Higher Education Research Interviews Sample Clauses

Higher Education Research Interviews. The objective of the Higher Education program is to strengthen the educational capacity of Haiti’s agricultural institutions of higher education and to help improve curriculum so graduates can better fulfill the needs of the country’s agricultural sector. As part of its effort to spur improvements to curriculum, AREA is working to understand the strengths and weaknesses of key higher education programs and the training needs of the agricultural sector. This work included surveying faculty, administrators and students of six of the project’s university partners and organizations that have historically employed graduates of these universities. In addition, AREA created a Faculty Development Academy to support improvements to academics and teaching at higher education institutions. The following are key accomplishments of the program in the second quarter of Year 3. Output 1: Presentation of Higher Education Research Results to Higher Education Institutional Xxxx Partners in Haiti AREA held a six-hour meeting with university partners on March 2, 2018 at the Best Western Hotel. Among those who attended were the following deans and representatives: FAMV (Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx), Campus Limonade of the State University of Haiti (Guesly Xxxx Xxxxxx and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx), American University of the Caribbean (Arsene Xxxxxxxx and Bury Xxxxxx), Université Notre Dame D´Haiti (Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx) and Université Episcopale d´Haiti (Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx). Fourteen people including AREA staff participated. Drs. Xxxxx Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx presented the results of this research conducted by the project. One of the key findings of the research is that faculty members requested more opportunities to develop students’ practical skills, via practicums, internships and labs. Additional recommendations from the research were to integrate extension and “soft” skills in courses and linking universities with Haiti’s agriculture sector. As a follow up, AREA will provide curriculum consultation sessions with institutions that request help to improve their programs. The officials were also invited to the Innovation in Agricultural Education conference May 3-May 4, 2018 at Karibe Hotel in Pétionville, where local professors and other experts will share their experiences and best practices for teaching at the higher education level. Output 2: Evaluation of the FAMV Internship - Diagnosis of Agrarian System course FAMV asked AREA to evaluate the curriculum and pedagogical practices of...