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Kitso Morgan – Journal of Student Affairs in Africa, 2024
Student representation has been conceptualised and studied in different ways and by different researchers for more than 10 years. However, there are too few meta-narrative reviews indicating the main developments that have taken place in student representative councils (SRCs). Against this background, this article offers a summary of the events…
Descriptors: Student Government, Student Experience, Predominantly White Institutions, Foreign Countries
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Landahl, Joakim – History of Education Review, 2023
Purpose: The overall aim of this article is to discuss the conditions and character of collective protest in schools. When do pupils as a collective gain the ability to express critical views on the policies of schools, and what is that criticism about? Using Sweden as an example, I discuss this question by studying the collective organisation of…
Descriptors: Student Organizations, Educational History, Criticism, Activism
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Lin, Jing; Stoltz, Angela; Aruch, Matthew; Rappeport, Annie – Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 2021
This article argues that institutions of higher education (IHEs) require a fundamental paradigm shift toward an Indigenous Knowledge (IK) model inclusive of Indigenous Peoples, perspectives, and values. This model acknowledges the sacred value of nature, the rights of non human species, and the power and potential of transformative learning via…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Change, Sustainability, Indigenous Knowledge
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Klemencic, Manja – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
Students, if organised into representative student governments or movements, can be a highly influential agency shaping higher education policy. This article introduces the Special Issue on student power in a global perspective, which addresses the question of how students are organised in different world regions and what role they play in higher…
Descriptors: Student Organizations, Student Empowerment, Trend Analysis, Global Approach
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Antonowicz, Dominik; Pinheiro, Rómulo; Smuzewska, Marcelina – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
Student representation in Poland has a relatively short but turbulent history. This article offers an historical appraisal of the development of student representation at the national level in the context of rapid and deep structural changes in Polish higher education. Based on a desktop analysis of official documentation, legislation, ideological…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Participation, Educational History, Student Government
Roberts, Donald A. – 1974
The author examines innovative governance patterns in 25 independent schools around the country. Among student concerns are student councils, honor committees, students in advisory capacities, faculty-student senates, all-school meetings, and constitutions. Faculty concerns cover faculty associations, salary scales, faculty representation on…
Descriptors: Activism, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education