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Coping with Paradoxical Demands: The Dual Position of Deans in French Business Schools
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Olivier Guyottot; Anne-Sophie Thelisson – Studies in Higher Education, 2024
Recent studies have highlighted the major challenges faced by managers in the higher education sector and shown the contradictory demands which foster paradoxical tensions. Previous works have also underlined some specific tensions and rigidities that business school deans regularly face in their role. Yet, few studies have empirically explored…
Descriptors: Deans, Administrator Role, Business Schools, Foreign Countries
Changes in University Governance in France and in Italy
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Boffo, Stefano; Dubois, Pierre; Moscati, Roberto – Tertiary Education and Management, 2008
The transformation of higher education systems under the pressure of new needs required by the "society of knowledge" in France and Italy has had a deep effect on the relationship between state and university, and therefore a direct impact on university governance. This article sums up the main results of a research carried out on…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Governance, Foreign Countries, Resistance to Change
An International Study on Principal Influence and Information Services in Schools: Synergy in Themes and Methods.
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Henri, James; Hay, Lyn; Oberg, Dianne – School Libraries Worldwide, 2002
Describes an international study of the principal's role in developing and supporting school library programs that was conducted in Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Japan, Scotland, and South Korea. Discusses three survey instruments that were used to provide information for principals and teacher-librarians that would inform their efforts to…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Information Literacy
Decision-Making in Higher Education: A Comparative Perspective.
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Boer, Harry de; Goedegebuure, Leo – Australian Universities' Review, 1995
A survey of 112 higher education institutions in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Netherlands, and Flanders (Belgium) sought information about governance and decision-making structures, including the involvement of faculty, administrators, and governing councils at different levels; areas in which these actors participate…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Administrator Selection, Budgeting
A Comparative Analysis of the Function of Coordination of Early Childhood Education and Care in France and Italy.
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Baudelot, Olga; Rayna, Sylvie; Mayer, Susanna; Musatti, Tullia – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2003
Surveyed local early childhood coordinators in France and Italy regarding their status, training, and tasks in order to compare the function of coordinating municipal early childhood education and care services in these two countries. Found impressive similarities in services, policies, and the function of coordination. Also found that service…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
Status of the High School Principal. Bulletin, 1925, No. 24
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Eikenberry, Dan Harrison – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1926
In the last two decades a number of studies, State, regional and nation-wide, have been made of the academic and professional training, the educational experience, and the social and economic status of elementary and secondary school teachers. Three notable studies have been made of the city superintendent of schools. The status of the high-school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Schools of Education, High Schools