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Al-Zawahreh, Abdelghafour; Khasawneh, Samer; Al-Jaradat, Mahmoud – Tertiary Education and Management, 2019
The present study investigated the level of sustainable leadership among a random sample of 170 faculty members employed by one public university in Jordan. The sustainable leadership questionnaire with 15 items was used to carry out the study. The results of the study indicated that the sustainable leadership questionnaire is composed of three…
Descriptors: State Universities, Sustainability, Reputation, Gender Differences
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Guzmán-Valenzuela, Carolina; Gómez, Carolina – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2019
Drawing on de Sousa Santos's work on "Epistemologies of the South" (2014), this paper critically examines the patterns of publication in higher education studies in mainstream and non-mainstream journals in Latin American between 2000 and 2015. An analysis of 1370 papers--130 indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) core collection indexes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Libraries, Epistemology, Periodicals
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Zong, Xiaohua; Zhang, Wei – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
The rapid advances of China's universities in major international league tables are generally believed to be an accomplishment of Project 985. A quasi-experimental study was, therefore, undertaken to test the belief and to evaluate the effectiveness of this policy intervention, using 15-year panel data between 1998 and 2013. Results from a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Higher Education, Reputation
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Overberg, Jasmin; Ala-Vähälä, Timo – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2020
Even though quality assurance has played a role in European higher education for decades by now, it is still a topic of great discord. While several studies have focused on the initiation phase of quality assurance, little attention has been paid to the question on how attitudes towards quality assurance in higher education change over time. This…
Descriptors: Universities, Educational Quality, Quality Assurance, Higher Education
Nyangau, Josiah Z. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this exploratory qualitative study was to understand and describe the motivations of faculty involvement in internationalization. The findings suggest that key influences that underlie faculty engagement in internationalization include the desire to facilitate and enhance student learning and development; to prepare global citizens;…
Descriptors: Higher Education, International Education, Barriers, Teacher Motivation
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Wang, Lihua – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
Faculty recruitment has become a new challenge for public higher education institutions (HEIs) in China since the 1990s. Based on the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) Framework, this study analyzed the faculty recruitment preferences and the effects of selected organizational factors on these preferences at top national HEIs from 2002…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Recruitment, Reputation, Institutional Characteristics
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Wang, Siyi; Jones, Glen A. – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2021
This study utilises an institutional logic perspective to explore the dynamics and complexity of academic personnel system reforms at leading Chinese universities. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 32 participants from 10 highly ranked universities; these interviews obtained the views of key observers on four main reform initiatives:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Competition, Global Approach
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Okeke-Uzodike, Obianuju E. – Issues in Educational Research, 2021
The pace of global transformation places a great emphasis on the need for development, with higher education identified as a key agent in the development of a knowledge economy. Higher education systems have been challenged with providing the necessary skilled person-power to complement the changing labour market. Postgraduate supervision is a…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Higher Education, Supervision, Graduate Students
Baskerville, Stephen – James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, 2021
In this Martin Center policy brief, "Scholastic Gag Orders: NDAs, Mandatory Arbitration, and the Legal Threat to Academics," Stephen Baskerville explores how non-disparagement agreements (NDAs) and mandatory arbitration (MA) provide a veil of legally enforced secrecy, shielding administrations from negative publicity, professional…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Freedom of Speech, Legal Problems, Disclosure
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Bühlmann, Felix; Benz, Pierre; Mach, André; Rossier, Thierry – Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy, 2017
As a scientific discipline and profession, law has been for centuries at the heart of social and political power of many Western societies. Professors of law, as influential representatives of the profession, are important powerbrokers between academia, politics and the corporate world. Their influence is based on scientific reputation,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Legal Education (Professions), Teacher Role
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Soler, Josep – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2019
This paper explores the trajectories of six young academics (early-stage researchers) currently active in the context of Swedish academia in two different fields: English Linguistics and Political Science. Through a series of narrative interviews, the analysis investigates the development of their scholarly work, the relationship with their texts,…
Descriptors: Linguistics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Scruggs, Richard; McDermott, Paul A.; Qiao, Xin – Innovative Higher Education, 2019
Research impact is very important in academia. This study explored the research impact of faculty in doctoral higher education programs through the use of Hirsch's "h" index as measured by Google Scholar results. Characteristics of the "h" index in this field are discussed, and norms are offered for professors of different…
Descriptors: Faculty Publishing, Reputation, Institutional Characteristics, College Faculty
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Azman, Norzaini; Sirat, Morshidi; Pang, Vincent; Lai, Yew Meng; Govindasamy, Anantha Raman; Din, Wardatul Akmam – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2019
University-Industry Collaboration (UIC) has been identified as an essential item on Malaysia's agenda for transforming itself into knowledge and innovation-based economy. However, despite the efforts, most initiatives have had limited results. This paper reports on an explorative study that sought to understand the contemporary realities of UIC in…
Descriptors: School Business Relationship, Industry, Higher Education, College Faculty
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Arrieta, María del Carmen; Avolio, Beatrice – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors that impact the quality of the education service in a Peruvian private university, based on the perception of students and graduates. Design/methodology/approach: The sample consisted of 29 students and 20 graduates from the Administration and Finance Program of a Peruvian private…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Quality Assurance, Private Colleges, Foreign Countries
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Mitchell, Murray F.; Lawson, Hal A.; van der Mars, Hans; Ward, Phillip – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2021
What does the future hold for Doctoral Programs for Physical Education Teacher Education (D-PETE) programs, faculty, and doctoral students? What can D-PETE faculty prioritize and do to create a more desirable future for D-PETE, PETE, and school physical education programs? What are the main facilitators, constraints, and barriers? Framed by these…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Doctoral Programs, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers
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