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George Henderson – Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd, 2024
The primary audience for this book is first-generation college students. Whether they are in two-year or four-year colleges, I give the readers an example of the power of a parent's dream, the positive and negative outcomes of a student's hard work, the stuff caring teachers and supportive school administrators are made of, and the significance of…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Academic Aspiration, Parent Attitudes, Teacher Influence
Miller, Michael T., Ed.; Gearhart, G. David, Ed. – IGI Global, 2021
Higher education has changed significantly over the past 50 years, and the individuals who provide leadership for these institutions has similarly changed. The pathway to the college presidency, once the domain of academic administration, has diversified as an increasing number of development officers, student affairs and enrollment management…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Change, College Role, College Administration
Grassian, Daniel – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020
Most new college and university administrators, especially if they come directly from the faculty ranks or from outside academia, receive little if any training. Rather, they try to succeed mostly by stumbling through the (semi-)dark with a combination of their own knowledge and experience as well as on-the-job learning. This can lead to costly…
Descriptors: College Administration, Leadership Responsibility, Administrator Role, Governance
Webber, Karen L., Ed.; Zheng, Henry, Ed. – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020
The continuing importance of data analytics is not lost on higher education leaders, who face a multitude of challenges, including increasing operating costs, dwindling state support, limits to tuition increases, and increased competition from the for-profit sector. To navigate these challenges, savvy leaders must leverage data to make sound…
Descriptors: Data Use, Decision Making, Learning Analytics, Higher Education
DeMatthews, David – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2018
The recent presidential election and an increase in anti-immigrant rhetoric and deportations foster greater uncertainty and fear in Mexican American immigrant communities. In the border city of El Paso, Texas, teachers and principals report how fear and uncertainty negatively impact their campuses, students, and school-family relationships. The…
Descriptors: Presidents, Immigrants, Mexican Americans, Principals
Mak, Carry; Hong, Jacky – Learning Organization, 2020
Purpose: This paper aims to offer a contextualized and multi-stakeholder perspective for creating a learning organization (LO) 2.0. Design/methodology/approach: Based on a systematic review of the critiques of LO in the past three decades, this paper suggests some possible directions for the development of next-generation of LO (e.g. LO 2.0).…
Descriptors: Criticism, Models, Stakeholders, Design
Smith, Daryl G. – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020
Daryl G. Smith has devoted her career to studying and fostering diversity in higher education. In "Diversity's Promise for Higher Education," Smith brings together research from a wide variety of fields to propose a set of clear and realistic practices that will help colleges and universities locate diversity as a strategic imperative…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Mission, Diversity (Faculty), Interdisciplinary Approach
Dagen, Allison Swan, Ed.; Bean, Rita M., Ed. – Guilford Press, 2020
This authoritative text and practitioner resource has now been extensively revised and expanded with 70% new material covering new topics and standards in literacy leadership. Prominent experts present research-based methods for improving instruction, assessment, and professional learning experiences in PreK-12. The distinct roles of teachers,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Preschool Education, Literacy Education, Teaching Methods
Willoughby, Brian – Southern Poverty Law Center (NJ1), 2012
Your school has plans and protocols in place to respond to fires, severe weather, medical emergencies, fights and weapons possession. But what about school incidents like those listed above that involve bigotry and hate? Are plans in place to respond to a bias incident or hate crime? Too often these plans are created in the moment during the…
Descriptors: School Culture, Social Bias, Antisocial Behavior, Crisis Management
Spanier, Graham B. – Presidency, 2009
The Kellogg Commission on the Future of State and Land-Grant Universities released "Returning to Our Roots: The Student Experience," which found "a critical need to reform undergraduate education" and to "focus on universities as genuine learning communities" that put students first. As chair of the Kellogg Commission, the author embraced that…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Student Experience, College Students, Educational Environment
Baya'a, Nimer; Daher, Wajeeh – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2010
We used a grounded theory approach to investigate and describe the learning of middle school students when they carry out mathematical activities (in the classroom or out of it) and explore mathematical objects and relations using mobile phones. We found that a web of conditions and consequences could be related to the students' learning when they…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Middle School Students, Learning Modalities, Internet
Howe, Alan, Ed.; Richards, Val, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
The transition from primary to secondary school can often be a difficult time for children, and managing the transition smoothly has posed a problem for teachers at both upper primary and lower secondary level. At a time when "childhood" recedes and "adulthood" beckons, the inequalities between individual children can widen,…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Physical Development, Teaching Methods, Transitional Programs
Edwards, Kay; Dendler, David – Music Educators Journal, 2007
In this article, the authors explore the roles of university supervisor and cooperating teacher as mentoring partners in the student-teaching process, based on their perspectives as they served in those roles for an elementary general music assignment. Their observations and tips may help current or future student teachers, cooperating teachers,…
Descriptors: Supervisors, Student Teachers, Music, Mentors
Mahoney, Dan – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2006
This is a research-based book to help school administrators understand and more effectively deal with the ethical compromises that arise as a result of the complex organizational and interpersonal demands of their leadership roles. The author combines personal knowledge, candid revelations, and interview data from five dedicated school…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Boards of Education, Ethics, Leadership Training
Whalley, Margy – SAGE Publications (CA), 2007
"Involving Parents in Their Children's Learning" is the story of the pioneering work of the Pen Green Centre for children and families. Showing how early years practitioners can collaborate effectively with parents, the book includes case studies of parents and children who have attended the centre, studies which chart developments in learning for…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Diaries, Child Development