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Sailer, John D. – National Association of Scholars, 2022
This report offers analysis of the University of Tennessee's Diversity Action Plans. Every academic college and every Vice-Chancellor Unit on campus issued plans. True to Chancellor Donde Plowman's vision, these colleges and units propose extensive and ideologically-charged reforms. The National Association of Scholars finds in these plans nothing…
Descriptors: Diversity, Equal Education, Inclusion, Case Studies
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Pepe, Alessandro; Addimando, Loredana; Dagdukee, Jamal; Veronese, Guido – Educational Studies, 2021
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between psychological distress and job satisfaction in a sample of Palestinian in-service primary and lower secondary teachers (N = 380). Specifically, we cross-sectionally tested the hypothesis that the association between teachers' job satisfaction and psychological distress would be…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Job Satisfaction, Correlation, Emotional Disturbances
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de Jong, M.; Munnik, M. E.; Will, N. U. – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2019
Opportunities for academic libraries to enrich their products and services through facilitating open education (OE) in higher education are presented in an overview of good practices. A case study of open textbook publishing was performed at TU Delft to study how these products and services could stimulate educators to adopt OE. A simplified user…
Descriptors: Universities, Academic Libraries, Case Studies, Publishing Industry
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Barringer, Sondra N.; Riffe, Karley A. – Innovative Higher Education, 2018
Despite the importance of trustees for higher education institutions, few studies address how they influence the institutions they steward. To address this gap, we used a social network approach within a comparative case study design to evaluate how trustees interacted with two private, elite universities: Harvard University and the Massachusetts…
Descriptors: Trustees, Social Networks, Comparative Analysis, Case Studies
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Forrest, Rachel; Lowe, Rachael; Potts, Michelle; Poyser, Chloe – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2019
To ensure improved educational outcomes for children and young people, it is essential that teachers adapt and change their teaching practice in accordance with new and emerging pedagogies and techniques. Despite its importance, many teachers find changing their practice a challenge, and this study sought to determine the factors that contribute…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Case Studies, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Teachers
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King, Elizabeth – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2022
This paper explores how a group of Cambodian teachers implemented the Ministry of Education's Child Friendly Schools Policy. It uses the concept of translation to enable a more nuanced understanding of those factors that shaped and influenced how they interacted with and enacted the policy. Using a multi-site case study in three primary schools,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, School Policy, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
Arnold, Neetu – National Association of Scholars, 2022
This case study reveals how Qatar uses partnerships with American universities to advance its own interests and values. In partnering with Qatar, American universities have invested substantial time and manpower to aid the development of an illiberal regime that funds and befriends entities hostile to American national interests.
Descriptors: Case Studies, International Education, Partnerships in Education, Universities
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Muir, Tracey; Livy, Sharyn; Herbert, Sandra; Callingham, Rosemary – Australian Educational Researcher, 2018
Since 2008, all Australian students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 have been assessed in literacy and numeracy through an annual National Assessment Program--Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) test. In 2015, a team of mathematics education researchers across Australia conducted a nationwide research project to identify school practices and policies that were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Competency Tests, Numeracy, Case Studies
Danielle Moore – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This research uses both quantitative and qualitative methodology in a mixed methods research model to explore the implementation of a policy to integrate iPads as an instructional tool through the experiences of classroom teachers and students. The study's participants consist of classroom teachers and students involved in an iPad implementation…
Descriptors: High Schools, Case Studies, Catholic Schools, Handheld Devices
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Rivale-Bell, Nichole – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2022
Critical Race Theory is the theoretical framework used to structure the discussion of data and results. The purpose of this descriptive multi-embedded case study was to investigate the perspective of effective elementary school principals in a large, diverse suburban school district in the Metro area who narrowed the race-based academic…
Descriptors: Critical Race Theory, Case Studies, Elementary Schools, Administrator Effectiveness
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Forfang, Hilde – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2021
The literature has revealed that high-performing districts establish collaborative working relations with school leaders as a part of the strategy to improve student achievement. This study was designed to investigate the relationships and interactions that school owners and principals in municipalities with high-performing school results employ…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Municipalities, Governance, Rural Schools
Nilsen, Renee – ProQuest LLC, 2022
As the cost of higher education has risen, partly due to the embrace of neoliberalism in higher education, students and families have faced a growing cost-sharing burden. Along with an increased demand for graduate education credentials, this trend has led to the growth of student loan debt in the United States. This narrative case study…
Descriptors: Costs, Higher Education, Neoliberalism, Debt (Financial)
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Martinez Hoy, Zelideh R.; Nguyen, David H. K. – Educational Policy, 2021
Higher education professionals are critical to undocumented students' educational success as their access to higher education is heavily dependent on being able to interpret and navigate policies. This study presents an analysis of policies that impact higher education access for undocumented students coupled with a qualitative case study that…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Policy, Immigration, Academic Achievement
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Faubert, Brenton; Pollock, Katina; Hauseman, Cameron – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2019
In this case narrative, senior superintendents reckon with the challenges of implementing a revised strategic policy for student discipline in an intensified work environment. Challenges include: (a) providing professional learning to familiarize leaders and educators with regulatory requirements; (b) a problematic trend of school and district…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Discipline, Discipline Policy, School Policy
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Pfeiffer, Verbra – South African Journal of Education, 2018
A key concern today is the question of homework in our nation's public schools. In this study, an investigation was conducted with the first no-homework policy, which has been introduced in one of the primary schools in the Western Cape. This study seeks to determine whether a no-homework policy will validate a positive or negative effect on…
Descriptors: Homework, School Policy, Case Studies, Public Schools
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