Themodern-day university is a thoroughly complex affair that comprises of numerous interlocking research activities that inform the delivery of an equally complex portfolio of learning programs (Kerr, 1963; Krücken et al., 2007). This contemporary model of a university is a far cry from university education envisioned by the noted educational philosopher Cardinal John Henry Newman1. In his semi...

Entrepreneurship can greatly contribute to economic growth and graduate employment. Many university graduates may find that becoming an entrepreneur is the solution their recruitment issues. This exploratory cross-sectional quantitative study at Tshwane University of Technology Walter Sisulu aims learn about entrepreneurship education students' perceptions impact curriculum on capacity interact...

Student employment has become widespread across many European countries, eliciting the question of how working while studying affects student retention. Previous research mostly agrees that it does by arguing firstly, students who work long hours (i.e. more than 10 h per week) are likely to leave university early, and also shows without academic family backgrounds First-in-Family students) ente...

Most universities today have developed intellectual property policies which clearly establish ownership rights in any commercially valuable process developed by professors and graduate students in a university laboratory. Increasingly, undergraduates are also being encouraged to take an active part in research since this often encourages them to go on to graduate school. It is also, in itself, ...

The National Science Foundation GK-12 program has made more than 300 awards to universities, supported thousands of graduate student trainees, and impacted thousands of K-12 students and teachers. The goals of the current study were to determine the number of sustained GK-12 programs that follow the original GK-12 structure of placing graduate students into classrooms and to propose models for ...

Declining graduate labour markets, perceived devaluing of degree qualifications, and intense focus on employment metrics have increased pressure universities to enhance their students’ employability. Formal curricula developments been accompanied by co-curricular extra-curricular offerings intended career readiness emerging profiles. Using survey data from undergraduate postgraduate students in...