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American Faculty and Their Institutions: The Global View
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Finkelstein, Martin; Cummings, William – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2012
This study focuses on aspects of the Changing Academic Profession survey of 2007-08 that describe the place of faculty in their institutions. The authors examine the following aspects of institutional life: (1) the faculty role in institutional governance; (2) who evaluates their teaching and research; (3) the locus of their loyalties as between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Academic Rank (Professional), Teaching Conditions
To the Barricades: The Relationship between Secondary School Organizational Structure and the Implementation of Policy Initiatives.
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Hannay, Lynne M.; Erb, Cathy Smeltzer; Ross, John A. – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2001
Explores the relationship between (Ontario) secondary-school organizational structures and implementation of legislated change initiatives. Examines the role of individuals responsible for implementing two legislated curriculum innovations: curriculum integration and performance-based assessment. Implementing whole-school or subject-based…
Descriptors: Department Heads, Departments, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
The Role of the Department Head or Chairman: Discipline, Sex and Nationality as Factors Influencing Faculty Opinion.
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Watson, Roy E. L. – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1979
A study of the influence of academic discipline, sex and nationality on the definition of the role of the head of a university department indicates the importance of discipline, the coordinator or representative role, and the lack of influence of nationality on expectations. (JMF)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, College Faculty, Demography