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Fiona Margetts; Stephen Jonathan Whitty; Brad Taylor – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2024
University governing bodies, especially academic boards, play a crucial role in policy formation. However, due to the predominance of managerial values over academic values in the policy-making process, a persistent divide exists between policy formulation and implementation. This divide results from the marginalisation of academics and the…
Descriptors: School Policy, Policy Formation, Colleges, Educational Practices
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Lynnea M. LoPresto; Diana L. Cassady; Melanie S. Dove – Journal of School Health, 2024
Background: Districts with federal nutrition programs must have an updated local school wellness policy (LSWP) to promote nutrition, physical activity, and student wellness. This study evaluates factors associated with LSWP quality among low-income districts. Methods: In 2018, we collected LSWPs from websites of 200 randomly selected,…
Descriptors: School Policy, Wellness, Low Income, Federal Programs
Cynthia A. Waldeck – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The problem addressed in this comparative case study was to understand the creation and implementation of the medical withdrawal policy and differences of the return from withdrawal policies in the University State System in the context of students with severe and persistent mental illness. This study focused on two specific institutions in the…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Withdrawal (Education), Mental Health, Comparative Analysis
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Martinez, Magdalena; Henkle, Jason – Higher Education Quarterly, 2023
This article examines how university presidents who led their institutions to achieve Carnegie "R1 Highest Research Activity" managed policy tensions created by prestige priorities and worked with groups and coalitions internally and externally. Striving to achieve R1 status requires U.S. universities to re-calibrate their focus,…
Descriptors: College Presidents, Educational Policy, Entrepreneurship, Reputation
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Nengyanti; Imania, Katriza; Yusnaini; Santoso, Anang Dwi – Issues in Educational Research, 2023
Indonesia's policy on preventing and responding to sexual abuse in universities is a difficult and confusing policy that attracts national and international attention, both inside and outside the universities. As university environment evolves, the requirement to comply with these regulations encourages institutions to confront sexual assault…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexual Abuse, School Policy, Prevention
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McIntosh, Constance E.; Brelage, Pamela K.; Thomas, Cynthia M.; Wendel, Janelle M.; Phelps, Barbara E. – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
The role of the school nurse should not be understated when addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on children and families. Knowledge surrounding this virus is rapidly changing and quick adaptation within the school system is required. In addition to the provision of direct care and education to students, school nurse responsibilities…
Descriptors: School Nurses, Role, Responsibility, COVID-19
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Mark Innes – Journal of Education Policy, 2024
This article reports on data and analysis from a case study investigating policy enactments in a multi-academy trust (MAT) in England. The focus is the influence of a policy intermediary organisation (PIO), The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), on policy making by school leaders. The case is located in the literacy policy of a MAT of 15…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Policy, Policy Formation, Policy
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Davies, Joseph Arthur – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2023
Feedback can have one of the biggest positive influences on higher education learners. Despite this, teachers and students consistently report being dissatisfied with feedback. In response, there has been a theoretical shift in how feedback is conceptualised and discussed within the research literature. Older transmission-focused models have…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Higher Education, Foreign Countries, College Students
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Maughan, Erin D.; Thompson, Mary E.; Walsh, Carol A.; Issa, Anindita; Lin, Jin-Mann S. – Journal of School Nursing, 2023
This article shares what was learned from the feasibility assessment of a nurse-led school-based active surveillance (SBAS) pilot to track chronic absenteeism using myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) as an exemplar. This pilot encompassed a 3-year period with training and feedback from school nurses (SNs) on data…
Descriptors: School Nurses, Attendance Patterns, Policy Formation, School Policy
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Katherine A. Dockweiler; Roberta Kaufman – Psychology in the Schools, 2024
This exploratory mixed methods study investigates the school psychology workforce shortage phenomenon and underlying contributing factors. The development of an Education Specialist school psychology program in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic prompted the authors to explore variables impacting awareness of the school psychology profession.…
Descriptors: School Psychology, Labor Turnover, State Legislation, Mental Health
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A. Chris Torres; Sandy Frost Waldron; Jason Burns – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2024
This mixed-method study examines Michigan's Partnership policy for school turnaround, which positions the district and superintendents as key policy implementation actors. We first interviewed 21 of 35 Partnership superintendents/leaders across Michigan and surveyed teachers to understand the initial response to the turnaround policy and the…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Superintendents, School Districts, School Turnaround
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Jones, Vita L.; Boone, Randall; Brandon, Regina R.; Dobbins, Nicole; Higgins, Kyle – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2022
Educators recognize that parental participation is a critical factor in the success of children within a school setting. This is particularly true for parents who have children with disabilities or who are from a culturally or linguistically diverse background. However, reaching out to these families can be a difficult task even for the most…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Parent Participation, Participative Decision Making, Students with Disabilities
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Pilato, Kelly A.; Law, Madelyn P.; Narushima, Miya; Moore, Shannon A.; Hay, John A. – Educational Policy, 2022
The mental wellness of university students can be critical for their success. In an attempt to minimize stress for students, many universities have implemented a policy for a fall break with limited evidence to support its intended outcomes. This case study offers a critical appraisal of the formation of the fall break policy at one medium sized…
Descriptors: Mental Health, School Policy, Higher Education, Wellness
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Gay, Jan L. – Journal of School-Based Counseling Policy and Evaluation, 2021
Dr. Trish Hatch has served as a leader in school counselor policy and advocacy for over 30 years. As a co-author of the ASCA National Model, Dr. Hatch has worked tirelessly to establish school-based policies to promote the profession of school counseling at the district, state, and federal levels. This interview serves to provide readers with…
Descriptors: Advocacy, School Counseling, School Counselors, School Policy
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Shieh, Eric – Music Educators Journal, 2020
This article describes concrete ways music teachers might engage in policy at the school level and how such engagements strengthen our work and our schools. By making decisions about where to build bridges to policies that further our work and where to buffer from those that impede our vision, we as teachers assert greater control in policy making…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music Teachers, School Policy, Teacher Role
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