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Martin, Linda E.; Mulvihill, Thalia M. – Teacher Educator, 2021
Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings is the former Kellner Family Distinguished Professor of Urban Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She served as president of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) in 2005-2006. Dr. Ladson-Billings has contributed widely to the development of…
Descriptors: Interviews, College Faculty, Culturally Relevant Education, Critical Theory
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Komives, Susan R. – About Campus, 2019
Based on Nancy Schlossberg and her colleagues' extensive interviews with 100 retired adults, Susan Komives describes six predominate pathways retirees took to make meaning of this new transition in their lives. These pathways identified people as continuers, adventurers, easy gliders, involved spectators, searchers, and retreaters. Using the…
Descriptors: Retirement, Student Adjustment, College Students, Social Adjustment
Pelletier, Stephen G. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 2016
The role of college president comes with many challenges, requiring deft maneuvering in many different contexts and considerable planning. While focused on the daily business at hand, however, a university leader may not invest in the requisite level of thinking, planning, and strategizing that is needed to leave the presidency when it comes time…
Descriptors: College Presidents, Retirement, Planning, Governing Boards
Clifford, Mary Ellen – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Discussion continues about requiring a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) as the minimum requirement for entry into registered nursing practice. A Magnet® recognized hospital located in the Northeast United States is requiring all registered nurses without a BSN (n = 284 or 28%) to obtain their BSN by 2022 as a condition for employment. The…
Descriptors: Employment Qualifications, Bachelors Degrees, Nursing Education, Nurses
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Lee, Ya-Hui; Yeh, Chun-Ting – Educational Gerontology, 2019
Baby boomers in Taiwan benefit from better health, economic conditions, and education in comparison to older generations. The participants in this study were older adult learners from the baby boom generation. This study aimed to examine their retirement decisions, adaptation, and learning processes. A qualitative research approach was employed in…
Descriptors: Baby Boomers, Retirement, Decision Making, Older Adults
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Thomson, Pat; Greany, Toby; Martindale, Nicholas – Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2021
England has been living with COVID-19, through peaks and troughs since March 2020. Policymakers see schools as integral to economic and social maintenance and recovery and have thus placed a high priority on education as a stable provision operating throughout a very long period of considerable uncertainty and instability. Because of rapidly…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Foreign Countries, Pandemics, COVID-19
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Smith, Justin L.; Conley, Sharon; You, Sukkyung – Educational Gerontology, 2015
This study investigated a sample of California elementary, intermediate, and high school employed teachers (N = 247) to assess the effects of retirement perceptions on career commitment among teachers who are in different age groupings. Using path analysis, the influence of five retirement perceptions variables was examined: concerns about…
Descriptors: Educational Gerontology, Investigations, Retirement, Retirement Benefits
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Swaminathan, Raji; Reed, Latish – Journal of School Leadership, 2020
The "purpose" of this study was to understand the perspectives of recently retired principals who were mentors to new school leaders in a high-need urban school district. Mentors reflected on the mentoring needs and challenges faced by new school leaders while also reflecting on their own careers as school principals. This study was…
Descriptors: Mentors, Leadership Role, Leadership Training, College School Cooperation
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Richards, Jacqueline A.; Weller, Gordon – Work Based Learning e-Journal International, 2019
This paper contributes to understanding the power of participating in work-based doctoral research after a fulltime career. It explores ways in which active older people choose to participate in "creative dance" activities and how this may benefit them. It draws upon the first author's experiences in using her leadership, management,…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Dance, Creative Activities, Leadership
Elkady, Ayman Abdelgalil M. – International Journal of Psycho-Educational Sciences, 2019
The purpose of this study was to investigate the inter-correlations of self-transcendence, spiritual well-being, optimism and meaning in life. Additionally, the aim was to find out the differences in mean scores of self-transcendence, spiritual well-being, optimism and meaning in life between retirees and post-retirement employees. The sample…
Descriptors: Correlation, Spiritual Development, Well Being, Retirement
Pritchard, Adam; Li, Jingyun; McChesney, Jasper; Bichsel, Jacqueline – College and University Professional Association for Human Resources, 2019
The population of the United States is getting older. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), older workers -- which the BLS defines as those who are 55 and older -- made up 22% of the U.S. workforce in 2016, nearly double the 12% recorded in 1995. This increase is largely "fueled by the aging baby-boom generation, a large…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Higher Education, College Faculty, Labor Force
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Hogge, Jon; Eborn, Ben; Packham, Joel; Findlay, Reed; Harrison, Steve – Journal of Extension, 2017
Farm succession and estate planning pose difficult challenges for farmers. Idaho farmers generally do not have a business succession plan or an estate plan. Due to the complexities of farm management, University of Idaho Extension personnel partnered with the Idaho Barley Commission and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Risk Management Agency to…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Extension Education, Retirement, Long Range Planning
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Hsua, Chungwen – Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 2016
This study examined how retirement planning information search was related to retirement savings of working women. By controlling for sociodemographic variables, the study further explored factors associated with individual information sources for retirement planning. An online survey was developed to collect data from a national population,…
Descriptors: Information Sources, Retirement, Employed Women, Money Management
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Yan, Rui – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2020
Purpose: During the past two decades, principal turnover issues have raised nationwide concerns about leadership stability and student performance. With national data from National Center for Education Statistics, this study examines how principal working conditions influence the probability of different types of principal turnover (mover,…
Descriptors: Work Environment, Principals, Public Schools, Elementary Schools
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Hilton, Dale; Levine, Arielle; Zanetis, Janet – Journal of Museum Education, 2019
Little research is available concerning the use of technology to connect non-mobile senior adults with museums. This paper explores the viability of Interactive Virtual Learning (IVL) programs to gauge the interests, preferences, and needs of the older adults. The authors drew from personal experiences presenting such programs to seniors and held…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Adult Education, Museums, Computer Simulation
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