我国中小学教师培训财政问题研究综述

本文对中小学教师培训财政问题的已有研究进行梳理、阐述和评价。从研究内容来讲,已有研究涉及到教师培训领域的很多理论与现实财政问题。其中关于经费投入与分担的研究较为系统深入,关于理论基础、国际经验以及教师培训券制度的研究较为薄弱,尤其缺乏针对农村中小学教师培训财政问题的深入研究。从研究方法来讲,已有研究使用了文献研究法、比较研究法和实证研究法等,较有分量的成果多数使用实证研究法。亟需建立关于教师培训经费投入与使用的衡量指标体系,以利于不同实证结果间的比较。从研究结果来讲,已有研究在经费分担主体、经费投入现状等方面达成了共识,但对于中小学教师培训中的很多核心财政问题还不能给出明确答案,需要学者们进一步的理论研究与实践探索。     

余额宝的可持续性研究——基于4Cs分析法

2013年6月13日新一代网络金融理财产品——余额宝,一经推出便对传统理财产品产生巨大冲击,余额宝门槛低、收益稳定、流动性强等特点受到投资者的认可。文章运用4Cs分析法,从投资者的角度分析得出,余额宝具有广泛的投资群体,相对传统银行理财产品受众更广,具有可持续发展的动力。但风险防御体系不健全以及政策擦边球,使得余额宝发展被迫放缓,并据此提出政策建议。     

财经权力视角下的大学内部权力运行制约机制——以上海交通大学为例

高等教育的迅猛发展及教育投入的不断增加,对大学权力运行制约与监控提出了挑战。从财经权力的视角分析上海交通大学财经权力运行,可以发现中国特色现代大学治理制度的完善还需要制度固化财经权力层级性、层级制约和横向制约并重、加强信息公开和民主监督、完善评价反馈和问责机制。     

高校财务内部控制问题及改善措施初探

针对目前高校财务内部控制存在财务内部控制观念薄弱、财务内部控制体系不健全、预算编制和执行不科学、资产管理不合理等问题,从提升财务内部控制观念、健全财务内部控制体系、合理执行预算管理、合理管理资产、加强内部监督等方面提出改善措施建议,从而进一步健全高校财务内部控制体系。     

富士康式实习现象下的实习生权益思考

社会出现的“富士康式实习”现象,不但背离实习教育宗旨,而且还严重侵害了实习生的教育权益。如何规范实习单位的职责和保障实习生的权利问题,社会鲜有相关的专题研究和媒体报道。对此,分析“富士康式实习”现象根源,探讨实习生权利和实习单位义务,以实现实习教育理念。     

Four-Year Degree and Employment Findings From a Randomized Controlled Trial of a One-Year Performance-Based Scholarship Program in Ohio

ABSTRACT

A college degree is often viewed as a key step toward better employment and higher earnings. Many community college students, however, never graduate and cannot reap the financial benefits associated with a college degree. Although existing research suggests that financial aid interventions can modestly improve students' short-term academic outcomes, there is little rigorous evidence on the critical question of whether such interventions improve graduation rates or employment outcomes. This study helps to fill that gap using a randomized controlled trial involving over 2,000 community college students in Ohio. It focuses on a student population composed predominantly of low-income mothers. The study includes four years of post-random assignment data to examine the long-term impact of a performance-based scholarship program—financial aid that is contingent on academic performance—on degree receipt, employment, and earnings. The findings provide evidence that the one-year program made a lasting impact on students' credit accumulation—still evident after four years—and decreased the time it took students to earn a degree, but the study does not provide evidence of impacts on employment outcomes.     

The dynamics and intricacy of budgeting in secondary schools in Lesotho: Case studies of three high schools

Abstract

This paper reports on the qualitative study that used in-depth interviews and document reviews on financial management practices in their schools. The participants were school principals of the case study schools. The findings of the study highlighted problems regarding the implementation of the policy – despite the Manual for Principals of Secondary Schools on financial planning and organisation, there are still problems regarding the collection and recording of school fees, budgeting, as well as a lack of administrative support. Findings further suggest that during the process of budgeting, power relations surface where principals play a dominant role in decision making regarding both departmental budgets and the school's main budget. Findings also suggest that lack of policies on the use of fees affects issues of budgeting in these schools. Moreover, most school principals are not provided with sufficient capacity building on financial matters, which cripples them in performing the budgetary tasks. The implications of the study are that there should be adequate capacity building of the principals in regards to budgeting and systems should be put in place regarding policies on how the school fees are to be used.     

Narrowmobilization and Tea Party Activism: A Study of Right-Leaning Alternative Media

Past research concerning the theoretical framework of Resistance Performance (RP) has been based on observations of liberal organizations and activists. In the following essay, we engage in a qualitative content analysis of alternative media utilized by conservative “Tea Party” activists to build on the concept of RP. Overall, we discovered that the dominant theme found in much of the content focuses on “purity,” which is considerably different from past RP research that found broad themes of “human rights,” “democracy,” “be the media,” and “principles of unity” embedded within liberal alternative media content. We conclude that the theme of “purity” gives rise to narrowmobilization, which constructs very focused protest communities within right-leaning politics.     

Making Sense of your Usage Statistics

Usage statistics are a key decision making tool for most librarians. In this tactics session, Bob Schufreider showed how some libraries are using their vendor's usage statistics to inform purchase decisions and justify expenses, discussed the latest technologies and standards designed to make collection and integration of these statistics less time-consuming and more effective, and outlined some of the problems and pitfalls encountered with the collection of usage statistics.