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Inglis, Loretta; Cray, David – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2012
In this article we examine the career paths of top-level managers in the arts. By analysing the training and work history of 23 managers in a variety of arts organisations we evaluate the utility of several existing theories for understanding careers that are characterised by low levels of initial knowledge, the absence of a clear method of entry…
Descriptors: Career Development, Art Education, Training Methods, Training Objectives
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Li, Linlin; Lai, Manhong; Lo, Leslie N. K. – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2013
Chinese higher education institutions have been subjected to the intensive bureaucratic governance led by the central authorities since 1949. Since the new public management has been a burgeoning social discourse, some reforms have been conducted recently, centering on the competitive contract-centered employment of staff, integration of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Governance, Research
Bell, Christopher Jason – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to determine the role of an afterschool program on students graduating high school. The study included students that were chosen using purposeful sampling who had recently graduated high school and participated in a school's afterschool program. A qualitative design was used with hermeneutical phenomenology being…
Descriptors: After School Programs, High School Graduates, High School Students, Qualitative Research
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Kachchaf, Rachel; Ko, Lily; Hodari, Apriel; Ong, Maria – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2015
The National Science Foundation recently recognized that career-life balance in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) may present some unique challenges for women of color compared with their White and/or male counterparts, thus negatively impacting retention and advancement for a minority demographic that has long been…
Descriptors: Family Work Relationship, Minority Group Teachers, STEM Education, Science Careers
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Marquina, Monica; Yuni, Jose; Ferreiro, Mariela – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
The aim of this article is to analyze the effects of the socio-political processes on the academic profession in Argentina from the life course perspective. The analysis of differences in the individuals' life course was made by dividing them into three groups, representing different generations of academics: the novel, the intermediate, and the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Career Development, Teacher Attitudes, History
Patton, Michael N. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
This qualitative study explores the leadership behaviors of system leaders and best practices of high school counselors in highly effective school districts that prepare all students for college and career readiness. A total of twelve participants were interviewed for this study including superintendents of schools, high school principals, and…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Qualitative Research, High School Students, School Counselors
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2014
European enterprises give high priority to assessing skills and competences, seeing this as crucial for recruitment and human resource management. Based on a survey of 400 enterprises, 20 in-depth case studies and interviews with human resource experts in 10 countries, this report analyses the main purposes of competence assessment, the standards…
Descriptors: Human Resources, Career Development, Employment, Case Studies
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Dyke, Martin; Johnston, Brenda; Fuller, Alison – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2012
This paper provides a critical appraisal of approaches to reflexivity in sociology. It uses data from social network research to argue that Archer's approach to reflexivity provides a valuable lens with which to understand how people navigate their education and career pathways. The paper is also critical of Archer's methodology and typology of…
Descriptors: Social Change, Social Networks, Reflection, Social Science Research
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Brown, Chris; Dashjian, Lauren T.; Acosta, Taryn J.; Mueller, Conrad T.; Kizer, Bobby E.; Trangsrud, Heather B. – Counseling Psychologist, 2012
To understand the career experiences of adult transsexual women, we conducted a qualitative study on a sample of 9 predominately White male-to-female (MTF) transsexuals who were mostly middle-aged (M = 33.8, SD = 15.4) and had been on hormone therapy for an average of 20.7 months (SD = 22.5). Results of the interview data highlighted participants'…
Descriptors: Sexual Identity, Career Choice, Adults, Females
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AlSagheer, Abdullah; Al-Sagheer, Areej – Journal of International Education Research, 2011
This paper addressed the faculty's perception of engineering ethics and leadership training. The study looks into the present state of and methodologies for teaching engineering ethics and leadership and aims to determine the faculty's perception of an identified gap in this aspect of engineering education. Engineering education has strong ethics…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Leadership Training, Engineering, Ethics
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Henshon, Suzanna E. – Roeper Review, 2011
Dean Keith Simonton received his PhD from Harvard University and is currently Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Davis. His research program concentrates on the cognitive, personality, developmental, and sociocultural factors behind exceptional creativity, leadership, genius, and talent. In this interview,…
Descriptors: Creativity, Psychology, Deans, Interviews
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Bertrand Jones, Tamara; Osborne-Lampkin, La'Tara – Negro Educational Review, 2013
In recent years, a number of Black female junior scholars have participated in an early career professional development program designed to address socialization issues through individual and small group mentoring. This descriptive qualitative study investigated scholars' perceptions of the importance and effectiveness of a research bootcamp-like…
Descriptors: Women Faculty, African American Teachers, Faculty Development, Mentors
Elliott, Stanley J. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In light of escalating enrollments of African American students on college campuses and continuing calls to increase the numbers of African American male faculty, a considerable amount of research has been conducted over the years to explore the relative status of African American male faculty (Bennett, 2001). It was difficult to find a college or…
Descriptors: African American Students, College Students, African American Teachers, College Faculty
Byrd, Leah A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined the perceptions of 10 African American 12th-grade students from one suburban high school regarding their high school career counseling experiences. The purpose was to better understand how students perceive their career counseling interactions and to ascertain what factors were relevant in the counseling relationship. An…
Descriptors: Work Ethic, Career Development, High School Students, Counselor Characteristics
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Griffiths, Vivienne; Thompson, Simon; Hryniewicz, Liz – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2014
This paper focuses on the professional and academic development of mid-career teacher educators from two universities in England. The objectives of the study were to analyse and compare the career experiences of teacher educators; in particular, to identify stages of development, landmark events and contextual factors affecting professional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Educators, Faculty Development, Professional Identity
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