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Chu, Hongqi; Cravens, Xiu Chen – Peabody Journal of Education, 2012
This article examines the essential role of school principals in China's "Quality-Oriented Education" national reform movement. Keeping China's cultural and historical context in mind, and taking into consideration the impact of political and societal forces on the nation, we discuss the major challenges faced by Chinese schools,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Principals, Instructional Leadership
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Blackmur, Douglas – Quality in Higher Education, 2007
The nation state is not helpless if it wishes to respond to the significant increase since the 1980s in the cross-border provision of higher education. In 2003, the General Council of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) nevertheless commissioned the development of practices and principles to further…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Criticism, Risk, Guidelines