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How State Pension Subsidies Undermine Equity
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Shuls, James V.; Hitt, Collin; Costrell, Robert M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2019
When policy advocates debate how best to ensure equity in public education funding, the topic of teacher pension reform rarely comes up. But, in fact, pensions represent a very large and fast-growing source of education spending, much of it distributed in ways that are, in a number of states, anything but equitable. When states subsidize teacher…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Public Education, Financial Support, Educational Policy
Teacher Unions Involvement in Education Policy: Lessons from the Iranian Teachers Movement
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Ahmad Medadi; Amir Hossein Mahdavi – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2025
This paper examines the influence of Iranian teacher unions on educational policy reforms, focusing on the evolution of teacher unions over the past two decades. Our key finding reveals a shift in the discourse and mental model of Iranian teacher unions, with an increased emphasis on education policy changes for quality and equity education.…
Descriptors: Unions, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Educational History
A Human Resources Administration Document Analysis of the "State of the States" (2013-2019)
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Lyles, Chelsea Haines; Adams, Venice; Grote, Dustin Michael – Journal of Education Human Resources, 2021
P-12 and higher education finance policies and resources impact human resources administration. By examining education finance policy analyses covering 50 states written from 2013 to 2019, we illuminate human resource trends and challenges that emerged during this time. The purpose of this document analysis was to synthesize and share emerging…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Human Resources, School Administration
Examining the Scarcity of Asian America and Pacific Islander Presidents and Chancellors in North American Universities: Implications for Strategic Executive Advancement
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Takamine, Kurt; Jun, Alexander; Collins, Christopher; Ching, Doris – Journal of College and Character, 2023
The lived experiences of eight Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) university presidents and chancellors in North America revealed the racism and discrimination these Asian academic executives faced and provided counternarratives to dismantle a White normative perspective. While these executive stories were meant to be understood as a…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, College Presidents, Disproportionate Representation
On Campus With Women. Number 19. March 1978.
Association of American Colleges, Washington, DC. Project on the Status and Education of Women. – 1978
The contents of this newsletter concern affirmative action and employment, education of women, Title IX, sports, and international news. The following news items are included: pregnancy rulings and the supreme court, the Lamphere sex discrimination case at Brown University, top college administrative jobs filled by white males, college ties with…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Students, Court Litigation, Equal Education
On Campus with Women. Number 20. June 1978.
Association of American Colleges, Washington, DC. Project on the Status and Education of Women. – 1978
The contents of this newsletter concern affirmative action and employment, education of women, women's studies, Title IX; medicine, sports, and international news. The following news items are included: increased part-time careers in academe, the status of women faculty in academe, new decisions on sex discrimination, HEW investigations of major…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Age Discrimination, College Students, Court Litigation
Gender Aspects of the Economic Payback of a Tuition-Charging Higher Education
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Baskakova, M. E. – Russian Education and Society, 2004
For many decades now the sphere of education in Russia has been considered to be among the most well off among other spheres of activity, from the standpoint of gender equality. One component of radical economic reforms in Russia in the 1990s was the transformation of education financing. During the reform years the number of students in higher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Gender Differences, Sex Fairness