Purpose: This study aimed to explore the practical experience of nursing graduates through a clinical practicum alternative program during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Participants in this study comprised sixteen students who had gone through clinical field practice and clinical alternative programs during 4 semesters at nursing college. Data were collected through individual in-depth interviews and analyzed via the phenomenological research method developed by Colaizzi. Results: From the meaningful statements offered by the participants, six theme clusters emerged: (a) interest in new experiences, (b) practice that doesn’t feel like practice, (c) limits on yourself, (d) ambivalence about alternative programs, (e) longing for vivid clinical settings, and (f) choice in an unavoidable situation. Conclusion: This study provides a profound understanding of the practical experiences of nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic situation about the clinical practicum alternative program. Based on this study, it is necessary to determine how students who have participated in the implementation of the clinical practice alternative program are adapting to the actual field as nurses. It is also necessary to develop various programs that reflect the needs of students and utilize technologies such as virtual reality, augmented reality, and metaverse along with current teaching methods.

The present study attempted to verify the mediating effect of social capital in the relationship between cultural capital and academic achievement for university students. Toward this end, the study included survey data collected from 270 students from national universities in the analysis. The collected data was analyzed using the SPSS 22.0 and AMOS 22.0 statistical programs. The results of the present study can be summarized as follows. First, there was a significant positive correlation between the overall variables of cultural capital, social capital, and academic achievement. In particular, the greatest correlation was exhibited between social capital and academic achievement with regard to the relationship between dependent variables. Second, social capital appeared to fully mediate the relationship between cultural capital and academic achievement. This implies that students can increase their academic achievement by increasing their level of social capital, which is slightly more fluid than cultural capital in an embodied state, which is acquired while being naturally exposed to such a culture since childhood.

The present study explored the actual target discourse of oral presentations in science and engineering graduate classrooms. First, three target tasks were identified from the combination of class observation, interviews with instructors, and surveys of students: to report the research in a logical way, to clarify ideas, and to deliver the speech in an interactional speaking style. Second, the analysis of target discourse addressed how the language was used in carrying out each task. The native speakers employed a mixture of the rhetorical structures of the research article, conference presentation, and lecture introduction to organize ideas in a logical way. Also they utilized syntactic structures and lexical devices unique to oral presentations to help the audience better understand main points of the research; however, the nonnative speakers often failed to perform well-organized presentations and delivered in written text style. Pedagogic implications were suggested for the specific needs of science and engineering graduate students.

전 세계적으로 선복량의 증가와 더불어 선원의 수요는 지속적인 증가세가 예상된다. 또한 지난 몇 년 동안 경험해 왔던 바와 같이 세계 경기가 회복세로 돌아설 때 해기사 부족 현상이 재발될 것이 우려된다. 발틱국제해사협의회(BIMCO)와 국제해운연맹(ISF)의 2010년 보고에는 유능한 해기사를 양성해내기 위한 지속적인 노력을 경주하는 것이 불확실한 시나리오에 대비하여 산업계의 손실을 줄일 수 있을 것이라고 밝혔다. OECD회원국인 한국은 조선산업의 강국이며 또한 해운선단의 지속적인 확장세를 보여주고 있는 나라이다. 한편, 필리핀은 여전히 상선 인력의 주공급원으로 인식되어 있다. 이 논문에서는 두 나라 해양계 졸업생들의 진로에 관한 통계적 비교를 살펴보았다. 결론적으로, 국제 해사 교육 및 실습에 관한 교류협력에 초점을 맞춘 한국과 필리핀사이의 상호 협력 관계가 확립되어야 한다고 제안한다.

This interview study aims at exploring how two Korean college graduates strive autonomously to manage their English world before, during and after college-graduation. The participants were two very autonomous students out of 34 students the researcher met at a 15-week autonomy-based English Speaking/Writing class at a college in 2003. Two major findings emerged from the interview data collected in April 2005: (1) B"s initial interest in English came from teachers" urgings to get good test scores, but his visit to America and Australia made him more interested in learning communicative English; (2) S"s interest in non-Korean people and countries, inspired by her first English teacher, made her go abroad and practice English very actively in and beyond Korea. The findings shed light on a critical issue concerning the application of the learner autonomy theory with Korean students who learn English in Korean educational contexts: the limit and effectiveness of classroom-English-learning. Pedagogical implications of the findings are added at the end.

This study aims to describe the perceptions of accounting students and expectations of employers towards the skills and knowledge needed by accounting graduates in Indonesia. Quantitative method using survey is employed to analyze 103 questionnaires from students and 51 questionnaires from employers. The results showed that students’ perceived honesty, continuous learning, and work ethics are important skills, while employers stress the importance of work ethics, teamwork, and time management. Knowledge needed by accounting graduates in the perception of students includes financial accounting, financial reporting, and financial statement analysis, whereas employers perceived the importance of financial statement analysis, knowledge of Microsoft Office program, and financial accounting. Further analysis showed that there is an expectation gap between the perceptions of students and the expectations of employers towards skills – not knowledge – needed by accounting graduates. Although investigations of students’ perceptions and employers’ expectations have been conducted in previous studies, the information should be updated continuously to reflect the current conditions. This study offers the recent perceptions from students and employers to identify the current expectation gap. This study points to the importance of skills development in the university curriculum in order to develop the skillful human resources in accounting and meet the expectations of employers.

In recent years, many firms have built a good recruitment policy, focusing on the requirements set for candidates to meet the employers’ satisfaction; they often have certain requirements for each accounting job’s position. The study aims to identify and measure factors affecting the employers’ satisfaction with accounting graduates in Hanoi, the important locus of firms’ labor force. We conducted a questionnaire consisting of 16 observation variables with a 5-point Likert scale. Independent variables were measured from 1 “without effect” to 5 “strongly”. Based on the literature review and results of interviews, a total of 150 questionnaires were sent to participants; 135 of them met the standards and were subject to be analyzed. The results of Cronbach’s alpha, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Multiple Regression Analysis (MRA) identify three main determinants influencing the employers’ satisfaction with accounting graduates in Hanoi, including students’ experience before graduating (SEG), reputation of universities (RU), and university’s recruitment support policy (RSP). Based on the findings, some recommendations have been proposed to help universities design training programs for creating better satisfactions for employers in the future. On this basis, the authors propose a number of recommendations to improve the employers’ satisfaction with accounting graduates in Hanoi.

This study investigates graduate competencies that can improve the uptake of higher education graduate outcomes in the working environment in Indonesia. This research was conducted by collecting data through sending questionnaires directly by the research team, via courier, or via postal service to respondents. A survey with questionnaire is carried out on April 2019, and the data from 117 respondents was analyzed. The sample population was all private higher education in the area of the I-XIV Higher Education Service Institution in Indonesia. This study employs factor analysis and structural equation modelling. The results show that the Graduates‟ competencies had a significant direct effect on the uptake of higher education graduates in the job market. The indirect effect of a Diploma Supplement and networking as mediation has a level of influence that is higher than the direct effect of graduate competence on the uptake of higher education graduate outcomes in the job market. The findings suggest that the Diploma Supplement and networking can increase the uptake of higher education graduates in Indonesia as expected by stakeholders and be able to compete in the global or international scale of environmental working. The professionalism of lecturers has a significant influence on the quality of learning.

This paper presents the educational methodology including shipboard training methods of Maritime Colleges in U.S.A. and the fields of engagement in business of the graduates from them. There are two Maritime Academies, i.e. U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) and U.S. Coast Guard Academy, which are supported by federal government and six Maritime Colleges operated by each State. Maritime Administration (MARAD) in the Department of Transportation (DOT) supports the training of merchant marine officers and crew members with a focus on safety in U.S. waterborne commerce. The shipboard training methods are not unique, but have various process. One is continuous sea term training onboard during sophomore (100 days) and junior year (200 days) in case of USMMA, the other is summer sea term training onboard every three months during freshman, sophomore and junior years in case of SUNY Maritime College. They offer also one month ship simulator training ashore. The employment status for the 1999 year graduates from USMMA shows 43 percent in the field of maritime afloat, 34 percent of maritime ashore, 22 percent of active duty military and 1 percent of others.