Celebrating the 21st anniversary of empowerment evaluation with our critical friends

This special topic edition of E&PP presents the insights of luminaries in the field who have helped shape empowerment evaluation with their critiques, concerns, and congratulations. We celebrate their contributions to empowerment evaluation. This special topic edition of E&PP presents their comments about an evaluation approach that, according to president Stewart Donaldson, has “gone viral” across the globe (Donaldson, 2015).To set the stage for these critical friends’ comments, additional context for their discussion is provided. In addition, this special topic edition concludes with a brief comment on their thoughts.     

Contextual influence on evaluation capacity building in a rapidly changing environment under new governmental policies

Evaluation capacity building (ECB) is a context-dependent process. Contextual factors affecting ECB implementation have been explored theoretically and practically, but their influence within a changing environment has seldom been discussed. This study examined essential context-sensitive parameters, particularly those involved in implementing new governmental policies regarding higher education. Taiwan was used as a case study for exploring the effect of contextual change on ECB attributes from the perspectives of training receivers and providers. Surveys and interviews were used for data collection and importance–performance analysis was applied for data analysis. Four prominent features were identified. First, the ECB attributes perceived as important by receivers were performed adequately, whereas those perceived as less important were performed less well. Second, under new policies, training provider designed training covering a wide range of ECB, whereas receivers focused on those can be directly applied in evaluation process. Third, in a small education system such as Taiwan’s, the complexity of peer review is high and ethical issues become important. Fourth, because the evaluation structure has been changed from single- to dual-track, receivers expect more training for institution staff, whereas providers insist on hierarchical training. Aligning ECB supply and needs is paramount for adaptation to new policies.     

当前高校学生党支部建设中存在的问题与对策

高校学生党支部是在高校党委领导下的基层党组织,担负着党在高校直接联系大学生,把党的路线、方针、政策落实到大学生群体中的重要职责,我校在开展学生党建工作时积极创新学生党支部工作模式,积累了一些经验,但也存在一些亟需解决的问题。对此应继续加强党支部组织建设,强化各支部委员职责意识;建立健全各项制度,加大党员的继续教育力度;强化大学生思想政治教育工作,端正学生入党动机;重视网络党建工作,拓展党建阵地,发挥网络服务党员的作用。     

“建筑构造”课程的教学与改革思考

“建筑构造”课程教学应采取多样化的教学手段,把培养学生创新能力放在重要的教学地位,同时,加大建筑构造课程与实验室教学相结合的力度,整合建筑构造课程与建筑设计课,并把建筑构造课程与施工实习融合在一起,以达到培养建筑综合素质型人才的教育目的。     

论江泽民的发展观

在跨世纪的征途上 ,江泽民同志高举邓小平理论伟大旗帜 ,创造性地继承、丰富和发展邓小平同志的经济发展思想 ,提出了一系列具有独创性的新思想、新观念、新论断 :发展是“党执政兴国的第一要务” ;加快发展“要有新思路” ;“保持国民经济的持续快速健康发展”。     

袁世凯幕府与清末立宪

在清末立宪活动中,幕府人员帮助袁世凯完成了对立宪从漠不关心到积极参与的转变。同时,幕府人员积极参加清末的宪政改革,在中央编制了新官制方案、在东三省进行了政治体制的改革、在天津试行了地方自治、在直隶进行了司法改革,取得了一定的成效。他们的所作所为有利于中国政治的近代化,同时也有利于袁世凯北洋集团势力的扩张。     

依法治国的宪法性思考--兼论江泽民同志十六大报告的法治精神

崇尚法治是现代社会政治文明的重要标志。十六大报告提出的依法治国思想的核心和灵魂是依宪治国。法治、宪政与政治文明三者有内在的密不可分的关系。从宪法角度讲,有中国特色的法治制度构建包括建立与国际接轨的法律规范体系、积极实现无限政府向有限政府的过渡、建立科学合理的宪法性审查制度、确立全面司法审查原则的宪法地位等方面。     

浅议独立学院的学风建设

高校学风状况直接关系到学校的生存和发展。独立学院由于其自身特点,学风建设需引起高度重视。本文通过对独立学院学风现状的分析,强调了独立学院学风建设的必要性和紧迫性。学校和国家教育行政部门应给予一定的政策倾斜,独立学院本身要从端正教风入手,加强对学生的思想教育,强化学风建设意识。独立学院的学风重在建设,贵在坚持。     

铸牢陆地边境民众中华民族共同体意识初探

以中国99个陆地边境口岸为例,在边境界定、边境县人口统计基础上,分析发现,影响边境民众铸牢中华民族共同体意识的因素主要有四个方面:陆地边境区域经济社会发展滞后,边境民众对铸牢中华民族共同体意识的认识有限,跨国民族(含跨境、跨界民族)的民心相通作用发挥不足,周边国家关系深受大国渗透及干涉。铸牢中华民族共同体意识的可行性路径有"五全":一是全覆盖,即中国边境区域全覆盖;二是全小康,即持续推进边境人口全面建设小康社会;三是全方位,即全方位设计符合边境实际的铸牢中华民族共同体意识的内容;四是全辐射,即将铸牢陆地边境民众中华民族共同体意识与周边国家命运共同体意识连接起来;五是全过程,即注重铸牢中华民族共同体意识过程建设,达到文化润疆的目标。根据边境民众对铸牢中华民族共同体意识的认知程度,铸牢中华民族共同体意识的内容包括山河恋、家国情、中国心、邻国缘。     

关于当代社会人文精神建构的思考

当代中国社会人文精神的建构,关系到人类自身的重大问题,更关系到社会主义和谐社会的建设以及人的自由全面发展。当代社会人文精神的建构,必须坚持继承中国优秀的传统文化,积极吸收西方人文精神的合理因素,并且与坚持马克思主义阐述的人文精神原理紧密结合。