Information as a Regulative Element in Higher Education Systems

Kivistö, Jussi; Hölttä, Seppo

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“…This present finding corroborates the idea of Kivistö and Hölttä (2008), who suggested that information asymmetries exist in the operation of higher education institutions and without government intervention, information asymmetries would lead to degradation of quality of teaching and research. The respondents of the survey questionnaires agreed that public universities should provide the government with relevant quantitative data and qualitative information on a regular basis.…”

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“…Statistics on higher education is updated annually and accessible online through the Ministry of Higher Education website at any time. As mentioned by Kivistö and Hölttä (2008) the stakeholders have strong interest in accessing information in order to monitor the organisations activities and performances.…”

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“…Liefner (2003), and Kivistö and Hölttä (2008) argued that in reality it is hard for the principal to observe the outcomes of the higher education institutions. This agency problem known as adverse selection has resulted from the problem of incomplete information.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In the Agency Theory literature, the performance indicators implemented by the government can be used to minimise the inappropriate agent/s behaviour (Leruth & Paul, 2006)and information provided to measure the output of T&L, and R&D in the university can be used to reduce the information asymmetries (Kivistö & Hölttä, 2008). Therefore, in order to maximise the public investment, the universities are required to establish performance indicators that clearly addressed the government objectives.…”

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The Study of Government-university Relationship in Malaysian Higher Education System

Ahmad¹,

Farley²,

Naidoo³

2012

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Recently the Agency Theory is extensively used in the study of government-university relationship in higher education system. The theory expounds the main concept of information asymmetry and goal conflict in the relationship. In this paper these two concepts are used to explain efforts undertaken by the Malaysian Federal Government to improve the quality of higher education and their struggle to reform the funding system in public universities. This move is parallel to the implementation of National Higher Education Strategic Plan Beyond 2020 which was announced in 2007. Interestingly, this study found that public universities in Malaysia are working positively towards materialising the government objectives regardless of the government funding cuts. Indeed, the government initiative to keep track of the universities performances by using the monitoring, controlling and incentives mechanisms have helped reduce the agency problems in the government-university relationship.

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“…showing the alignment between our two research questions and corresponding analyses to demonstrate their mixed nature. QUAN, quantitative; QUAL, qualitative T A B L E 1 General causes of information asymmetries and how they manifest in higher education (see Kivistö & Hölttä, 2008)…”

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Information asymmetries in web‐based information for engineering transfer students

Reeping

Knight

2021

J of Engineering Edu

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Background: Transfer students in engineering must navigate a myriad of information sources to obtain accurate information on how to matriculate into a 4-year institution. Although some institutional and state-level initiatives attempt to streamline the transfer process, students still report difficulties. Purpose: This article explores the extent to which web-based transfer information is fragmented across institutional websites and written using communicative strategies that could limit comprehension. Accordingly, this study characterizes information asymmetries-gaps in information-that affect transfer students in terms of two constructs: fragmentation and language. Method: We employed a convergent fully integrated mixed-methods design with a stratified random sample of 38 US engineering degree-granting institutions. The connections between the webpages were transformed into networks and clustered using k-means and partitioning around medoids with measures of dispersion and centrality. A purposeful nested sample of 16 institutions was taken based on the clusters and explored using a two-cycle mixed-methods coding protocol to understand how fragmentation and language interact to create information asymmetries. The resulting themes from each construct were integrated to develop narratives across the sampled institutions. Conclusions:We found the web-based information for transfer students to be a messy web of loosely connected structures with language that complicates understanding. We identified four fragmentation themes illustrating how transfer information is organized and six language themes capturing linguistic patterns across the webpages. We offer strategies for researchers and practitioners based on the narratives we developed. K E Y W O R D S engineering pathways, mixed-methods research, transfer students | INTRODUCTIONGaps in information-that is, information asymmetries-are ever present in how institutions and their stakeholders interact with one another (Dill & Soo, 2004;Kivistö & Hölttä, 2008). If students cannot find the information needed regarding processes and procedures related to their academic programs, they often face difficulties in progressing toward their degrees (Nodine et al., 2012; Van Noy et al., 2016), and challenges are magnified when existing

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Modern challenges: the socio-political issues of introducing professional and practice in doctoral education in the emerging economy of Georgia

Cherkezishvili¹,

Sanikidze²,

Gibbs

2020

Quality in Higher Education

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Information as a Regulative Element in Higher Education Systems

Cited by 5 publications

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The Study of Government-university Relationship in Malaysian Higher Education System

The Study of Government-university Relationship in Malaysian Higher Education System

Information asymmetries in web‐based information for engineering transfer students

Modern challenges: the socio-political issues of introducing professional and practice in doctoral education in the emerging economy of Georgia

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