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Kathleen Smithers – Critical Studies in Education, 2024
Schools in southern Africa use tourism partnerships as a source for establishing philanthropic funding and philanthropic networks. In these partnerships, there is often an exchange of funds for use of the school for tourism purposes. Little is known about the influence of tourism on schools. Drawing on interviews with teachers and tourism…
Descriptors: Private Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Tourism, Networks
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Morgan, Clara – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2017
The article challenges the deficit view in which education in the Arab region is portrayed by examining the process of educational regionalisation. It takes as its case study the Arab Regional Agenda for Improving Educational Quality in order to explore the construction of an educational quality space that uses data as a governance model. Drawing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Arabs, Educational Quality, Geographic Regions
Alsaaty, Falih M.; Morris, Archie, III – Journal of Case Studies in Education, 2015
High schools play a vital role in achieving and reflecting American ideals and culture. They provide the foundation for the country's economic, social, and political systems as well as the impetus for its scientific progress and technological superiority. The purpose of this study was to explore the challenges facing high schools' leadership in…
Descriptors: High Schools, Public Schools, Principals, Leadership
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Crawford, Jerry, II. – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2012
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are facing challenges to their continued existence on several fronts. One is fiscally, as federal funding for education has been cut and the responsibility for paying for higher education has been levied on students and parents. Another challenge is the amount of endowment dollars available to…
Descriptors: Governance, Departments, College Administration, Success
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Adamowicz, Catherine – Academe, 2007
The 2006 report from Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings's Commission on the Future of Higher Education, "Test of Leadership: Charting the Future of U. S. Higher Education", made recommendations that most parttime faculty cannot follow. The report "urge[s] postsecondary institutions to make a commitment to embrace new pedagogies, curricula,…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Community Colleges, Teaching Load, Governance