Engaging Students as Stakeholders through a Student Advisory Board

Abstract

The use of advisory boards in higher education has long served as a means for colleges, universities and academic units to gain support and guidance. Sport management is no stranger to this practice as the dynamic nature of the industry requires a concerted effort by academicians to improve program offerings. With this goal in mind, the paper outlines the use of students as stakeholders in their learning process through the formation of a student advisory board in sport management. This advisory board would work together with academic faculty and administration in a similar capacity as would an industry advisory board. The board would serve as a means of providing feedback on curriculum development, networking opportunities, effective teaching modalities, industry trends and other programming facets. Student advisory boards in sport management education is an application of the foundation established in the area of library sciences and from practitioner advisory boards in business and other sectors. Implementation of such an endeavor requires buy-in from faculty and administration to incorporate student voice in the educational process. The paper includes further discussion in relation to student advisory board establishment, role, membership and benefits.

Integrating Business Students’ E-Learning Preferences into Knowledge Management of Universities after the COVID-19 Pandemic

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“…Understanding how students relate to educational processes is compulsory for any managerial strategy, as students are considered university stakeholders. Students as stakeholders in higher education is a phenomenon addressed by the academic literature in various dimensions: students as beneficiaries of educational services [8]-sometimes in a controversial customer-oriented paradigm [48,49]; students as partners [50]; students playing simulated stakeholders' roles [51]; a form of engaging students [52]. All these approaches are relevant for managerial strategies in higher education institutions, especially for adapting curriculum and teaching and for engaging students in university communities.…”