Trends and challenges of community service participation among postgraduate students in IIUM: a case study

University-community engagement is important for students’ knowledge enrichment because it exposes them to fieldwork. Experiences gained will help students to prepare themselves for future careers and expose them to a holistic view of the community expectations toward university graduates. This pape...

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Main Authors:	Mohamad Diah, Nurazzura, Nurul Farhanah, Mohd Nasir
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	Serial Publications 2016
Subjects:	HM621 Culture HM711 Groups and organizations HT Communities. Classes. Races
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spelling	iium-513632017-01-04T02:05:19Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/51363/ Trends and challenges of community service participation among postgraduate students in IIUM: a case study Mohamad Diah, Nurazzura Nurul Farhanah, Mohd Nasir HM621 Culture HM711 Groups and organizations HT Communities. Classes. Races University-community engagement is important for students’ knowledge enrichment because it exposes them to fieldwork. Experiences gained will help students to prepare themselves for future careers and expose them to a holistic view of the community expectations toward university graduates. This paper attempts to explain the trends and challenges of community service participation among postgraduate students of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). Data was gathered using in-depth interview. Twenty postgraduate students, both local and international participated in this study. Data analysis was performed using qualitative approach. In general, this study reveals that postgraduate students believed that community service is the responsibility of undergraduate students due to the fact that their main focus is more on academic related work. Those who participated would have to juggle between their studies, work and family. Interestingly, socio-cultural barriers, particularly language barriers and cultural boundaries are amongst the problems that discourage international postgraduate students from participating in community service activities. Indeed, community service is an important agenda in any university to develop human capital. The university needs to strengthen its structural environment, thus making students from various socio-cultural backgrounds realize that they have a role to play in the community Serial Publications 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/51363/1/51363_-_Trends_and_challenges_of_community_service_participation_among_postgraduate_students_in_IIUM_a_case_study.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/51363/4/51363_Trends%20and%20challenges%20of%20community%20service_scopus.pdf Mohamad Diah, Nurazzura and Nurul Farhanah, Mohd Nasir (2016) Trends and challenges of community service participation among postgraduate students in IIUM: a case study. Man In India, 96 (1-2). pp. 469-475. ISSN 0025-1569 http://www.serialsjournals.com/articles.php?volumesno_id=917&journals_id=40&volumes_id=836
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spellingShingle	HM621 Culture HM711 Groups and organizations HT Communities. Classes. Races Mohamad Diah, Nurazzura Nurul Farhanah, Mohd Nasir Trends and challenges of community service participation among postgraduate students in IIUM: a case study
description	University-community engagement is important for students’ knowledge enrichment because it exposes them to fieldwork. Experiences gained will help students to prepare themselves for future careers and expose them to a holistic view of the community expectations toward university graduates. This paper attempts to explain the trends and challenges of community service participation among postgraduate students of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). Data was gathered using in-depth interview. Twenty postgraduate students, both local and international participated in this study. Data analysis was performed using qualitative approach. In general, this study reveals that postgraduate students believed that community service is the responsibility of undergraduate students due to the fact that their main focus is more on academic related work. Those who participated would have to juggle between their studies, work and family. Interestingly, socio-cultural barriers, particularly language barriers and cultural boundaries are amongst the problems that discourage international postgraduate students from participating in community service activities. Indeed, community service is an important agenda in any university to develop human capital. The university needs to strengthen its structural environment, thus making students from various socio-cultural backgrounds realize that they have a role to play in the community
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author	Mohamad Diah, Nurazzura Nurul Farhanah, Mohd Nasir
author_facet	Mohamad Diah, Nurazzura Nurul Farhanah, Mohd Nasir
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title	Trends and challenges of community service participation among postgraduate students in IIUM: a case study
title_short	Trends and challenges of community service participation among postgraduate students in IIUM: a case study
title_full	Trends and challenges of community service participation among postgraduate students in IIUM: a case study
title_fullStr	Trends and challenges of community service participation among postgraduate students in IIUM: a case study
title_full_unstemmed	Trends and challenges of community service participation among postgraduate students in IIUM: a case study
title_sort	trends and challenges of community service participation among postgraduate students in iium: a case study
publisher	Serial Publications
publishDate	2016
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Trends and challenges of community service participation among postgraduate students in IIUM: a case study

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