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Raby, Rosalind Latiner; Friedel, Janice Nahra; Valeau, Edward J. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
This article is a comparative study of community colleges and global counterparts at 41 institutions in 25 countries. Policies from each country link completion of a college program to career entry and to advancement opportunities. National and institutional policies are being defined, benchmark data is being collected on goals in the process, and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, School Policy, Educational Policy, Graduation
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Fast, Idit – Sociology of Education, 2016
This study explores mechanisms underlying processes of educational policy formation. Previous studies have given much attention to processes of diffusion when accounting for educational policy formation. Less account has been given to the day-to-day institutional dynamics through which educational policies develop and change. Building on extensive…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Violence, School Safety
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Arar, Khalid; Ibrahim, Fadia – Journal of Education Policy, 2016
This article discusses strategies used by Arab principals and teachers in Israel to cope with dilemmas involved in education for national identity stemming from conflict between two national narratives. While the Israeli Ministry of Education expects the Arab education system to educate students according to the Jewish State's values, Palestinian…
Descriptors: Coping, Principals, Arabs, Nationalism