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Special Issue: Veterans in Higher Education--When Johnny and Jane Come Marching to Campus
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DiRamio, David; Jarvis, Kathryn – ASHE Higher Education Report, 2011
This volume is intended to provide useful information about students with military experience who are attending college by blending the theoretical, practical, and empirical. The chapters contain theories, frameworks, facts, and ideas for consideration when approaching the subject of the newest generation of college students who have experienced…
Descriptors: Veterans, Military Service, Higher Education, College Students
Gendered Behavior Patterns in School Board Governance
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Mountford, Meredith; Brunner, C. Cryss – Teachers College Record, 2010
Background/Context: Educational leadership literature lacks research focused on how gender influences decision making, in particular at the highest level of school governance, the school board table. Consequently, whether gender makes a difference during decision making at the school board table has yet to be determined. Purpose/Objective/Research…
Descriptors: Motivation, Behavior Patterns, Females, Governance
Successful K-12 STEM Education: Identifying Effective Approaches in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
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National Academies Press, 2011
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are cultural achievements that reflect our humanity, power our economy, and constitute fundamental aspects of our lives as citizens, consumers, parents, and members of the workforce. Providing all students with access to quality education in the STEM disciplines is important to our nation's…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
Education Policy Making in Australia.
Broadbent, R. F., Ed. – 1982
Thirteen papers and a speech address the theme of who makes education policy in Australia. Kwong Lee Dow's address assesses national planning in uncertain times and urges flexibility. John Steinle outlines the operation of Australian policy-making and recommends developing think tanks. Edward Holdaway analyzes the complex relationship between…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Community Involvement, Decision Making, Educational Administration
Many Superintendents Privately Contend School Board "Meddling" Is More Like It.
Trotter, Andrew; Downey, Gregg W. – American School Board Journal, 1989
School board members refuse to honor the elusive line separating governance and management, policy and administration. Reviews the influence of women board members, accountability, and parental pressure on school boards. (MLF)
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Decision Making
An Experience in Peer Leadership
Barkman, Donna – School Library Media Quarterly, 1987
This discussion of women's leadership styles is based on a description of the activities of a group of female media professionals, librarians, and educators who were responsible for planning and operating a school library system as part of the New York State library network. (CLB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Financial Support, Leadership Qualities
Hispanic Participation in the Administration of the California Community Colleges: 1981-82.
Rivera, Manuel G. – 1983
A study of Hispanic participation in administration of the 106 California community colleges (administered through district organizations) counted persons with Spanish surnames listed in the "Directory of California Community Colleges 1981-82" as participating in administration at district or college level. Hispanic administrators were…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Selection, Administrators, Affirmative Action