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Singh, Navin – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2011
The world is marked by the twin processes of economic and cultural globalization in an era of information technology. The identities of all societies are evolving as social and political boundaries are shrinking day-by-day. As a result of significant economic and political changes, cross-cultural contact is at an all-time high in human history.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Student Recruitment, Global Approach
Douglass, John Aubrey; Edelstein, Richard – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2009
There is growing evidence that students throughout the world no longer see the US as the primary place to study; that in some form this correlates with a rise in perceived quality and prestige in the EU and elsewhere; and further, that this may mean a continued decline in the US's market share of international students. There clearly are a complex…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Higher Education, Competition, Global Approach
Slattery, Luke – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
Australia has been stunningly successful in its ability to recruit foreign students. An estimated 250,000 of them study at Australia's 39 universities and their offshore programs. That's an estimated 6 percent of the world market. This article reports that even as Australia has gained admiration overseas for its recruiting successes, university…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Success, Student Recruitment, Foreign Students
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Kelly, Heather; Robinson, Anske; Drysdale, Marlene; Chesters, Janice; Faulkner, Susan; Ellender, Isabel; Turnbull, Leanne – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2009
The numbers of Indigenous students studying in health career courses at the tertiary level is low. This paper describes a forum conducted as part of a project of national significance which examines the solutions and barriers for Indigenous student entry to medical and other health science education. Small group discussions and observations were…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries, Health Occupations
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Lock, Graeme; Reid, Jo-Anne; Green, Bill; Hastings, Wendy; Cooper, Maxine; White, Simone – Education in Rural Australia, 2009
This article presents descriptive insights into how a national research team located in three Australian states (New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia), is able to maintain a sustained, cohesive approach to achieving the project's aim. The initial section of the article introduces each team member prior to discussing the importance of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Education, Educational Research, Preservice Teacher Education
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Carroll, David; Ng, Eric; Birch, Dawn – Open Learning, 2009
This paper presents the findings of an exploratory case study that investigated factors affecting the retention and progression of postgraduate business students at a major Australian distance education university. The majority of prior research addressing student retention focuses on undergraduate on-campus students, while this research…
Descriptors: On Campus Students, Distance Education, Business Education, School Holding Power
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White, Simone; Lock, Graeme; Hastings, Wendy; Cooper, Maxine; Reid, Jo-Anne; Green, Bill – Education in Rural Australia, 2011
Attracting and retaining effective education leaders and teaching staff for regional, rural and remote schools in Australia is a major sustainability and quality issue facing every State and Territory. It is also a major concern in pre-service teacher education, particularly for those universities which have a commitment to rural and regional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Rural Schools, Educational Change
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Shipton, Brett – Journal of Learning Design, 2009
Education programs for police recruits have often been criticised for their over-reliance on teacher-centred approaches that are less than ideal for promoting functional knowledge and critical thinking skills. Problem-Based Learning (PBL), which is suggested as an alternative, has been criticised for not providing novice learners with appropriate…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Foreign Countries, Thinking Skills, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
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Buchanan, John – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2010
Considerable research has been conducted into teacher retention. Less is known of ex-teachers' circumstances: salary, workload, working conditions, "job prestige". For this study, telephone interviews were used to ask 21 ex-teachers about their journey from teaching, and views on their current working conditions by comparison. This paper…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Persistence, Teaching Conditions
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Fenech, Marianne; Waniganayake, Manjula; Fleet, Alma – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2009
In Australia and internationally, government policies aim to increase the supply of early childhood teachers and thus improve the quality of early childhood education and care services. In this paper, we suggest that such a policy-quality trajectory in Australia is not as straightforward as policy discourses suggest. From industrial relations and…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Teacher Shortage
Morgan, Michelle, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
The landscape of higher education (HE) has dramatically altered in the past 30 years and it continues to evolve and change. More students are entering HE and attending university or college on a global scale than ever before. Supporting and enhancing the undergraduate student experience across the student lifecycle, from first contact through to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Student Experience
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McEwen, Lindsey; Monk, Janice; Hay, Iain; Kneale, Pauline; King, Helen – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2008
Postgraduate education in geography, especially at the Master's level, is undergoing significant changes in the developed world. There is an expansion of vocationally oriented degree programmes, increasing recruitment of international students, integration of workplace skills, and the engagement of non-traditional postgraduate students as…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Graduate Study, Geography Instruction
US Government Accountability Office, 2009
Following September 11, 2001, the number of international students coming to the United States dropped for the first time in over 30 years. While enrollments have rebounded, the U.S. image has declined in the Muslim world and elsewhere. To improve global attitudes toward America, the U.S. government funds higher education for international…
Descriptors: Higher Education, International Relations, Foreign Countries, International Organizations
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Barrett, Rowena; Neeson, Robyn; Billington, Leo – Education & Training, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore what owners of small firms are looking for from new employees. The aim is to pursue this in light of the debate around formality and informality of small firm HRM, exploring the extent to which the small firms studied had formalized HRM practices. Design/methodology/approach: The data reported here…
Descriptors: Small Businesses, Foreign Countries, Employees, Federal Government
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Cranston, Neil C. – School Leadership & Management, 2007
Much has been researched and written about the principalship (or headship) in recent years. One aspect that has attracted attention of late is that of recruitment to the role, raising questions about just what potential aspirants think of the principalship, and what might be some of the reasons they see as motivation for seeking that next step on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Principals, Faculty Recruitment
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