introduction. faculties are the main elements of universities and naturally their performance has an essential role in university efficiency. obviously, if continuous evaluation of their performance is done correctly, it can help in distinguishing the week points and improving their function. this is a descriptive - analytic research that is done to assess the opinions of faculties about the ef...

The pervasiveness of online information services has led to substantial changes in higher education including changes in faculty members’ teaching methods and students’ study habits. This article presents the results of a survey about media use for teaching and learning conducted at a large Canadian university and highlights trends in the use of new and traditional media across university Facul...

The under-representation of women on faculties of science and engineering is ascribed in part to demographic inertia, which is the lag between retirement of current faculty and future hires. The assumption of demographic inertia implies that, given enough time, gender parity will be achieved. We examine that assumption via a semi-Markov model to predict the future faculty, with simulations that...

Der Ausschuss Prüfungen der GMA hat zusammen mit dem Kompetenzzentrum für Prüfungen in der Medizin in Baden-Württemberg 2008 eine Leitlinie für Fakultäts-interne schriftliche Leistungsnachweise während des Medizinstudiums publiziert [1]. In der Folge wurde die Umsetzung dieser Leitlinie als Qualitätsstandard lebhaft diskutiert. Eine Umfrage zum Ist-Zustand der Prüfungen in fakultärer Verantwort...

In the Sarvastivādin Abhidharma, it is explained that rūpa dharma （one of five skandhas） consists sense faculties, objects perception and avijñapti-rūpa. Verse 9 first chapter （Dhātunirdeśa） Vasubandhu’s Abhidharmakośabhāṣya explains, “Those bases consciousnesses are （the faculties such as） eyes; a transparent pure rūpa.” Citing Saṅghabhadra’s words, Sthiramati, in his commentary on Abhidharmak...

First year experience is a concern to Universities in Australia for a long time. This has presented itself forcefully in Engineering Faculties which have a high student attrition rate during the first year of study. Universities and Faculties have employed many strategies to try and address this “leakage” of students. Some of the approaches adopted include student mentoring, and various program...

Forty years have passed since video-games were first made widely available to the public and subsequently playing games has become a favorite past-time for many. Players continuously engage with dynamic visual displays with success contingent on the time-pressured deployment, and flexible allocation, of attention as well as precise bimanual movements. Evidence to date suggests that both brief a...

OBJECTIVE To survey the use of declarations of ethical commitment made by graduating medical students in Australia and New Zealand. METHODS Information, obtained by email and telephone, from faculty officers of all faculties of medicine (or medicine and health sciences) in Australia and New Zealand. RESULTS Declarations are made by graduating medical students at seven of 12 Australasian fac...