in the context of changing work conditions. Our insights are drawn from original qualitative research (42 interviews) in a Flemish and Danish context. The data reveal obligations of presence associated with an interrelated mix of functionality, and the construction of dense and sparse social networks that together support career success and work at the frontiers of academic knowledge. Despite the now well-recognized costs of corporeal mobility, obligations of presence result in virtual and corporeal mobility coexisting, rather than the former substituting for the latter. Virtual mobility is mainly used when conflicting obligations of presence exist, and as a means of sustaining networks over time given the processual nature of meetingness, rather than as a means to reduce levels of corporeal mobility.     

论朱次琦与简朝亮

朱次琦临终前自焚所著与简朝亮重塑朱次琦经师人师的形象,传承朱次琦的学说与简朝亮学说的断裂,既反映朱次琦、简朝亮师徒二人的形不离影,更体现洞识时代前行方向的重要性.     

中华女子学院高等职业教育发展评析

大力发展职业教育，是党和政府的一贯方针和要求，是经济和社会发展的必然规律。我国人力资源较丰富，但劳动力整体素质不高，人才结构不尽合理，重要原因是教育结构不够完善，职业教育发展滞后。目前，社会对各类技能型人才需求量很大，近些年来一直供不应求，但全国城乡每年有一千多万初中毕业生不能升入高中，数百万高中毕业生不能升入大学，同时，大学毕业生找工作困难又成了社会问题。因此，加快职业教育发展，合理配置教育资源，实行教育合理分流就显得尤为迫切。本文对中华女子学院高等职业教育现状、办学目标和发展思路、办学成效以及面临的问题和困难等．进行简要评析。     

Social network effects on academic achievement

How peer groups contribute to educational outcomes has long interested researchers. However, the possibility that peer groups dominated by either low- or high-achieving youth can have substantively different effects on achievement has been largely ignored. In this paper, we show that while being embedded in a high-achieving network of friends is not associated with increased own achievement, being embedded in a low-achieving network is associated with decreased own achievement. In additional analyses, we present evidence that these associations are at least in part due to influence, as opposed to only selection effects or shared environment. We also examine whether the structure of the network in which a student is embedded might affect their educational achievement. We show that achieving at higher levels positively predicts how centrally located a student is in their network, but being more centrally located does not predict concurrent achievement. This finding suggests that the behavior of individuals is affecting the formation of network structure and not the reverse.     

Academic Affiliations of Social Work Journal Article Authors from 1999–2003

Abstract

The academic affiliations of the authors of all articles published between 1999 and 2003 in six major social work journals were tabulated to produce a ranking of the colleges and universities whose faculty made the most substantive contributions to the social work literature. The results of this analysis are compared with findings of four identical, previously published studies, which cover the five-year periods of 197–1983, 1984–1988, 1989–1993, and 1994–1998. The limitations of this method of analysis are discussed, as are its merits.     

中国优秀学术论文急速外流的原因及应对策略

通过对2014年中国SCI和SSCI学术论文外流情况的统计,当前学术论文外流的严重情况被全面和具体地呈现出来。通过系统梳理学术论文外流的相关研究,一方面从国家对论文外流缺乏宏观引导、科研考核机制刺激优秀论文外流、我国缺乏具有国际影响力的期刊以及国内期刊运作机制与国际化水平尚待提升4个方面揭示学术论文外流的具体原因;另一方面从宏观层面提出加强国家引导、集中优势资源打造国际顶级期刊、调整科研绩效考评政策、深化期刊体制改革、设立国内科技论文评奖机制5个方面的应对措施。     

十四年来内蒙古非物质文化遗产保护成就述评

内蒙古非物质文化遗产延续着内蒙古各民族的精神根脉,闪烁着各民族智慧之光,彰显了我国民族文化卓殊的创造力和生命价值。十四年来,内蒙古自治区本着对国家、民族文化传承发展的责任意识相继采取了一系列保护措施,在保护机制、名录体系、传承场所、传承人保护制度、宣传教育、区域性保护等方面的建设取得了积极的进展。这些成就为自治区民族文化遗产的有效保护、活态传承、可持续发展创造了良好的社会环境,也有助于提高自治区民族文化自信、增强民众的保护主体意识,具有突出的现实意义。     

Faculty Performance Evaluation: Modeling to Improve Personnel Decisions*

Based on likely future changes in faculty evaluation practices, this paper examines how institutions of higher education might operationalize performance evaluation as related to research, teaching, and service. A model is developed that allows coupling performance evaluation and relevant market considerations with merit pay, tenure, and promotion decisions. The approach is specifically applicable to tenure-track faculty members in colleges and universities.     

师书院教育精华，促高等教育发展——论中国古代书院教育对现代高等教育的借鉴意义

在中国历史上延续了千年之久的书院是我国封建社会中期兴起的,它是一种特有的教育组织和学术研究机构,为我国古代教育发展和学术繁荣做出了重要贡献.文章通过对其治学方法、治学态度等进行研究和批判性继承,从而探究其对现代高等教育的现实指导意义.     

百年学术名家留给我们的精神财富

《世纪学人 ,百年影像》共收录当代对社会科学做出突出贡献的老一辈科学家 2 62人 ,分析他们的研究领域和籍贯 ,能够发现 2 0世纪学术发展的领头羊以及学术中心之所在。而他们对各自学科的精辟认识和表述 ,尤其在做人、治学方面的真知灼见 ,则为我们留下了巨大的精神财富。他们强调做人是第一位的 ,认为真诚是沟通做人与治学的桥梁 ,是实现做人与治学两位一体的契合点。甘于寂寞、处心一志、好学深思、勤于耕耘、谦虚向上 ,是他们事业成功的主要因素 ,同时又是做人治学的重要体现。他们在耄耋之年 ,不辞辛劳 ,勤奋工作 ,甘为人梯 ,不知老之将至 ,表现了作为优秀知识分子特有的爱国奉献、奋发向上的精神